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• Japan successfully tests experimental reusable rocket

  11-07-2026 19:23 via article.wn.com
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• World Cup semifinals: England faces might of Messi's Argentina

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  England is bidding to end Lionel Messi’s dream of winning back-to-back World Cups and...
  
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• World Cup 2026  Semifinals Live on SuperSport 

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Featured | 4 seconds ago The FIFA World Cup 2026 reaches its penultimate stage this week as four of international football’s biggest nations battle for two places in the final, with France, Spain, England and Argentina set for heavyweight semi-final clashes live on SuperSport. It marks the first FIFA World Cup since 1990 in which all four...
  
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• What’s in the New Gordie Howe Bridge Deal, and What We Still Don’t Know

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  News Analysis The Gordie Howe International Bridge is set to open on July 27, but under a different arrangement than...
  
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• West Asia war LIVE: U.S. strikes Iran for third night as Trump says deal still 'possible'

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  “These strikes will continue imposing a heavy cost on Iranian forces and degrade their ability to attack innocent civilians and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz,” U.S. Central Command said ......
  
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• U.S. military renews strikes on Iran while tankers come under attack in Strait of Hormuz

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  US forces conducted strikes against Iran for a...
  
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• US Launches New Strikes on Iran as UAE Reports Tanker Attacks in Strait of Hormuz

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  US launches fresh strikes on Iran; UAE says two ships attacked in Strait of Hormuz...
  
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• Urgent: Iran's IRGC says 2 "offending supertankers" hit, disabled in Strait of Hormuz -- media

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said two "offending...
  
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• Urgent: 5.0-magnitude quake hits southern Mexico -- USGS

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, July 14 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0...
  
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• Trump says US reinstates blockade in Strait

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
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• Trump expected to shrink protected lands in Utah: Reports

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an...
  
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• ''There was no way to get out': Witnesses describe how deadly inferno swept through Bangkok bar

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  A musician who was performing when the fire broke out says he crawled for the exit - and was thrown from the bar when something exploded. ......
  
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• Tech experts, economists warn of rapid AI disruption

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  More than 200 technology experts and economists have signed a statement warning of the sudden transformation that AI may cause in the economy. Erik Brynjolfsson, a Stanford economist who helped organize the statement, which was released on Monday by We Must Act Now, said the purpose is to get economists and policymakers to take the disruptive potential of AI more seriously. "There's been a notable change in the profession," Brynjolfsson said, adding that, however, "I still see a big gap there, a
  
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• Social media giants failing to address rising rates of sexual extortion: Australian commissioner

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  CANBERRA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Social media platforms are failing to protect children and young adults from rising rates of sexual extortion, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Australian government's online safety watchdog. The report from the office of the eSafety Commissioner said that more than 2,000...
  
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• Singapore's Q2 growth eases to 5.7 pct: advance estimates

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  SINGAPORE, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's economy grew 5.7 percent year-on-year in the second quarter, advance estimates released on Tuesday showed, easing from the 6.3 percent growth recorded in the...
  
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• Remittance, forex reserves post growth in Nepal

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  KATHMANDU, July 14 (Xinhua) -- The inflow of remittances and foreign exchange reserves surged in Nepal during the 11 months of the current 2025-26 fiscal year, the central...
  
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• Quote of the day by Walter Winchell, 'A real friend is one who walks in ...

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Quote of the day by Walter Winchell expresses a timeless truth about the meaning of genuine friendship. Real...
  
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• Quote of the day by Joseph Campbell, 'Find a place inside where there's joy, and ...

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Quote of the day by Joseph Campbell offers timeless wisdom about emotional resilience and personal...
  
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• Putin Was Xi’s Role Model. Now He’s the Junior Partner.

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Four years of war and economic isolation have reduced the Russian president to a supplicant in a relationship growing more imbalanced. ......
  
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• Psychology says people who don't like to wear anything in hand, fingers, ears or neck ...

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Psychology says people who don't like to wear anything in hand, fingers,...
  
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• Outspoken Putin critic with plans to run in Russia's fall elections arrested as ‘foreign agent’

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Russian police on Monday arrested an anti-war Kremlin critic who once tried to run against President Vladimir Putin and who planned to take part in parliament elections in two months.Advertisement 2 Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Boris Nadezhdin, 63, shot to fame in Russia in 2024, when he unexpectedly gathered support to stand against Putin in that year’s presidential elections. He was barred from doing so aft
  
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• 'Our sea is gone'

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Editor's note:In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to Asia and its people. The stories presented come mainly from the Asia News Network (ANN), of which China Daily is among its 20 leading titles. Under the scorching morning sun, dozens of women sat shoulder to shoulder on mats outside a high-rise in Seoul's Songpa District on June 29 and 30. Some were in their 60s and 70s. Others were well into their 80s. All wore white towels on their heads and red headbands bearing the phrase "damage
  
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• One Indian killed, six injured as Iranian missiles hit UAE tankers in Hormuz

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  One Indian crew member was killed and eight others were injured. The UAE condemned the attack and called for the reopening of the strategic waterway. ......
  
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• Oil surges as U.S. reinstates Iran naval blockade

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Crude oil futures prices surged over 9 percent on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States was reinstating a naval blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. The West Texas Intermediate for August delivery increased by 6.73 U.S. dollars,...
  
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• Lula's Mercosur-China trade deal idea welcomed

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's call for the Southern Common Market, or Mercosur, to pursue a free trade agreement with China has been welcomed by experts as an encouraging signal of closer engagement with Beijing. Speaking at the recent Mercosur summit, Lula urged the South American bloc to deepen ties with China amid growing trade protectionism and uncertainty in the international economic environment. Ignacio Bartesaghi, director of the Institute of International Business at t
  
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• ‘Kong x Godzilla’ Ride Set to Open at Korea’s Lotte World This Month: It’s ‘Extremely ...

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  Legendary Entertainment’s first theme park attraction,...
  
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• Islamabad to host Pakistan-China pharmaceutical, healthcare investment conference

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  ISLAMABAD, July 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan's Special Investment Facilitation Council (SIFC) will host the two-day Pakistan-China Pharmaceutical and Healthcare B2B Investment Conference 2026 in Islamabad from Friday. According to a statement issued by the SIFC on Monday, the conference aims to...
  
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• Iran's military 'demolished', being hit 'very hard': Trump

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  United States President Donald Trump announced...
  
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• Indigenous Legal Group Launches Court Challenge to NT’s Custody Compensation Cap

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  A Northern Territory (NT) Indigenous legal group has filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia...
  
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• Indian activist on hunger strike at 'cockroach' protest loses 8.2kg

  14-07-2026 04:17 via article.wn.com
  The environmental activist has been sitting on a hunger strike for 16 days and is getting visibly weaker. ......
  
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