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• Judge strikes down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee

  08-06-2026 20:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  The increase in fees has discouraged H-1B visa requests, according to court filings
  
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• Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in prison for flying drones over North Korea ...

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Seoul court finds...
  
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• Video of visually impaired Palestinian boy crying over broken glasses draws global attention

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Ayoub Junaid, seven, given new pair but needs surgery as Gaza’s children remain unable to access treatment...
  
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• Victor Wembanyama nearly hit by egg after loss to Knicks, video shows

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK — A brutal...
  
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• 'US Asked Us To Buy Russian Oil, Levied Tariff, Then Lifted It': S Jaishankar

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  India became a major buyer of Russian oil after the US imposed sanctions on Russia in 2022 for invading Ukraine and capped the price of its oil. ......
  
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• Ukraine hits fuel supplies to Crimea, sparking fuel crisis on Russian-held peninsula

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
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• Trump says 'we ended war with Iran today'; Tehran denies final agreement

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Tehran said Friday it had not reached a final decision on a deal to end the Middle East war, despite US President Donald Trump claiming an agreement could be signed in days and cancelling threatened strikes on Iran. "We ended the war with Iran today, and they have agreed never to have a nuclear weapon, something that we insisted on. That was the whole purpose. That was 95 per cent of it, and they've done it in the most powerful way you can do it," Trump said while addressing a virtual tele-rally
  
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• Trump Raises Hopes for ‘Very Strong’ Iran Agreement to Wind Down War and Stabilize Global Oil Markets

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Washington: President Donald Trump has...
  
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• Trump is raising expectations that this time he really will close deal with Iran to ...

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump has long been looking for this weekend to be a big one for his presidency. The World Cup returns to the U.S. on Friday for the first time in 32 years after Trump threw himself into winning the bid to co-host the soccer tourney during his first term. He'll be feted Sunday, his 80th birthday, during a UFC fight night that's expected to draw thousands to the White House grounds. Hours after the final bout, he's scheduled to jet off to the G7 summit in the French Alps for talk
  
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• Tornadoes pummel communities outside Chicago, leveling homes and ripping down power poles

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  At least three tornadoes have battered...
  
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• Tornado warnings issued as strong storms sweep across Mid-Michigan

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Severe storms brought heavy rain, strong winds and tornado warnings across Mid-Michigan on Thursday night, with damage already being reported in several areas. According to reports, multiple tornado warnings were issued throughout the region as the storm system moved across central...
  
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• ‘The birds will fly away’: can Albania’s flamingo revolution keep its wetlands free from Trumps ...

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  A luxury resort backed by the US president’s family may be built on a wildlife-rich nature reserve in one of Europe’s poorest nations...
  
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• Taking the kids: Let\u2019s celebrate Juneteenth

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Eileen Ogintz, Tribune Content Agency The message took a long time to get to the destination. More than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, and months after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Union troops finally arrived in Galveston, Texas, announcing the end of slavery. It was June 19, 1865. kAmQ%96 A6@A=6 @7 %6I2D 2C6 :?7@C>65 E92E[ :? 244@C52?46 H:E9 2 AC@4=2>2E:@? 7C@> E96 tI64FE:G6 @7 E96 &?:E65 $E2E6D[ 2== D=2G6D 2C6 7C66[Q k2 9C67l
  
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• South Korea's ex-president gets 30 years in prison for sending drones into North Korea

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for sending drones into North Korea, a move prosecutors argued was aimed at creating a pretext for his disastrous martial law declaration in 2024. Special prosecutors said back in April that Yoon's effort to "fabricate wartime conditions" with the drones had undermined state security. This...
  
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• South Korea get off to winning start after rallying from goal down to beat Czechia

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  South Korea rallied from a goal down to defeat the Czech Republic 2-1 and make a winning start to their World Cup Group A campaign, much to the delight of their fans and the sizeable local Mexican support they enjoyed in a festive Guadalajara....
  
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• Soccer fans around the world watch the World Cup, in photos

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Around the world, soccer fans are gathering in homes, stadium plazas, and public viewing venues to watch the World Cup and share in the excitement of the tournament. ......
  
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• S. Korean gov't sees economic recovery amid Mideast uncertainties

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The South Korean government saw a continued economic recovery amid the remaining Middle East uncertainties, a finance ministry report said Friday. The Ministry of Economy and Finance said in its monthly report, called Green Book, that the Asian economy recently sustained its recovery...
  
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• Rural King's $75 million project to include new store, corporate office, event center in Mattoon

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  MATTOON — Rural King has made plans to construct a new flagship store, corporate office and a 40,000-square-foot event center north of Broadway Avenue East near Interstate 57. kAm%96 x==:?@:D s6A2CE>6?E @7 r@>>6C46 2?5 t4@?@>:4 ~AA@CEF?:EJ[ H9:49 :D A2CE?6C:?8 H:E9 #FC2= z:?8[ 92D C6A@CE65 E92E E9:D Sfd >:==:@? AC@;64E H:== 4C62E6 `__ ?6H 7F==\E:>6 ;@3D 2?5 C6E2:? f`h 6I:DE:?8 @?6D]k^Am kAm|2EE@@?\32D65 #FC2= z:?8[ 2 72C> 2?5 9@>6 DFAA=J C6E2:=6C[ 2??@F?465 A=2?D 7@
  
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• Rural King breaks ground on $75 million community development project in Mattoon

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
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• Ruidoso Downs fire update: Structure fire on Colorado Ave turns into vegetation fire; watch scary ...

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  A structure fire on...
  
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• Review: \u2018The Breadwinner\u2019 seems stale in Nate Bargatze\u2019s hands

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Nate Bargatze’s standup is edgy compared to his work in “The Breadwinner.” kAm%96 ?6H 7:=> — 9:D 7:CDE[ 2?5 :? E962E6CD ?@H — 7:?5D q2C82EK6 2D 2 DE6==2C 42C D2=6D>2? H9@ 364@>6D |C] |@> H96? 9:D H:76 >2<6D 2 “$92C< %2?<” 562= 2?5 86ED 42==65 2H2J 7C@> 9@>6] %H@ H66<D D9@F=5 36 2 D?2A[ C:89Enk^Am Nate Bargatze plays a car salesman who has to oversee his three kids (Charlotte Tucker, Birdie Borria and Stella Fitzgerald) wh
  
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• Pilot union plans to call on European regulators to close labor loophole

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  The European Cockpit Association...
  
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• Newlywed couple die just days apart one month after their wedding day

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Adam Hencek, 23, died unexpectedly at the couple's home in Carrick-on-Suir, Tipperary, on Tuesday evening - and just days later, his husband Tomas Feuller, 25, also sadly passed away at their home ......
  
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• New Zealand coalition keeps majority despite gains by minor parties: poll

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, June 12 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's governing coalition retains a narrow parliamentary majority in the latest Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll released Friday, despite modest gains for minor parties. The survey, conducted June 4-8 among 1,000 eligible voters, showed the National-ACT-New...
  
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• Mexico rides emotional crowd support to historic World Cup win over South Africa

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY — FIFA president Gianni Infantino described Mexico City Stadium as a venue "blessed by the gods" and a "true cathedral of soccer." ......
  
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• Jim Alexander: Will this World Cup also be transformative?

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  This is part of what we were hearing 32 years ago this month, as the last World Cup on these shores drew near: ......
  
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• Iran-US war live: Trump calls off strikes as ‘final points’ of peace deal agreed – ...

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  A formal announcement will be unveiled ‘shortly,’ the Republican president said...
  
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• How the greatest migration experiment since Brexit could transform Europe

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
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• Heartseed, World's First Clinical Trial of Catheter Administration of iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocyte Spheroids: First Patient Dosed

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 12, 2026-- ......
  
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• G7 Summit in France: Geopolitical crises, economic cooperation, AI to be key focus areas

  12-06-2026 07:51 via article.wn.com
  Sources underline...
  
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