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• Kimi Antonelli aims for 5th win in a row at Monaco Grand Prix to extend ...

  07-06-2026 14:17 via article.wn.com
  Kimi Antonelli is aiming to continue a remarkable rise to the top of Formula 1 as he starts on pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix with a chance to further stretch his standings lead. Monaco is the glamorous traditional ......
  
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• ‘CBS News is on fire’: Fired 60 Minutes veteran Scott Pelley gives brutal assessment of network under Bari Weiss

  07-06-2026 19:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says he believes CBS News boss Bari Weiss needs to be replaced
  
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• World Bank pipelines over $3 billion loans to Philippines

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The World Bank is looking to extend around $3 billion worth of loans to support programs in the Philippines in the next fiscal year. ......
  
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• With China's Xi in North Korea, Kim to project confidence, defiance

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping to ‌Pyongyang today, feeling in a position of strength with a firm ally in Russia, a nuclear arsenal and ​little apparent appetite to engage with Washington. For Xi, ‌leader of the world's second-biggest economy, the two-day visit to China's neighbour, his first in seven years, is part ‌of an effort to ⁠draw Pyongyang back into its ‌orbit. Xi hosted Kim, among other leaders, at a massive ‌m
  
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• Will work with Iran to destroy its enriched uranium: Trump

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Washington: The US will work with Iran to retrieve and destroy its highly enriched uranium if it is able to cut a deal with Tehran to end the three-month-old war between the countries, US President Donald Trump said. Trump, in an interview to NBC News’ ‘Meet the Press’ programme, said that in the absence of an agreement, he will further degrade the Iranian military to the point that American forces can safely collect the fissile material on their own....
  
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• ‘We are upset’: Iran players hit out at US visa delay after World Cup arrival ...

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Team are based in Tijuana with all group games in US...
  
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• US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The United States won’t unfreeze Iran’s assets until a long-term peace deal to end the conflict in the...
  
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• US says shot down Iran drones as war reaches 100th day | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN: The United...
  
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• US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  U.S. forces shot down two Iranian one-way attack drones on June 6. The U.S. Central Command...
  
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• US draft resolution at IAEA demands Iran open up on nuclear sites, uranium stocks

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The US is lobbying other countries on the UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors to back a draft resolution demanding that Iran tell the agency what happened to its bombed nuclear sites and the enriched uranium stored there. The US-drafted text, seen by Reuters on Sunday and circulated ahead of this week's quarterly meeting of the 35-nation board, risks complicating talks between Washington and Tehran. Iran has typically retaliated against resolutions against it at the...
  
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• Urgent: Iranian parliament speaker vows to halt negotiation process, engage in direct confrontation if Israeli attacks on Lebanon continue

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf vowed on Sunday...
  
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• Trump urges more 'surgical' strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Report

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump called for more "surgical" strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon and said he is not demanding the conflict be included in a peace deal with Iran, in an interview broadcast Sunday. "I'd like to see a more surgical attack on Hezbollah. I think it should be more surgical," Trump told NBC's "Meet the Press," according to a transcript of the interview recorded Friday. "I'd like...
  
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• Trump says he would not unfreeze Iran's assets before peace deal is done

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Trump also said ⁠that he was not demanding that Lebanon be a part of a short-term deal with Tehran ......
  
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• Thousands march for French schoolgirl murdered after police failed to question suspect

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Jérôme Barella had been accused of rape in months before murder but series of delays meant police had failed to summon him for questioning...
  
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• The Guardian view on the French presidential election campaign: only the far right will profit ...

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Mainstream politicians should remember that in the battle to defeat Jordan Bardella or Marine Le Pen, unity is strength...
  
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• ‘The Boroughs’ banks on experience to solve a monster problem

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Having a purpose — discovering what the “monster” is and who’s behind it — inspires the friends and gives “The Boroughs” its own “Stranger Things” vibe. ......
  
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• South Korean President Orders Probe Into Local Election Ballot Shortages

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL—South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called on Sunday for a thorough investigation into a...
  
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• Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Fired journalist accuses CBS News chief of interfering with report because it echoed what Trump said of the shooting...
  
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• Putin risks nuclear disaster as Russian drone strikes Chernobyl fuel storage building

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine says Russia hit a fuel storage building at the Chernobyl nuclear plant as International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said the incident was “deeply concerning” ......
  
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• PAFN marks World Food Safety Day with focus on awareness | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  KUWAIT: Food safety is a...
  
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• OPEC+ decides on fourth oil quota hike since Hormuz closure

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The war has cut oil flows via the Strait of Hormuz, creating the world's biggest-ever supply crisis ......
  
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• Netanyahu Says Israel Controls Over 60% Of Gaza, Aims For 70% Soon

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Israeli Prime Minister says Hamas is being squeezed "from all sides" as military operations expand in Gaza and southern Lebanon; comments come after deadly shooting attack in central Israel. ......
  
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• More than 1 million people flood Madrid streets to see Pope Leo XIV and flower-carpeted procession

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV has honored Spain's...
  
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• March in France for girl whose killing sparked outcry over institutional lapses

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The main suspect,...
  
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• Knicks announce enhanced security measures for fans with Trump attending Game 3 of the NBA Finals

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The New York Knicks are warning fans to bring as little as possible to Game 3 of the NBA Finals and encouraging them to arrive at least two hours before tipoff as part of enhanced security measures with President Donald ......
  
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• Israel strikes Beirut southern suburbs after Hezbollah launches

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  The strikes “targeted two apartments in two buildings”, according to Lebanon’s state-run NNA. ......
  
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• Israel strikes Beirut despite truce; Iranian lawmker threatens to retaliate

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Beirut/Dubai/New Brunswick – Israel struck the outskirts of Beirut on Sunday for the first time since the U.S. announced a truce plan for Lebanon last week, and an Iranian lawmaker threatened to retaliate, putting talks to end the wider war into new jeopardy. Iran has long said any peace deal with the United States would depend on a ceasefire also holding in Lebanon, which Israel invaded in March in pursuit of Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters who fired across the border in solidarity with Te
  
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• Finnish ruling party backs constitutional protection for abortion rights

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  HELSINKI, June 7 (Xinhua) -- Finland's ruling National Coalition Party (NCP) on Sunday backed a proposal to enshrine...
  
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• FIFA World Cup 2026 Countdown: Brazil targets title No. 6; Mexico hopes for a fine show

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Switzerland favourite to make it to the knockouts for the fourth straight edition; burden of expectation on Morocco after its semifinal run in Qatar 2022: Scotland desperate to end group-stage jinx ......
  
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• Donald Trump, Knicks fan, heads back to New York to root on his team

  07-06-2026 19:01 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump plans to be back at Madison Square Garden in New York to watch Game 3 of the NBA Finals between the Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs. The Republican president was invited to Monday night's game by Knicks ......
  
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