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• Los Angeles stadium workers authorize strike days ahead of FIFA World Cup

  07-06-2026 00:00 via article.wn.com
  LOS ANGELES, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Workers at SoFi Stadium, located in Los Angeles County, California, voted overwhelmingly Friday to authorize a potential strike just days before the venue is set to host FIFA World Cup matches, raising the possibility of a labor disruption at one of the tournament's highest-profile U.S. sites. The workers, represented by Unite Here Local 11, voted 96 percent in favor of authorizing a strike, according to the union and multiple news reports. The vote does not guara
  
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• The suspect says he’s a scapegoat. Prosecutors say he sparked disaster

  08-06-2026 10:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trial is set to begin in Los Angeles for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire
  
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• Trump insists he calls the shots, not Netanyahu, amidst Israel-Iran flare up; says strikes won’t ...

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Even as Israel made new strikes against Iran and Iran retaliated on Sunday, US President Donald Trump said that new strikes by both sides would not affect his administration's peace talks with...
  
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• South Korea names first female PM in decades to lead AI push

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Han will become the country’s...
  
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• My Memory Is Full of Ghosts review – deeply moving visual hymn for the bombed-out ...

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Anas Zawahri’s documentary lays heart-wrenching testimony over languorous shots of bullet-ridden ruins and deserted streets...
  
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• Japanese city shuts down nearly 100 schools after unprecedented bear sighting

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Police and hunters in Utsunomiya, 100km north of the capital, resume their search for animal that is not usually seen so close to Tokyo...
  
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• Israel warns a third barrage of missiles is incoming from Iran

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Israel warns a third barrage of missiles is incoming from Iran. ......
  
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• How to watch World Cup 2026: FREE live stream and TV channel for every match

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Tournament kick-off at the Azteca rapidly approaching ......
  
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• China dominates low-carbon industrial projects, US lags, report says

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  The total pipeline...
  
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• Argentina World Cup 2026 team guide

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Scaloni’s strong, confident squad are no longer reliant on Messi as they target back-to-back World Cup titles...
  
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• Yemen's Houthi rebels claim missile attack on Israel and say Israel-affiliated vessels are a target ...

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Yemen's Houthi rebels claim missile attack on Israel and say Israel-affiliated vessels are a target again in Red Sea. ......
  
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• Xi Arrives in North Korea, Pledges Stronger Ties With Pyongyang

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Email:[email protected] Pyongyang: Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in North Korea on Monday for his first overseas trip of the year, receiving a ceremonial welcome as he sought to reinforce ties between the longtime allies. Banners celebrating the countries'...
  
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• Why Trump wants to buy Chagos islands now amid conflict with Iran

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump is...
  
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• Watch: Buildings collapse, streets shake as powerful quake strikes Philippines

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Watch: Buildings collapse, streets shake as powerful quake strikes Philippines ......
  
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• Vietnam's industrial output posts fastest five-month growth in 4 years

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  HANOI, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's industrial production recorded its strongest growth for the January-May period in the past four years,...
  
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• US adversaries China, North Korea strengthening ties as Xi, Kim set to begin talks

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  A pair of U.S. adversaries — China and North Korea — appear to be strengthening relations, with Chinese President Xi Jinping's arrival in Pyongyang on Monday for a rare state visit. This is Xi's first trip to North Korea in seven years, and experts say the visit is likely aimed at reasserting China’s unique influence over North Korea in exchange for providing economic and political benefits....
  
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• Ukrainian Drone Strike on Crimea-Bound Train Kills One, Officials Say

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Crimea: The Ukrainian drone strike on a passenger train travelling between Moscow and Simferopol in Russian-controlled Crimea killed an...
  
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• The Latest: Israel and Iran trade fire in most serious confrontation since April truce

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Israel and Iran have exchanged missile...
  
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• Talks begin in Cairo on advancing fragile Gaza ceasefire

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Despite the Gaza truce technically in effect since October, daily violence has rocked the territory, over half of which is under Israeli military control in defiance of the ceasefire's terms ......
  
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• Sustainable jet fuel too costly and scarce, airline group warns

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Aviation fuel from non-petroleum sources remains difficult to find and still far too expensive to bring about the de-carbonization of air travel, the...
  
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• South Korea Rejects Nuclear Arms as Xi Begins North Korea Visit

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Email:[email protected] Seoul: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that Seoul must continue pursuing the denuclearisation of North Korea and should not consider developing its own nuclear weapons, warning that such a move could trigger a...
  
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• Qatar advances human rights action plan

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Consultations on the National Human Rights Action Plan for 2026–2030 continued on Sunday in the capital, as Qatar moves forward with preparations for its next phase of rights-based policy development. The sessions, organised by the committee responsible...
  
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• Powerful Earthquake Kills Three, Triggers Tsunami Alerts in Philippines

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Email:[email protected] Manila: At least three people were killed and five others injured after a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, triggering tsunami warnings across parts of the...
  
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• PM Says Australians Feel Let Down by the System Amid One Nation Poll Surge

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australians don’t feel the system is working for them in response to another poll...
  
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• Philippines earthquake urgent Foreign Office alert after 12 dead and 200 injured

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Mindanao, which is the second-largest island in the Philippines, was hit by a 7.0 magnitued earthquake this morning. The Foreign Office has now issued an urgent warning to Brits who are due to travel to the area ......
  
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• Peru Awaits Final Verdict in Closely Fought Presidential Election

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Lima: Peru's presidential runoff began too close to call while vote counting started nationwide on Monday. Conservative candidate Fujimori and leftist lawmaker Roberto Sánchez...
  
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• Pentagon raises threat of Israeli spying to ‘critical’: US media

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel to its highest level, US media reported on Saturday. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said...
  
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• ‘Now people stop to ask their names and even stroke them’: Nigerians embrace dogs as pets

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  As social attitudes shift and concern for animal rights grows, the dog meat tradition in many parts of Nigeria is increasingly being questioned...
  
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• No electricity, no gas, no sleep: Cubans on edge amid endless outages

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  Four months into US oil blockade, Cubans see island drained as state electric company fights to provide even a few hours of power a day...
  
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• Netahyahu defies Trump’s ‘ultimatium’ on Iran, Lebanon again and again and again

  08-06-2026 10:03 via article.wn.com
  On Sunday night, June 7, Donald Trump told three news organisations the same thing: he was in control. He told Fox News a peace deal with Iran was days away. He told Axios that Israel would not retaliate for Iran’s missile strikes. He told the Financial Times that Benjamin Netanyahu “won’t have any choice” but to accept whatever Washington decides, because Trump, not Netanyahu, “calls the shots.” By Monday morning, June 8, the Israeli Air Force had struck Isfa
  
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