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• Mexico expects 10 mln additional tourists during World Cup

  13-06-2026 00:32 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Mexico expects to welcome about 10 million additional tourists during the month-long 2026 FIFA World Cup, which opened Thursday, Tourism Secretary Josefina Rodriguez Zamora said. Rodriguez said about 3 million of the additional visitors are expected...
  
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• Yesterday ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 match result: What happened in England Women vs ...

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Openers Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones added 135 runs for the first wicket. Jones made 53 off 38 balls before falling in the 14th over. ......
  
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• Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 13

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN -- Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said Friday night that the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States to end the war could take place within the next few days. In an interview with state-run IRIB TV, Araghchi said that upon...
  
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• W.H.O. Warns ‘Blind Spots’ Could Obscure Full Extent of Ebola Outbreak

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Olivier le Polain, an epidemiologist with the World Health...
  
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• Visa denial sidelines Thomas Partey for Ghana's World Cup opener against Panama in Toronto

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  TORONTO — Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will not play in his team's World Cup opener Wednesday after Canada denied his visa application while he awaits trial in London on multiple charges of rape. FIFA said Friday in a statement that the 32-year-old Partey won’t be able to travel from his team's base camp in Smithfield, Rhode Island, for Ghana's opening match with Panama...
  
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• US ready for co-hosts' final World Cup opener against Paraguay before a raucous SoCal crowd

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The U.S. is ready to face Paraguay on Friday night to open its first home World Cup in 32 years. A jubilant Southern California crowd arrived early to cheer on an American team with high hopes heading into the final home opener for this tournament's three co-hosting nations. Led by midfielder Christian Pulisic and a core of his experienced...
  
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• US-Iran deal offers sanctions relief, delays nuke talks as Tehran claims victory

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  US-Iran deal offers sanctions relief, delays nuke talks as Tehran claims victory ......
  
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• US and Iran ‘very close’ to ceasefire deal, Araghchi says

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said a deal to permanently end the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran has “never been closer”. In a post on X on Friday, Araghchi signalled growing optimism about ongoing negotiations, though he later...
  
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• ‘They can shut up’: Larin silences doubters in Canada’s World Cup opener

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Cyle Larin took a quick pass,...
  
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• Spain back at full strength ahead of its World Cup opener against Cape Verde

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Spain will have a full squad available for its World Cup opener against Cape Verde on Monday with forward Víctor Muñoz returning to training a day after Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams also were back. Spain was hit by injuries late last season and had to adjust its preparations in the run-up...
  
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• Ryan Reynolds and Mike Myers among the stars at Canada's first home World Cup match

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  TORONTO — Cyle Larin’s goal not only saved the World Cup opener for Canada on Friday, it gave a bunch of Canadian celebrities a reason to stomp and shout. “Deadpool” star and Wrexham co-owner Ryan Reynolds, NHL standout Connor McDavid and actor Mike Myers were among the Canadian stars spotted among the announced...
  
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• Review: Pulitzer winner’s ‘Villa Coco’ is 266 pages of pure pleasure

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Honestly, I don’t know whether this is a review or a thank you note. Andrew Sean Greer’s “Villa Coco” has the summery, entertaining feel of someone writing whatever he feels like writing. Greer has already won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize ......
  
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• Nick Reiner wants his trust fund for his defense. Can he get it?

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Amid Nick Reiner's legal battle over his parents' deaths, his demand for access to a trust fund they established for him may be more complex than it seems. ......
  
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• Nguele appointed Cameroon women's football coach

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  YAOUNDE, June 12 (Xinhua) -- The Cameroon Football Federation (FECAFOOT) on Friday appointed...
  
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• Mexico coach Javier Aguirre's youth gamble sparks a victory in the World Cup's opening match

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  MEXICO CITY — Mexico's dire performance at the last World Cup in Qatar served as a wake-up call for this year's event. The message was clear: El Tri needed new players if it wanted a different ending on home soil in 2026. Four years after the national soccer team's disappointing group-stage exit — Mexico's...
  
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• Long Island World Cup fans relish the opportunity to cheer on their teams

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  The World Cup finally has arrived, and Long Islanders aren’t missing the opportunity to make the most of it. Soccer has always been a part of Floral Park’s Michael McGuire’s life. McGuire, 63, is the son of a Scotland native, Andy McGuire, and started playing the...
  
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• LI soccer fans hoping Team USA makes a deep run in World Cup

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Giancarlo Petruccelli is a dreamer. That’s why he believes the United States will win its first-ever World Cup. Petruccelli, 51, from Massapequa and a former soccer player at St. John’s, wasn’t alone in his belief. However, most fans Newsday spoke with at Stony Brook University’s World Cup Watch Partyon Friday don’t think the U.S. — whose best finish was third during the inaugural 1930 tournament — will go all the way. The fans were gathered to watch the
  
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• Hwang In-beom sparks South Korea's 2-1 comeback win over the Czech Republic at the World Cup

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Hwang In-beom scored a goal and set up another as South Korea rallied to defeat the Czech Republic 2-1 in the second match of the 2026 World Cup on Thursday night. After a lackluster first half in which both teams were jeered as they left the field, the Czech Republic took the lead in the 59th minute on a header by captain Ladislav Krejci after a long throw-in into the penalty area. South Korea equalized in the 67th, when Hwang scored after faking a shot with a nifty
  
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• G7 Summit-Why No China

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  FILE - A Chinese soldier stands guard on Tiananmen Square near the large portrait of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Beijing, Tuesday, March 10, 2015. ......
  
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• FIFA World Cup 2026 | USA VS Paraguay LIVE: Spotlight on U.S. as it takes ...

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  USA starts World Cup bid with first game on home soil since 1994 ......
  
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• FIFA blames empty seats at World Cup match in Mexico on fans in the concourses

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  There were many visible empty spots at the Guadalajara Stadium....
  
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• Cristiano Ronaldo wants Portugal focused on good start before talking about title hopes at World Cup

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Portugal traveled to the United States on Friday with Cristiano Ronaldo saying the team needs to focus on getting off to a good start instead of thinking ahead about contending for its first World Cup title. The Portuguese are among the favorites at the expanded 48-team tournament and the 41-year-old Ronaldo will be playing in his...
  
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• Belgium midfielder Witsel 'not staying at Girona' and will not return to Standard Liège

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  RENTON, Wash. — While preparing for Belgium's World Cup opener against Egypt, midfielder Axel Witsel said he has no intention of returning to Girona after one season with the La Liga club. The 37-year-old Witsel joined Girona after three years at Atlético Madrid but because Girona was relegated to the second division last month he was not interest in remaining with the team past June 30,...
  
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• APTOPIX Lebanon Israel War

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  A girl looks toward what residents said was an Israeli drone flying overhead as a boy checks his family's water storage tank in Halta, southern Lebanon, Friday, June 12, 2026. ......
  
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• APTOPIX India Plane Crash Anniversary

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  Family members of a victim of Air India plane crash, mourn as they pay tribute on the first anniversary of the crash at the crash site in Ahmedabad, India, Friday, June 12, 2026.Photo/Ajit Solanki) ......
  
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• A Myanmar rights group urges FIFA to drop Mytel's World Cup rights over connections to military

  13-06-2026 02:56 via article.wn.com
  BANGKOK — A Myanmar rights group is urging FIFA to reverse its decision to grant exclusive World Cup broadcast rights to a U.S.-sanctioned company linked to the country's military government that seized power of the five years ago. The group, Justice For Myanmar, told The Associated Press on Friday it only learned this week that...
  
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• California ‘cult’ leader sentenced to more than 200 years for sexually assaulting his followers

  13-06-2026 02:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sansue Bee Vang, a 58-year-old from Oroville, was found guilty in February of molesting four young girls and raping two women
  
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• World Cup 2026: A 0-0 draw and other miracles Americans must learn to love soccer

  13-06-2026 01:45 via article.wn.com
  American sports culture rests on one sacred promise: that the fan deserves to be entertained every single second, or someone has failed. Americans are raised on stimulation engineered like baby food, spooned in steady doses to soothe a nation’s collective attention deficit. Football gives the nation four seconds of beautiful violence followed by 40 seconds of replays, slow-motion moves and a man trying to sell us a truck. Basketball hands us a scoreboard that climbs like a tech stock on a
  
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• U.S. stocks gain ground as SpaceX debuts

  13-06-2026 01:45 via article.wn.com
  NEW YORK, June 12 (Xinhua) -- U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, bolstered by positive developments surrounding U.S.-Iran negotiations and a jump of SpaceX shares in the highly anticipated debut. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 353.51 points, or 0.7 percent, to 51,202.26. The S&P 500 added 37.16 points, or 0.5 percent, to 7,431.46. The Nasdaq...
  
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• US justice department approves $111bn merger of Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery

  13-06-2026 01:45 via article.wn.com
  Deal still under UK scrutiny with new investigation, and could face lawsuit from state attorneys general...
  
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