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• Nepal Foreign Minister Meets PM Modi During 3-Day India Visit To Reset Ties

  05-06-2026 05:29 via article.wn.com
  Shisir Khanal's New Delhi trip carries unmistakable diplomatic weight, signalling Kathmandu's intent to move past the friction and re-engage New Delhi at the highest levels. ......
  
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• Trump-Knicks live updates: Huge security measures outside MSG as fans bemoan disruption ahead of Game 3

  08-06-2026 20:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson will lead the Knicks as they face off against the San Antonio Spurs in Game 3 of the NBA Finals
  
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• Plane on the way to pick up MLB Legend Yadier Molina and his family crashes as it leaves for Texas

  08-06-2026 20:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Footage from Dominican Republic shows jet scraping runway on its rear wheels before erupting into flames
  
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• Teen charged with murder at Texas track meet was ‘distraught’ after stabbing, witness says

  08-06-2026 20:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Defense attorneys insist the teen felt threatened and believed he needed to defend himself
  
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• World Cup: John McGinn reveals Scotland priority after Norway friendly row

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Steve Clarke was branded ‘unprofessional’ after calling off behind-closed-doors friendly citing injury concerns ......
  
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• World Cup by the numbers: 104 matches, 48 teams and 3 countries make this the largest ever

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The tournament is the first since FIFA expanded the field from 32 teams to 48....
  
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• Witness says teen charged with murder at Texas track meet was 'distraught' after fatal stabbing

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Lawyers for a young man who fatally stabbed a competitor at a Texas high school track meet are calling more witnesses as a trial enters a second week. Karmelo Anthony is charged with murder in the death of 17-year-old Austin ......
  
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• WHO chief praises Uganda’s Ebola effort | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  KAMPALA, Uganda: The...
  
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• ‘Wasn’t even good’: US tourist says she was charged €44 for two ice creams in Rome

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Post on Facebook received more than 900 comments, with one Italian writing that they were ‘ashamed’...
  
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• Una "transformaci�n milagrosa": c�mo Kim Jong Un fortific� Corea del Norte

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Aprovech� la pandemia para reforzar sin piedad su control sobre el pa�s. Despu�s, dinamiz� la econom�a aprovechando la guerra de Rusia en Ucrania. ......
  
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• Two US pilots killed after plane bound to pick up former MLB star crashes

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Plane on way to pick up Yadier Molina and his family crashed in Dominican Republic, killing pilot and co-pilot...
  
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• The weird and wonderful soccer phrases fans will bring to the World Cup

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The locals might be hearing some unusual phrases from traveling supporters inside and outside stadiums....
  
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• The Kennedy Center drops 'Trump' branding as Bill Maher’s Twain Award guests are revealed

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Bill Maher is set to receive the Mark Twain Award for American Humor at the Kennedy Center on June 28. John Mellencamp, Woody Harrelson, and Whitney Cummings will be among the guest speakers. The Kennedy Center announced the event details ......
  
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• The Guardian view on climate equality: a richer life and real public abundance, not just ...

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The Global Justice Report offers a hopeful bargain: tax extreme wealth and replace consumer excess with social and economic security for all...
  
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• ‘Severe’ stress on oceans as rate of sea level rise doubles in 10 years, UN warns

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Global effort needed to limit effects of pollution, industrial fishing and climate crisis, World Ocean Assessment says...
  
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• Semi-automated offside is coming for the World Cup. Here’s how one referee uses it

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Micheal Barwagen is part of an all-Canadian crew at this World Cup, and says the new offside system makes his job easier in some ways...
  
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• Pope Leo gets seven-minute standing ovation after warning the world is in ‘profound’ crisis

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The pontiff has recently adopted a more forceful tone regarding the direction of global leadership...
  
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• PepsiCo is now delivering Doritos and Gatorade to stores with driverless trucks

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The International...
  
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• Nora Fatehi's FIFA World Cup track Siir Siir out: 'A full-circle moment'

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Nora Fatehis FIFA World Cup track Siir Siir out A fullcircle moment ......
  
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• McDonald's worker suffers severe burns on face and body after coworker throws hot oil on him

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  A California McDonald’s employee suffered burns across his face, neck, arm and back after his colleague allegedly threw hot oil on him. Jacob Smith, 20, remains in the hospital following the May 30 incident at a Yuba City McDonald’s. His mother, Amber Smith, told NBC affiliate KCRA of Sacramento that he was getting ready to head home when he was...
  
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• Los Angeles trial begins for man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  A federal trial has begun in Los Angeles for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire. It comes as the neighborhood continues to rebuild and the aftermath of the blaze reverberates through the race for LA mayor. ......
  
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• Kenya’s former chief justice David Maraga arrested during park construction protest

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s former Chief Justice David Maraga said he was arrested on Monday alongside other activists protesting planned construction inside Nairobi National Park. Police fired tear gas canisters at the protesters who were marching outside the park while carrying...
  
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• Israel’s Netanyahu acknowledges halt in fighting with Iran but vows to respond ‘with force’ to ...

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  JERUSALEM (AP) —...
  
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• Iran and Israel pause strikes after desperate Trump plea – but vow to resume attacks ...

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The shaky ceasefire between Iran...
  
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• Gordon Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of American Revolution, killed in crash at 92

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Gordon Wood, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of American Revolution, killed in crash at 92. ......
  
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• Gordon S. Wood, influential scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood has died. He was 92. Police say Wood died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island. Wood wrote many books and was a longtime ......
  
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• Gordon S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dies at 92 after being hit by a car

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and...
  
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• Gordon S. Wood, eminent scholar of the American Revolution, dead at 92

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood has died. He was 92. Police say Wood died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island. Wood wrote many books and was a longtime ......
  
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• Gordon S. Wood dead: Pulitzer Prize-winning author dies after being hit by car in parking lot

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  President Obama presented him a National Humanities Medal in 2011...
  
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• Germany and France drop joint fighter jet project

  08-06-2026 19:52 via article.wn.com
  The leaders of France and Germany have agreed to scrap a landmark project to develop and build a new-generation fighter jet, two German officials said on Monday, ending one of Europe’s most ambitious defence programmes. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the troubled project on the sidelines of the EU-Western...
  
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