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• Russia’s missile, drone attacks on Ukraine kill at least 21

  06-07-2026 21:44 via article.wn.com
  Russia unleashed waves of missiles and drones at Ukraine early Monday, killing at least 21 people in attacks that exposed widening gaps in country’s air defenses more than four years into Moscow’s full-scale invasion, authorities said. All of the ballistic missiles launched by Russia struck their targets, underscoring Kyiv’s need for more U.S.-made Patriot interceptor missiles — a point Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will likely reiterate at a NATO summit in Anka
  
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• Zara's 'death pants' are trending because people keep tripping on them

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Technically, the Zara pants at the centre of a new internet phenomenon are called "flowy wide leg pants." But on social media, they're better known as "death trousers" because people keep tripping and falling. ......
  
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• Yemen government says attacked Sanaa airport, reviving dormant conflict

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  The government said it had wanted to prevent an Iranian plane from landing in the capital, after failing to convince a Houthi delegation that went to Tehran for the late Iranian Supreme Leader’s funeral to board a Yemenia flight instead. ......
  
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• World Cup semis: Four previous champions, Mbappé vs Yamal and Messi vs Kane

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA (AP): It’s a World Cup...
  
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• White House targets AI-driven power costs as energy demand surges

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  White House targets AI-driven power costs as energy demand surges The White House is organizing a summit to bring together electric utility executives, data center developers, and state governors. The goal is to secure a voluntary agreement ensuring that the explosive energy demands of artificial intelligence do not result in higher electricity bills for regular households and businesses Advertisement Trump administration aims for a voluntary pledge designed to ensure rapid growth in electricity
  
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• WATCH: Fight breaks out at Hilary Duff concert

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  The concert was taking place at the Kia Forum in Inglewood as part of Duff’s “Lucky Me” tour, but things took a turn when two people got into a physical altercation. ......
  
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• US judge voids Trump’s settlement with Internal Revenue Service

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
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• US immigration agents involved in another fatal shooting, official says

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• US appeals court revives hundreds of private lawsuits linking Tylenol to autism

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
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• UN shipping agency opposes fees for any strait, after Trump plans Hormuz charge

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
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• Ukraine fears it will have a weaker link to Trump after Sen. Lindsey Graham’s sudden death

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's death...
  
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• UK targets Russian cyber networks with new sanctions

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
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• Trump says US will blockade Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and charge ships for ...

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump says the United States is “reinstating” a blockade on Iran in the Strait of Hormuz and will charge other ships for safe passage. He made the announcement in a post on social media Monday, after another ......
  
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• Trump reimposes blockade on Strait of Hormuz, declares 20 percent US toll on shipping

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  President Trump announces reinstatement of US blockade on Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran. US to charge 20 percent toll for security. ......
  
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• Sweet discovery: Astronomers find sugar lurking in the space between stars

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  The space between stars just got a little sweeter. Astronomers have detected a type of sugar in space that's also found in raspberries and self-tanners. The sugar, called erythrulose, lurks in what's called the interstellar medium: thin clouds of gas and dust littered between stars. Watch NBC Bay Area News free wherever you are WATCH HERE Sugar does more than sweeten tea and powder doughnuts. Different varieties fuel our cells and even make up DNA. Scientists are itching to know how sugars form.
  
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• Standard time could become permanent in US under new bill, with some exceptions

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  While a House bill to make daylight saving permanent could be voted on this week, another new bill calls for an opposite approach. ......
  
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• Singapore court postpones French teen's straw-licking case to July 30

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  A court case involving a French teen charged for filming himself licking a straw from a vending machine and then putting it back was postponed Monday as prosecutors sought to clarify if he could continue his studies if convicted. ......
  
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• Sheikh Hasina will be jailed if she returns to Bangladesh, says minister

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Sheikh Hasina will be jailed if she returns to Bangladesh, says minister ......
  
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• Netanyahu, Trump on same page despite speculation over differences: Israeli envoy

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Netanyahu, Trump on same page despite speculation over differences: Israeli envoy ......
  
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• Neither France nor Spain has trailed at this year's World Cup, but only one can reach the final

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Kylian Mbappé and France haven’t...
  
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• Kazakhstan's economy grows 4.1 pct in first half of 2026

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  ALMATY, July 13 (Xinhua) -- Kazakhstan's GDP expanded by 4.1 percent in the first half of 2026, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov said Monday. Reporting to Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart...
  
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• Justices Barrett and Kagan to face lawmakers after divisive Supreme Court term

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  As the federal judiciary makes a rare...
  
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• Italian heatwave threatens classic pasta dish

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• Iran persecutes its Baha'i minority fiercely in a year of protests and war, rights groups say

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Peyvand Naimi has spent more than six months...
  
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• Hungary passes constitutional amendment to remove Orbán-era president

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Hungary's Parliament has passed a...
  
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• Grandfather recovering from surgery after bison attack at Yellowstone sent him flying

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
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• EU, UK target Russia with 1st joint cyber sanctions package

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  The European Union and the U.K. announced on Monday new coordinated sanctions on Russia over cyber attacks in Europe, accusing Moscow's FSB intelligence agency of involvement ......
  
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• EU, U.K. hit Russia with joint sanctions over cyber attacks

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  The move comes as Western officials warn Russia has stepped up its "hybrid" campaign to destabilise Europe over four years into the war on Ukraine. ......
  
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• EU split over plan to ban imports from Israeli settlements

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• Dozens at an Ebola treatment center in Congo strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses

  13-07-2026 20:36 via article.wn.com
  Dozens of workers at an Ebola treatment...
  
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