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• Somali Referee Says His World Cup Dream Is Dashed After U.S. Denies Entry

  09-06-2026 14:05 via article.wn.com
  “I had the right papers and everything,” Omar Abdulkadir Artan said in his first interview since he was turned back. He would have been the first Somali to referee a game in the tournament. ......
  
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• Zohran Mamdani wanted to meet Colombian president Gustavo Petro who posted 'Heil Hitler' on X. Trump said 'No'

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  It was supposed to be New York mayor Zohran Mamdani's first meeting with a foreign leader but President Donald Trump nixed the scheduled meeting of Mamdani with Colombian president Gustavo Petro, a fellow democratic socialist. The Washington Post reported that the Colombian government quietly called off the...
  
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• Xi opposed attempts to "revive militarism" during North Korea trip: Xinhua

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed opposition to attempts to "revive militarism" as well as "hegemonism and power politics" during his visit to North Korea earlier this week, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday, with the leader apparently referring to Japan and the United States. Xi's remarks at a welcome banquet hosted by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in...
  
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• World cup games today: Who are playing on Day 1? Kick off time, team-wise match schedule

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  World cup today matches: FIFA World Cup 2026 is kicking off on Thursday. ......
  
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• World Cup 2026: This country's supporters banned from this year's event, claim fans' association

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Ivory Coast play two of their three group matches in Philadelphia, against Ecuador on June 15 and Curacao on June 25 either side of a trip to Toronto to face Germany. ......
  
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• World Cup 2026: Schedule, groups, host cities and more

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  See the schedule for the 2026 FIFA World Cup rounds and matches, the game format, and top teams to watch. ......
  
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• Why the G7 is worried about global economic imbalances

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  In a pivotal discussion at the G7 summit, France...
  
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• Viral Dubai Chocolate brand launches FIFA-inspired box with prizes, signed Iniesta jerseys

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  FIX Dessert Chocolatier, the brand behind the viral Dubai Chocolate phenomenon, is tapping straight into football fever with the launch of its limited-edition FIFA-inspired Hero Box. Rolling out from June 11, the homegrown brand behind the cult ‘Original Dubai Chocolate’ is teaming up with Careem for a citywide activation just in time for the 2026 season. At the centre of it all is...
  
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• US, South Korea hold nuclear deterrence talks as North Korea expands arms push

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Seoul ― U.S. and South Korean officials discussed strengthening nuclear deterrence and readiness against North Korea’s growing weapons program on Thursday, South Korea’s defence ministry said, at talks in Seoul under their Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG). The meeting follows growing concern that North Korea is expanding its capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear material, after state media showed leader Kim Jong Un inspecting a newly operating nuclear-material...
  
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• US-Iran Talks For Interim Deal On Despite War Drums; Frozen Funds Key Bone Of Contention

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Tens of billions of dollars in Iranian oil profits frozen in foreign banks were among the concerns that needed to be thoroughly explored, according to Iranian sources, even though a political... ......
  
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• Urgent: Kuwait says 24 hostile drones intercepted over past 48 hours

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  KUWAIT CITY, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Kuwaiti armed forces...
  
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• UN mission in Afghanistan confirms death toll of 13 civilians in Pakistani airstrikes

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  The United Nations mission in Afghanistan says it has documented the deaths of 13 civilians, mainly children and women, from Pakistani airstrikes on eastern Afghanistan ......
  
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• UK defense secretary quits, says government isn't willing to spend enough on military

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  British Defense Secretary John Healey has resigned, saying the government is not willing to spend enough on the military at a time of rising threat ......
  
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• UK defence secretary resigns over military funding clash with Starmer citing 'rising threats'

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Healey said the funding package handed to him on Monday “falls well short of what is required” ......
  
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• U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey quits, says govt. isn't willing to spend enough on military

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Publication of the defence investment plan has been delayed amid reports of disagreement between the defence ministry and the Treasury ......
  
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• Türkiye holds key policy rate at 37 pct as Mideast tensions continue to stoke inflation

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  ANKARA, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye's central bank kept its key policy rate unchanged at 37 percent on Thursday, maintaining caution for a third straight month as...
  
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• Several states are bowing out of Trump’s ‘Great American State Fair’

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  U.S. President Donald Trump...
  
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• Psychology says people who hate getting their photos taken aren’t shy, they may be revealing ...

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Psychology does not claim that everyone who dislikes being...
  
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• Pope Leo says history will condemn leaders who ignore migrant deaths

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo marked his first anniversary as leader of the Catholic Church The Pope spoke of the weakening of the marital bond, international tensions, and a preference of the arms trade over respect for human life. Arguineguin, Spain ― Pope Leo appealed to world leaders on Thursday to treat migrants more humanely, warning in a visit to Spain's Canary Islands, one of Europe's migration hotspots, that history would condemn those who allowed people fleeing war or poverty to suffer. In what he ca
  
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• Political reviews are causing a huge grant backlog at the National Park Service

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Hundreds of millions of dollars in National Park Service funding is sitting in limbo at the Department of Interior, awaiting a political review that longtime agency staff say has put a stranglehold on the agency’s work....
  
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• Northern Ireland violence: How a deadly knife attack led to riots, rise of anti-migrant demand?

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Northern Ireland riots: Politicians from both parts of Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government condemned the violence. ......
  
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• New Canadian Bill Proposes Teen Social Media Ban Unless Tech Firms Meet Safety Rules

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] ONTARIO: Canada has introduced the ‘Safe Social Media Act,’ a landmark proposal that could ban teenagers under 16 from accessing social media...
  
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• Most successful living immigrants in the US: Arnold Schwarzenegger leads, followed by Elon Musk, Jensen Huang and others

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  The United States has long been described through the people who arrived there rather than only those born within its borders. That idea sits quietly behind many public lists of influential figures, where origin stories begin far from American cities but end up embedded in industries that shape everyday life. The Forbes selection of leading living immigrants reflects that pattern in an indirect way, grouping individuals whose careers unfolded across different continents before intersecting with
  
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• Mexico vs South Africa FIFA World Cup 2026: Lineup, key players, prediction, team stats, and ...

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Mexico kicks off the expanded 2026 FIFA World...
  
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• Mexico vs South Africa FIFA World Cup 2026: India time, live streaming, TV channels, venue, ...

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Mexico vs South Africa FIFA World Cup 2026 India live...
  
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• Mauritian FM rejects report of U.S. intention to buy Chagos Archipelago as "fake news"

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  PORT LOUIS, June 11 (Xinhua) -- Mauritian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Dhananjay Ramful said on Wednesday that he had "at no time" heard U.S. President Donald Trump express an intention to purchase the Chagos Archipelago, describing the report of an alleged U.S. plan to acquire the archipelago as "fake news." He made the remarks in...
  
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• ‘Human shield’ on India border: Bangladesh opposition to launch protest over alleged 'push-ins'

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami and a coalition of opposition parties, including the National Citizen Party (NCP), have announced protests along the India-Bangladesh border over alleged 'push-ins' by India and the reported killing of Bangladeshi nationals near the frontier.The Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party alliance has unveiled a two-day protest programme, demanding an end to the alleged push-ins and border killings.'There is no legal provision for killing anyone at the border. Even if a person comm
  
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• Kash Patel on the FBI's defining test: Securing the World Cup

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  The FBI faces its biggest security challenge ever with...
  
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• Japan resumes release of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, June 11 (Xinhua) -- The release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the ocean resumed on Thursday afternoon after a...
  
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• Iran-U.S. War: America launches second round of strikes, Tehran hits back at gulf states Bahrain, ...

  11-06-2026 14:36 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump has urged Iran to sign a deal to end the war and suggested earlier this week that an agreement could be reached in days. ......
  
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