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• State lawmakers to explore banning foreign nationals from using Texas surrogates

  07-07-2026 21:29 via article.wn.com
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• Xinhua Headlines: Why do Americans keep electing politicians who fail to deliver?

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- As the 2026 U.S. midterm primaries get underway, candidates are vying for their parties' nominees by promising solutions to some of America's biggest challenges. For many voters, however, those promises sound strikingly familiar. Election after election, Americans head to the polls hoping for better lives, higher wages and safer streets. Yet time and again, the promises fall short once the ballots are counted. Call it a politics of "you vote, I don't deliver," a pa
  
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• World Cup quarterfinals are upon us. Here's what you need to know

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  The World Cup has whittled 48 teams down to just eight, with the quarterfinals upon us and the finish line in sight. Find out all you need to know about these monumental matches. ......
  
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• 'Were to be paid $5,000-$10,000': Texas couple, 80 and 74, arrested after 345-pound cocaine bust at border

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  An elderly couple has been charged with federal drug trafficking after US authorities allegedly recovered more than 345 pounds of suspected cocaine hidden inside a trailer they were towing through an American Border Patrol checkpoint in South Texas.Luke David Brader, 80, and...
  
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  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
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• USA star at the heart of World Cup controversy offers groveling apology for team's failure: ...

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Balogun was catapulted into the international spotlight last week when he was sent off against Bosnia in the last 32, before Trump's remarkable intervention helped get his ban overturned. ......
  
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• US launches new strikes on Iran, revokes oil sales permit after 3 ships attacked in ...

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. military attacked Iran early Wednesday after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz, part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic's ability to openly sell crude oil in the world market. Iran immediately warned Washington it would “take whatever measures it deems necessary," raising the risks that an interim agreement in the war halting fighting could break down, putting the wider Middle East again at
  
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• U.S. Central Command announces strikes on Iranian targets

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it had launched a series of attacks on...
  
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• US and Iran trade strikes in biggest test of truce as NATO leaders meet

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  NATO leaders gathering in the Turkish capital on Wednesday were supposed to be discussing defense spending and continued support to Ukraine, but US President Donald Trump’s decision to launch new strikes on Iran overnight will likely overshadow proceedings. Iran vowed a 'crushing...
  
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• UN officials urge Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent it sliding into instability

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  It is crucial for Western nations to engage with Afghanistan to prevent the country from sliding back into instability that could have repercussions far beyond its borders, two top United Nations officials said. ......
  
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• \u2018We don\u2019t fold\u2019: Iran targets US military sites after wave of attacks

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Iranian forces targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait.The US launched a wave of strikes on Iran.Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf accused the US of breaching the ceasefire agreement. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on Wednesday after the US launched a wave of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest blow to the fragile ceasefire agreement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sai
  
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• Tehran targets Bahrain and Kuwait after US strikes and limits Iran's oil sales over ship attacks

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  The U.S. military has attacked Iran after it said Tehran struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The assault Wednesday came as part of an American effort that also revoked the Islamic Republic’s ability to openly sell crude oil ......
  
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• Seaspan and Maersk Advance Fleet Efficiency Through Strategic Vessel Upgrade Program

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  SINGAPORE, July 7, 2026 /CNW/ - Seaspan Corporation Pte. Ltd. (Seaspan), a leading independent maritime asset owner and operator, has announced a deepened strategic collaboration with A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk), a global leader in integrated logistics and container shipping, focused on enhancing the efficiency of their time-chartered fleet. Building on more than 20 years of trusted partnership, the two companies are advancing a comprehensive vessel efficiency programme across 18 vessels on lo
  
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• Russian fuel shortages bite – but will Putin change tack in Ukraine war?

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Even in Moscow,...
  
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• Roundup: DR Congo Ebola confirmed caseload tops 1,700 as WHO says outbreak still intensifying

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported more than 1,700 confirmed Ebola cases as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the intensifying outbreak in the country's conflict-hit east, with the true scale of transmission still unclear and treatment facilities under mounting pressure. As of Monday, the DRC had reported 1,708 confirmed cases, including 580 deaths, said authorities late Tuesday. According to a WHO Regional Office for Africa report re
  
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• Population Growth Masking Australia’s Real Economic Problems: Report

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Australia has relied too heavily on population growth to drive its economy, which is masking genuine...
  
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• Oil prices jump after US strikes on Iran, while shares in Asia are mixed

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Asian shares are mixed...
  
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• O'Brien, Luzardo, Ashcraft and Contreras tapped as All-Star replacements

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Pitchers Paul Skenes, Jacob Misiorowski...
  
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• New Zealand hikes official cash rate amid inflation risks

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  WELLINGTON, July 8 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, lifting the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.5 percent. The move aims to return...
  
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• Nation and world at a glance for July 8

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Manhattan high-rise to be stabilized after columns buckle, evacuation NEW YORK — Workers have begun stabilizing a Manhattan high-rise after buckled columns and sagging floors at the site forced evacuations in and around the midtown construction site. Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office said late Tuesday that a team had gone floor-by-floor and observed no additional movement of the damaged columns. The office said on-site contractors were given the greenlight to move forward with emergency
  
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• KATE Launches "KABUKE: Break Convention" Kabuki-Inspired International Campaign

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 7, 2026-- ......
  
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• Japanese civil groups call for squarely facing history on 89th anniversary of July 7 Incident

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  TOKYO, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Several Japanese civil groups jointly held a memorial rally on Tuesday in Saitama Prefecture, near Tokyo, to commemorate the 89th anniversary of the July 7 Incident and called on the government to squarely face history. On July 7, 1937, Japanese soldiers attacked Chinese forces at the Lugou Bridge, marking the beginning of Japan's full-scale...
  
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• Iraq hosts funeral processions for Iran's Khamenei

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Funeral processions carrying the coffin of Iran's slain supreme leader Ali Khamenei will pass through Iraq's holy cities of Najaf and Karbala, home to Shia Islam's most sacred shrines. Iran began six days of public funeral ceremonies for Khamenei on Saturday, including a dedicated day to neighbouring Iraq, which has close ties to Tehran. The Islamic republic hopes the ceremonies will project strength and unity after the Middle East war, which started with US-Israeli strikes that killed Khamenei
  
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• Iran targets military sites in Bahrain, Kuwait after wave of US strikes

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they targeted US military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait in the early hours of this morning after the US launched a wave of military strikes on Iran in response to attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. In the latest blow to the fragile ceasefire agreement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out a joint missile ⁠and drone operation against key US military sites in Bandar Salman, Bahrain's Fifth Naval District and Ali Al Salem Air Base i
  
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• India Nagaland Iran War Fuel Photo Gallery

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  Atoshi Ayemi eats dinner with her daughter Azatina Murru inside their kitchen in Kohima, capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Monday, July 6, 2026. ......
  
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• Hanson Meets With Former Actress Holly Valance Ahead of UK CPAC Appearance

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has visited former Australian actress Holly Vance during a trip to the United...
  
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• Federal immigration agent fatally shoots man in Houston during an enforcement operation

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a man in Houston after he attempted to evade arrest in his vehicle during an operation Tuesday, the agency said. ......
  
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• English court to rule on final challenge to Trinidad's gay sex ban

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A nearly 10-year battle for gay rights in Trinidad and Tobago could end Wednesday at a final appeals court in England. ......
  
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• DR Congo Ebola confirmed caseload tops 1,700 as WHO says outbreak still intensifying

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  KINSHASA, July 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported more than 1,700 confirmed Ebola cases as the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of the intensifying outbreak in the country's conflict-hit east, with the true scale of transmission still unclear and treatment facilities under mounting pressure. As of Monday, the DRC had reported 1,708 confirmed cases, including 580 deaths, said authorities late Tuesday. According to a WHO Regional Office for Africa report re
  
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• DNA evidence from Charlie Kirk assassination disputed by defendant's lawyers

  08-07-2026 08:04 via article.wn.com
  PROVO, Utah (AP) — Lawyers for the man...
  
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