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• The Hackett Group® Establishes AI World Class Procurement Benchmarks

  13-07-2026 19:13 via article.wn.com
  MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 13, 2026-- ......
  
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• World must open its eyes to horrors in Sudan

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Five months after the United Nations reported acts of genocide in Sudan, another human rights catastrophe may be imminent. ......
  
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• World Cup Sends Prediction Markets Past $50B

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Prediction markets topped $50 billion in monthly volume during the first month of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as event-contract platforms pulled sports trading into a larger financial-market format. The surge put World Cup betting...
  
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• World Cup: Argentina, England renew soccer\u2019s greatest, bitterest rivalry

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  The contentious...
  
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• Urgent: Trump threatens strikes on Iran's power plants, bridges next week if no deal

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the United States would expand its strikes on Iran next week to target power plants and bridges...
  
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• Trump Pivots His Strait of Hormuz Strategy—Again

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Pressure from Gulf leaders prompted Trump to abandon proposed tolls. ......
  
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• Trump administration orders ICE to suspend most vehicle stops after 2 deadly shootings

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Trump administration officials have...
  
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• The border fence between Gibraltar and Spain is removed, easing travel for thousands of people ...

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  The border fence between Gibraltar and Spain is removed, easing travel for thousands of people under an EU-UK deal. ......
  
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• Takeout Boxes Are Filling Landfills. This Town Has A Plan To Phase Them Out

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  A Hawaii town is aiming to tackle plastic waste with a new program called Ho‘i, offering washable, reusable to-go containers. The initiative in Hilo follows the closure of the South Hilo landfill in 2019 and a ban that goes into ......
  
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• Spain shuts down France, Kylian Mbappé, advances to World Cup final

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas — Mikel...
  
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• Scottish traffic cone gets dignitary's welcome in Boston after World Cup friendship

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Fresh off a first-class flight from...
  
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• Man running from encounter with US immigration agents in Florida is struck and killed by ...

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Man running from encounter with US immigration agents in Florida is struck and killed by a tractor trailer, police say. ......
  
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• Man fleeing immigration officers in Florida struck and killed by tractor trailer, police say

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. —...
  
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• Lionel Messi, Jude Bellingham collide in World Cup semifinal between Argentina, England

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  ATLANTA —...
  
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• Iran Suspends MoU Commitments as US Resumes Strikes and Naval Blockade in Strait of Hormuz

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
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• Iran and US step up attacks, battle over control of Strait of Hormuz

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  CAIRO — President Donald Trump stepped back Tuesday from a proposal to charge a 20% transit fee to guard the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway as part of the conflict with Iran, saying he would instead seek investment deals with ......
  
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• Inflation cools more than expected as gas costs fall, underlying prices ease

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  U.S. inflation cooled last month as the cost of gas, clothes, and used cars fell, providing some relief to consumers, though much of the progress could be reversed if the Iran war keeps worsening. Prices dropped 0.4% in June from ......
  
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• In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg asked his Harvard roommate Joe Green to join Facebook: Green said no, and the missed stake has been estimated at hundreds of millions

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  In 2004, Joe Green was living close enough to Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard to witness the chaotic early period that produced Facebook, yet when Zuckerberg asked him to leave university and help build the fledgling social network, Green made the decision that would follow him through almost every retelling of the company’s origin story: he said no. It was not because Green thought the idea was worthless or because he had fallen out with Zuckerberg, but because an earlier online experiment had
  
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• House passes bill to ‘ditch the switch’ and make daylight saving time permanent

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way. ......
  
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• Gibraltar ushers in a new era as British territory's border fence with Spain is removed

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Thousands of people who...
  
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• France vs Spain, FIFA World Cup 2026: ESP holds off Mbappe's FRA to earn a ...

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Spain beat Kylian...
  
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• E. Jean Carroll is paid $5.6 million in Trump sex abuse and defamation case

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  Court records show writer E. Jean Carroll has been paid over $5.6 million that a jury awarded in her sexual abuse and defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump. The records show the payment was made Monday from an account where ......
  
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• Bipartisan group of senators introduces legislation to avert looming Social Security shortfall

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — With Social...
  
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• An experimental Alzheimer's drug shows promise targeting a different brain protein, new study shows

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  An experimental drug might help slow...
  
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• 74-year-old Florida man becomes oldest inmate executed in the state’s modern history

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
  74-year-old Florida man becomes oldest inmate executed in the state’s modern history. ......
  
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• 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Pacific Ring of Fire: Normal activity or warning of a megaquake? Explained

  15-07-2026 01:20 via article.wn.com
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• How a former 'street kid' is key to South Africa's police corruption inquiry

  15-07-2026 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Vusimusi "Cat" Matlala, due to appear at the Madlanga Commission, grew up hustling to make a living.
  
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• Xinhua Middle East news summary at 2200 GMT, July 14

  15-07-2026 00:41 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN -- Several explosions were heard Tuesday night in the southern Iranian provinces of Hormozgan and Khuzestan, as the United States announced a new round of strikes against Iran, state-run IRIB news agency reported. Six explosions were heard west of the...
  
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• World News in Brief: Gaza aid challenges persist, renewed push for clean energy, Sudan cholera update

  15-07-2026 00:41 via article.wn.com
  Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip...
  
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• World Cup football’s other goal: Helping young people talk about mental health

  15-07-2026 00:41 via article.wn.com
  When Dr. Sahira Al Nahari founded...
  
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