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• U.S. House passes election campaign financing bill

  14-07-2026 06:38 via article.wn.com
  (The Center Square) – The U.S. House passed a bill Monday that would restrict funding of state and local political races and ballot proposals to American citizens only. ......
  
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• Who is Jordan Brown? The 'Navy Seal' with no papers, a Chinese passport, and a ...

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  A multi-agency probe is underway after the SSB arrested Jordan Brown, an American claiming to be a former US Navy Special Forces operative, at the India-Nepal border. ......
  
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• 'We will be fair': Iran's dig at Trump as he announces 20% charge to pass ...

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Araghchi's dig...
  
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• US strikes Iran as Trump revives Hormuz blockade and shipping tolls

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  US strikes Iran as Trump revives Hormuz blockade and shipping tolls ......
  
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• US strikes degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping -- CENTCOM | Kuwait Times Newspaper

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON: The US...
  
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• US resumes attacks as Iran hits Bahrain, oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  DUBAI — The United States has llaunched its third consecutive night of strikes on Iran hours after Donald Trump said Washington would reinstate a maritime blockade on the country and, in an apparently policy reversal, charge ships for safe passage.Iran responded with attacks targeting Bahrain and two oil supertankers associated with the United Arab Emirates traveling through the strait, killing one mariner and wounding eight others. The UAE threatened to retaliate, potentially drawing the
  
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• UAE Condemns Missile Strike on Tankers

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  The UAE Ministry of Defense has announced that two UAE-flagged oil tankers, Mombasa and Bahia, were struck by two Iranian cruise missiles while transiting the southern passage of the Strait of Hormuz...
  
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• Trump\u2019s blockade, oil shock, toll: Key questions answered on renewed Iran war

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  On July 6, Iran\u2019s...
  
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• Trump's $1.8bn IRS settlement overturned by US judge, that would have shielded him from tax audits

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  A US federal judge has voided a legal settlement between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that would have shielded him from tax audits and created a proposed $1.8 billion "anti-weaponisation" fund. US District Judge Kathleen Williams ruled on Monday that the lawsuit leading to the...
  
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• Trump demands 20% fee for protecting ships in Strait Hormuz

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump declared the return of a naval blockade on Iranian ports on Monday, saying Washington would impose hefty fees on ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz as fighting once again flared over the vital waterway.Iran's military command insisted it would not allow the US to "interfere" in the key conduit for oil and gas, while also warning its Gulf neighbors against cooperating with Washington.The competing claims came as the two sides traded attacks of a sca
  
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• 'Trapped in windowless bathrooms': What happened at Bangkok bar where 27 died

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  In the horrific fire...
  
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• The star-studded World Cup semifinals kick off with France vs. Spain

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  The expanded World Cup allowed FIFA to...
  
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• St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jordan Walker beats Philadelphia hometown hero Kyle Schwarber in finals of ...

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  St. Louis Cardinals slugger Jordan Walker beats Philadelphia hometown hero Kyle Schwarber in finals of Home Run Derby. ......
  
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• Norway's Erling Haaland brought a $750 taxidermy raccoon home from the World Cup

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Haaland's gift to himself after the World Cup was a taxidermied raccoon. Jan Langhaug / NTB / AFP via Getty ImagesNorway striker Erling Haaland took home a tipsy raccoon as a keepsake of his time in the US.He left the plane at Oslo with the taxidermied raccoon in one hand and a Dolce & Gabbana bag in the other.Haaland's fashion sense and meme-worthy presence have made him one of the...
  
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• Messi meets England at last with World Cup final place on the line

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Lionel Messi has done just...
  
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• Messi faces England for first time with World Cup final at stake

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Email: [email protected] Lionel Messi is set to face England for the first time in his incredible international career as defending champions Argentina meet England in a...
  
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• Jordan Walker spoils Philly’s Kyle Schwarber party, rallies to win Home Run Derby

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Jordan Walker silenced Philadelphia’s boo birds by homering on his last six swings, chasing down Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber in the final round and becoming the first St. Louis Cardinal to win the Home Run Derby. Schwarber hit 11 homers ......
  
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• India, New Zealand Agree to ‘Strategic Partnership’ by 2030

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  India and New Zealand will elevate their relationship to the level of a “Strategic Partnership” by 2030, and will...
  
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• ICE officer who fatally shot driver in Maine was 'fearing for public safety,' agency says

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Sen. Angus King says the motorist killed by ICE officers in a Maine shooting was not the target of the warrant the officers were executing. King said Monday that that information came from Homeland Security Secretary Mullin. It’s the second ......
  
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• How people’s genes are revealing why some languages are so unique

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  A new study measured how different...
  
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• Fourth Australian interest rate rise more likely if Trump’s Iran conflict not resolved within a week

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Economists warn continued airstrikes could push oil prices beyond US$100 a barrel, increasing chance of further RBA rate hike...
  
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• FIFA World Cup 2026: Harry Kane breaks silence on Jude Bellingham-Thomas Tuchel tension ahead of ...

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Harry Kane has dismissed speculation of tension between...
  
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• FIDE Chess World Cup format changes – duration, participants, time Control & prize pool

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Under the new format,...
  
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• Cyclospora Parasite Outbreak: Affected Regions, Symptoms, Treatment

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  A growing outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite, has spread across the United States. ......
  
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• China Exports, Imports Soar Faster Than Forecast As AI Booms

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  The AI frenzy has helped shield China from months of war in the Middle East, even as domestic frailty likely meant economic growth slowed near the lower bound of the official target of 4.5% to 5% in... ......
  
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• Chick\u2011fil\u2011A dethroned as America\u2019s fast-food favorite

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
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• Bangkok bar fire: death toll reaches 30 as police investigate negligence as ‘primary theory’

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  Bar owner in Thailand offers ‘deepest apologies for this tragic incident’ as police investigate whether exits were either blocked or hard to access...
  
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• Anti-Semitism Inquiry Told Pro-Palestinian Encampments Were Not Threatening

  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
  An organiser of pro-Palestinian university campus encampments has told the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism...
  
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  14-07-2026 07:59 via article.wn.com
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• Prisoner set to be oldest inmate executed in Florida’s history after years on death row

  14-07-2026 07:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dennis Sochor has been on death row since the 1980s
  
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