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• US-Iran deal: Inside $300 billion reconstruction framework

  18-06-2026 11:52 via article.wn.com
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• UFC fighter reveals the six words he whispered to Trump after big win at UFC White House fight

  18-06-2026 17:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  The UFC fighter said the atmosphere of the White House fight felt ‘different’ than others
  
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• Federal regulators back Trump's plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers

  18-06-2026 17:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal regulators have agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and electric transmission system to accommodate surging demand from power-hungry artificial intelligence data centers
  
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• Trump’s cabinet has a new secret weapon – a sauerkraut diet

  18-06-2026 17:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The ‘sulfurous odors’ from the fermented cabbage-centered diet ‘have been the cause of some domestic friction’ at the White House, according to the report
  
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• Woman almost flattened by speeding car after it mounts sidewalk

  18-06-2026 17:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  A woman walking down the street was almost hit by a car as it mounted the sidewalk and sped towards her.
  
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• World Cup fans in Vancouver get ready to paint the town red

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
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• What Britain needs to do to grasp its big opportunities in AI

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
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• UN Security Council To Hold Public Meeting On Humanitarian Situation In Gaza

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
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• Ukrainian drones set a Moscow refinery ablaze in a major attack on the Russian capital

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  The attack follows Zelenskyy’s coordination call with the U.S. and France....
  
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• Trump or Prevost?: US, Catholic Church and the global poor

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  The real beginning is with Rerum Novarum, the encyclical that Leo XIII (the predecessor of Leo XIV) issued in 1891. In 1891, the Church had lost the Papal State, which it had held for over a thousand years, for some twenty years. It was no longer one of the major forces in European politics, as it had been for over a millennium. For over a thousand years, European politics, for better or worse, had hinged on the contradictory yet highly harmonious relationship between the Papal States and the Ho
  
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• Trump and Iran's President Digitally Sign Memorandum of Understanding with Terms to End War

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  (NBC News) Henry Austin - President Donald Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian both digitally signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday laying out terms...
  
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• Thursday\u2019s World Cup matches to have messaging denouncing hate speech

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  FIFA deleted nearly 400,000 negative or abusive posts in the first few days of the World Cup....
  
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• Thursday's World Cup matches to have messaging denouncing hate speech

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Teams playing World Cup matches on Thursday are...
  
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• Taiwan needs US weapons for self-defense as threat from China grows, diplomat tells AP

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  A $14-billion arms sale package to Taiwan is still in limbo....
  
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• Smart glove lets users "feel" personal data through heat

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  CANBERRA, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Researchers in Australia have developed an innovative wearable glove that uses heat and touch to allow users to physically experience personal data, offering an alternative to traditional screen-based visualisation. The prototype, called ThermoPhy, developed by Adelaide University's...
  
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• Simola Wa Benefits From Economic Spillover of Poverty Eradication Programme

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Simola Wa Benefits From Economic Spillover of Poverty Eradication Programme 18/06/2026 06:04 PM Photo credit: Siti Zanariah Nor Zin Photo credit:...
  
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• Rockstar reveals the Grand Theft Auto 6 box art, which is quite nice I suppose, ...

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Rockstar Games has revealed the box art for Grand Theft Auto 6, which looks a lot like you'd expect it to look, and it's revealed pre-order dates for the new game. Read more ......
  
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• Residents return to war-ravaged southern Lebanon with hope and sorrow after the US-Iran deal

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Many Lebanese from the country's south hope the U.S.-Iran deal marks the start of better times but their hopes are mixed with skepticism — there had been too many ceasefires that had failed to halt the fighting between Israel and ......
  
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• Putin Hosts Leaders of Southeast Asian Nations to Form ‘Multipolar World Order’

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Southeast Asian leaders in Kazan, Russia, on Wednesday as Moscow...
  
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• PM Anwar Calls For ASEAN, Russia To Strengthen Strategic Cooperation

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS PM Anwar Calls For ASEAN, Russia To Strengthen Strategic Cooperation 18/06/2026 07:34 PM Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim...
  
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• North Korea recalls UK ambassador after ‘children’s camp’ sanctioned

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
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• JD Vance reveals the one thing he got wrong about Donald Trump: 'I had no ...

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
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• Ivory Coast striker Wahi barred from World Cup match in Canada amid match-fixing probe

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Ivory Coast striker Elye Wahi has not been authorized to travel to Canada for his team's World Cup match against Germany. The Ivorian soccer federation announced this on Thursday. Wahi remains in the United States. He started in Ivory Coast's ......
  
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• Israeli FM says he is severing 'all contact' with EU foreign policy chief

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar exchanged words on X after Kallas reportedly compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza to South Africa’s apartheid-era policies. Saar said he was severing “all contact” with the EU official after Kallas posted that the EU remains committed to a constructive...
  
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• Israel seized more land from neighbors since 2023 than it has in decades

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Over the past two and a half years, Israel has taken control of swaths of Gaza, Lebanon and Syria that amount to its largest expansion of militarily occupied lands in decades. It is an area larger than many major cities ......
  
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• Iran's president says peace MoU with U.S. "historic documents"

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  TEHRAN, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday called the newly signed peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States a "historic document and a message from powerful Iran." In a post on social media platform X, which featured an image of the MoU signed early Thursday by Pezeshkian and his U.S. counterpart Donald...
  
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• Iran Gets Major Economic Lifeline for Minimal Concessions in Initial Deal

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  (New York Times) Yeganeh Torbati - An initial agreement by the U.S. and Iran to halt their war grants Iran major economic...
  
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• Indonesia, Two ASEAN Peers Join Seats On UNESCO Cultural Heritage Committee

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  WORLD > NEWS Indonesia, Two ASEAN Peers Join Seats On UNESCO Cultural Heritage Committee 18/06/2026 04:33 PM...
  
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• How the Blue Wave’s World Cup appearance put tiny Curacao on the map

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  Curacao is the smallest nation, by population and land mass, ever to participate in a World Cup. ......
  
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• How KC’s World Cup debut was both exhilaratingly Messi and exasperatingly messy

  18-06-2026 16:50 via article.wn.com
  World Cup images including Lionel Messi’s magical game made for a surreal night at Arrowhead Stadium, where Kansas City’s welcome to the world was muted by the embarrassment of awful traffic.. ......
  
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