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• U.S., Iran Exchange Fire as Hormuz Tensions Persist

  06-06-2026 11:43 via article.wn.com
  The skirmish was the latest in a string that has tested the two-month-old ceasefire. ......
  
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• Zelenskyy mixes taunts and peace talks offer in letter to Putin

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  KYIV, Ukraine — On the heels of...
  
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• What Pope Leo’s Spain visit tells us about his priorities

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Pope Leo XIV arrives Saturday in Spain, where he is expected to focus on the treatment of migrants and polarization in politics – themes likely to cement his pontificate as a counterweight to the Trump administration. The first American pope’s June 6 to 12 trip will see him visit migrant centers, address Spain’s parliament at a time of intense polarization in the country and make a visit to the iconic Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona. It’s also expected that h
  
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• ‘We live with fear’: In Congo, doctors face Ebola with little protection

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Harrowing scenes are unfolding at health facilities at the epicenter of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. ......
  
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• US job market pushes past shocks and strains

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  The labor market has shifted...
  
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• US Forest Service to open millions of acres to off-road vehicles, memo shows

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Trump...
  
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• Trump administration puts in writing to courts that the $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  The Justice Department told two federal judges on Friday that cases challenging President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” are moot because the administration has abandoned the program. The filings represent the first time the Trump administration has said in writing that it was no longer pursuing the fund, which was met with widespread criticism before acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said earlier this week that it was being killed. A federal judge has already bloc
  
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• The World Cup pitches are the result of years of engineering to find just the ...

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  The World Cup fields cover so much ground they’ll be hard to ignore. The crews that put them there would prefer if fans didn’t notice them at all. While it took a herculean effort to engineer the right grass for ......
  
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• The small African country with big World Cup dreams

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  MINDELO, Cape Verde, June 6 - Cape Verde sways...
  
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• Texas screwworm detections raise livestock alarm

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  A second New World screwworm case has been confirmed in a Texas calf, sharpening concern among ranchers and animal-health officials over the first domestic livestock detections of the deadly parasite in about six decades. The US Department of Agriculture identified the latest infection in a one-month-old calf in Zavala County, about 5.6 miles from the first confirmed case near La Pryor, south Texas. The first calf, about three weeks old, had larvae in the umbilical area, indicating the parasite
  
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• Texas ranchers on edge after screwworm parasite detected in calf

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  LA PRYOR, Texas — The quiet...
  
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• Taipei Zoo welcomes a pair of red pandas from China, first in over a decade

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  A zoo in Taiwan's capital has received a pair of endangered red pandas from China. This marks the first animal exchange in over a decade as tensions between the two sides run high. The pandas, a 3-year-old male and a ......
  
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• States preparing lawsuit to block Paramount’s acquisition of Warner Bros, sources say

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  California, New York and other U.S. states are preparing a lawsuit to...
  
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• Spearfisher killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in 4 weeks

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  A spearfisher has been killed in...
  
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• Senate passes $70 billion immigration bill amid revolts

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans on...
  
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• Screwworm border closure fuels beef boom in Mexico, gloom in Texas

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  LUBBOCK, Texas/SALTILLO,...
  
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• Scientists Find Chunk of Lost Planet in Desert

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  The solar system as we know it today began to form roughly 4.6 billion years ago, with the Sun and its planets emerging from the collapse of a massive cloud of interstellar gas. Our star system’s early years remain shrouded in mystery. But by studying a huge cache of meteorites that have fallen to Earth over the years, scientists are finding intriguing clues about how the planets formed and evolved over the interceding billions of years. Now, as detailed in a paper published in the journal
  
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• Peruvian presidential candidate Sanchez could stand trial over financial disclosure case: Judge

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Roberto Sanchez will face Keiko Fujimori in the second round of the presidential run-off on June 7. ......
  
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• Pentagon cuts 180 religious identities from military personnel records

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  The Defense Department will no...
  
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• News in brief for June 6

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Trump ‘triumphal arch’ will need blinking red lights, FAA says ....
  
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• NATO deploys forward land forces in Finland

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  HELSINKI, June 6 (Xinhua) -- NATO's Forward Land Forces Finland (FLF Finland) was officially established on Saturday, with a Swedish battalion-sized battlegroup serving as its core, Finland's Ministry of Defence said. Finnish...
  
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• NASA reverses evacuation alert order for astronauts aboard space station

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — A worsening air leak...
  
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• Missile and Drone Debris Triggers Fires in Kuwait Amid Regional Tensions

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Email:[email protected] Kuwait City : Kuwait's firefighting authorities responded to two separate fires early Saturday after debris from intercepted Iranian missiles and drones fell in different areas of the country, highlighting growing security concerns across the Gulf...
  
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• Lebanese president slams Israeli attack killing 3 servicemen

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  BEIRUT, June 6 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Saturday strongly condemned an Israeli attack on a Lebanese Army patrol that killed two officers and one soldier. Condemning the attack on the Khardali-Nabatieh road earlier...
  
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• Kuwait on high alert after Iranian missile and drone debris sparks fires, airspace temporarily closed then reopened

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Kuwait...
  
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• Judge strikes down Trump policies targeting immigrants from 39 countries

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  A federal judge on Friday ruled that...
  
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• Israeli forces kill seven-month-old Palestinian baby, wound parents in West Bank

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Israeli forces killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry identified the infant as Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and said he died at the scene, while...
  
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• Israeli forces kill a Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank, say health officials

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Israeli troops have killed a...
  
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• Iran squad secures US World Cup visas

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  Iran’s World Cup players have been granted visas to enter the United States, easing a major logistical and diplomatic obstacle 10 days before their opening match against New Zealand in Los Angeles. A White House official said the players’ entry documents had been approved overnight after Iran’s ambassador to Mexico, Abolfazl Pasandideh, said the squad was still waiting for US visas. The clearance removes the most immediate threat to Iran’s participation in its scheduled U
  
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• Hawaii man threatened to kill Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, shoot up Michigan state Capitol, feds say

  06-06-2026 13:33 via article.wn.com
  DETROIT — A man from...
  
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