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• US will win \u2018either way\u2019: JD Vance on what\u2019s next for Iran

  28-06-2026 10:22 via article.wn.com
  Vance claimed that...
  
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• World Cup Roundup: Austria Advances Thanks To Late Winner; DR Congo Makes History

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  The group stage at the 2026 World Cup ended with fireworks. DR Congo delivered a thrilling second-half comeback after a sensational goal put them behind, while Lionel Messi scored – yet again. The final action of the day saw Austria survive with a stoppage-time equalizer to keep its tournament alive. Here is the best of Match Day 17 at the FIFA World Cup....
  
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• World Cup Best XIs: Mbappé Makes 1st Team, Which Breakout Stars Make 2nd Team?

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  From hat tricks to even more hat tricks, the superstars we’ve come to expect every day brilliance delivered in the 2026 FIFA World Cup group stage, and then some.But this tournament is also where new stars are born, and that was especially true in the first-ever group stage with 48 teams all competing for a spot in the knockout stage.To commemorate a historic — and a just outright fun — group stage, here are my First and Second All-Group Stage starting lineups: JUMP TO: First-T
  
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• World Cup 2026: Colombia secure top spot ahead of disappointing Portugal

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Portugal needed to beat Colombia to reclaim first place in Group K. But in the end, it was Colombia who came closest to victory. The two teams ultimately drew. ......
  
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• Women's soccer legend Crystal Dunn sees TLH Reckoning finish strong

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Crystal Dunn talks Tallahassee, TLH Reckoning game U.S. soccer legend Crystal Dunn explains her visit to Tallahassee and support of TLH Reckoning Crystal Dunn experienced success and played at the highest levels across the globe in a 12-year pro career that took her from Washington to London and Paris, among other major cities. But Dunn, who had been to Tallahassee before to play against Florida State, took in Florida's Capital City in a different capacity on Saturday, June 27. A World Cup winne
  
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• Video: Biden tears into 'loser' Trump, then struggles to find way off stage

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Video: Biden tears into 'loser' Trump, then struggles to find way off stage ......
  
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• Venezuelan earthquakes test Trump’s new western hemisphere policy after gutting of USAID

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Marco Rubio is scrambling to provide effective disaster response to country whose president US deposed in January...
  
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• Venezuela quake: Race against time as rescuers battle rubble to find survivors; death toll tops 1400

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  More than three days after twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela, the critical 72-hour 'golden window' for rescuing survivors trapped beneath the rubble has passed, dimming hopes of finding more people alive.Venezuela's atnional assembly president Jorge Rodríguez...
  
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• Venezuela earthquakes fatalities rise: what has made it so deadly

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  The death toll from the Venezuela earthquakes reached 1,430 on Saturday, with over 68,000 people still reported missing, three days after 7.2 and...
  
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• US-Iran Truce on the Brink: Fresh Strikes, Rising Tensions and What’s at Stake in the Strait of Hormuz

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Just weeks after Washington and Tehran hailed a ceasefire and a broader agreement aimed at restoring stability in the Strait of Hormuz, both sides are once again trading military strikes, raising fears that the fragile truce may already be unravelling..The latest escalation began after Iran attacked a Singapore-flagged container ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, an incident that US President Donald Trump described as a “foolish violation” of the agreement that ended
  
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• Ukrainian strike sets fire to an oil refinery in southern Russia

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Ukraine has intensified its drone...
  
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• Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the head of Uganda's military and President Yoweri Museveni's son, has asserted growing control in recent months, ordering the arrests of politicians, activists and now a media shutdown ......
  
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• Trump threatens to annihilate Iran after tit-for-tat attacks, recriminations over peace deal violations

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Tehran said on Sunday it carried out a third day of retaliatory strikes against US attacks on Iranian territory, as both accused the other of violating their fragile ceasefire, straining negotiations meant to end the Middle East war. The exchanges underscored the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered peace process aimed at ending a war launched by the United States and Israel in February, which disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and rattled global energy markets. Iran’s Islamic Rev
  
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• Trump suggests Syria should tackle Hezbollah, unsettling Lebanon and Israel

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Trump suggests Syria should tackle Hezbollah, unsettling Lebanon and Israel ......
  
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• ‘Tech firms are losing the public’: social media age bans near tipping point

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  UK is latest country to set minimum age for social media access but big tech is fighting back globally against curbs...
  
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• Ronald Reagan to JD Vance: minimizing Watergate is a Republican tradition | Rick Perlstein

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  On the American right, there is an unbroken lineage of Watergate propaganda going back to the 70s from today...
  
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• Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy ...

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  As extreme weather events become more common, economists say government will need to take more active role to protect consumers...
  
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• Prepare for a ‘TURN’ world: ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Firms must prepare for a...
  
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• PM Modi receives 'Guardian of Blue Horizon' in Seychelles, dedicates it to nations fighting climate change

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  The award, which recognises leadership in environmental conservation and sustainable development, was presented to PM Modi during his three-day State Visit to Seychelles. ......
  
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• Pakistan hikes levy on petrol, diesel; retail prices unchanged

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  The petroleum levy on...
  
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• Pakistan audit exposes widespread financial irregularities across ministries

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan's auditor general has uncovered widespread financial irregularities, procedural lapses and weak administrative oversight across several federal ministries, with the ministry of interior (home ministry in Pakistan) and narcotics control accounting for the highest number of audit objections, according to a report by Dawn.The audit recorded 65 observations against the ministry, more than any other federal institution...
  
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• Modi in Seychelles pitches Indian Ocean of opportunity with security focus

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Modi in Seychelles pitches Indian Ocean of opportunity with security focus ......
  
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• Modi gets Seychelles' Blue Horizon honour for climate leadership

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Modi gets Seychelles' Blue Horizon honour for climate leadership ......
  
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• Iran\u2019s World Cup exit is no ordinary football heartbreak

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Iran\u2019s...
  
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• India, Seychelles unveil 19 pacts during Modi visit to deepen strategic ties

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  India, Seychelles unveil 19 pacts during Modi visit to deepen strategic ties ......
  
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• Google limits Meta's use of its Gemini AI models: report

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Google has put limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social media company sought more computing capacity than the rival tech group could provide, the Financial Times on Sunday. Google, owned by Alphabet,...
  
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• France records around 1,000 excess deaths during record heatwave

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  France records around 1,000 excess deaths during record heatwave ......
  
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• Australian man charged with murder in Thailand after teenage girl’s body found in suitcase

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Simon Peter Carman, 46, has denied the charges against him...
  
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• Anti-ICE organizers shift focus to defend democracy from Trump assault

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  Citizens in Minnesota using lessons learned from migrant crackdown to protect elections from president’s threats...
  
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• All-Time World Cup Top Scorers: Messi Makes History, Who's Next On The List?

  28-06-2026 13:12 via article.wn.com
  The GOAT continues to amaze the world as Lionel Messi now reigns supreme at the top of the list of all-time goalscorers at the World Cup. With his two goal against Austria in Argentina's group-stage game on June 22, Messi surpassed the long-standing record held by Germany’s Miroslav Klose. It came a week after Messi scored his first career World Cup hat trick in a win over Algeria, while also setting the record as the oldest player (38) to record a hat trick at the tournament — passi
  
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