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• When are remaining World Cup matches at MetLife Stadium?

  23-06-2026 14:17 via article.wn.com
  Norway's Viking row takes over MetLife Stadium for World Cup match Norway fans' Viking row takes over MetLife Stadium for the World Cup match against Senegal. The 2026 World Cup finally arrived June 13 after years of prep and anticipation, and there's still more to come at MetLife Stadium. Brazil and Morocco kicked off the New Jersey portion of...
  
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• OnlyFans star, who made $5.4M, jailed in Florida over false tax return

  08-09-2026 20:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Natalie Monroe, real name Kylie Leia Perez, had more than 2.8 million followers across various platforms
  
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• Senators urge Trump to back down from threat to ban sales of Canada’s Bombardier jets

  08-09-2026 20:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Responding to Trump’s remarks, Bombardier pointed out that key components for its aircraft, including wings and engines, are already manufactured in the U.S.
  
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• LG smart TVs can listen to you even when they’re off, report says

  08-09-2026 19:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Consumer advocacy organizations recommend turning off ACR and any other unnecessary data collection features on smart TVs
  
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• Trump attacks drive first Black head of the Smithsonian Institution into retirement

  08-09-2026 19:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lonnie Bunch says the decision has been made ‘with very mixed emotions’
  
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• Sweden pays foreign residents £27k to leave amid right-wing immigration crackdown

  08-09-2026 19:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sweden was once known for welcoming migrants – but attitudes have changed over the past decade
  
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• New Jersey gun range owner was behind duct-taping of passenger who melted down on American Airlines flight

  08-09-2026 19:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Out-of-control passenger allegedly launched into a racist and homophobic rant and refused to follow crew’s commands
  
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• Four bodies found after plane went missing near the Bahamas, family says

  08-09-2026 18:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  The family contacted authorities after realizing text messages to those onboard were not going through
  
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• Miliband’s ‘brave’ settlement trade ban has come too late, say West Bank Palestinians

  08-09-2026 18:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Palestinians praised the ban but say it has taken too long - and that the government must go further if it wants to tangibly improve life in the West Bank
  
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• Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 13-19 include Jean Smart and Nick Jonas

  08-09-2026 18:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 13-19 include “Hacks” actor Jean Smart, singer Fiona Apple and rapper Nas
  
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• Exclusive: WWE legend Ric Flair claims ‘influencer talent agency’ duped him into handing over his digital life: lawsuit

  08-09-2026 18:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The Nature Boy is not finished,’ according to court filings obtained by The Independent. ‘The case has just begun.’
  
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• Trump claims firefighters carried him away from Ground Zero right after 9/11

  08-09-2026 18:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  President boasts about his own presence at World Trade Center site in the aftermath of attack 25 years ago this Friday
  
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• Trump sets off global panic after map suggests large-scale US takeover

  08-09-2026 18:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials in Mexico, Iceland and Denmark fire back after Trump posts trollish threat to annex all of North and Central America
  
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• Canada will move faster from US reliance as tariffs take effect and Trump response looms

  08-09-2026 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States as retaliatory tariffs took effect on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods and the country braced for President Donald Trump’s response
  
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• Communities nationwide are fighting furiously against data centers. The companies behind them are turning to politics

  08-09-2026 17:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The moral of the story is, trying to bypass communities in developing these data centers is not working, and they’re going to take it to the polls,’ said one expert, Josh Marcus reports
  
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• This is why UK sanctions against West Bank settlers are so seismic

  08-09-2026 17:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The UK’s decision to sanction Israeli settlers in the West Back has caused a furious diplomatic row. Britain’s historical role in the establishment of Israel tells us why the move has such potency beyond the negligible economic impact, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
  
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• What are the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank and how has the UK sanctioned them?

  08-09-2026 17:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The UK was one of 12 countries to announce the ban on Tuesday
  
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• Why fighting between the Houthis and Saudis is a disaster for Trump and his chances of an Iran deal

  08-09-2026 17:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Iran-backed group has carried out weeks of strikes on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, threatening to expand the US-Iran war
  
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• Lewandowski pitched himself to Qatari and UAE officials while he was Kristi Noem’s personal aide: report

  08-09-2026 17:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager, dismissed the report on social media, writing: ‘The whole story is fiction’
  
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• Lindsay Clancy’s attorney asks Trump to pardon her in first interview after mistrial

  08-09-2026 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kevin Reddington spoke for the first time Tuesday about what comes next for Clancy, after the jury was split 11-to-1 over whether the 36-year-old former nurse is criminally responsible for killing Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and 8-month-old Callan in 2023
  
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• Argentina to file criminal charges against Israeli oil firm drilling in Falklands

  08-09-2026 17:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Argentina’s government filed criminal charges against Israeli-owned energy company Navitas Petroleum
  
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• Mamdani says officials ‘lied’ to New Yorkers about still-toxic air around Ground Zero after 9/11 and drops 170,000 pages of proof

  08-09-2026 17:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied,’ the mayor says
  
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• Lil Durk murder trial reaches final stage as closing arguments begin in Los Angeles

  08-09-2026 16:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Prosecutors contend that the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, bankrolled and ordered a hit team to travel from Chicago to Los Angeles to kill rival Atlanta rapper Tyquian Bowman
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump told Putin he wanted to restore ties with Moscow in hour-long phone call, says Kremlin

  08-09-2026 16:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Russian ballistic missiles rain on Ukraine just a day after US peace envoys held a press conference in Kyiv alongside Zelensky
  
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• Newly revealed 9/11 files show New Yorkers weren’t told the truth about Ground Zero air quality, Mamdani reveals

  08-09-2026 16:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied,’ the mayor says
  
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• Lyle and Erik Menendez fast-tracked for parole after decades behind bars

  08-09-2026 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their conviction for killing their parents came at a time when televised trials captured national audiences in the 1990s
  
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• Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actor Georgina Lightning dies following ‘accident at rodeo show’

  08-09-2026 16:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Auf Wiedersehen, Pet actor Tim Healy described the actor as a ‘lovely lady and a joy to work with’
  
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• This is why UK sanctions against Israel’s West Bank settlers are seismic

  08-09-2026 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Britain’s original role in the establishment of Israel means its sanctions against Israeli settlements on Palestinian land captured by Israel in 1967 have a potency beyond their economic power, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
  
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• This is why the UK’s sanctions against Israeli’s West Bank are seismic

  08-09-2026 15:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Britain’s original role in the establishment of Israel means its sanctions against Israeli settlements on Palestinian land captured by Israel in 1967 have a potency beyond their economic power, explains world affairs editor Sam Kiley
  
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• Natalie Harp was by Trump’s side all weekend following intense media scrutiny: report

  08-09-2026 15:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Harp has been dubbed the ‘human printer’ and is reportedly a key staffer involved in his social media communications
  
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