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• World Cup 2026: Sweden make statement with commanding victory over Tunisia

  15-06-2026 07:18 via article.wn.com
  Sweden claimed a commanding 5-1 victory over...
  
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• Stanford students walk out of Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech amid Google’s Israel-linked Project Nimbus

  15-06-2026 12:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some students could be heard chanting ‘free, free Palestine’ as they left the commencement speech
  
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• ‘Let the oil flow’: Trump proclaims Iran deal reached and Strait reopened ‘toll-free’ as details emerge

  15-06-2026 12:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!’ Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday afternoon
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump’s peace deal already under strain as Israel vows to remain in Lebanon ‘indefinitely’

  15-06-2026 12:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israel continued operations in Lebanon despite Iran and Pakistan’s insistence the deal included Lebanon
  
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• Woman who fell to her death in rope-jumping tragedy is buried in Brazil

  15-06-2026 12:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials have launched an investigation that could lead to murder charges
  
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• MAGA goes gaga for Trump’s 80th birthday: From ‘Biden could never’ to ‘gift’ of Knicks NBA title

  15-06-2026 12:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Your energy and enthusiasm is unparalleled,’ Sen. Lindsey Graham wrote. ‘On the golf course, you’ve never been stronger’
  
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• Zelensky calls for 'decisive' G7 response after Russian strikes

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday called for G7 leaders, meeting at...
  
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• World Cup racism monitor urges FIFA to remove match official over hand gesture on TV broadcast

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  FIFA’s discrimination monitor at the...
  
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• World Cup: Havertz sparks Germany’s 7-1 rout of Curaçao

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Kai Havertz scored two goals Germany’s seven-goal rout of Curaçao in its World Cup opener on Sunday was the perfect outcome to overshadow a close first half and boost the team after consecutive group-stage exits for the four-time champions. ......
  
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• Uruguay lands in Miami after flight delay ahead of World Cup opener against Saudi Arabia

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Uruguay has arrived in South Florida ahead of its opening World Cup match after the team’s plane was delayed for a couple of hours in Mexico. Uruguay will face Saudi Arabia in a Group H opener Monday night at Hard ......
  
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• Urgent: Radio recording suggests U.S. still enforcing Iran maritime blockade

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  LONDON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- An audio...
  
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• Tuchel’s ‘Grade E’ ref to take charge of England’s World Cup opener

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  England’s opening World Cup match against Croatia on Wednesday will be refereed by Frenchman Clement Turpin, who was once labelled “Grade E” by Thomas Tuchel who is now England coach. Turpin sent then-Bayern Munich manager Tuchel to the stands for protesting during his team’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-final, second leg in...
  
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• Trump urges Israel and Hezbollah to stop attacks after Beirut strike

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  US President Donald Trump called on Israel and Hezbollah to stop attacking each other after an Israeli strike in Beirut,...
  
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• Trump threatens 100 pct tariff on French wine before G7 summit

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON, June 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a 100...
  
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• Trump reportedly lashed out at Netanyahu after Israeli strike in Lebanon

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Donald Trump reportedly expressed strong anger towards Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli strike in Lebanon, according to reports by Fox News and Axios. The US president said he spoke by phone with the Israeli prime...
  
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• Transatlantic rifts seen as big challenge for NATO ahead of Ankara summit, says Turkish expert

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Growing mistrust between Europe and the United States has emerged as the most serious challenge facing NATO, a Turkish expert has said in the lead-up to the military alliance's summit next month in Ankara. #GLOBALink Comments...
  
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• Swiss reject population cap in referendum, avoiding EU clash

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposal to cap its population at 10 million, a projection showed, as voters prioritised economic stability and ties with the European Union over worries immigration was straining public services and pushing up rents. The projection by national broadcaster SRF, which traditionally calls referendum votes, showed about 45% of voters came out in favour of the proposal and 55% against. The vote, which was likened to Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum, had put bus
  
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• Sweden gets 2 goals from Yasin Ayari and pounds Tunisia 5-1 to move atop World ...

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Yasin Ayari scored twice and Sweden showed it belonged at the 2026 World Cup, pounding Tunisia 5-1 to move atop Group F. Alexander Isak and Viktor Gyökeres each had a goal and an assist, and Mattias Svanberg also scored for ......
  
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• Spain face tiny Cape Verde in collision of swagger and wonder

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Spain arrive in Atlanta with the air of a team expecting a long World Cup summer, but on Monday they face opponents carrying an equally powerful feeling: the giddy disbelief of a nation seeing its name on the tournament board for the first time. The European champions open their Group H campaign against Cape Verde, with Uruguay and Saudi Arabia also in the section, in a...
  
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• Russian strike on Kyiv kills four, damages UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Four people were killed while the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, a symbol of Ukrainian spiritual and cultural history, caught fire, in the heaviest Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital in two weeks, authorities said on Monday, urging residents to take shelter. The fresh strikes came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had spoken to U.S. President Donald Trump and discussed efforts to achieve an end to the more than four-year conflict, ahead of a G7 meeting in F
  
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• Russia denies targeting Kyiv cathedral, says hit by US-made air-defense Patriot missile

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Russia on Monday denied targeting a landmark cathedral in Kyiv in an overnight barrage on...
  
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• 'Powerless': After US-Iran Peace Deal, Israeli Opposition Leader Says Netanyahu Must Go

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Yair Golan accused Prime Minister Netanyahu of weakening Israel's security interests. ......
  
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• Pakistan PM says US-Iran deal a 'historic step towards peace'

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the U.S.-Iran deal a...
  
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• On this day: Ella Fitzgerald, “First Lady of Jazz”, dies aged 79 in 1996

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Following are some of the major events to have occurred on June 15: 1904 – The steamship General Slocum caught fire and sank in New York harbour. Around 1,000 people died, many of them women and children on a church outing. 1919 – The Englishmen John Alcock and Arthur Brown...
  
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• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warns against AI monopoly; says it could hollow out ‘entire industries’

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Satya Nadella warned...
  
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• Macron says 'nothing justifies' Russian attack on historic Ukraine cathedral

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday denounced Russia's latest...
  
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• Israel's First Reaction On US-Iran Deal Is Not A Good News For Trump's Plan

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Katz said Israel won't withdraw from Lebanese territory as the interim deal is pending. He said Tel Aviv plans to stay "indefinitely" in lands it holds in Lebanon, as well as Syria and the Gaza Strip. ......
  
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• Israel attacks Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday after the Iran-aligned armed group fired into Israeli territory, and the Lebanese state news agency said two people were killed. The Israeli military said earlier that Hezbollah had launched three projectiles towards communities in northern Israel, calling it a blatant ceasefire violation. “The IDF has now attacked terrorist targets of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in the Dahiyeh neighbo
  
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• Iran face New Zealand in politically charged Los Angeles opener

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Iran open their World Cup Group G campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles on Monday in a match shaped as much by events off the pitch as by the ambitions of two teams seeking a long-awaited breakthrough. The fixture will be played against the backdrop of the U.S. war with Iran and in a region home to the largest Iranian community outside the country, adding a charged atmosphere to a contest between two nations who have never met at the World Cup. Iran’s participation had appeared...
  
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• Iran negotiator: Israeli attack on Beirut suburbs shows US lacks will

  15-06-2026 12:20 via article.wn.com
  Iran’s top negotiator, Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, said on...
  
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