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SpaceX’s record-breaking IPO catapults Musk to unprecedented wealth amid rising angst over global inequality.
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The US has defended visa denials that have prevented officials and fans from travelling to the World Cup.
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UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (IPS) – African leaders are sharpening their focus on digital sovereignty, warning that the continent’s economic future will depend not just on connectivity, but on who controls its data—and where it is stored. Read the full story, “Africa Pushes for Data Sovereignty and Digital Independence”, on globalissues.org →
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The US president says a “great settlement” to end the conflict has been reached. Iran says reports of a deal are “speculative”.
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The BBC’s Michelle Fleury spoke to Tom Mueller, who was one of the company’s founders alongside Elon Musk in 2002.
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The Trump-backed candidate is running as a Republican in the deeply liberal state on a platform that he says isn’t beholden to party ideology.
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Elon Musk and people in his orbit are about to get much, much richer.
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The arrest of U Min Zin, a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley and founder of a research group in Myanmar, took place soon after President Trump met with Xi Jinping in China.
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A court ruled that Yoon Suk Yeol, the impeached former president, had sought to stir up instability to justify his bid for authoritarian rule in 2024.
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Amnesty International and Oxfam released reports this week documenting a rise in state-backed Israeli settler violence.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico plans to intentionally skip the entire tournament, breaking a decades-long tradition of sports diplomacy.
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Videos shared by Palestinian activists show powerful Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip overnight.
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Mexico’s two goal scorers were overcome with emotion as they took their team to a win in the World Cup’s opening game.
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The International Rescue Committee warns that people displaced by Israeli attacks in Lebanon are at ‘breaking point’.
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SpaceX’s IPO could challenge pension funds as concerns grow over its valuation and governance structure under Musk.
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There was a star-studded opening ceremony, and some sporadic clashes between police and protesters at points around the Azteca stadium.
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The officer was shot on Thursday while investigating the firing of a gun outside the U.S. consulate in March, the authorities said.
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Supporters of the national team gathered inside and outside Mexico City Stadium for the opening of the games, celebrating the start of a tournament years in the making.
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Mr. Trump said that Iran was close to signing a peace deal. So far, weeks of talks have failed to produce an agreement.
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The deal to ship 250,000 barrels of fuel to Cuba could have eased an energy crisis. But the Trump administration says Vanguard Energy lacks the authorization to proceed.
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As the largest World Cup ever kicks off in Mexico City on Thursday afternoon, the security around Estadio Azteca was strict, as law enforcement officers held off protesters.
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Colombia’s presidential front-runner has sparked a debate about masculinity and machismo. Women’s rights groups see a familiar right-wing playbook.
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Pakistan said its airstrikes targeted militant camps. The United Nations confirmed reports by the Taliban government that mostly women and children were killed.
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SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 11 (IPS) – The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved USD 6.4 million for a new conservation initiative in Papua New Guinea that seeks to protect 700,000 hectares of critical highland ecosystems by placing Indigenous Peoples and local communities at the centre of conserving and managing their ancestral lands. Read the full […]
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KABUL, June 11 (IPS) – Afghanistan ranks 175th in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index this year. Out of 180 countries on the list, only Iran, Syria, China, North Korea and Eritrea ranked lower than Afghanistan. Read the full story, “In Afghanistan, Female Journalists Can Neither Ask Questions Nor Appear on Screen”, on globalissues.org […]
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If rivers become instruments of cooperation, they can sustain livelihoods, ecosystems, and regional stability. Otherwise, consequences will be dire.
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NAIROBI, June 11 (IPS) – A new report examining the economic impact of oil and gas production in Africa has found that fossil fuels have failed to deliver sustained or inclusive economic development, observing that the resources have contributed to economic vulnerability and inequality and have constrained growth through prohibitive commodity prices, inflation, and weak […]
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PERTH, Australia, June 11 (IPS) – This planet’s biggest sporting event—the FIFA Men’s World Cup—will soon kick off. Millions of people around the world will sit up, bleary eyed, watching matches at unreasonable hours and inventing feeble excuses for why we won’t be at work in the morning. More than one billion are expected to […]
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Mexico and Canada have faced significant recent tension in their relations with the United States. But in their historic World Cup bid, the three countries promoted teamwork.
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The continued exchanges of fire have raised fears that the two sides could return to all-out war.
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The August 2015 attack at the popular Erawan Shrine in Bangkok’s commercial heart killed 20 and wounded over 100 more.
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Protesters chant ‘Albania is not for sale’ as demonstrations swell against Kushner-backed luxury resort plan.
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Parallels between the two wars abound, from the grinding nature of the fighting to the way new technologies reshaped warfare.
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At least 117.8 million people worldwide remain forcibly displaced due to conflict, violence, human rights abuses and per
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The US carries out strikes on military targets in southern Iran. Tehran responds by targeting US military assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.
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The victim is an outspoken critic of Indonesia’s powerful military, and military prosecutors took over the case despite his objections.
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FIFA chief says his organisation cannot rule on government policies after a Somali referee was denied entry into the US.
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Migrants say they are living in fear after a group gave people living illegally in South Africa a deadline to leave.
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The State Department canceled President Gustavo Petro’s visa last year after he attended a pro-Palestinian rally in Manhattan. He had planned to attend a forum led by Mayor Mamdani of New York.
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