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Gang leader Flores had controlled the vast criminal syndicate from Venezuela for years.
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Record five-time world champions Brazil open their 2026 campaign against African heavyweights Morocco on Saturday.
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Dominating 4-1 victory adds to joy of Team USA fans relishing the opportunity to see football on the brightest stage.
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The World Cup officially kicked off this week – but alongside the football, there are questions around heat, cost, the environmental impact and travel restrictions.
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Thousands of Bosnia fans turned Toronto blue as they marched to the chants of ‘Free Palestine’ in Toronto.
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UK court has sentenced four pro-Palestine activists to jail for a raid on an Israeli arms factory near Bristol in 2024.
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Members of a self-funded athletics club in Meru are proving that competition does not end with age.
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Bu Ri lost a leg to a mine in Myanmar decades ago. More recently, six other members of his family have suffered a similar fate or worse, in a sign of the devastation wreaked by civil war.
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One of the world’s richest countries is about to hold a referendum on a measure that would curb migration and most likely the economy. It is being sold in warm tones.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina and Canada have fought out a 1–1 draw in their World Cup opening match.
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Tom Cruise, David Beckham, Halle Berry among celebrities in attendance at Hollywood-style opening ceremony.
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USA beat Paraguay 4-1 in Los Angeles as each of the three World Cup cohosts have now staged a game at 2026 edition.
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The opening game in Mexico City took place amid weeks of protests from groups including teachers’ unions complaining about pay and pensions.
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Four activists from Palestine Action jailed by a British court over protest raid on Israeli arms firm in UK.
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Partey’s visa was denied due to the multiple charges of rape he faces in the United Kingdom.
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A senior administration official said the two sides were “not quite at the finish line yet.”
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Musk is now worth $1.11tn according to the Bloomberg rich list, while SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange with a value of $2.2tn.
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Facing President Trump’s threats, many Canadians have taken a defensive stance to their neighbor. But now Canada is playing co-host with the United States and Mexico, and welcoming the world.
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Trials are beginning on several drugs that have shown promise in preliminary studies against the virus that is causing the current outbreak.
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Leo XIV’s visit to Spain, which ended on Friday, has spurred expectations among Catholic leaders of a spiritual revival.
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Federal judge rules UFC fight at White House on Trump’s birthday can proceed despite legal challenges.
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Both Iran and Pakistan say a deal has never been closer – echoing US President Donald Trump’s statement on Thursday.
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Grieving relatives returned to Ahmedabad to honor the 260 lives lost in the June 2025 disaster, but investigators have not yet released a report into the cause.
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Four decades after the conceptual artist Christo draped the Pont Neuf with fabric, JR, a French street artist, offers his own trick of the eye.
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Israeli strikes on Friday left Lebanon out of sync with a cautious optimism taking hold elsewhere in the Middle East.
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Africa contributes the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, yet it faces some of the world’s most severe climate-related health impacts. Several realities define the continent’s climate and health landscape – increased infectious diseases, air pollution, death, disruption and pressure on health systems through heatwaves, floods, droughts and storms. Read the full story, “Health Emerges […]
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The use of anime imagery online by President Trump and his administration has strained diplomatic ties with Japan and drawn criticism from creators and fans.
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Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.
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In two nights of violence in Northern Ireland after a brutal stabbing, people were targeted because of their skin color, the authorities said.
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Princess Bha, the eldest child of the Thai king, died on Thursday at age 47 after three and a half years in a coma, the royal palace said.
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Ever since she collapsed in a park three and a half years ago, speculation has swirled in Thailand about who could become the next monarch.
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Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in forms vastly different from his paintings.
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President Trump said he had called off new attacks on Iran and that a peace agreement could be signed this weekend. A spokesman for Iran’s foreign ministry said, “Nothing has been finalized.”
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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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