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Has VAR become a lottery at the World Cup?
After a week of strange decisions many supporters have been left scratching their heads with VAR.
Heat Wave Prompts Paris to Suspend Sports Events and Public Drinking
The Paris police chief, Patrice Faure, said that alcohol restrictions were intended to ease pressure on health services.
Senate Democrats press Trump administration to retain all election-related records
Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair Mark Warner (Va.) are pressing the Trump administration to preserve all records related to the 2026 midterm election amid concerns that President Trump may attempt to tamper with voting results. The Democrats are warning of consequences ahead of November and…
Mamdani and his socialists won big in New York. Washington insiders still don’t care
New York City mayor’s preferred candidates are likely coming to Washington. But, writes Eric Garcia , don’t expect a sea change on Capitol Hill
Hong Kong power firms to give residential customers rebates as bills soar
Hong Kong’s two major electricity suppliers will provide rebates to eligible households between August and October to reduce their bills and ease financial pressure after the US-Israel war on Iran pushed up energy prices. HK Electric said on Friday that it would provide a special subsidy of 8 HK cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for three consecutive months to residential customers with a monthly…
Touring Trump's Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation's capital
America is celebrating its 250th anniversary, and the nation's capital is undergoing significant changes under President Donald Trump
California man charged with beating duckling to death at community swimming pool
Police say that 71-year-old allegedly left another duckling seriously injured
Sergey Ivanov, former Russian defense minister and presidential administration chief — once considered a possible successor to Putin — has died
Former Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has died, according to the VTB United League, where he served as honorary president. He was 73.
Watch live: Trump to headline Faith & Freedom Coalition conference
President Trump will headline the Faith & Freedom Coalition conference in Washington Friday afternoon. The annual “Road to Majority” event comes as the Trump administration grapples with fallout from the Iran war, rising affordability concerns ahead of the midterms and as Democrats find an opportunity to bring abortion issues back to the spotlight four years…
Trump promises farmers they will get to sell crops to ‘lovely country of Iran’ after war
President Donald Trump’s pledge already dismissed by Tehran, which has accused U.S. of exporting only ‘genetically-modified soybeans, broken promises and trash talks’
Trump aide Stephen Miller’s wife resurfaces claim about Haitians ‘eating the dogs’ and cats after ruling win
Katie Miller posted video clip on social media of Trump from September 2024 presidential debate, during which Trump made baseless claim
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Two Earthquakes Hit Venezuela: What to Know About Death Toll, Damage and Rescue Response
Two major quakes struck back to back on Wednesday night in the country’s populated northern areas. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela in over a century.
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Venezuela Live Updates: Rescuers Search for Quake Survivors as Leader Calls to ‘Militarize’ Area
A Venezuelan official said that two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday had killed 920 people and left more than 3,000 injured. The United States and Mexico were among the latest to send support, as …
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Live updates: Trump addresses Faith & Freedom event after saying Iran broke ceasefire
President Trump said Friday afternoon that Iran had broken the terms of its ceasefire with the U.S. by shooting “at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz.” He …
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Ukraine’s largest assault regiment is under investigation over allegations of torturing its own recruits and at least 26 noncombat deaths
Ukraine has suspended Lieutenant Colonel Yuriy Harkavyi, commander of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment “Skala,” pending a probe launched after a Babel investigation into torture and the deaths o…
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Trump again threatens 100% tariffs against any country imposing digital services tax on US firms – live
US president revives threat against European countries discussing tax measure despite repeated court rulings against his tariffs Former Trump adviser John Bolton pleads guilty Sign up for the Break…
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John Bolton, Former Trump Adviser, Pleads Guilty in Classified Information Case
Mr. Bolton admitted to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that spanned the Trump and Biden administrations.
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Duckett & Stokes haul England back into third Test
Ben Duckett’s scintillating century builds on an inspirational spell from Ben Stokes to haul England back into the decisive third Test against New Zealand at Trent Bridge.
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Red Lobster’s endless shrimp deal that doomed chain was a ‘car crash’ waiting to happen: lawsuit
New lawsuit claims Red Lobster’s former majority shareholder signed contracts that made ‘no economic sense’
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Gooooooooals: Tracking Mbappé and Messi’s battle for the all-time World Cup scoring record
NBC News is tracking French star Kylian Mbappé and Argentine legend Lionel Messi as they battle for the all-time FIFA World Cup scoring record.
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Home secretary restricts minister’s access to documents as she calls for his sacking
Row between Shabana Mahmood and Mike Tapp broke out after he wrote unauthorised article about migration The migration minister, Mike Tapp, is to be denied access to sensitive documents and meetings…
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U.S. pledges generous earthquake relief to Venezuela
Secretary of State Marco Rubio promised: "We have a whole-of-government response. It'll be big; it'll be fast; and it'll be effective."
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Mercedes' Antonelli tops Friday practice in Austria
Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli heads McLaren's Oscar Piastri in Friday practice at the Austrian Grand Prix.
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Venezuela death toll doubles as interim president vows to save ‘as many people as possible’
Delcy Rodríguez says foreign rescue teams are arriving but people are angry at official response and limited resources Survivors tell of ‘brutal and fast’ Venezuela quake as hunt for survivors goes…
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RFK Jr. pushed CDC to stop promoting flu vaccine during deadly outbreak, leaked emails show
The move came after RFK Jr won confirmation by telling lawmakers that vaccinations played a ‘critical role in healthcare’
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Rapist Nicholas Rossi who fled to Scotland after allegedly faking own death dies in US hospital
Rossi, 38, had been serving a jail sentence in Utah for raping two women in the state in 2008
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Canada’s 24 Sussex Drive Is a Dump. Mark Carney Is Going to Fix It Up.
The prime minister’s official residence in Ottawa, in disrepair and vacant for more than a decade, has become the country’s most prominent home renovation project.
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Iran reasserts its authority over Strait of Hormuz
Iran on Friday asserted its authority over the Strait of Hormuz, warning that safe passage can only be guaranteed for ships that coordinate with Tehran. The statement comes after President Trump ac…
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Trump threatens 100% tax on European imports if countries impose tax on digital services
"Please let this statement serve to represent that any Country that imposes such a Tax will immediately be met with a 100% TARIFF on any and all Goods sent to the United States of America," Trump w…
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Democrats are about to make a big mistake on organized retail theft bill
Senate Democrats must now decide whether to pass the Combating Organized Crime Act, which would expand the Department of Homeland Security's surveillance powers, or to listen to voters and reject t…
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Usyk vacates belts but is not retiring
Heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk says he will vacate all his belts but is not retiring.
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A new wave of xenophobia is sweeping through South Africa, with migrants murdered, homes destroyed and thousands displaced
An ultimatum issued by anti-immigrant groups has sparked fear among thousands of foreigners, who have been made scapegoats for the economic crisis gripping the country
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How Trump’s Political Agenda Is Shaped by His Own Obsessions
President Trump’s priorities seem increasingly detached from the concerns of voters and his party.
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Now we know how much tax King Charles pays, and it is very little
The monarch’s declaration does not tell us much, except that his bill is lower than for people with much smaller fortunes The veil of secrecy that surrounds the royal finances was nudged aside a li…
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WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at Faith and Freedom Coalition Policy Conference
The president is expected to speak at 1:30 p.m. EDT. Watch live here.
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More than a month into DR Congo Ebola outbreak, doctors warn 'this epidemic will last'
While France confirmed its first case of Ebola, reports of people successfully treated for the condition are also emerging from Mongbwalu, the epicentre of the epidemic in the eastern part of the D…
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Newsom calls for national billionaire tax
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called for a national tax on the country’s wealthiest Americans, unveiling his plan to address growing wealth inequality a day after a proposed billionair…
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Vance: Watergate would be ‘12-hour news story’ today
Vice President Vance quipped on Thursday that the Watergate scandal that led to former President Richard Nixon’s resignation would have been a “12-hour news story” in the current media landscape. “…
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Disagreements between Supreme Court justices bubble into public view as major rulings loom
The Supreme Court is handing down major opinions at a rapid clip, but even with some of the biggest decisions yet to come there are signs of tension between the justices.
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Company hired in earlier Reflecting Pool renovations declined to work for Trump because his plan was ‘unfeasible’: report
The July 4 deadline and the demand that the pool floor had to be blue reportedly rendered the job ‘unfeasible’
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Your Social Security benefits could be cut by a quarter in 2032. Here's what to know
Americans' Social Security benefits will have to be cut by roughly a quarter in six years due to depleted funds, according to a June 9 report from the Social Security Board of Trustees. That's mont…
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Andy Burnham says he will give 15% of his MP’s pay to local causes
New member for Makerfield and expected next prime minister joins other MPs who donate some or all of their pay Andy Burnham has said he will be donating 15% of his MP’s salary to local causes in hi…
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Auction house criticised over sale of 3,000-year-old mummy head
Academics question the ethics of a UK auction house selling human heads that are thousands of years old.
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UK June heat record broken again, France postpones Pride and Poland warns of wildfires as heatwave grips Europe – as it happened
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here: UK June heat record broken for third day in a row Fourth child dies in France as brutal heatwave forecast to shift east Over in the UK…
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Ukrainian Attacks Spur State of Emergency Declaration in Crimea
Weeks of intense strikes by Ukraine have rattled everyday life in Crimea to an extent unseen since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014.
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Ex-national security adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to illegally retaining classified information
Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton pleaded guilty on Friday to illegally retaining classified information, sealing a deal with federal prosecutors that could allow hi…
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State functions, offices and tourists: plans for revamped Buckingham Palace
Despite £369m upgrade, King Charles will never live in palace but aides stress it will remain ‘buzzing hive’ of activity Not all modern British monarchs have viewed the prospect of moving into Buck…
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N.M. Governor Asks for Criminal Investigation of D.E.A. Agents
New reports this week indicated that federal agents knowingly let fentanyl flood the streets of New Mexico as they pursued larger drug cases.
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Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk murder case held in contempt over comments about suspect
The judge denied a defense request to take the death penalty off the table as a sanction for the violation
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DR Congo takes Rwanda to international court over decades of conflict
Kinshasa accuses its neighbour of committing various violations since the 1994 Rwanda genocide.
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The president did not say how or whether he would respond, a day after Iran fired on a container ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz, an act Mr. Trump called “foolish.”
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Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east
Scientists say hot spell is worst ever, with nearly half of region’s 850 largest cities facing unprecedented heat stress The number of deaths in France linked to the heatwave has climbed to four to…
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Mistrial for Man Accused of Starting One of California’s Worst Fires
Jonathan Rinderknecht was accused of setting a brush fire that later became the deadly Palisades fire. The jury could not reach a verdict on the three arson-related charges.
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Man jailed for assault on police officers and customer at Manchester airport
Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, convicted over 2024 incident of which footage was widely shared on social media A man has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail after being convicted of assault…
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Disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards' blog shows staggering lack of awareness, campaigners say
Edwards admitted to accessing 41 images of children, including seven of the most serious type.
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The Venezuela Earthquakes Hit a Health System Already in Crisis
Firefighters are using cellphone lights because of a flashlight shortage, and an overwhelmed hospital in the disaster zone is operating without running water, one doctor said.
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Mother dies saving daughter in Venezuela earthquakes
Héctor Bello wrote on social media that "you gave your own life for our daughter" in the quakes which killed at least 589 people.
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Our double standards on athletes and politics are on display
Colin Kaepernick was blackballed by the NFL for kneeling during the National Anthem to protest police brutality, while San Francisco Giants players were warned by MLB for wearing a Biblical verse o…
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John Stockwell, Who Wrote a Tell-All Book About the C.I.A., Dies at 88
A former covert operative, he published his resignation letter in The Washington Post and went on to write “In Search of Enemies,” a book the agency sought to suppress.
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Rice back in England training but James misses out again
Declan Rice returns to England training on Friday, but Reece James again misses out and remains a doubt to face Panama.
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The king, his millions, and the first public royal tax bill – The Latest
King Charles has become the first monarch in modern times to reveal how much tax he pays on his private income: £24.6m over the last two years. The move comes after years of calls for the monarch t…
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