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‘We’ll probably hit them hard again’: Trump warns Iran U.S. is preparing for more strikes following what he called the end of the ceasefire

"They are behaving very badly," Trump told reporters after threatening to escalate an exchange of fire following Iranian strikes.

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IMF expects modest 3% growth as the Iran war is dragging down the economy while AI is boosting it

The IMF downgraded its original 3.1% outlook for the year it announced in April to 3% this month, down even further from the 3.5% it expected in 2026.

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‘They’re not freak occurrences’: Farmers grapple with protecting crops as heat waves and extreme weather become more frequent

Specialty farmers are dealing with the extreme weather events that are driving prolonged drought in some states and intense flooding in others.

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European Parliament members call for a probe of FIFA president Gianni Infantino over his Trump call before the decision to let Balogun play

“Once again, we’ve seen Infantino and FIFA surrender to the demands of the Trump administration," a statement from the lawmakers read.

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Chinese tea chain’s $1.5 million trademark infringement loss to Louis Vuitton sparks fight over who owns a flower pattern

A court ruled Molly Tea's logo infringed on LV's monogram, prompting state media to ask why a French brand controls a design tied to Chinese heritage.

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Planned Parenthood restarts Medicaid billing after Trump defunding last year closed clinics, hitting services like breast cancer and STD screenings

The restored funding does not mean the battle over federal abortion policy has ended, and not all services that were cut will return.

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South Korean law targeting ‘fake news’ takes effect, but journalists say it discourages critical reporting and can lead to self-censorship

Journalists and civil liberties groups warn the the vaguely worded law could potentially discourage critical reporting about government officials,...

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‘Sometimes you get along with the toughest people’: Trump moves to lift Turkey sanctions, clearing the country’s path back to F-35s

Erdogan has long sought reinstatement to the fighter jet program after Turkey's 2019 removal over its purchase of a Russian missile system.

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McConnell “continuing his recovery” after hospitalization as Senate Republicans grapple with slim majority ahead of midterms

The senator’s unspecified health issues come after several hospitalizations in recent years as he's serving out his final term.

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New lawsuit alleges the Trump administration shared Iranian asylum seekers’ data with Iran

The suit alleges ICE and State Department officials disclosed sensitive asylum details to Iranian officials via monthly meetings since March 2025.

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Swimmer bitten in suspected shark attack at Jones Beach, prompting brief closure as the U.S. battles record-breaking heat

The attack, which caused non-life-threatening injuries, follows multiple shark sightings at other New York beaches this week.

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Trump is building a helipad with ‘carved granite’ White House seal to handle new presidential choppers

Trump didn't say how long the work would take. It is the latest major construction project he has overseen in an effort to increasingly mold the White...

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Around 2.6 million fewer Americans have affordable healthcare access plan as affordability becomes top issue ahead of midterms

States across the country saw steep drops in the number of people covered by the Affordable Care Act over the past year, following the January...

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‘I was one of those children’: Utah revokes license of the boarding school where Paris Hilton says she was abused

State cites years of noncompliance, including inadequate staffing and neglect; school must terminate services by Aug. 6.

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Trump said Walmart cut prices at his request, but the company didn’t credit the president in its decision as Trump fights off inflation backlash

Walmart has benefited in part from higher inflation under Trump, as consumers have turned to its stores and website in search of lower prices.

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‘Our business today is not healthy’: 1,600 Xbox employees among the 4,800 laid off by Microsoft as it looks to ‘reset’ gaming division

A third of Microsoft's global layoffs were Xbox employee as the company reduced its workforce by 2.1% globally.

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‘All I did was ask for a review’: Trump denies demanding FIFA for a review of Folarin Balogun’s World Cup red card

The president said he called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to review the suspension of the USMNT forward, adding he didn't think it was a foul.

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Seventh film in animated franchise beats the fifth installment of another cartoon juggernaut at the box office

The Minions movie opened on Wednesday and earned an estimated $61.4 million in its first five days.

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Ukrainian drones target more Russian oil infrastructure as fuel crisis adds political pressure on Putin, who shrugs off attacks as ‘not critical’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” against Russia.

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Police use tear gas and pepper spray against Albanians protesting Trump family plans to develop unspoiled island into a luxury resort

The "flamingo revolution" goes on.

03.07.2026 10

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Russians live with fuel shortages and rationing as Putin insists the war against Ukraine will go on

Ukraine has struck more than 50 oil refining sites in Russia but Putin presses on.

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Premier League Lacrosse adds Rob Mac, Glen Powell to investors group in historic $100 million funding round

The financing round, led by Ares funds and New York Liberty owner Joe Tsai, also included a minority equity investment from ESPN.

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3 firefighters killed as wildfires stoked by heat, wind rage across the West

The National Weather Service said wildfire conditions “remain critical” across the Southwest, with risk high in the Four Corners region where...

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Putin admits Russia is ‘going through a difficult period’ as relentless Ukrainian drone attacks cut off fuel supplies

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that Moscow was actively reviewing fuel export agreements to avoid compromising domestic needs.

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Ukraine’s drone attacks hit more Russian refineries and create fuel shortages in Siberia—thousands of miles from the war

Ukraine has markedly stepped up its long-range attacks on Russian military industries and energy facilities in recent months.

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Switzerland’s Great St. Bernard Pass has a new museum to celebrate its most famous export: the giant dogs that eat 10 metric tons of food per year

Barryland, the world's only museum dedicated to St. Bernards, marks its first year as its 32 dogs shift from mountain rescue to therapeutic visits.

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Paris court gives oil giant Total Energies half a year to tighten climate policies. Climate activists cry foul

The decision comes in the midst of a brutal heat wave. Climate organizations accuse TotalEnergies of being the biggest historical greenhouse gas...

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‘We are in agony’: Today Show host Savannah Guthrie begs public for help as reports surface her missing 84-year-old mom might be dead

Guthrie pleaded with viewers for tips a day after repots that she received a ransom note that her mom Nancy, 84, was dead.

24.06.2026 9

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Trump’s Iran war provoked the Senate enough to get it to symbolically vote to curb his war powers for the first time

It was the 10th time the Senate tried to stop the war and comes as Republicans are disgruntled with Trump's deal with Iran to end the war.

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‘Godmother of AI’ and tech entrepreneurs draw investors by pivoting from chatbots to ‘world models’ saying AI has to read the room, not just books

World models that react to the physical environment are "one of the most important" concepts in AI today as scientists shift away from chatbots.

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US says chemical maker Chemours will pay $450M in penalties and relief programs to three states to settle ‘forever chemicals’ case

The company will mitigate forever chemicals pollution in West Virginia, North Carolina and New Jersey via implementing controls and supplying clean...

24.06.2026 10

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17 red states sue California over ‘onerous’ recycling law: ‘California is not entitled to pronounce nationwide policies’

The 2022 California law requires companies to scale back single-use plastics and ensure all packaging is recycling or compostable.

24.06.2026 10

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Gaza reshaped New York’s Democratic primaries. Now the party has to figure out what that means.

Mamdani-backed candidates swept Tuesday's congressional races on a pro-Palestinian platform.

24.06.2026 10

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Mamdani’s insurgents oust two Democratic congressmen in a sweep that rattles the party

The mayor's candidates ousted two sitting congressmen Tuesday, handing Hakeem Jeffries a stinging rebuke.

24.06.2026 20

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Jack Schlossberg built a sardonic social media campaign filled just to barely break 10% in Tuesday’s primary

Jack Schlossberg lost Tuesday to New York state Assembly Member Micah Lasher, the pick of outgoing Rep. Jerry Nadler.

24.06.2026 20

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For the first time since 2017, it’s China, not the U.S., that has the world’s most powerful supercomputer

The LineShine computer in Shenzhen, China, displaced top-ranked U.S. computer El Capitan in the latest version of the TOP500 ranking.

24.06.2026 10

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Mamdani’s picks sweep New York City’s congressional primaries, ousting two incumbents

The democratic socialist mayor's endorsed candidates won all three New York City congressional primaries Tuesday, signaling a leftward lurch in the...

24.06.2026 20

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani 3 for 3 on his ‘better Democrats’ endorsements: ‘Put working people back at the heart of politics’

All three of the candidates Mayor Zohran Mamdani won their respective Congressional races, with two beating incumbents.

24.06.2026 20

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Former chief of staff to NYC Mayor Eric Adams—who was indicted on bribery and fraud charges—also arrested for bribery and fraud charges

Frank Carone, his brother Anthony, and two other individuals were arrested on Wednesday morning over an alleged bribery scheme involving a city...

24.06.2026 20

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After the Knicks and World Cup, New York is ready for another challenge: the Olympics

“The time is now to return the Olympic flame back to New York,” Gov. Kathy Hochul said.

23.06.2026 10

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Guinness crowns the world's loudest person at 122.4 decibels

That is in the noise range of a chain saw, a jet aircraft taking off and an ambulance siren at close range.

23.06.2026 20

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A former mob hitman ran for office, won, then got arrested for loansharking

John Alite, a Gambino enforcer who testified against the Gotti family, was a sitting N.J. councilman when prosecutors charged him with extortion.

23.06.2026 10

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Mexico City’s unofficial duck soccer mascot stole the presidential press briefing

Merlin the duck and his street-vendor owner got a seat at Claudia Sheinbaum's podium. Families of the disappeared waited outside for a meeting.

22.06.2026 10

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Sony industry starmaker Clive Davis, who launched the careers of Janis Joplin and Whitney Houston, dead at 94

Clive Daivs directed the careers of such artists like Barry Manilow, Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson, Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys and more.

22.06.2026 10

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China sanctions 10 U.S. defense companies in tit-for-tat response to Pentagon’s Chinese military list

China blocked exports of dual-use goods to U.S. drone makers and rare earth miners, while banning government purchases from 46 defense firms.

22.06.2026 10

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The Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction for NYC boy Etan Patz, one of the first missing kids on a milk carton

The 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz now marks National Missing Children’s Day, and the man now convicted for his murder was serving 25 to...

22.06.2026 20

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Alcohol consumption is tanking among youths, so wine brands are chasing Gen Z with NASCAR and WWE partnerships

How wines haunted by "fuddy-duddy pretense" are shaking it off by tying themselves to pop culture

22.06.2026 20

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Prada preached restraint for a world in chaos—then Milan filled its summer runways with leather and knits nobody can actually wear in the heat

Led by Prada, designers stripped things back for next summer as luxury and practicality clashed on the runway through leather and knits

22.06.2026 10

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‘We poisoned our community’: New Mexico DEA agents watched fentanyl hit the streets and did nothing to stop it reaching people

“We poisoned our community to make cases,” DEA Special Agent David Howell said in a series of interviews in New Mexico. “Through our own willful...

22.06.2026 10

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Russia-occupied Crimea halts gas sales to civilians as Ukraine ramps up attacks on fuel supplies while speculators sell at double market prices

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted fuel supplies to Crimea in recent weeks, triggering the worst energy crisis in the region since it was...

21.06.2026 10

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