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Cuba strangled: sanctions on Diaz-Canel and the Castro family, Raúl reappears at 95, hotel chains pack up
Visa and Mastercard suspended, Iberostar and Meliá close 27 hotels, GAESA targeted, Castro indicted for murder, the Atlantic bloc reorganizes — and Havana prepares for invasion.
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Day 100 of the Iran-USA war: Iranian missiles on Bahrain and Kuwait, U.S. drones in Hormuz, the April ceasefire in tatters
Seven Iranian ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, two drones shot down in Hormuz by the U.S. Navy, the Fifth Fleet targeted: the April 8 ceasefire holds only on paper.
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Xi Lands in Pyongyang on June 8 for the First Time in Seven Years — and Kim Greets Him With a New Uranium Plant
Beijing and Pyongyang announce the trip on the same June 5 morning; the day before, Kim Jong-un unveils a secret facility he says has doubled fissile capacity. The message is unmistakable: Xi will have to negotiate with an "irreversible" nuclear state that he claims to be pushing toward denuclearization.
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Zelensky writes to Putin, the Kremlin replies "come to Moscow" — the truce held hostage by the St. Petersburg forum
An open letter, a mocking invitation to Moscow, a Ukrainian drone on a Russian oil terminal: Ukrainian diplomacy walks straight into Putin's "Russian Davos".
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Hezbollah rejects the ceasefire, an Israeli officer killed in Lebanon, a Serbian peacekeeper shot — the April truce collapses in 48 hours
Naim Qassem calls it "capitulation", an anti-tank missile kills Captain Lemberg in southern Lebanon, a UNIFIL soldier dies under mortar fire: the peace architecture built in Washington falls apart under Trump's eyes.
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Roland-Garros: World #1 Sabalenka Collapses to a 'Neutral' Russian, Italy Owns the Semifinal, and Ukraine's Kostyuk Dedicates Her Win to Kyiv
The first all-Italian semifinal of the Open era, a Polish qualifier returning from depression, and a guaranteed first-time Grand Slam champion on the women's side — Roland-Garros is being played on two courts at once: Philippe-Chatrier and the map of Europe.
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Iran Hits Kuwait Airport: 13 Missiles, 17 Drones, One Killed, 63 Injured as April Truce Cracks Open
A civilian terminal pulverized in Kuwait City, two Iranian diplomats expelled within 24 hours, oil pushing toward $97 a barrel, and Tehran warning: 'let this be a lesson'.
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Rain of fire on Kyiv: 73 missiles, 656 drones, 22 dead — and Zelensky demands a European shield
The most violent night of 2026 turns a 24-story apartment block into rubble — and reveals that Kyiv has stopped waiting for the United States.
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'You're f***ing crazy': Trump explodes at Netanyahu as Iran suspends nuclear talks
A leaked phone call, a spray of expletives in mid-war — and suddenly Israel's prime minister has to choose between Beirut and the survival of his partnership with Washington.
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Israel Recaptures Beaufort Fortress as Trump Announces Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire
The Israeli flag flies again over the Crusader castle abandoned in 2000 — and hours later, Trump announces that the tanks rolling toward Beirut have been turned back.
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Kennedy Center: Federal Judge Sidelines Trump and Blocks Closure Plan
On May 31, 2026, a US federal judge orders the removal of Donald Trump's name from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and blocks his administration's plan to shut down or restructure the institution. The ruling follows lawsuits by performing-arts groups and former trustees. Conservative outlets: judicial overreach; liberal outlets: institutional checks. 15 capitals weigh in: rule of law, cultural politicization, US democratic signal.
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