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Trump Says Iran Deal to Be Signed 'Sunday' and Hormuz to Reopen — Tehran Pushes Back
Pakistan talks of an 'electronic signature' within 24 hours, Trump promises the Strait of Hormuz 'open to all' the moment it's signed — and Tehran replies it won't be Sunday. Crude falls to its lowest since April, yet Iran already proclaims: 'we are the winner.'
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G7 in Évian: Trump Sets the Agenda, Zelensky Relegated to a Mere 'Working Session'
Under 16,000 police and the threat of 50,000 protesters in Geneva, the Seven gather on Lake Geneva. Trump will see Zelensky with no bilateral, dine at Versailles — and every leader knows you 'cannot manage Trump.'
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World Cup 2026 Kicks Off — A Tournament Without Trump and With Protests
The biggest World Cup in history begins — and the first US president to snub his team's opening match looks elsewhere, while Mexico City absorbs 19 arrests and the world asks whether 'his' tournament is a triumph or an own goal.
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Trump Kills Tren de Aragua's Boss in Venezuela — Hand in Hand With Caracas
A 'swift and lethal' Southern Command strike levels a warehouse in southern Venezuela and kills 'Niño Guerrero' — and the operation was run with the government that has controlled Caracas since Maduro's capture.
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Ebola overruns Congo: Washington wants Europe's borders shut, Brussels says no
More than 500 cases, around 100 dead, labs out of tests: on the eve of the World Cup, the US presses Europe and Africa to bar Congolese travelers — Belgium and the EU refuse.
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2026 World Cup under high tension: Somali referee denied entry, Mexico protests, Iranian tribute
Two days before kickoff of the 2026 World Cup, geopolitical incidents pile up. Somali referee Omar Artan was turned away at the US border. Thousands of protesters — a teachers' strike — blocked the Mexico City stadium. Iranian players paid tribute to victims of US strikes. Morocco and Algeria have no guaranteed visas. The White House defends all visa decisions.
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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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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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Anthropic Asks the World to Pause AI — While SpaceX Signs with Google and Trump Floats a Public Stake
Six days before its IPO at a $965 billion valuation, Claude's maker is asking rivals to slow down before AI learns to build itself — a message that reads as prudent in Europe, suspect in Washington, and inaudible in Beijing, where the acceleration continues unannounced.
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Marjane Satrapi Dies at 56: Persepolis Becomes a State Affair in Paris, an Awkward Silence in Tehran
The author of Persepolis, who refused France's Legion of Honor in 2025 to denounce Paris's "hypocritical" Iran policy, died "of sadness" a year after her husband — and the Islamic Republic is pretending nothing happened.
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World Cup 2026: dynamic pricing, vandals in Mexico City, FIFA investigated in New York — the most expensive event in history opens in chaos
Water bottles banned, tickets sold for up to 50 times face value, footballer statues vandalized in the Zócalo, criminal probe by the New Jersey attorney general: six days before kickoff, the party has already lost its innocence.
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