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Live Updates: U.S. Resumes Striking Iran, in Return to Open Conflict

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-07-14T02:29:20+00:00

President Trump ordered the resumption of a blockade on Iranian ports to begin Tuesday and said the United States would charge a 20 percent fee on cargo shipped through the Strait of Hormuz.

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ICE fatally shoots 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine during immigration operation – as it happened

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T01:59:57+00:00

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailThe Democrat’s outgoing senator for Michigan Gary Peters has endorsed member of Congress Haley Stevens to be his successor over Abdul El-Sayed in the state’s neck-and-neck primary race set for 4 August.“She has demonstrated to me time and time again that she’s a fighter,” Peters told the Detroit News. “We need workhorses in the Senate, and we need someone who can do that job from day one. This is not a place for on-the-job training.” Continue reading...

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US reinstates Strait of Hormuz blockade as Trump proposes 20% cargo fee

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T01:40:45+00:00

Iran, which claims jurisdiction over the strategic waterway, rejected US intervention while arguing that any country ensuring safe passage through the strait deserves compensation

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11 stocks to watch on Tuesday: Biocon, BEL, Grasim, Emcure and more

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T01:28:50+00:00

Biocon, Grasim Industries, Bharat Electronics, Emcure Pharmaceuticals and Welspun Enterprises will be among the stocks in focus on Tuesday following key corporate announcements

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Australia news live: Angus Taylor says he criticised One Nation ‘with a heavy heart’; some charges against Alan Jones dropped

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T01:24:05+00:00

Opposition leader says most of his speech was ‘against Labor and how they’re wrecking this country’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGeorge Miller remembers Sam Neill as ‘comprehensively an amazing person’Acclaimed director George Miller shared memories of the late Sam Neill, who died yesterday at the age of 78.He was such an exemplary human being. We saw him as an actor and we got to know him as an actor. The world did. But what was so amazing about him is that he was comprehensively an amazing person. …He lived life very, very fully, basically with an enormous amoun

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Stock to buy today: Firstsource Solutions

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-14T01:10:59+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Stock Price Live Updates: The short-term outlook is bullish for Firstsource Solutions. The stock has been moving up very well over the last few days. The recent rise has taken the share price well above a key resistance level of ₹253. The 2 per cent rise on Monday indicates that the upmove is gaining momentum. 

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Japan admits growing need to counter espionage after Russian ‘den of spies’ report

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T01:10:26+00:00

Issue must be addressed with ‘even greater rigour’, says government spokesman, after New York Times report on how it has become a spy hub for Vladimir PutinJapan has said it recognised the need to counter foreign intelligence better after the New York Times reported that Russia had turned the country into a “den of spies” and key source of weapons components.The newspaper, in an investigation published on Sunday, reported that thanks to “weak espionage laws”, Moscow was using Japan as a key hub for intelligence gathering and procurement of dual-use technology needed for its war in Ukraine. Con

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En Argentine, un théâtre si vivant

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-14T01:00:02+00:00

Buenos Aires s’affirme comme l’épicentre d’un théâtre hispanophone créatif, aux propositions aussi précaires qu’abondantes, caractérisées par un jeu généreux.

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US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T00:35:53+00:00

Government had been forced to pay back duties to companies that imported goods into the US that were hit by Trump’s tariffsThe US government has already paid back tens of billions of dollars in tariffs it collected before the supreme court ruled them illegal, according to budget figures released on Monday.Tariffs – taxes on imported goods – have been a key part of president Donald Trump’s game economic plan since he took office again last year. Continue reading...

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How Kenyan volunteers hunt polio’s hidden trail

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-14T00:35:07+00:00

Community health volunteers travel across remote northern Kenya to detect poliovirus before it can spread.

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Australia news live: Angus Taylor says he criticised One Nation with ‘a heavy heart’; four more charged over alleged murder of Chris Baghsarian

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-14T00:33:01+00:00

Opposition leader says most of his speech was ‘against Labor and how they’re wrecking this country’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGeorge Miller remembers Sam Neill as ‘comprehensively an amazing person’Acclaimed director George Miller shared memories of the late Sam Neill, who died yesterday at the age of 78.He was such an exemplary human being. We saw him as an actor and we got to know him as an actor. The world did. But what was so amazing about him is that he was comprehensively an amazing person. …He lived life very, very fully, basically with an enormous amoun

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Michigan health officials identify ‘potential source’ of parasite outbreak

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T23:53:37+00:00

Authorities said inquiry into cyclosporiasis outbreak was continuing but early results pointed to salad greens and lettuceWhat is cyclosporiasis, the parasitic illness causing ‘explosive’ diarrhea?State health officials in Michigan said on Monday they have identified lettuces and salad greens as a “potential source” of the thousands of cases of cyclosporiasis – a parasitic infection that causes “watery diarrhea”, loss of appetite and weight loss.In a statement, the Michigan department of health and human services said the investigation is still continuing, but early results “point to lettuce o

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Trump dramatically cuts size of two national monuments held sacred by tribes

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T23:45:45+00:00

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah will lose ‘close to a million and a half acres each’ and open land to developers and oil industryDonald Trump has approved a sharp reduction in the size of two national monuments in Utah held sacred by many Native Americans, in the latest move to open US public land to corporate developers and the oil and gas industry.The two monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, will see a reduction of “close to a million and a half acres each”, Trump said during an executive order signing event on Monday, undoing protections established by forme

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Prosecutors get long-withheld evidence on fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T23:30:40+00:00

Good, an unarmed US citizen and mother, was killed by immigration officer and Pretti was shot by CBP officialsPreviously withheld evidence regarding the fatal shootings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti is now in the hands of Minnesota prosecutors, helping the state gain clarity on the deaths that occurred earlier this year during protests against a federal immigration crackdown.“Through the cooperation of our federal partners, we have obtained hard drives of previously withheld evidence in the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti, and the shooting of Julio Sosa-Celis,” the Hennepin county attor

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En Hongrie, le Parlement vote la destitution du président de la République

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-13T23:21:59+00:00

La réforme de la Constitution, initiée par le parti du premier ministre Péter Magyar, interdit également à deux tiers des députés du Fidesz de se représenter au Parlement lors des prochaines législatives, en 2030.

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Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle International criminal court

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T23:19:00+00:00

US secretary of state claims the global tribunal is interfering with US military and law enforcement operationsMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, launched a campaign to dismantle the International criminal court (ICC) on Monday, claiming that the global tribunal was interfering with US military and law enforcement operations at the risk of American sovereignty.Rubio invoked images of US Border Patrol agents and elected leaders being “dragged before an international court” and tried by judges from around the world in a lengthy op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Monday. Continue rea

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Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-13T23:19:00+00:00

US secretary of state claims the global tribunal is interfering with US military and law enforcement operationsMarco Rubio, the US secretary of state, launched a campaign to dismantle the International criminal court (ICC) on Monday, claiming that the global tribunal was interfering with US military and law enforcement operations at the risk of American sovereignty.Rubio invoked images of US Border Patrol agents and elected leaders being “dragged before an international court” and tried by judges from around the world in a lengthy op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal Monday. Continue rea

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