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Once He Wanted to Lead FIFA. This Is Much Better.

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-27T12:39:56+00:00

Jordan’s arrival at the World Cup is the culmination of decades of patient effort by one man, but also a moment of solidarity for his nation and its diaspora.

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Australia to double penalty for social media ban breaches to $99m as tech giants accused of ‘not doing enough’

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T12:30:04+00:00

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says too many children still on platforms but he is ‘heartened’ by world-leading lawSocial media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdownGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government will double the penalty for breaches of Australia’s youth social media ban to $99m, arguing tech companies are “not doing enough” to keep children off harmful social media sites.And the eSafety commissioner, now investigating potential breaches of the law by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, will have

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Australia Says It Will Toughen Its Social Media Ban for Children

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-27T12:30:04+00:00

Saying tech companies were “not doing enough” to keep youths under 16 off their platforms, the government announced tougher fines and new powers for a regulator.

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AC makers see strong growth in April-May, but demand dips in June

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-06-27T12:11:47+00:00

Players said the industry has recorded a volume growth in June quarter over the same period last year, which was a washed-out summer season but remained flattish compared to Q1 FY25

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A Bogota, la diaspora vénézuélienne se mobilise après le tremblement de terre

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-27T12:00:12+00:00

Voisine du Venezuela, la Colombie compte environ 3 millions de ses habitants dans le pays. Par le biais d’associations ou en organisant des collectes individuelles, les Colombiens, dans l’émoi, tentent d’apporter une aide aux sinistrés.

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‘I’m missing out’: the cash-strapped UK university students forced to live at home

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T12:00:03+00:00

Experts say students from poorer backgrounds increasingly having to limit their options because of money worriesMost days, Mariam spends hours simply waiting.The 19-year-old University College London student often finishes her lectures by mid-morning but has careers events or society meetings in the evening. The three-hour round trip to her family home means travelling back and forth makes little sense, so she waits on campus instead. More often than not, by the time the event starts, she is too exhausted to stay long. Continue reading...

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The UFC match plot: how a far-right group tried to assassinate Trump at his own event

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T12:00:03+00:00

Court files show how men connected through TikTok and encrypted apps planned attack on White House UFC fightWhen Tycen Proper, 19, finished high school, his family gave him at least $3,000 of “graduation money”, according to court documents. Despite the generosity, he seemed content to just live at his parents’ home, in a tiny Ohio town near Amish country, and spend more and more time on the internet.But Proper did have ambition of a kind, an affidavit says. He quit his job to focus on a special project that he was planning with friends from the internet. His mother saw him studying maps of Wa

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Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-27T11:59:18+00:00
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David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed ‘cash for questions’ scandal, dies aged 79

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T11:30:28+00:00

Former Westminster correspondent earned a reputation for uncovering political wrongdoing in the 1990sThe acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died from liver cancer aged 79.Hencke, the Guardian’s former Westminster correspondent, was instrumental in exposing the “cash for questions” scandal that forced the resignations of two Conservative ministers, as well as the scoop that led to Peter Mandelson’s first resignation from government. Continue reading...

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David Hencke, Guardian journalist who exposed cash-for-questions scandal, dies aged 79

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T11:30:28+00:00

Former Westminster correspondent earned a reputation for uncovering political wrongdoing in the 1990sThe acclaimed journalist David Hencke, whose career at the Guardian spanned more than three decades, has died of liver cancer aged 79.As Westminster correspondent, Hencke was instrumental in exposing the cash-for-questions scandal that forced the resignations of two Conservative ministers, and the scoop that led to Peter Mandelson’s first resignation from government. Continue reading...

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U.S.-Iran Deal’s Vague Language Comes Back to Haunt Peace Efforts

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-06-27T11:19:31+00:00

The deal called for Iran to “make arrangements” for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has interpreted that to mean it can designate which routes ships take.

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Rafael Rojas, historien : « A l’égard de Cuba, c’est comme si les Etats-Unis réactivaient certains schémas de la guerre froide »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-06-27T11:18:01+00:00

Dans un entretien au « Monde », l’historien cubain retrace plus d’un siècle de relations tumultueuses entre Washington et La Havane, des interventions militaires du début du XXᵉ siècle à la révolution castriste, des tentatives avortées de normalisation sous Barack Obama à la ligne dure imposée par Donald Trump.

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Vozinha, il portiere eroe di Capo Verde: dai 17 milioni di follower al legame con l’Appennino

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-06-27T11:16:13+00:00

Con il modenese Laayouni Musta ha aperto una scuola calcio nel suo paese. Ora ai sedicesimi incontra Messi. Musta che abita a Pavullo, in Appennino, grazie al rapporto con il Sassuolo, ha fatto arrivare tanto materiale per i ragazzi dell’isola: “Per quello lì in tanti hanno la maglia neroverde. Ora l’aspettiamo a Pavullo”

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‘Not a culture war’: the council that won its case over England flags on lampposts

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-06-27T11:14:55+00:00

Leader of local authority in Oxfordshire faces backlash over injunction ‘to maintain neutral, safe space for residents’While Londoners scurried from building to building seeking shade on another baking hot day this week, one man paused in the shadow of the Royal Courts of Justice.The leader of Oxfordshire county council, Tim Bearder, was not only satisfied in the shade of the court’s gothic towers. He had just won a landmark legal victory. Continue reading...

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