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#01Iran War Live Updates: Peace Deal Could Take Days to Nail Down
📍 NY Times World
Oil prices fell sharply Monday, as negotiations between the United States and Iran appeared to continue. But both sides have offered conflicting accounts of the emerging agreement.
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#02Trump says U.S. and Iran nearing a peace deal. And, Pope Leo weighs in on AI's rise
📍 NPR
President Trump says that a deal with Iran to end the war is largely negotiated. And, Pope Leo XIV weighed in today on the rise of AI during his first encyclical.
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#03Could Brazilian oil emerge as one of the big winners of the Iran war?
📍 Al Jazeera
China and India are among those ramping up imports of Brazilian crude amid Strait of Hormuz disruptions.
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#04Iran says obstacles remain, but acknowledges deal taking shape with U.S.
📍 CBS News
As the Trump administration signals hope for a possible deal, Iran says obstacles linger, and "frequent changes" in U.S. positions aren't helping.
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#05WATCH: Oldest living survivor of Pearl Harbor
📍 ABC News
At 106 years old, Freeman Johnson is the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor – of which this year is the 85th anniversary.
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#06Chinese human rights cases in limbo after Trump-Xi summit
📍 DW News
Trump and Xi said they had discussed political prisoners in China, including Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Ahead of Xi's September visit to Washington, advocates are urging the US to apply more pressure on China.
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#07Ukraine: Kyiv residents endure 'worst night of the year' over the weekend
📍 France 24
Rescue teams are still working to stabilise buildings in Kyiv after massive Russian strikes over the weekend. Residents described it as the worst night of the year so far, with a high number of casualties. According to our correspondent Gulliver Cragg, the attacks appeared to target the city cent...
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#08What is China’s Shenzhou-23 mission? Inside the year-long space experiment
📍 Euronews
The astronauts will be testing how a year in space affects their body and will be conducting more than 100 experiments, like growing embryos and rice.
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#09The Race To Build The World's Tallest Skyscraper
📍 ZeroHedge
The Race To Build The World's Tallest Skyscraper In 1909, New York’s Metropolitan Life Tower became the tallest building in the world at 700 feet. Just over a century later, Dubai’s Burj Khalifa reached 2,717 feet, nearly four times taller. This timeline, via Visual Capitalist's Gabriel Cohen, sh...
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#10France has split. And how is it feeling?
📍 RT News
France’s welfare state now masks deeper fracture, rising crime and a political shift in its urban outskirts Read Full Article at RT.com
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#11Sanctions Backfire: Why Pakistan Now Buys Chinese Weapons Instead of American Ones
📍 Sputnik
Pakistan now receives up to 80% of its military imports from China — a striking reversal of the Cold War era, when the United States served as Islamabad's primary arms supplier.
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#12Villains of Judea: Abe Foxman, by Jose Alberto Nino
📍 UNZ Review
When Abraham Foxman died on May 10, 2026, tributes poured in from presidents, prime ministers, and Jewish leaders worldwide, yet his legacy remains defined as much by controversy as by accomplishment. Foxman described himself as “a passionate supporter of the State of Israel” and spent his career...
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#13South Africa: Misinformation is Coming for the Anti-HIV Jab. Let's Get Ahead Of It
📍 AllAfrica
[Bhekisisa] A new HIV prevention injection could change the course of the epidemic -- but only if people trust it. Research shows we can pre-empt the false claims already forming around it. The window is open now.
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#14Masowa deportacja 22 Polaków z Irlandii
📍 WolneMedia
Samolot wylądował wczoraj w Warszawie.
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