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#01US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats
📍 BBC News
US Central Command says the strikes were taken in "self-defense". It comes as senior Iranian negotiators arrive in Qatar for talks to end the war.
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#02Ahead of the World Cup, pressure to win and grow American soccer is on Tim Ream's mind
📍 NPR
Hoping to make the roster for the U.S. Men's National team going to the World Cup, Tim Ream knows there's a lot riding on the tournament, from playing well to growing a new generation of fans at home.
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#03US strikes southern Iran in ‘self defence’ targeting Iranian mine boats
📍 Al Jazeera
The US military says it has launched new strikes on southern Iran, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats.
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#04Sonny Rollins, trailblazing jazz saxophonist, dies at age 95
📍 CBS News
Sonny Rollins, the legendary tenor saxophonist known for his bold tone and constant experimentation, has died at 95.
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#05New York back in NBA Finals for first time since 1999 after sweeping Cleveland
📍 ABC News
The Knicks routed the Cavs to complete a sweep of the Eastern Conference finals.
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#06Iran national football team to stay in Mexico during 2026 World Cup
📍 France 24
Iran's national football team will base itself in Mexico during the 2026 FIFA World Cup and travel into the United States only on matchdays, after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Washington did not want the team staying in the country throughout the tournament.
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#07'We can halt warming – and we must': IPCC scientist on why Europe keeps choosing fossil fuels
📍 Euronews
'Budapest will also hit 50°C, the only question is when', predicts Hungarian climate scientist Diána Ürge-Vorsatz, a professor at CEU.
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#08China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips
📍 ZeroHedge
China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips Last September, when the memory bubble was just getting started, we said that inevitably "the cure for high commodity prices is, well, high commodity prices." While many financial market maxims have quietly ceased working in recent ...
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#09Fewer Germans buying into warnings of Russian attack – poll
📍 RT News
The number of Germans that believe Russia may attack their country has dropped to 38%, a recent survey shows Read Full Article at RT.com
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#10Israel Intensifies Strikes on Lebanon as Evacuations Grow in Beirut Suburbs — Reports
📍 Sputnik
“We are not slowing down — quite the opposite, I have ordered an acceleration,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, according to L’Orient Today.
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#11Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford to serve as floating nuclear power plant for land bases, Pentagon confirms
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) The United States Navy will this summer demonstrate that its most advanced and expensive warship, the $13-billion-per-copy USS Gerald R. Ford, can fun...
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#12Bolton: I Hope Trump, Iran Negotiations Break Down
📍 Breitbart
Monday on CNN's "The Lead," former National Security Adviser John Bolton said he hoped the Trump administration's negotiations to end the military operations in Iran break down. The post Bolton: I Hope Trump, Iran Negotiations Break Down appeared first on Breitbart.
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#13Mexican President Sheinbaum: Mexico will host Iran’s nat’l soccer team during 2026 FIFA World Cup
📍 OANN
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico has agreed to host Iran's national soccer team during the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup, after the United States refused to accommodate the squad for overnight stays for obvious national security reasons pertaining to the ongoing conflict.
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#14Predation Wearing the Mask of Civilization, by Jayant Bhandari
📍 UNZ Review
Institutions reveal their true character in two places: in the gray zones where rules are incomplete, ambiguous, or unenforceable, and even more nakedly in broad daylight when those in authority openly violate the clearest rules without shame. In a living civilization, power is restrained by the ...
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#15Why Libertarians & Liberty Lovers Should Pursue Exit and Build Strategy (Derrick Broze – Texas Libertarian Party Convention)
📍 Activist Post
If the video above does not play, please try on our social media channels Bitchute / Odysee / Substack On April 12, 2026, Derrick Broze spoke at the Texas Libertarian Party State Convention in Abilene, Texas. Derrick shared some important history of the Libertarian Party, as well as activist Samu...
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#16Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Epidemic Spreading Rapidly and Outpacing Containment Efforts
📍 AllAfrica
[UN News] There are more than 900 suspected cases of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 220 suspected deaths, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said on Monday.
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#17The Australian’s dodgy maths, an FOI fracas, and the Senate gets hit in the NACC
📍 Crikey
Plus who was the standout VIP of the Sydney Writers' Festival? The post The Australian’s dodgy maths, an FOI fracas, and the Senate gets hit in the NACC appeared first on Crikey.
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#18Backward step. “Parties the problem, not the solution”
📍 Michael West
Current talk of independent MPs forming a new party is fraught and potentially a huge backwards step for a functioning democracy,
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#19An AI solution to an 80-year-old problem has shocked mathematicians
📍 Conversation AU
Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős’ ‘planar unit distance conjecture’ has stood since 1946 – but an AI disproof has made mathematicians pay attention.
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#20Duerma informado con las claves de este 25 de mayo de 2026
📍 La Silla Vacía
La Procuraduría investiga al minSalud por presunta participación en política. Petro arremete contra Abelardo y más acá. The post Duerma informado con las claves de este 25 de mayo de 2026 appeared first on La Silla Vacía.
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#21Hector Abad Faciolince: “The Guilty Joy of Having Survived”
📍 Havana Times
War, guilt, & death run through this conversation at the Centroamerica Cuenta literary festival with Colombian writer Hector Abad Faciolince. The post Hector Abad Faciolince: “The Guilty Joy of Having Survived” appeared first on Havana Times.
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#22El Salvador Breaks Into Latin America’s Top 10 Startup Ecosystems
📍 Tico Times
El Salvador has entered the top 10 startup ecosystems in Latin America for the first time. The country ranks 10th regionally and 80th globally in StartupBlink’s 2026 Global Startup Ecosystem Index, with a score of 1.159 points. The index, which evaluates more than 1,500 cities and 120 countries, ...
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