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‘The crisis is deep’: The view from Russia as fuel shortages worsen | Russia-Ukraine war News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogMoscow, Russia – Russia faces a severe fuel deficit as Ukrainian drone strikes knock out a significant portion of its refining capacity. …
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Venezuela’s Failed Earthquake Response Exposes Delcy Rodríguez’s Poor Leadership
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogCARACAS—When U.S. forces seized Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3, Washington did not hand power to opposition candidate Edmundo González, the …
Residents on Tuesday search through the rubble of a building that collapsed in the June 24 earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela. Ariana …
Amid losing a war with Iran, the Trump administration has intensified military, economic, and legal pressure against Cuba in recent months, creating …
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Pakistan says it intercepted four drones fired from Afghanistan | Politics News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogAfghan defence ministry says it carried out ‘air strikes’ in Pakistan’s Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Published On 1 Jul 20261 Jul …
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at rising xenophobia in South Africa, indirect U.S.-Iran negotiations in Qatar, and a massive …
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Cuba’s foreign minister observes ‘no progress’ in US negotiations | Politics News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogCuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has described negotiations with the United States as hitting a wall, with no breakthroughs made towards ending …
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Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at U.S.-Iran negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz, rising anti-immigrant sentiment in South Africa, …
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Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui gets 30 years in U.S. prison for fraud conviction : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIn this courtroom sketch, Guo Wengui, Chinese business tycoon, makes his sentencing statement at Manhattan federal court in New York, Monday, June …
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Martinelli scores late as Brazil beat Japan 2-1, into World Cup last 16 | World Cup 2026 News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogPublished On 29 Jun 202629 Jun 2026 Gabriel Martinelli scored the winner late in injury time to give five-time champions Brazil a …
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Europe Will Never Catch Up with Anthropic of OpenAI and Become an AI Superpower
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogThe U.S. government’s decision this month to impose sweeping export controls on the most advanced Anthropic models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, …
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Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFILE – Armenians hold their national flag during a ceremony to commemorate the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, in …
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Pakistan says its security forces killed 29 fighters along Afghan border | Conflict News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogStrikes come a day after fighters armed with guns and explosives killed three soldiers in Karachi. By Agence France Presse and The …
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U.S. and Iran exchange strikes, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein after their meeting at the foreign …
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After the Iran War, the United States Is the Middle East’s Guarantor of Last Resort
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogEvery administration since President Barack Obama’s first term has promised to look past the Middle East. Under Obama and later President Joe …
The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is being tested after new attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Mideast expert Paul Salem …
“Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850,” Yale Center for British Art, through June 21, 2026. The British …
3 min readJun 26, 2026 07:01 PM IST Global investment and financial services firm Goldman Sachs has raised its calendar year 2026 …
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at renewed clashes over the Strait of Hormuz, Venezuela’s rising death toll, and a …
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Fitch, Moody’s and S&P have been unfair to India: Piyush Goyal | Business News
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlog3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 27, 2026 09:47 AM IST Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said that global rating …
NewsFeed The US has struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites in retaliation for what it says was an Iranian attack on …
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The War Has Shifted Iran’s Relationship With Hezbollah and Other Proxies
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogTehran’s new leaders are riding high, with the initial memorandum of understanding offering Iran significant short-term financial relief—and the potential for far …
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Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogFILE – Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption …
Elon Musk touches everyone’s lives. And increasingly, each of his ventures build on his others, creating a vertically integrated behemoth that is …
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The science behind the back-to-back earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogNPR’s Michel Martin speaks with earthquake scientist Judith Hubbard of Cornell University about the science behind the multiple earthquakes in Venezuela, Japan …
Countries spend billions of dollars on defense every year, and some of that money inevitably gets squandered. Nobody likes “waste, fraud, and …
The space-cum-artificial intelligence company SpaceX just went public at an eye-watering valuation—the largest in history—making its founder, Elon Musk, the world’s first …
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At least 32 killed, 700 injured in 2 major earthquakes in Venezuela : NPR
by AiNewsBlogby AiNewsBlogRescuers search for victims in a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. Juan Barreto/Getty Images hide caption …
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