Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait’s future will be decided by region – Fortune

  1. Oman hopes Hormuz meeting fill force Trump to recognize strait's future will be decided by region  Fortune
  2. Iran reports commercial vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz  CNN
  3. Iranian cargo ship is struck, and talks between Tehran and its neighbors are postponed  AP News
  4. Houthis cut off key Saudi oil route as US hammers Iranian minelayers  Fox News
  5. Vessel struck in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says, as prospects for U.S.-Iran diplomacy appear elusive  cnbc.com
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BRICS summit 2026: What are the key takeaways? – Al Jazeera

  1. BRICS summit 2026: What are the key takeaways?  Al Jazeera
  2. Brics summit 2026 Delhi: Iran war reshapes ties but exposes divides  bbc.com
  3. At BRICS, India's Modi warns geopolitical tensions and supply chain shocks threaten global stability  AP News
  4. BRICS adopts joint declaration, urges 'maximum restraint' in Mideast  Reuters
  5. Iran and UAE back joint BRICS statement urging restraint in war  CNBC
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At least six dead and 130 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes, officials say

Search and rescue agency says 107 people brought to safety from vessel hit by bad weather in Java Sea

Rescue workers in Indonesia said at least six people had died and 130 others were missing on Sunday after a ferry sailing between the islands of Java and Borneo capsized in bad weather.

Basarnas, Indonesia’s national search and rescue agency, said 107 people had been rescued from the Virgo ⁠Transport 8 vessel, which set sail on Saturday with 243 ​people onboard, including 30 crew members, ​from ‌the East Java ‌city of Surabaya.

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Pressure builds in Spain to deny US extradition request for leftwing donor

Key government meeting this month will consider US bid to try James ‘Fergie’ Chambers over alleged support for Hamas

Attorneys for James “Fergie” Chambers, the US citizen and wealthy donor to leftwing and humanitarian projects worldwide who is currently imprisoned in Madrid and sought in extradition, have submitted a brief ahead of a decisive government meeting on the case.

Meanwhile, Chambers’ partner, the actor and activist Stella Schnabel, met last week with multiple members of the Spanish parliament to assert his innocence.

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Are you smarter than a 15-year-old? Try these OECD Pisa tests – Euronews.com

  1. Are you smarter than a 15-year-old? Try these OECD Pisa tests  Euronews.com
  2. Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe  The Economist
  3. US teen reading scores fall to lowest level in nearly 25 years  KSL.com
  4. Opinion: Americans need to reverse dismal academic scores  Deseret News
  5. PISA 2025: Students’ reading and mathematics performance declined sharply across the OECD  oecd.org
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