Jordan World Cup 2026 preview: Players to watch, group matches and squad
Jordan make their first World Cup appearance after recently making the finals at the 2023 Asian Cup and 2025 Arab Cup.
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Ebola border shutdown leaves goods rotting between Uganda and DRC
Ebola border shutdown leaves goods rotting between Uganda and DRC
Louisiana church remembers abuse victims after reversal over prayers for convicted priest
St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentions
A Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse.
The shift took place in an updated 7 June parochial bulletin published by St Anthony of Padua church in the New Orleans suburb of Luling, Louisiana, where priest Anthony Odiong was pastor from 2015 to late 2023.
Continue reading...‘Badge of honour’: Israeli settlers shrug off global condemnation
Activists claim sanctions fail to reflect either the depth of violence or state complicity in settler attacks.
Supporters of the Cockroach People’s Party hold protest in New Delhi
CJP organisers rally supporters to demand the resignation of Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Women accusing Andrew Tate criticise UK extradition delay as influencer appears in Russia
Lawyer for British women attacks ‘extraordinary spectacle’ of Tate’s arrival in Moscow
British women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition.
Tate admires Vladimir Putin and amplifies Kremlin propaganda online. He arrived in the same week that Russian authorities welcomed US rightwing figures at an annual conference described as Russia’s answer to Davos.
Continue reading...Trump Is Remaking Latin America in His Image; Peru and Colombia May Be Next – Newsweek
- Trump Is Remaking Latin America in His Image; Peru and Colombia May Be Next Newsweek
- Polls close in Colombia presidential election that may reshape relations with US BBC
- Colombian far-right candidate is latest Trumpian figure in Latin America to ride anti-incumbent wave The Guardian
- Can Abelardo De La Espriella, a U.S. Citizen, Become Colombia’s President? The New York Times
- Bond investors bet Colombia’s ‘Tiger’ will slash public spending Financial Times
Insect Breeder Caught With 100,000 Illegal Cockroaches – The Daily Beast
- Insect Breeder Caught With 100,000 Illegal Cockroaches The Daily Beast
- Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust AP News
- Giant hissing cockroaches among $200,000 worth of illegal insects seized in Australia BBC
- Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in record bug bust DW
- Cockroach contraband valued at more than $140,000 seized in Australia USA Today
Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia – DW
- Man killed in shark attack off Western Australia DW
- Spearfisherman killed by suspected 15-foot shark after third fatal attack in less than a month Fox News
- Spearfisher killed in Australia’s third fatal shark attack in 4 weeks AP News
- Man dies after bitten by shark in Western Australia, police say BBC
- Diver, 35, Dies from Shark Attack, Marking Third Fatal Encounter in the Same Area in a Month People.com
Man dies after shark attack in Western Australia, police say
The man was spearfishing off Michaelmas Island with his family, according to local reports.
Man dies in Western Australia after shark attack
The man was fishing when he was bitten by a shark, police say.
Mexico zoo animals predict World Cup winners
Animals at Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico are making their own predictions for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace
Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say
Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting down of dissent.
With peace not yet secured, the debates within the regime about Iran’s future are only just starting to emerge but its rulers are clearly thinking about how after surviving the war, they can survive the peace.
Continue reading...US intercepts Iranian attacks as Israel continues to bomb Lebanon
US Central Command said seven ballistic missiles were fired towards Kuwait and Bahrain.
Man dies after shark attack off Western Australia coast near Albany
Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark
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A male diver aged in his 30s has died after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.
The state’s police force confirmed on Saturday afternoon that the 35-year-old man had died, after being treated by paramedics at the scene for more than two hours.
Continue reading...Tributes to Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head after death aged 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
Tributes to Buffy and Ted Lasso star Anthony Head who dies aged 72
The British actor, who also appeared in Merlin and Little Britain, died of complications from pneumonia.
Germany’s UN humiliation marks death of old order – UnHerd
- Germany’s UN humiliation marks death of old order UnHerd
- Germany blames Russia for 'bitter defeat' in UN Security Council bid BBC
- Did Germany lose its UNSC seat because of support for Israel? Al Jazeera
- Germany fails to win UN Security Council seat in major diplomatic setback for Merz politico.eu
- Five countries elected to UN Security Council; Germany misses out Reuters
Armenia braces for election as Russia piles pressure on pro-West government
Incumbent Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is seeking a third term despite falling domestic support.
US says Iranian radar sites hit in Goruk and Qeshm Island
The US military released footage showing what they say are military strikes on Iranian radar sites.