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Archaeologists find huge Viking textile production site in D...

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Experts from the Moesgaard Museum said this week that the sprawling 100,000-square-meter (more than 1 million-square-foot) site features an area for processing flax as well as more than 80 pit houses — semi-buried huts that were used as workshops and dwellings in Viking times.
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Pentagon seeks $80 billion from Congress for Iran war

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The White House Office of Management and Budget has yet to make a formal request to Congress.
1 day ago
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Matheus Cunha scores 2 goals as Brazil eliminates Haiti from...

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Haiti, the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation that qualified for the World Cup for the first time since 1974, became the first team guaranteed not to reach the knockout round.
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Brave DR Congo hold Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal to a 1-1...

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Congo, which was playing at the World Cup for the first time in 52 years, became the second African nation to make a strong start in the tournament against European competition following Cape Verde’s 0-0 draw with Spain on Monday.
6 days ago
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Ivory Coast past Ecuador 1-0 in the World Cup

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The teams combined to hit the crossbar three times before the Manchester United winger — who entered as a substitute in the 56th minute — broke through with a left-footed shot from just inside the penalty area that beat diving goalkeeper Hernán Galíndez. Wilfried Singo set...
Jun 15, 2026
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Romania's president nominates Adrian Vestea as prime ministe...

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Dan nominated 53-year-old Adrian Vestea, a career politician from central Brasov County and longtime member of the National Liberal Party, to try to form a government. Vestea is Dan’s second prime ministerial nomination this month, after his previous pick, Eugen Tomac, failed to present a cabi...
Jun 14, 2026
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Clashes in Pakistan-administered Kashmir kill 7 after court...

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The violence erupted Sunday after the Supreme Court of Pakistan-administered Kashmir ruled that 12 legislative seats reserved for Kashmiri refugees living in Pakistan are constitutionally protected and cannot be abolished without a constitutional amendment.
Jun 10, 2026
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Chinese leader Xi arrives in North Korea for closely watched...

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During a two-day trip, his first visit to North Korea in seven years, Xi is to meet leader Kim Jong Un. It will be their first summit since September, when they met in Beijing after viewing a military parade alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders.
Jun 08, 2026
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A 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocks the southern Philippines, c...

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There were no immediate reports of casualties, and it was not clear if people were trapped or injured in the collapse of at least one small building in General Santos, a tuna-processing city of more than 700,000 people that is also a commercial hub in the south.
Jun 08, 2026
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Chinese leader Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next we...

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His trip will the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear-armed neighbor, whose leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to Russia in recent years, notably by sending troops and conventional weapons to support its war against Ukraine.
Jun 05, 2026