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One Man Survived 8 Days Buried Alive in Venezuela — But Tens of Thousands Remain Unaccounted For
One Man Survived 8 Days Buried Alive in Venezuela — But Tens of Thousands Remain Unaccounted For On July 2, 2026, rescue workers pulled 43-year-old security guard Hernán Alberto Gil Flores alive from the rubble of the Galerías Playa Grande shopping center in La Guaira, Venezuela — eight full days after back-to-back earthquakes struck the…
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Iran Buries Its Slain Supreme Leader as Nuclear Talks Hit Pause — and Nobody Trusts the Ceasefire to Hold
Iran Buries Its Slain Supreme Leader as Nuclear Talks Hit Pause — and Nobody Trusts the Ceasefire to Hold Iran began a week of state funeral processions on July 3 for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2026. The ceremonies — expected to draw between 15…
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Nearly 600 Russian Drones and Missiles Hit Kyiv in One Night — and the U.S. Can’t Agree on What to Do Next
Nearly 600 Russian Drones and Missiles Hit Kyiv in One Night — and the U.S. Can’t Agree on What to Do Next Russia launched 496 drones and 74 missiles at Ukraine overnight on July 2–3, 2026, with the assault concentrated on the capital Kyiv in one of the war’s most intensive bombardments to date. Ukrainian…
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Ukraine Torched a Third of Russia’s Oil Refineries — Now Ordinary Russians Can’t Fill Their Tanks
Ukraine Torched a Third of Russia’s Oil Refineries — Now Ordinary Russians Can’t Fill Their Tanks Ukrainian drone attacks have knocked approximately one-third of Russia’s oil refining capacity offline, triggering nationwide fuel shortages and rationing across the country, The Washington Post and wire services reported on July 1, 2026. An AP count found more than…
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Soldiers in the Streets, 900+ Jailed: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Turns Violent
Soldiers in the Streets, 900+ Jailed: South Africa’s Anti-Immigrant Crackdown Turns Violent South African authorities arrested more than 900 people on July 1, 2026, as nationwide anti-immigrant demonstrations swept the country in what organizers had billed as a final enforcement of their self-imposed “deadline” for undocumented migrants to leave. Police monitored 120 marches across the…
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1,300 Dead and Climbing: Europe’s Record Heatwave Is a Catastrophe Everyone Is Blaming on Someone Else
1,300 Dead and Climbing: Europe’s Record Heatwave Is a Catastrophe Everyone Is Blaming on Someone Else More than 1,300 excess deaths have been recorded across Europe since June 21 in connection with a record-breaking heatwave, the World Health Organization reported. France’s public health agency logged approximately 1,000 excess deaths since the heatwave began on June…
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Iran Is Bombing Ships on the New Hormuz Bypass Route — and 20% of the World’s Oil Trade Is in the Crossfire
Iran Is Bombing Ships on the New Hormuz Bypass Route — and 20% of the World’s Oil Trade Is in the Crossfire Following coordinated U.S. and Israeli airstrikes under Operation Epic Fury in late February 2026 that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Iran announced on March 4 that the Strait of Hormuz — through…
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Venezuela’s Death Toll Climbs Past 1,700 as Over 43,000 People Remain Missing After Twin Earthquakes
Venezuela’s Death Toll Climbs Past 1,700 as Over 43,000 People Remain Missing After Twin Earthquakes On June 24, 2026, a 7.2-magnitude foreshock struck northern Venezuela, followed 39 seconds later by a 7.5-magnitude mainshock — the strongest earthquake to hit the country since 1900. The twin quakes devastated La Guaira state and the capital Caracas, collapsing…
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Ukraine’s Drones Just Broke Russia’s Fuel Supply — Putin Admitted It, and the Gas Stations Are Turning Violent
Ukraine’s Drones Just Broke Russia’s Fuel Supply — Putin Admitted It, and the Gas Stations Are Turning Violent On June 29, 2026, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unusually candid public admission to a meeting of senior officials: Ukrainian long-range drone and missile strikes on oil refineries inside Russia have caused nationwide fuel shortages. By…
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Iran Says There’s No Meeting. Trump Says There Is. The Hormuz War Has No Agreed Endgame.
Iran Says There’s No Meeting. Trump Says There Is. The Hormuz War Has No Agreed Endgame. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner flew to Doha on June 29 for talks aimed at salvaging a disputed memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran, after days of exchanged strikes around the Strait of…