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Ukrainian drone strikes kill 1 and spark fire at oil facility in Russia
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (410+ words) Posted June 14, 2026 5: 46 am. A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russia's southwestern Oryol region, local officials said Sunday, while a separate strike hit an oil facility as part of Kyiv's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep…...
Britain detains sanctioned oil tanker believed to be linked to Russia's shadow fleet
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (290+ words) Posted June 14, 2026 4: 01 am. British armed forces boarded and detained the vessel, the Smyrtos, on Sunday in the English Channel, in what the country's Defense Ministry called "the first UK-led operation of its kind." The vessel will be held and monitored…...
Israeli military strikes Beirut suburbs in the lead-up to anticipated US-Iran deal
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (591+ words) Posted June 14, 2026 5: 49 am. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, expressed cautious optimism that the U. S. and Iran were finally approaching an agreement that could halt hostilities that have…...
Carney visiting family's ancestral home in County Mayo today
1+ hour, 21+ min ago (822+ words) Posted June 14, 2026 3: 55 am. AGHAGOWER " The people of County Mayo, found on the west coast of Ireland, greeted Prime Minister Mark Carney with open arms on Sunday. Businesses hung Canadian flags outside their buildings, and groups of people held up signs…...
Trump and other G7 leaders are meeting without China. Is that a mistake?
10+ hour, 9+ min ago (972+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 9: 30 pm. No surprise there. Imagining Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong brainstorming with U. S. President Gerald Ford and other leaders would have been unthinkable. But as U. S. President Donald Trump and his G7 counterparts gather again in France from Monday, China's exclusion…...
Carney says 'strands' of a new world order could be woven at G7 summit
19+ hour, 8+ min ago (328+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 1: 11 pm. OTTAWA " Prime Minister Mark Carney says the "strands" of a new world order could be woven at the G7 summit next week. Carney made the remarks during a discussion at Trinity College Dublin while on a six-day trip…...
Funeral for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei set for July, as a deal to end the war nears
1+ day, 31+ min ago (695+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 8: 13 am. The funeral, burial, and farewell ceremonies for Khamenei would take place between July 4 and 9, Iran's state-run television, IRIB, reported. Khamenei was killed in the opening salvo of the war that Israel and the United States launched against…...
Workers begin removing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, hours after a court-ordered deadline
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (674+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 2: 31 am. Scaffolding was erected Friday around a section of the building that includes Trump's name, but shortly after midnight, the Kennedy Center asked a judge to extend the deadline until noon Eastern Time on Saturday because of thunderstorms…...
PM Carney in Ireland to meet with leaders, visit family's homeland
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1095+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 4: 42 am. DUBLIN " Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Ireland where he will drum up business and investment with European peers and visit his ancestors" home on the Emerald Isle. Carney arrived in Dublin Saturday morning, where he will…...
Critics say Canada's new immigration and border law puts LGBTQ+ people in danger
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1223+ words) Posted June 13, 2026 6: 00 am. OTTAWA " Earlier this week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and MPs from other political parties came together to raise the Pride flag on Parliament Hill. But an advocacy group that helps LGBTQ refugees come to Canada and the…...