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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. Markets had suspected President Trump wanted to wrap up the war for his birthday, and so it happened.
June 15, 2026
Iranian Americans are torn over Iran’s participation in this year’s World Cup
June 15, 2026
New Yorkers who weren’t partied out after the Knicks championship found another excuse to celebrate as the National Puerto Rican Day Parade marched through Manhattan with pulsing music and vibrant colors
June 15, 2026
Yasin Ayari scored twice and Sweden showed it belonged at the 2026 World Cup, pounding Tunisia 5-1 to move atop Group F
June 15, 2026
A new AP-NORC/AAPI Data poll finds that most Asian American and Pacific Islander adults have experienced or witnessed some degree of upheaval because of the Trump administration’s heightened immigration policies
June 15, 2026
The United States and Iran have reached an initial agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz
June 14, 2026
The Carolina Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 on Sunday to win their second Stanley Cup championship and first since 2006.
June 15, 2026
Thousands of Scotland supporters who have descended on Boston for the World Cup took time off from football on Sunday to switch their focus to a different sport - baseball.
June 15, 2026
China's ability to militarily strike Australia will grow markedly over the next decade, though the most immediate threats will come through cyberattacks and the cutting of
June 15, 2026
A peace agreement between the United States and Iran likely won't change the Bank of Japan's expected move to deliver two interest rate hikes this year, the
June 15, 2026
With an agreement on a framework for a peace deal with Iran, U.S.
June 15, 2026
Some Asia hedge funds delivered returns exceeding 100% in the first five months of the year, riding on record highs in stock markets and wagers on AI
June 15, 2026
Amad Diallo scored in the 90th minute to lift Ivory Coast to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in its first World Cup appearance in a dozen years
June 15, 2026
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons in clashes with stone-throwing youths during a protest on Sunday in Geneva against the G7 group of wealthy nations
June 14, 2026
12 killed after Missouri plane crashes in one of the deadliest US skydiving incidents in decades
June 15, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump is in France this week for a G7 summit
June 15, 2026
Meet the new kids on the World Cup block
June 14, 2026
Iran captain Mehdi Taremi says his team is having a challenging World Cup experience amid the multifold disruptions caused by the tensions created by their nation’s war with the co-host U.S. The Iranians arrived in the Los Angeles area on Sunday from their training base in Tijuana, Mexico
June 15, 2026
Trump and Iran reach agreement that includes opening Strait of Hormuz
June 15, 2026
Uruguay's flight from Mexico to Miami for their World Cup opener was delayed by several hours on Sunday due to an airline error, FIFA said.
June 15, 2026
Pakistan announced that the U.S. and Iran reached an agreement to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz
June 15, 2026
Iran's soccer team arrived in the United States for the first time at this World Cup on Sunday, landing at Los Angeles
June 14, 2026
Stocks and bonds rallied and the dollar fell in Asia trade on Monday after the U.S. and Iran agreed a peace deal to re-open the Strait of Hormuz and lift a U.S. blockade on Iran.
June 15, 2026
E4 nations including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy said on Sunday the countries were prepared to lift sanctions on Iran in response to steps on its nuclear program
June 15, 2026
Daichi Kamada deflected a header by teammate Koki Ogawa into the Dutch goal in the 88th minute, sending the Samurai Blue fans into a frenzy and giving Japan a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in their World Cup opener
June 15, 2026
Bud Cauley took the lead with a birdie chip on the par-4 12th and won the RBC Canadian Open in rain and wind Sunday for his first PGA Tour title, eight years after his career nearly ended in a car accident at the Memorial
June 15, 2026
Former Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attended the United States’ World Cup opener against Paraguay rather than his own nation’s game vs
June 14, 2026
Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump’s name is removed
June 15, 2026
Authorities say a pilot and 11 others were killed when a plane taking people on a skydiving outing in Missouri crashed in a field and caught fire
June 14, 2026
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said early on Monday that the United States and Iran have reached a peace deal.
June 15, 2026
Two helicopters have collided over Rio de Janeiro, crashing in the city’s western zone and killing all six aboard
June 14, 2026
Eleven skydivers and a pilot died in the crash of a private plane on Sunday in Butler, Missouri, aircraft operator Skydive Kansas City said.
June 15, 2026
Matt Slocum, a staff photographer for The Associated Press in Philadelphia, has been with the AP for over 20 years
June 15, 2026
The Congolese Ministry of Health reports that confirmed Ebola cases in Congo have increased to 782, with 181 deaths
June 15, 2026
The number of confirmed Ebola cases in Democratic Republic of Congo has increased to 782 after 72 new cases were documented in 24 hours, one of the biggest single-day
June 15, 2026
A night of raw emotion and chaos: 63 arrested as Knicks fans celebrate NBA championship
June 14, 2026
U.S.
June 14, 2026
Switzerland on Sunday rejected a proposal to cap its population at 10 million as voters prioritised economic stability and
June 14, 2026
Senior Anthropic technical staff are in Washington to meet with White House officials to try resolving a dispute that has taken the company's most advanced AI models offline, Axios
June 15, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin extended birthday greetings to U.S.
June 15, 2026
U.S.
June 15, 2026
Orange Suit Man brings Dutch soccer pride to North Texas
June 15, 2026
Most World Cup stadiums have Rutgers turfgrass, which is tested for toughness at a research farm in New Jersey
June 15, 2026
Mitch McConnell is in the hospital
June 15, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says countries must learn the lesson of diversification after AI giant Anthropic said it has taken its latest artificial intelligence models, known as Fable 5 and Mythos 5, offline to comply with a directive from the Trump administration to prevent their use by foreign nationals
June 15, 2026
Geneva police on Sunday fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations agency as they vented
June 14, 2026
U.S. investment bank Lazard is making a bid of $25 million to try to replace Centerview Partners as Venezuela's financial adviser for one of the
June 14, 2026
Swiss police fired tear gas as protesters opposed to a G7 summit across the border in France targeted United Nations buildings in Geneva, a Reuters witness said.
June 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday he had spoken to U.S.
June 14, 2026
President Donald Trump criticised an Israeli strike on Lebanon that could complicate attempts to finalise a framework deal
June 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin each spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday, marking Trump's 80th birthday and ahead of this week’s G7 summit
June 14, 2026
Trump holds phone calls with Putin and Zelensky on his 80th birthday
June 15, 2026
Lewis Hamilton has won his first race since joining Ferrari two years ago while Formula 1 leader Kimi Antonelli broke down at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix
June 14, 2026
The tanker disabled by the American military while trying to run the U.S. blockade of Iran had dismissed nearly 60 verbal warnings as well as other shows of force before being fired upon
June 14, 2026
An early morning storm soaked Germany and Curacao fans arriving early at the stadium for their teams' World Cup opener on Sunday, sending them scrambling for umbrellas,
June 14, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday met distant cousins in his grandparents' home village in the west of Ireland on a visit to
June 14, 2026
Israel said its military attacked Hezbollah targets in Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday
June 14, 2026
The Somali referee who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup will still be paid his full tournament fee
June 14, 2026
Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to cap the country's population at 10 million
June 14, 2026
British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson said he was detained at Heathrow Airport on Saturday and had his phone seized, after a week when he posted heavily online about
June 14, 2026
The European Commission said on Sunday that it is assessing the practical implications of a U.S. export control directive impacting artificial intelligence company
June 14, 2026
General Roberto Vannacci launched his new far-right party on Sunday, posing a direct challenge to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's grip on power as he seeks
June 14, 2026
Dissent grows against deal in Iran – but the regime is likely to have final say
June 14, 2026
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 73,000
June 14, 2026
‘Who are we cheering for?’ Iranian Americans face their most complicated World Cup
June 14, 2026
‘A bird that flies never leaves a trace’: Why is Japan always so tidy at the World Cup?
June 14, 2026
Russia’s overwhelming manpower advantage against Ukraine is starting to wane
June 14, 2026
Some 25 miles (40 km) south of the U.S.-Mexico border, nestled between taquerias in the suburbs of Tijuana, hangs a flag in
June 14, 2026
A World Cup bus was set alight and a teenager suffered a gunshot wound during chaotic scenes in Midtown Manhattan as thousands of basketball
June 14, 2026
After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from
June 14, 2026
British commandos boarded and intercepted a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in the Channel on Sunday, leading for the first time an operation to
June 14, 2026
A senior Iranian official told Reuters a final draft of the memorandum of understanding with the U.S. covered a range of issues, from Tehran’s nuclear work
June 14, 2026
UK intercepts Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker for first time
June 14, 2026
Britain’s armed forces have boarded and detained a sanctioned tanker, the Smyrtos, in the English Channel
June 14, 2026
Steven Spielberg’s career has been an alien crusade culminating in ‘Disclosure Day’
June 14, 2026
Nestory Irankunda and Connor Metcalfe scored and Australia spoiled Turkey’s return to the World Cup for the first time in 24 years with a 2-0 victory on Saturday night
June 14, 2026
Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan on Sunday designated Adrian Vestea, a member of the liberal party, as prime minister, after independent candidate Eugen Tomac
June 14, 2026
Japan is preparing to send a delegation to Greenland this summer to evaluate possible rare earth extraction, the Nikkei newswire reported on Sunday.
June 14, 2026
Taiwan's government launched a website on Sunday to encourage Chinese nationals to report intelligence tips, saying it was offering a secure channel to what it says is an
June 14, 2026
Curaçao is preparing for its historic World Cup debut against Germany with excitement and pride
June 14, 2026
John McGinn deflected a shot off an opposing defender and past goalkeeper Johny Placide in the 28th minute, and Scotland defeated Haiti 1-0 in Group C of the World Cup
June 14, 2026
Vinícius Júnior scored an equalizing goal in the 32nd minute to give five-time champion Brazil a 1-1 draw against Morocco in a pulsating, high-profile group match at the World Cup
June 14, 2026
China's absence from G7 summits seems increasingly odd given its global economic influence
June 14, 2026
Who was Niño Guerrero? The alleged drug kingpin the US killed in Venezuela
June 14, 2026
Jackson Suber has his first 54-hole lead on the PGA Tour and goes after his first win at the RBC Canadian Open
June 14, 2026
Iran open their World Cup Group G campaign against New Zealand in Los Angeles on Monday in a match shaped as much by events off the pitch as by the
June 14, 2026
Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto lost a bid for a no-hitter when Tristan Peters hit a leadoff homer for the Chicago White Sox in the ninth inning
June 14, 2026
Tarik Skubal was tagged for a two-run homer by Cleveland’s Daniel Schneemann in the two-time reigning Cy Young winner’s return from elbow surgery and the Guardians downed the Detroit Tigers 3-1
June 14, 2026
Boualem Khoukhi scored an equalizing goal on a header in the fourth minute of stoppage time, and Qatar spoiled a dominant day by Switzerland in a 1-1 draw in Group B of the World Cup
June 14, 2026
Soaring temperatures failed to dampen the spirits of World Cup supporters who used portable fans, umbrellas and lots of cold liquids to beat
June 14, 2026
North Korea said on Sunday denuclearisation is a matter that is terminated irreversibly, as it condemned recent nuclear deterrence talks between the U.S. and South Korea.
June 14, 2026
Momentum for a deal to end the Iran war is growing
June 13, 2026
The letters spelling out President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of Kennedy Center are now gone
June 13, 2026
The death of a woman from Haiti seeking asylum in the U.S. who died from hypothermia days after her release from federal custody was ruled a homicide by a Pennsylvania county medical examiner's office
June 14, 2026
Jaccob Slavin is one win away from becoming the second American to win an Olympic gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year
June 14, 2026
The United States and Iran appear close to a deal to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz
June 13, 2026
Tens of thousands of people marched in Rome in rival demonstrations over migration
June 14, 2026
Gio Reyna's goal might go down as one of the iconic moments of the 2026 World Cup
June 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed efforts to end the Iran conflict during a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Downing Street said on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks
June 13, 2026
President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the Palace of Versailles after the upcoming G7 summit of leading industrialized nations in France
June 13, 2026
The World Cup hits full gear on a massive Saturday
June 13, 2026
A Ukrainian drone attack has killed one person and injured three in Russia’s Krasnodar region, according to local officials
June 13, 2026
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Belfast to denounce anti-immigrant rioters
June 13, 2026
Kennedy Center says it has fully removed Trump’s name from its building
June 13, 2026
Hungary's main opposition Fidesz party re-elected former Prime Minister Viktor Orban as its leader on Saturday for another year despite the party's loss of power in an
June 13, 2026
Some 200 protesters on Saturday tore down metal and razor wire fences surrounding a luxury development site on Albania's Adriatic coast, in another sign of growing
June 13, 2026
U.S.
June 13, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Saturday he would publish the government's defence investment plan before the alliance's
June 13, 2026
Switzerland’s ‘Brexit moment’: Vote on a population cap sets up potential collision with EU
June 13, 2026
Brazil hopes to end a 24-year wait for World Cup glory. The pressure has never been greater
June 13, 2026
Top Tren de Aragua leader killed in US military strike, Trump announces
June 13, 2026
The Lebanese army has withdrawn its troops from a base in a southern village after Israeli forces advanced nearby
June 13, 2026
Pope Leo’s plane was grounded. Then the King of Spain stepped in to help
June 13, 2026
The exact timing of the signing of the Islamabad memorandum will not be on Sunday, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said, according to state media on Saturday.
June 13, 2026
A perfectly American start to the USA’s 2026 World Cup
June 13, 2026
Melinda French Gates has ‘visceral reaction’ recalling ‘abhorrent’ Epstein in new interview
June 13, 2026
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and now first-ever trillionaire, controls a lot of different businesses
June 13, 2026
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the
June 13, 2026
China says it firmly opposes the U.S. adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military-linked companies
June 13, 2026
Legislation in two of the nation's most populous states could force 3D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns
June 13, 2026
Funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media
June 13, 2026
Exclusive: Iran sealed uranium cache and placed mines amid fears of US operation to seize material
June 13, 2026
Drones and lone wolf attacks are key concerns as FBI works to secure 11 World Cup cities
June 13, 2026
Supreme Court dumps Trump aide Carter Page’s wiretapping suit against James Comey
Supreme Court to decide if migrants detained for months must receive bond hearings
World Cup racism monitor urges FIFA to remove match official over hand gesture on TV broadcast
Caniacs celebrate: Parade planned in Raleigh as Carolina Hurricanes claim Stanley Cup title
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