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Jul 6, 2026 - World

Crowds swelled through Tehran as mourners dressed in black carried flags proclaiming: ‘We will rise’A crowd of “millions” assembled on Monday for the funeral procession of Iran’s assassinated supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.The scale and depth of the march, however engineered, represents an extraordinary turnaround for a country that only seven months ago was gripped by street protests at which thousands of people were killed by government security forces. Continue reading...

Jul 6, 2026 - World

Reporting on a Donald Trump press availability on Monday afternoon, where the president addressed the firestorm over his intervention to get US soccer player Folarin Balogun reinstated to play against Belgium in the World Cup despite a disqualifying red card, MS NOW’s Vaughan Hillyard said the president only made matters worse.Speaking with host Ali Vitali, Hillyard pointed out that the president made an admission that he found startling.“I think the president made one very head-spinning comment for all soccer fans around the world, and that was the fact that he didn't even know what a red card was before last week's U.S. matchup,” he told the host.Specifically, the president told reporters, “I spoke to [FIFA President] Gianni [Infantino], who's highly respected, who's produced the most successful World Cup in history, by, they say, four times they gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant.”Trump continued, “I didn't think it meant much. Then I started hearing that that means he can't play in the next game. All I did, I asked for a review because I didn't think it was a foul. I related just that I didn't tell him what to do. I can't tell him what to do, but — and I don't believe he made the decision. I think it was a committee that made the decision and they made the right decision.”According to Hillyard, Trump’s admission about his ignorance of the rules raised the stakes for FIFA."And so the Belgian Football Association has appealed this decision here by FIFA,” he reported. “ And what? We're about six hours away from kickoff here in this matchup tonight, Ali. And the question is, will FIFA, which has not expressly articulated why they reversed their decision in the first place to keep Balogun on the field tonight, whether they will take up that appeal from Belgium and reverse course.”“This is not just a sports mess right now, but it's a global news mess here as well,” he added. - YouTube youtu.be

Jul 6, 2026 - World

TKMS beats South Korean rival to multibillion-dollar contract that will deepen Canada’s Nato tiesCanada has selected a German consortium to build a dozen cutting-edge submarines in one of the country’s largest-ever defence contracts that will further deepen its Nato ties before a crucial summit this week.On Monday the prime minister, Mark Carney, announced the winner of a tightly contested battle for the lucrative government contract to replace its fleet of ageing, secondhand subs, most of which are undergoing maintenance. Continue reading...

Jul 6, 2026 - World

Arrival of endangered cats, including rare white cub, revitalises team straining under fuel and medicine shortagesFor the Cuban zookeeper Ángel Cordero, the sight of four Bengal ⁠tiger cubs playing in a cage at the Cuban national zoo is a small miracle on an island stifled by shortages ⁠of fuel, medicine and ⁠days-long power outages.The ​birth of these endangered big cats – including an exceedingly rare white tiger – has revitalised a team of zoo workers, he said. Continue reading...

Jul 6, 2026 - World

Venezuelans are digging through earthquake rubble with their bare hands to recover loved ones as international rescue teams depart and anger rises over the government’s response