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8+ hour, 52+ min ago  (231+ words) New York Times: "For the past year, FIFA, the governing body of international soccer, has leased an office on the 17th floor of New York's Trump Tower that has sat all but empty. The rent goes to President Trump's family business,…...

8+ hour, 49+ min ago  (329+ words) New York Times: "Germany has pulled out of a plan to build a new European-made fighter jet with France and Spain, the German government said on Tuesday, most likely scuttling the project and dealing a blow to European efforts to…...

4+ hour, 15+ min ago  (233+ words) The Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) has started screening candidates of 11 political parties participating in the forthcoming Enugu state local government (LG) elections. ENSIEC had fixed September 26 for elections into the 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship positions in the state. A…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (137+ words) Politico: "Twenty House Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson to help pass a Democratic-led bill Tuesday aimed at making it easier for workers to form unions, widening the divide between a bloc of pro-labor Republicans and GOP leaders." "Democrats successfully…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (703+ words) CNN: "A former Taliban commander was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Tuesday for crimes including kidnapping a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and providing support that led to the deaths of three American soldiers." "Haji Najibullah's sentencing capped a daylong proceeding…...

8+ hour, 38+ min ago  (560+ words) Bloomberg: "Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel to the US Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday as the Trump administration continues to demand drastic reforms by the communist government in Havana." Goddard spent more than a decade…...

1+ hour, 13+ min ago  (350+ words) Business magnate Joe Strada just launched a campaign to succeed retiring U. S. Rep. Dan Webster. After filing federal paperwork last week to run in Florida's 11th Congressional District, the Lake Mary Republican formally announced his run for office, where he plans to…...

7+ hour, 23+ min ago  (282+ words) Retired Navy Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore advanced to a runoff in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District Democratic primary on June 9, positioning the former military officer for a June 23 showdown against veteran Mac Deford for the Democratic nomination. Lacore, a three-star admiral…...

1+ hour, 33+ min ago  (890+ words) Saudi's Riyadh Air flies the skies despite delays, war After US strikes, Iran hits back on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan Inside the deterrence dynamics of Iran's strike on Israel Why the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire hinges on US-Iran diplomacy How the Iran…...

19+ hour, 18+ min ago  (427+ words) Weekly news round-up from Berlin and Germany...