In the small Romanian town of Onesti, people chanted Nadia Comaneci's name on Sunday as the gymnast who received the first perfect 10 in Olympic history returned home 50 years after the feat.
Coach Darren Bazeley called it "really disappointing" as his New Zealand side suffered a demoralizing 4-0 World Cup warm-up defeat to fellow qualifiers Haiti on Tuesday, in a match delayed by lightning in Florida.
Indonesian military prosecutors sought two-and-a-half years in prison on Wednesday for each of the four soldiers charged over an acid attack on an activist critical of the armed forces' perceived expanding role in government.
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Economy
More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.
June 03, 2026
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He is already the richest man in the world, but when SpaceX finally makes its hotly anticipated stock market debut, Elon Musk could become the planet's first trillionaire.
June 03, 2026
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In "Masters of the Universe," the insecure Adam transforms into He-Man simply by wielding the Sword of Grayskull.
June 03, 2026
Liz Benz still believes the distressed caller's voice was her son's -- the tone, enunciation and cadence all matched her 16-year-old.
June 03, 2026
As SpaceX prepares its long-awaited stock market debut, investors everywhere are scrambling to get a piece of the action -- through investment funds, related company stocks, and even online prediction markets.
June 03, 2026
Sports
It is not New York or Los Angeles.
June 03, 2026
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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan begins a three-day state visit to Russia on Wednesday, meeting counterpart Vladimir Putin at a time when her country's reputation in the West has been badly damaged.
Peru's Keiko Fujimori is a perennial political loser. She has run for the nation's presidency three elections in a row -- and three times, she has lost.
Protesting teachers toppled towering statues of football players on Mexico City's main promenade Tuesday and threatened growing protests before the World Cup if the government does not respond to their labor demands.
Yeast has been growing in the guts of a frozen mummy called Oetzi the Iceman for thousands of years, scientists have discovered, telling AFP they used it to make a tasty sourdough bread.
June 03, 2026
Sports
Top-ranked Nelly Korda chases a lifelong dream and Thailand's second-ranked Jeeno Thitikul seeks her first major title when the 81st US Women's Open begins on Thursday at Riviera Country Club.
June 02, 2026
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The Justice Department on Tuesday dropped a contentious plan to create a $1.8 billion compensation program that critics had denounced as a "slush fund" for President Donald Trump's political allies.
Canada and Mexico on Tuesday called for a 16-year renewal of the North American free trade agreement with the United States, in hopes of binding the three countries to a pact that President Donald Trump has openly questioned.
Football superstar David Beckham is to be honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, organizers announced Tuesday, as the United States readies to host the World Cup.
Turkey on Tuesday expressed alarm over a weekend gig by Kanye West in Istanbul attended by nearly 120,000 fans, saying it included elements that offended its spiritual sensitivities.
June 02, 2026
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