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President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron will meet over dinner at the glittering Palace of Versailles near Paris after the G7 summit of leading industrialized nations next week in France, their governments announced Saturday. Trump, who is trying to make progress on finalizing an Iran war deal in the coming days, is expected to have a busy schedule of one-on-one meetings with foreign leaders on the sidelines of the summit in the French lakeside town of Evian-les-Bains, according to senior administration officials who briefed reporters on the condition of anon

Trump and Macron will meet over dinner at Versailles palace after G7 summit in France

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Melinda French Gates has ‘visceral reaction’ recalling ‘abhorrent’ Epstein in new interview

Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates are again reckoning with the Microsoft co-founder’s past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, with Gates testifying this week to Congress about their past interactions and his ex-wife newly opening up about her “visceral reaction” to the late convicted sex offender.In an interview with the Guardian published Saturday, Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist who divorced Gates in 2021, said she had nightmares after once meeting Epstein and grew so upset talking to the reporter about her impressions of the man that she almost ended the interview.“Have you ever in y

Orban re-elected as Fidesz party leader in Hungary despite election loss

Starmer tells Rutte UK will publish defence plan before NATO July summit

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Trump to meet with Middle East leaders, attend Ukraine session at G7, US officials say

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with Middle Eastern leaders and attend a working session with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the G7 summit in France next week, senior U.S. administration officials said on Saturday.Officials said Trump would meet separately with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirate, France and India. No bilateral meeting was planned with Zelenskiy but the two leaders could meet on the sidelines of the summit, they added.Trump planned to raise issues of shared importance with leaders at the summit, including economic growth and development, sup

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‘This wasn’t on my Pinterest mood board’: NYC weddings overlap with potential Knicks clinch

One time, before she met her now fiancé, Victoria Perry went on a first date with a man who said he wasn’t into the NBA.“I was not going on a second date,” she says now.And just think if she had – and they had hit it off – she could be marrying a man this weekend who didn’t want his wedding to turn into a New York Knicks-themed watch party for Game 5 of the NBA Finals. That would have been a real predicament. A potential clinch on the night of her nuptials?“I’m ecstatic about it,” she told CNN Sports.“It’s like a dream come true,” says James Kostadaras, the man who was

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Drones and lone wolf attacks are key concerns as FBI works to secure 11 World Cup cities

On Thursday, the first whistle blew, ushering in the largest sporting event the US has ever hosted — or secured.Millions of foreign fans are expected to descend across the country for the World Cup, with the US hosting 78 matches across 11 cities and countless more fan hubs and related events peppered throughout the country.The scale alone presents a challenge for local and federal law enforcement as they work to secure each game in what Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has called a “zero-fail mission.”They’ll have to contend with burgeoning threats stemming f

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Top Tren de Aragua leader killed in US military strike, Trump announces

The NBA Finals have been close. Still, Knicks are in command and need 1 win over Spurs for the title

The final moments in each of the first four games between the New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs in these NBA Finals had much in common, including that the outcome was still undecided with a minute left every time. Game 1, Knicks led by four with 58 seconds to go. Game 2, Knicks won by one when Victor Wembanyama's game-winning try just misses. Game 3, Spurs won by four. Game 4, Knicks won by one again after OG Anunoby got a miracle tip-in. There hasn't been a finals like this, with a margin of four points or less in the final minute of each of the first four gam

Trump’s DOJ approves Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, as potential state lawsuits loom

The Trump administration has given the green light for Paramount Skydance to take over Warner Bros. Discovery in a mega-merger that will reshape Hollywood.Friday afternoon’s sign-off by the Department of Justice, while expected, was a key step in Paramount’s quest to acquire CNN, HBO, the Warner Bros. movie studio and other Warner Bros. Discovery assets.The DOJ said in a statement that “the transaction is not likely to result in harm to competition or American consumers, including with respect to: (1) streaming video on demand (“SVOD”); (2) linear television; and (3) studio developme

Attorneys for Tyler Robinson urge judge to block death penalty over prosecutor’s comments to media about ballistics evidence

Folarin Balogun, who could have played for England or Nigeria, scores 2 for US in World Cup debut

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Brazil hopes to end a 24-year wait for World Cup glory. The pressure has never been greater

The quest for a sixth star begins again for Brazil.This storied, soccer-mad nation has lifted the World Cup five times – more than any other country – but its last triumph in 2002 is beginning to feel like a distant memory as over two decades of frustration have followed.France ended the Seleção’s campaign in the 2006 quarterfinals, the Netherlands did so in 2010, Germany inflicted one of the most infamous defeats in the sport’s history in 2014 – a 7-1 drubbing that had fans crying in the stands – and quarterfinal exits followed again in 2018 and 2022.An entire generation of Braz

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The World Cup hits full gear on a massive Saturday

Note: This is story first appeared in The Beautiful Game by CNN Sports, our daily newsletter on all things World Cup. To subscribe, click here.It now feels like we’re well underway in the World Cup with matches coming thick and fast.After the USA’s dominating win yesterday (more on that here), attention turns to an exciting fixture list for Saturday. We’ll see the mighty Brazil flex its muscles and watch Scotland return to the World Cup stage for the first time in 28 years.Scottish fans have been enjoying the run-up to the team’s opener, packing out bars in Boston and singing their

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A perfectly American start to the USA’s 2026 World Cup

He was, at his core, the perfect person to summon the right word to describe the USA’s opening game in the World Cup.Born in New York to Nigerian parents, Folarin Balogun speaks with a British accent, courtesy of a childhood largely forged in England. He is, in other words, what America once prided itself on being – a melting pot of cultures cooked together to create the greatest of flavorful stews.Lately, in a world grown more complicated, that homespun notion has grown conflicted. The United States often feels more fractured than fraternal, a search for commonality hard to find in a land

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Trump says US military strike killed leader of Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

President Donald Trump on Friday said U.S. forces carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua."At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet," Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Friday evening."This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well."

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Canada draws level with Bosnia in second half of co-host’s World Cup opener

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Judge rules Trump can stage UFC fights on the White House's South Lawn this weekend

A federal judge has ruled the White House is allowed to stage a UFC show this weekend in an elaborate ring already built on the South Lawn to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary — on President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday

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Gabbard rescinds Biden-era intel assessments that were skeptical about ‘Havana Syndrome’

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Consumer sentiment rises for the first time in three months

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Iran deal very close, signing possible in coming days, US official says

Negotiators for the United States and Iran are close to the finish line of a deal aimed at ending their three-month war and it could

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The Latest: Pakistan says US and Iran agree on ‘final’ text of a peace deal

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SpaceX soars 28% after record-busting IPO

SpaceX soared 28% in its Nasdaq debut on Friday, a day after pricing its record $75 billion IPO.

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls