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  • 23 June 2018: Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • 23 June 2018: Hungarian Parliament passes bill to criminalise helping undocumented migrants
  • 21 June 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • 21 June 2018: India: Mehbooba Mufti resigns as Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister as Bharatiya Janata Party breaks alliance
  • 20 June 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
  • 20 June 2018: Iván Duque wins Colombia’s presidential election
  • 20 June 2018: Football: Arsenal sign Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno
  • 19 June 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 day five: Sweden, Belgium, England win three points
  • 19 June 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 day four: Mexico beats Germany; Serbia leads Group E, Brazil shares the spoils with Swiss
  • 18 June 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018 day three: France, Denmark and Croatia wins three points; Argentina shares the spoils with debutants Iceland

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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • India: Jodhpur police arrests man for ‘sacrifice’ of four-year-old daughter for Allah
  • Pakistani President signs bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Photo report: Anime North convention brings fans to Toronto
  • Dublin mayor suggests not sending Irish representative to Israel for Eurovision 2019; two European Parliament lawmakers support boycott
  • Netta wins Eurovision Song Contest for Israel
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Deadly fire below US President’s Trump Tower residence
  • Thirteen-year-old boy in Los Angeles, California thanks city personnel for rescue from sewage pipe
  • Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
  • Software giant Adobe Systems to acquire Magento Commerce for US$1.68 billion
  • Charles Lazarus, founder of US-based toy retail giant Toys ‘R’ Us, dies at 94
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • Principal, teacher arrested for allegedly whipping two students late for school in Ayetoro, Nigeria
  • India: Jammu and Kashmir government orders private tuitions to shut down for 90 days
  • New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities
  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Kenyan conservancy euthanises last male northern white rhino; only two females remain
  • Hawaii’s K?lauea volcano releases ash plumes to 30,000 feet, prompting aviation alerts
  • Healthy cloned monkeys born in Shanghai
  • British surfers catch more than waves: Scientists find antibiotic-resistant bacteria
  • 28-year-old Swedish electronic dance music artist Avicii dies in Oman
  • K-pop band 100%’s lead singer Seo Minwoo dies
  • Charles Lazarus, founder of US-based toy retail giant Toys ‘R’ Us, dies at 94
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • India: Mehbooba Mufti resigns as Jammu Kashmir Chief Minister as Bharatiya Janata Party breaks alliance
  • Iván Duque wins Colombia’s presidential election
  • New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities
  • Microsoft Office 12 will support PDFs
  • Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
  • Football: Arsenal sign Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno
  • Airborne sedan smashes into dental office in Santa Ana, California, US
  • Wikinews interviews producer of horror film ‘6:66PM’
  • India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities
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  • Algeria blocks internet across nation to prevent cheating in diploma exams
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
  • International Criminal Court gives Myanmar time till July 27 to respond for extending jurisdiction for Rohingya case
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day eight
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • Woolworths, Australia moves single-use plastic bags ban date to June 20
  • Sydney experiences hottest March day in 35 years
  • Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’
  • Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors
  • Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres
  • Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina
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  • Hungarian Parliament passes bill to criminalise helping undocumented migrants
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • Football: Arsenal sign Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Bernd Leno
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 Day 2: Uruguay, Iran win three points each with late goals; Portugal-Spain share the spoils
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day four: Mexico beats Germany; Serbia leads Group E, Brazil shares the spoils with Swiss
  • Football: Canada, Mexico and US wins joint bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
  • Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day seven: Portugal, Uruguay, Spain win 1-0
  • FIFA World Cup 2018 day six: Japan, Senegal, Russia win three points
  • Iván Duque wins Colombia’s presidential election


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