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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. men’s national team wasted little time getting on the scoreboard once again.Auston Trusty scored his first international goal just three minutes into Thursday night’s match against Turkey, converting a corner kick to put the Americans ahead 1-0 at Los Angeles Stadium.The goal was the second-fastest the United States has scored from the opening kickoff in World Cup history.WATCH THE WORLD CUP FINAL ON FOX ONE Auston Trusty celebrates with teammates after scoring the United States’ first goal during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D match against Türkiye at Los…

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In 2026, a mounting housing crisis in Western nations has finally forced its way onto the agenda of some of the world’s richest governments.In the UK, a landmark renters’ rights law took effect in England and Wales on May 1, ending “no-fault” evictions in one of the country’s biggest private-rental reforms in decades.Across the Channel, the European Commission and Parliament have launched a new push on housing affordability, while in Washington, the United States Senate has advanced a rare bipartisan bill aimed at loosening barriers to new construction and expanding affordable housing supply.Experts say the lack of affordable housing is…

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This week’s selloff in technology stocks underscores a gnawing anxiety among investors: What happens if you throw a big party and few people show up?The Nasdaq Composite Index has slipped nearly 3% this week as Wall Street frets over whether the trillions of dollars going into artificial intelligence will deliver the revenue and profit growth needed to justify that exorbitant cost.Goldman Sachs estimates tech companies will spend $7.6 trillion through 2031 to build thousands of new data centers to power the rise of AI. But fresh data is raising questions about whether enough consumers and businesses are willing to pay up for these…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats offered sharply different takes Wednesday after a surge in socialism proved victorious in the Democratic Party when three far-left candidates swept the floor in key races in New York’s primary elections.The new wave of socialist candidates, who were backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, beat out moderate Democrats in Tuesday night’s race has fueled mixed reactions from lawmakers over whether these new ideals will be at the center of the entire Democratic Party.”It’s sort of dismissed as a fluke or an outlier, but whenever more moderate Democrats win, people…

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The Cash Welcome group has slammed Ampol’s latest expansion plans, calling it “un-Australian” as they no longer accept legal tender.In a move announced earlier this month, petroleum giant Ampol is preparing to triple its network of discounted and unstaffed chain U-Go services across Australia.Cash Welcome founder Jason Bryce labelled the move “un-Australian” because it made it harder for locals to pay with cash.“Ampol is not a small business,” he wrote in his latest email.“Ampol is able to accept cash – but doesn’t want to accept cash.“That’s, frankly (in our humble opinion) un-Australian because it excludes people, limits our payment choice,…

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By AFP and The Associated PressPublished On 26 Jun 202626 Jun 2026International rescue teams have joined an urgent search for survivors in Venezuela, where people remain trapped under collapsed buildings after two devastating earthquakes on Wednesday.Countries from across the Americas – including Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, El Salvador, Cuba and the United States – as well as the United Nations, continued on Friday to send search and rescue teams and humanitarian aid in the aftermath of the quakes. Authorities have raised their estimate of the death toll to 235 people.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list“To the Venezuelan people,…

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A judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to either release unredacted versions of several files on the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein or explain why it can’t do so, following a lawsuit accusing Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche of improperly redacting documents.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan gave the government until Thursday, July 2, to comply.The documents in question include eight emails with either the sender or recipient blacked out, a draft indictment of Epstein with the names of potential co-conspirators obscured and a 2019 email that mentions several co-conspirators whose names were redacted. Sullivan also ordered the Justice Department…

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AFP has contacted the banks for comment.Bank of China said it “sincerely accepts the audit supervision” and promised to improve its compliance capabilities, in comments reported by local media.China Everbright Group, another state-backed financial firm, was also criticised by the report for management failings.By August 2025, the group lacked control over several of its subsidiaries, while some companies abused the Everbright brand, the report said.The findings come as China’s local governments face revenue shortages following a prolonged property downturn, prompting Beijing to ramp up tax enforcement efforts targeting both corporations and high-income individuals.Social media users expressed shock that one of…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The United States men’s national soccer team lost its final Group D match to Türkiye, 3-2, as Kaan Ayhan scored on the final shot of the game in a crushing blow to the home country. The only, and more important, caveat: this game never affected the United States’ chances of winning the FIFA World Cup in the first place.Yes, Team USA was trying to take momentum into the round of 32 next week, and even make history for the country as the first team to win three World Cup matches. Instead, it’s some…

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