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14 June 2018: Football: Canada, Mexico and US wins joint bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup
14 June 2018: Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener
13 June 2018: Spanish Football Federation sacks Lopetegui as team’s head coach one day before FIFA World Cup
13 June 2018: Tennis: Nadal beats Thiem to win eleventh French Open title
11 June 2018: India: Jodhpur police arrests man for ‘sacrifice’ of four-year-old daughter for Allah
10 June 2018: New study of endangered whale shark youth shows vital habitat similarities
6 June 2018: Microsoft announces plan to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion
3 June 2018: Pakistani President signs bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
1 June 2018: Photo report: Anime North convention brings fans to Toronto
30 May 2018: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas

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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 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas	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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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 United States: Two dead in Kentucky high school shooting	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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Pakistani President signs bill to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly votes to merge with Pakistani Federally Administered Tribal Areas Korean leaders Moon and Kim meet days after NK-US summit cancellation	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	Football: Canada, Mexico and US wins joint bid to host 2026 FIFA World Cup Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener Spanish Football Federation sacks Lopetegui as team’s head coach one day before FIFA World Cup	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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South African cricketer AB de Villiers announces international retirement Commonwealth confirms receiving Zimbabwe’s application to rejoin the bloc Swaziland’s King Mswati III signs gazette to rename country to eSwatini	Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener UN releases first-ever human rights report on Kashmir India: Jodhpur police arrests man for ‘sacrifice’ of four-year-old daughter for Allah	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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Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener Spanish Football Federation sacks Lopetegui as team’s head coach one day before FIFA World Cup Tennis: Nadal beats Thiem to win eleventh French Open title	Football: Russia beats Saudi Arabia 5-0 in FIFA World Cup opener Dublin mayor suggests not sending Irish representative to Israel for Eurovision 2019; two European Parliament lawmakers support boycott German beer company Eichbaum issues public apology for printing Saudi Arabian flag on beer bottle caps	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 Photo report: Anime North convention brings fans to Toronto	Margot Duhalde, Chile’s first female military pilot, dies aged 97 Chile: Pope Francis stirs outrage with ‘slander’ comment Italian court sentences Brazilian footballer Robinho to nine years for 2013 sexual assault

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