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Trump urges data center firms to pay communities 'dividend'

Washington, United States: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that companies that operate data centers should pay a "dividend" to communities to make the facilities popular, adding that more should be built....

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Rescuers dig out Venezuelan man eight days after quakes

An international rescue team assists a survivor in Catia La Mar on Thursday. — AFP

WHO alarms over disease outbreaks in Venezuela

This view shows a heavily damaged multi-storey building with collapsed upper floors in the Playa Verde sector of Catia La Mar. — AFP

Over 58,000 buildings likely damaged or destroyed in Venezuela: satellite data

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Aftershock hits Caracas amid rescue critical hours

Rescuers and firefighters work at the site of a collapsed building in the San Bernardino neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on June 28, 2026, following earthquakes. Thousands of rescuers, relatives and volunteers dig day and night through mounds of concrete to find survivors of the earthquakes that struck Venezuela more than three days ago, leaving nearly 1,500 dead and tens of thousands missing. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP)

Trump says Iran requested meeting to be held in Doha

People cross a street past a billboard displayed on the facade of a building in Tehran. — AFP

Death toll from Venezuela quakes reaches 1,450

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World sends rescuers, aid as Venezuela reels from quakes

A volunteer carries a rescued dog across the rubble of a collapsed building following twin earthquakes in Caraballeda

Thousands feared dead in Venezuela

People search for survivors while others try to salvage belongings in a collapsed building in Catia La Mar. — AFP

World sends rescuers, aid as Venezuela reels from quakes

People rest in a square out of fear of going back into buildings, as emergency services work at the site of a collapsed building, in Caracas. — Reuters

Colombians vote in presidential runoff

TOPSHOT - Colombians living in Spain vote in the second round of the Colombia's presidential election in the Casa de Campo's pavillion in Madrid on June 21, 2026. Colombians pick a new president on June 21, a choice between a hard-right White House-backed lawyer and a leftist senator that will decide the fate of the country's stumbling peace process and strained ties with Washington. Frontrunner De la Espriella, a dual US-Colombian national, won May's first-round vote by promising to wage war on drug-running guerrilla groups who refused to sign a 2016 peace deal.

FBI disrupted attack plot on White House fight night

FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a round table discussion at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington. — AFP

White House official defends decision to deny referee entry to the US

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Trump turns 80 with cage fight at the White House

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Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center

A man holds a sign in protest as people watch as signage is removed on the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC

Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX shares jump

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