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5:46 AM on Thursday, June 4

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held talks with Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez

3:03 AM on Thursday, June 4

João Victor Gonçalves, from one of Rio de Janeiro's poorest favelas, has achieved a dream by playing soccer internationally

1:47 AM on Thursday, June 4

Beijing has banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year, demanding an apology for their visit to Taiwan

1:18 AM on Thursday, June 4

The World Cup will feature star-studded opening ceremonies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

12:54 AM on Thursday, June 4

Jalen Brunson gave the New York Knicks a huge scare in the first quarter, limping off and leaving the floor to deal with what appeared to be some sort of knee and ankle issues

12:24 AM on Thursday, June 4

Victor Wembanyama got blessed by nuns before the game, got the loudest ovation when the starters were announced, pumped his fist to the crowd a few times and generally seemed to enjoy his first taste of the NBA Finals

12:01 AM on Thursday, June 4

Some of the leading artificial intelligence companies are moving toward initial public offerings this year at eye-popping valuations

11:13 PM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal attorney who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role

9:54 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Ohio State University has agreed to pay approximately $100 million to settle hundreds of legal claims from former student athletes who said they were sexually abused decades ago by a doctor at the university

8:51 PM on Wednesday, June 3

The U.S. military has attacked another boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing two men

7:41 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez extended his consecutive shutout innings streak to 50 2/3 before allowing a two-out RBI single to San Diego’s Jackson Merrill in the seventh Wednesday night

7:21 PM on Wednesday, June 3

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has visited a new facility to produce nuclear materials and announced plans to bolster the country’s nuclear forces “at an exponential rate."

6:30 PM on Wednesday, June 3

There were no treatments or vaccines to protect people during the recent hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship

6:02 PM on Wednesday, June 3

Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred worries the owners' salary cap proposal could lead to a work stoppage like the one that canceled the 1994 World Series

11:30 AM on Wednesday, June 3

The New York Knicks’ winning streak lives on, and they struck first in the NBA Finals

10:53 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Police say a man held 10 people hostage inside a California office building before the FBI shot and killed him, bringing a more than 15-hour standoff to an end

8:08 AM on Wednesday, June 3

A performance artist in Hong Kong has tried to display a red thread to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing

5:57 AM on Wednesday, June 3

President Donald Trump acknowledged criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “crazy” in a phone call that involved expletives

2:10 AM on Wednesday, June 3

Kuwait says Iranian drones have heavily damaged a passenger terminal at its main, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield

7:15 PM on Tuesday, June 2

South Korea’s ruling liberal party has won a majority of races in local elections but lost the crucial Seoul mayoral contest