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Massive fire destroys resort in Dominican Republic and forces evacuation of almost 1,700 tourists

Jun 20, 2026 5:08 pm - A large fire almost completely destroyed a luxury resort in the Dominican Republic on Friday, forcing the evacuation of almost 1,700 tourists, authorities said.
Russia strikes an apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv and 1 person is killed

Jun 20, 2026 4:53 pm - Russian bombs struck an apartment building on Saturday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing at least one person and wounding nine, including a 6-year-old child, authorities said.
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 6, including 2 children and an Al Jazeera cameraman

By WAFAA SHURAFA
Jun 20, 2026 4:41 pm - Israeli strikes in Gaza on Saturday killed at least six people, including two children and a cameraman with broadcaster Al Jazeera, according to Palestinian health officials.
Extreme heat expected again at the Grand Canyon after 3 hikers die in heat-related incidents

Jun 20, 2026 3:41 pm - Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are being warned about extreme heat that will plague the popular destination early next week after a recent increase in heat-related incidents in the inner canyon, including the deaths of three hikers.
After crash, officials point to hidden danger on skydiving planes and sightseeing flights

By Todd C. Frankel
Jun 20, 2026 3:36 pm - In April 2025, when a sightseeing helicopter plunged into New York City’s Hudson River, killing five Spanish tourists and a pilot, federal investigators immediately cited the need for tougher safety standards for commercial air tours.
First steps in peace deal demand far more from U.S. than Iran

By Greg Miller
Jun 20, 2026 2:44 pm - The memorandum to end the U.S.-Israel war with Iran is a document of diplomatic loopholes, Western officials and experts said, with hazy pledges to “undertake” steps in search of a lasting peace, a two-month timeline to solve issues that have vexed negotiators for years, and calls for finding an unspecified “mechanism” to enforce terms of any final deal.
US and Iran to talk Sunday in Switzerland as Tehran says it closed Strait of Hormuz again

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, BASSEM MROUE and MUNIR AHMED
Jun 20, 2026 9:33 am - U.S. and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel’s attacks in Lebanon and warned that little might be achieved if the fighting doesn’t stop.
Cuba pushes through sweeping free-market reforms in biggest economic shift since the revolution

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ
Jun 19, 2026 7:44 pm - Observers on Friday called Cuba’s new free-market reforms the most sweeping economic overhaul of the island’s communist economy since the Cuban revolution, as the grandson of former President Raúl Castro said in an interview that Cuba must seek to move its economy forward.
President Donald Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MANUEL BALCE CENETA
Jun 19, 2026 7:38 pm - President Donald Trump on Friday showed off the new Air Force One, a formerly Qatari-owned jumbo jet that has been converted into the official U.S. presidential aircraft.
James Burrows, director of classic TV comedies including ‘Cheers’ and ‘Friends,’ dies at 85

By BETH HARRIS
Jun 19, 2026 5:50 pm - James Burrows, who helped create volumes of laughter as director of more than a thousand episodes of such classic television comedies as “Cheers,” “Taxi,” “Friends” and “Will and Grace,” died Friday. He was 85.

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