News, commentary and interviews about the World, Europe and Greece. Analysis of current events laced with thought provoking commentary on issues facing Greece and the U.S., gives listeners a unique perspective and practical point of view. The podcast is an entertaining fusion of news, interviews, geopolitics, personal finance, lessons from Greece’s classical heritage and American pop culture. Stamatis N. Astra is co-host of Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM, a 70 year old Greek American program se ...
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Daily Global News - TUE SEP 2nd - In Chine The 'Axis of Upheaval'
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10:25Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - China's President Xi Jinping shows his diplomatic force vs West force in an 'Axis of Upheaval.' - In Afghanistan Taliban asks for help after deadly earthquake - Trump demands answers about the Covid-19 vaccines
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Daily Global News - SUN AUG 31st - Labor Day Weekend & consumer confidence
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9:35Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - America’s middle class is feeling more squeezed - Houthi government confirmed that Prime Minister Ahmed Ghalib al-Rahwi was killed in an Israeli airstrike - China and India pledge to be 'partners not rivals'
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Daily Global News - FRI AUG 29th - CDC & FED at the crosshairs
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11:07Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate Republicans are raising questions over the abrupt firing of the head of CDC - FED firing will end up at SCOTUS - Thailand's prime minister sacked for ethics violation
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Daily Global News - THU AUG 28th - White House fires CDC Director
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10:35Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - White House fired the director of CDC, and several top officials resigned - Investigators are working to understand what may have motivated a shooter in Minneapolis-Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile attack on Kyiv hitting EU building…
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Daily Global News - WED AUG 27th - Trump vs. FED
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9:14Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's Fed governor firing is headed to the courts - Trump's 50% tariffs on Indian imports - Danish accuses US of covert operations in Greenland - Prime Minister Francois Bayrou battles to save his minority government
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Daily Global News - TUE AUG 26th - Trump fires Fed's Governor
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10:34Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump is removing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook for cause - French stocks slide as Paris government faces risk of collapse - Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists - South Korea's Lee dodges 'Zelenskiy moment' at high-stakes Trump summit…
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Daily Global News - SUN AUG 24th - Fed's new framework rises DOW
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9:42Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - FED moves to a new policy surging markets - Zelensky vows to continue fighting as Ukraine marks independence day - Israel pounds Gaza City suburbs, vows to press on with offensive
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Daily Global News - FRI AUG 22nd - Russia Ukraine Peace in doubts
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10:02Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin demands big concessions from Ukraine - Markets await Powell's Jackson Hole speech - Global hunger monitor says famine has struck Gaza - California legislature approved a redistricting plan
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Daily Global News - THU AUG 21st - Israel starts pressure on Gaza City
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11:08Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hurricane Erin has caused water levels along the East Coast to rise - Israel is moving ahead with a military operation in Gaza City - Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine for weeks
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Daily Global News - WED AUG 20th - Will Putin meet Zelenskyy?
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10:28Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Putin must decide if he will meet face to face with Zelenskyy - Israel will begin calling up 60,000 reservists for duty as it proceeds with plans to take over Gaza City - Japan thinks about its nuclear options
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Daily Global News - TUE AUG 19th - US offers Ukraine security
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10:01Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the US would help guarantee Ukraine's security - Next step Putin to meet Zelenskyy - Hamas has agreed to a 60-day ceasefire proposal with Israel
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Daily Global News - SUN AUG 17th - Alaska Summit Fallout
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9:39Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine and allies left scrambling as Trump shifts toward Putin after Alaska summit - EU & Zelensky to meet Trump in White House tomorrow - Putin returned to Moscow with an air of triumph, wants to restore old Russia glory - Hamas rejects Israel's Gaza relocation plan…
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Daily Global News - THU AUG 14th - World is Preparing for Alaska Summit
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10:34Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - European leaders urged Trump not to make a unilateral Ukraine peace deal - Trump wants to extend federal control over Washington police - Israeli approved plans for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from West Bank - July’s wholesale inflation is much hotter than expected…
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Daily Global News - WED AUG 13th - Zelenskiy heads to Berlin for meeting
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9:53Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Feds take over DC Police - The Putin Trump Alaska summit will be at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson - Hamas' chief negotiator held talks with Egyptian mediators over a potential ceasefire in Gaza
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Daily Global News - TUE AUG 12th - Trump takes over DC
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10:27Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Inflation is steady at 2.7% in July - Trump takes over DC police in an extraordinary presidential power move - EU leaders say Ukraine should have the freedom to decide its future - US and China extend their tariff truce by a further 90 days…
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Daily Global News - SUN Aug 10th - If you are not invited to dinner, you are in the menu
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9:18Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Ukraine's European allies say peace talks must include Kyiv - Israel's plan to expand its military operations into Gaza City has sparked international criticism, including from Israel's allies and hostage families - Iran threatens planned Trump corridor envisaged by Azerbaijan-Armenia …
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Daily Global News - FRI AUG 8th - Israel's Plan to takeover Gaza
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10:14Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel's political-security cabinet approves a plan to take control of Gaza City - Vice President JD Vance kicked off a trip in the UK - Trump is calling for big changes to the US census
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Daily Global News - THU Aug 7th - Trump & Putin will meet
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9:34Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump could meet Putin as soon as next week to discuss cease fire - Trump’s new tariffs are now in effect new average tariff is 155 from 3% - 100% tariffs on all chips but with many exemptions
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Daily Global News - WED AUG 6th - US talks with Putin & Israel Considers Gaza Occupation
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9:53Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Witkoff held talks with Putin in Russia as he is unwilling to bow to a sanctions ultimatum - Israel’s security cabinet considers next steps in Gaza Occupation - Musk and the Indian government in court over content regulation
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Daily Global News - TUE AUG 5th - Texas tries redrawing Texas congressional districts
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10:42Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Texas House moves to allow civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled state - Brazil's Supreme Court put Bolsonaro under house arrest - Netanyahu is reportedly leaning towards expanding military operations in Gaza
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Daily Global News - SUN AUG 3rd - Shocking images in Gaza from both sides
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11:31Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Six more die of hunger in Gaza, Hamas released shocking video of starving hostages - The number of Americans unemployed for at least six months topped 1.8 million - Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs figures slam markets…
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Daily Global News - TUE JUL 29th - Mass shootings & Famine in Gaza
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10:37Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - A lone shooter killed four people in Manhattan, another killed 3 in Reno - Gaza Strip is experiencing famine conditions - Trump won the trade war & US and China resume talks in Stockholm-Thailand and Cambodia held peace talks
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Daily Global News - WED JUL 2nd - Trump's BBB tax bill heads to US Congress
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11:05Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump's tax-cut and spending bill returns to the US House of Representatives, as party leaders try to overcome internal divisions - U.S. has stopped the delivery of key weapons intended for Ukraine - Paramount has agreed to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit with Trump over a “60 Minu…
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Daily Global News - TUE JUL 1st - Senate voting session for BBB
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9:42Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Senate Republicans are voting to pass Trump's bill BBB - Trump suggests DOGE look at Musk's company subsidies - Europe is hit by an early heatwave
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Congo and Rwanda sign a US-mediated peace deal aimed at ending decades of bloody conflict - Supreme Court hands Trump major win, limits judges’ ability to block birthright citizenship order nationwide - Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears key Senate hurdle after high drama…
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Daily Global News - FRI JUN 27th - New era in Middle East
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12:44Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Hamas is battling to survive; Iran is looking for a US deal, Saudi and Israel could finally agree - US, Republicans struggle to rewrite the BBB tax bill - US China confirm trade deal - SCOTUS expected to rule on birthright citizenship - RFK Jr Vaccine panel backs preservative-free shot…
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Daily Global News - THU JUN 26th - NATO appeases Trump
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11:43Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - NATO summit appeased Trump with Europe committing to 5% defense spending - Pentagon Offers Details of Planning and Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites - Zohran Mamdani's unexpected upset in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary exhilarated progressive activists…
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Daily Global News - WED JUN 25th - Iran's Damage Assessment & NATO Summit
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10:00Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - US bombs did not destroy Iran's nuclear sites, early intel suggests, Trump says "this was COMPLETE & TOTAL OBLITERATION" - NATO commits to higher spending and collective defense - Zohran Mamdani progressive democrat, declared victory in the New York City primary…
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Damage Assessment & NYC Mayor Stunning Results Analysis
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15:00How big was the damage, and why it does not matter - Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in N.Y.C. Mayoral Primary
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Daily Global News - TUE JUN 24th - Fragile Cease Fire Back on again
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3:37Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump Scolds Israel, Iran as Cease-Fire is back on again - Both countries have - Trump says he doesn't want to see regime change in Iran
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Peace in Middle East declared in Social Media - Instant Analysis
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16:43Trump announces Peace in Middle East, Iran & Israel follow suit and agree to end "12 Day War" - Oil is down, Stock Markets are up
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What is next after the Iran bombing? Why Tramp decided to bomb now? US reaction in Main Street and in DC
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Daily Global News - SUN JUN 22nd - US Strikes Iran
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11:22Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - The U.S. attacked three sites in Iran—Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan - Trump called the bombings “a spectacular military success,” and warned he could go after more targets if Iran doesn’t agree to a diplomatic solution - Iran says it reserves all options after ‘outrageous’ U.S. strikes, l…
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Daily Global News - FRI JUN 20th - Trump will decide in 2 weeks
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10:09Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump will decide whether to launch a US strike on Iran within the next two weeks-Europe is pursuing diplomacy in the Israel-Iran war-$12B the Israel's monthly war cost
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Daily Global News - THU JUN 19th - Israeli & Iran continue strikes
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11:54Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Happy Juneteenth! -Israel struck a key Iranian nuclear site and Iranian missiles hit an Israeli hospital - Trump Privately Approved of Attack Plans for Iran but Has Withheld Final Order - LA Lakers sold for $10B
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News Analysis @ Parapolitika Radio - Trump considers US strike at Iran
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15:19Trump Considering Options Including Possible U.S. Strike Against Iran and the best case scenario for lasting Middle East Peace
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Daily Global News - TUE JUN 17th - Trump wants "real end" no cease fire
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12:37Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump leaves G7 "for something great" - Iran wants negotiations, Israel not slowing down strikes - Senate GOP gives its version to BBB including permanent business tax breaks and deeper Medicaid cuts
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Daily Global News - SUN JUN 15th - Manhunt to find suspect in Minnesota killings
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10:15Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Happy Father’s Day to all you dads and father figures out there! - Law enforcement continued to search for the 57-year-old suspect in the killings in Minnesota - Israel targeted sites in Iran for the third night and Iran fired missiles at Israel for a second night even as President Tru…
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Daily Global News - FRI JUN 13th - Israel strikes Iran
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11:41Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran that targeted its nuclear program, military leaders and scientists - Only one passenger survive at AirIndia crash - Appeals court allows Trump to keep the National Guard in Los Angeles - DOGE cuts of $9.4 billion in federal spending for f…
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Daily Global News - THU JUN 12th - Air India plane with 242 on board crashes
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10:23Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - At least 200 dead in Air India crash - Immigration demonstrations against the Trump administration's spread across the US - Russia has sped up its advance in Ukraine
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Daily Global News - WED JUN 11th - Arrests in LA after curfew starts
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12:13Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - LA Police made dozens of arrests after an emergency curfew was started - Trump announced on Tuesday that he plans to phase out FEMA - U.S. inflation rises 0.1% in May, less than expected - China, U.S. officials reach agreement for allowing rare earth, tech trade…
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Daily Global News - TUE JUN 10th - Austrian School attack kills 9
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11:01Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - At least nine people dead in an Austrian school attack - Trump deploys Marines to LA - Russia launched at least 315 drones at Ukraine overnight - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed the entire panel of vaccine advisers that guides the CDC - Paramount to cut 3% of U.S. workforce…
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Daily Global News - SUN JUN 8th - Trump deploys National Guard in LA
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11:42Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump deploys National Guard as Los Angeles protests against immigration agents continue - Trump warned former ally Elon Musk to stay out of the midterm elections, threatening “very serious consequences” - The U.S. economy is headed toward an uncomfortable summer…
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Daily Global News - FRI JUN 6th - Trump vs. Musk
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11:59Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - A war of words between Elon Musk and President Trump each threatening the other - $27B Musk lost from his Net Worth, Tesla down 15%- Russia launched an intense missile and drone barrage at Kyiv - U.S. payrolls increased 139,000 in May, more than expected; unemployment at 4.2%…
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Daily Global News - THU JUN 5th - US puts new travel ban
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13:03Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - The US issues a full entry ban on 12 countries - Musk says "kill the Bill - Germany’s new chancellor to meet Trump - Russia says will respond to Ukraine's latest attacks
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Daily Global News - WED JUN 4th - Tariffs on steel and aluminum double
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11:38Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - US tariffs on steel and aluminum doubled to 50% - Musk calls Trump's tax-cut and spending bill 'a "disgusting abomination" - Iran's Supreme Leader said abandoning uranium enrichment was "100%" against the country's interests
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Daily Global News - TUE JUN 3rd - Dutch government collapses
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12:58Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Dutch far-right leader Wilders quits his coalition-Russia sets out difficult territory terms at peace talks with Ukraine-FBI says Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday is “an act of terrorism.” -Meta has signed a 20-year agreement to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy-South Korea’s…
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Daily Global News - SUN JUN 1st - Hamas rejects US peace proposal
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12:20Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - 31 dead after Israeli forces attack near Gaza aid centre - Ukraine drone attack hits more than 40 Russian bomber planes- President Trump dropped Jared Isaacman as his nominee to run NASA - S&P 500 has 6% May gain as investors continue to look past trade policy confusion…
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Daily Global News - FRI MAY 30th - 60-day ceasefire for Gaza in the works
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11:18Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - Trump accuses China of violating preliminary trade deal - Hamas reviews US ceasefire proposal for Gaza - Trump's tariffs will remain in effect after an appeals court ruling - Inflation rate slipped to 2.1% in April, lower than expected…
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Daily Global News - THU MAY 29th - Court blocks Trump tariffs
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11:20Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes and WNTN 1550 AM - A US trade court blocked most of President Donald Trump's tariffs in a sweeping ruling that found the president overstepped his authority - Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading DOGE - US will impose visa bans on foreign nationals it deems to be censoring Amer…
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