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 - WED SEP 24th - Trump Scolds UN
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump said "Your countries are going to hell." a raw, wide-ranging UN speech - In a shift Trump says Ukraine can win war - Jimmy Kimmel is back
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Daily Global News - TUE SEP 23rd - In UN France recognizes Palestinian State
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump links autism to Tylenol despite evidence it’s safe - France declared its recognition of a Palestinian state during a summit at the UN - Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI
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Daily Global News - SUN SEP 21st - H1-B visa confusion
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump announcement of a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications caused widespread confusion, fee will NOT apply to existing holders - Charlie Kirk memorial 100k mourners expected - UK to recognizes Palestinian State
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Kimmel's suspension is praised by Trump as he wants to punish critical broadcasters, - RFK Jr advisers vote to split combo MMRV shot for children under 4 - Nvidia takes a $5 billion stake in Intel
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Local Melrose Politics - A talk with Dionysios Kaskarelis
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Dionysios Kaskarelis explains why he is running for local office in Melrose, MA and his plan to balance its finances.
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Daily Global News - THU SEP 18th - ABC Cancels Jimmy Kimmel
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Jimmy Kimmel Live is off air after remarks about Kirk - Starmer and Trump discuss foreign affairs and investment - Robert F Kennedy Jr. is remaking vaccine policies - Saudi Arabia and nuclear-armed Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact
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Daily Global News - WED SEP 17th - Trump in UK
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump arrives in Britain - Israel opens a new route out of Gaza City - Wall Street are expecting a Fed rate cut today.
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Daily Global News - TUE SEP 16th - "Gaza is burning" says IDF
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Israel launches biggest ground assault in Gaza -TikTok will continue in US, Ellison's Oracle may be investor-Kash Patel is defending FBI's work in the investigation of Kirk’s killer -U.S. attacked a second boat allegedly transporting drugs from Venezuela.…
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Daily Global News - SUN SEP 14th - Political Violence in US
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Polarized society across America, Charlie Kirk’s killing has set off a wave of intense conversations - Charlie Kirk’s Death Unites a Global Right That Sees Its Movement Under Siege - US, Chinese officials hold talks in Spain on trade irritants, TikTok deadline…
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Daily Global News - FRI SEPT 12th - Suspect of Kirk's shooting in custody
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Trump Says Person Is in Custody in Connection With Kirk Shooting - Kirk’s death prompts shock, grief across Gen Z ideological lines - Brazil's Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years after coup plot conviction
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Daily Global News - THU SEP 11th - Conservative Star Killed
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and an ally of President Donald Trump, was killed a manhunt is underway for the shooter - 24 years since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which forever changed the world - Qatar bombing tests the limits of the Trump-Netanyahu alliance…
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Daily Global News - WED SEP 10th - Poland shoots down Russian Drones
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Poland, a NATO member, has shot down Russian drones which entered its airspace - Israel targeted Hamas leaders in an unprecedented attack on Qatar - Soldiers guarded Nepal's parliament- France's "Block Everything"movement is angry at the political class and planned budget cuts…
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Daily Global News - TUE SEP 9th - Job Oppening: French Prime Minister
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Macron is seeking his 5th prime minister in less than two years - Israel ordered Gaza City residents to evacuate - Nepal's prime minister has resigned - Apple is bringing iPhone Air
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Daily Global News - SUN SEPT 7th - Japan's Prime Minister Resigss
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Japan PM Ishiba resigns after bruising election losses - Trump said he would deploy federal troops to Chicago to conduct mass deportations - South Korea has finished talks with US to release Korean workers
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Daily Global News - FRI AUG 5th - Weak US Job Growth
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM -Putin said that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack - US senators pit Kennedy against Trump on vaccine policy - US job growth weakened sharply in August; unemployment rate rises to 4.3%
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Daily Global News - THU AUG 4th - Trump's tariffs to Supreme Court
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM Harvard wins landmark victory to restore funding- Lisbon mourns the victims of a cable car crash-Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates
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Daily Global News - WED SEP 3rd - China shows off to West in military parade
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Listen to Daily Global #News from Grecian Echoes WNTN 1550 AM - Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un stood together projecting an image of authoritarian strength - US military kills 11 people in a strike on a drug vessel from Venezuela - Google wins anti-trust case
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Daily Global News - TUE SEP 2nd - In Chine The 'Axis of Upheaval'
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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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Listen 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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How 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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Listen 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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Trump 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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Listen 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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