World Cup winners to receive US-style championship rings
The winners of Sunday’s World Cup final between Spain and Argentina will receive championship rings in addition to the trophy and gold medals, FIFA said, introducing an American sporting ...
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US and Iran each attack infrastructure in risky escalation
The United States struck bridges and an airport in Iran on Friday and Tehran responded by hitting a power and desalination plant in Kuwait, as the warring foes risked further ...
Russian courts target two outspoken critics of war in Ukraine
Russian authorities have detained a blogger who criticised President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine and fined an anti-war politician, as Moscow sends a warning signal to critics of ...
Andy Burnham becomes UK Labour leader; next stop – prime minister
Andy Burnham, nicknamed the ‘King of the North’, was elected leader of Britain’s governing Labour Party on Friday, the final step before becoming its seventh prime minister in a ...
Debutant Suber leads The Open
Debutant Jackson Suber led the British Open with a stunning five-under opening round of 65 on Thursday as fellow Americans, reigning champion Scottie Scheffler and big-hitting Bryson DeChambeau, made their mark.
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Yamal and Porro train apart but Spain expect both fit for World Cup final
Spain’s Lamine Yamal and Pedro Porro trained separately from the rest of the squad on Thursday as they began preparations in New Jersey for Sunday’s World Cup final ...
White House confirms President Trump will attend World Cup final
President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final on Sunday between Spain and defending champion Argentina, the White House confirmed on Thursday.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ...
Trump calls for TV network licenses to be revoked after speech snub”
Two of the three major U.S. television networks and CNN did not broadcast a prime-time address on Thursday by President Donald Trump on their primary platforms, drawing a rebuke ...
Lufthansa Group plans gradual return to Middle East routes
Lufthansa Group will gradually resume flight operations to Riyadh and Amman starting in September, the German airline said on Thursday.
Lufthansa said that it continuously monitors and assesses the situation ...
Economic growth remains fragile as Britain faces political change
Britain’s economy eked out minimal growth in May as the services industry expanded but other sectors shrank, suggesting fragile confidence among businesses against the backdrop of the Iran war ...
Ontario seeks federal support for evacuations as wildfires devastate remote Canadian towns
Ontario requested federal assistance to evacuate people from remote northern Canadian communities ravaged by wildfires on Thursday, as smoke brought poor air quality to Toronto and much of the Northeastern ...
Trump to attend World Cup final on Sunday, White House says
U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the World Cup final between Argentina and Spain at the New York-New Jersey stadium on Sunday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said ...
Nicaragua breaks diplomatic ties with Italy over 1978 murder case
Nicaragua has broken diplomatic relations with Italy in a spat over the 1978 killing of a former Italian prime minister, Nicaragua’s foreign ministry said on Thursday.
The ministry said the ...
Uber launches $14.8 billion takeover bid for Delivery Hero
Uber launched a takeover bid for Delivery Hero on Thursday, giving the German firm a $14.8 billion equity value in a move that would create the largest food-delivery group outside China ...
Escalating Israeli strikes kill five people in Gaza, medics say
Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian health officials said, as a US-based research group reported a surge in Israeli attacks to levels ...
Iran, US escalate in Gulf but release of American signals path to climb down
Iran and the United States exchanged intensified fire on Thursday in a week-long escalation that has all but torn up last month’s truce, but Iran’s release of a ...
Uganda discharges last Ebola patient, starts countdown to be virus-free
Uganda discharged its last remaining Ebola patient on Thursday, triggering a 42-day countdown after which it can be declared free of the virus, the East African nation’s health ministry ...
Iraqi oil loadings briefly suspended after drone hits tanker at Basra, sources say
Iraq briefly suspended oil loadings on Thursday before resuming them after a drone hit an oil tanker at its Basra terminal, four Iraqi oil and security sources told Reuters.
The ...
Dismissal of Ukraine’s defence chief sparks political crisis
Rare protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday over the dismissal of defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov as a dispute between the reformer and Kyiv’s top general spilled into the open ...
Vance says some in Israeli government sought to sway US on Iran deal
US Vice President JD Vance said some members of the Israeli government had tried to influence US public opinion to oppose a deal by the US to end the war ...
Italy’s parliament backs Meloni’s contested electoral reform
Italy’s lower house of parliament on Thursday approved a highly contested government plan to overhaul the electoral law, a move opponents denounced as an attempt to help Prime Minister ...
Russia and Ukraine strike vessels in Black Sea, wheat prices jump
Ukraine and Russia launched missile and drone attacks on Thursday on vessels in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, stepping up hostilities in a zone vital for grain ...
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes near tourist hotspot in New Zealand’s South Island
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck near the town of Te Anau in New Zealand’s South Island, prompting the authorities to issue a tsunami warning.
The epicenter of the earthquake ...
IOC defends Russian Olympic Committee reinstatement after EU countries call for funding cuts
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) defended its decision to provisionally lift the suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) after nine European Union member states called on Brussels to stop ...