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Trump thanks Fifa for spending USA striker's ban

Source: BBC News - World · Published: 2026-07-05T19:36:11+00:00

Folarin Balogun is available to play for the United States in their World Cup last-16 tie against Belgium after his one-game ban is suspended by Fifa.

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12-tonne whale removed from DR Congo beach

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-05T19:33:46+00:00

A dead whale weighing about 12 tonnes has been recovered from the beaches of Muanda.

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Через українські атаки росіяни терміново змінюють роль винищувача Су-57, - експерт

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-07-05T19:21:00+00:00

Росіяни можуть намагатися адаптувати Су-57 для боротьби з безпілотниками, перехоплення крилатих ракет та оборонного контролю повітряного простору.

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America at 250: Democracy’s greatest experiment?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-07-05T19:15:00+00:00

Chris Hedges reflects on 250 years of US independence - the nation's ideals, contradictions, and what it has become.

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AI poses ‘Hiroshima’-style threat to humanity without global rules, says Cooper

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-05T19:00:34+00:00

Exclusive: Foreign secretary warns of combined risks of AI, climate crisis, irregular migration and foreign interferenceArtificial intelligence poses a “Hiroshima”-style risk to humanity if governments do not agree to curb how it is developed, the foreign secretary has warned.Yvette Cooper urged countries, including the US and China, to agree international rules for AI, telling the Guardian she believes the issue will dominate foreign policy over the next two years. Continue reading...

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At least 25 people die in US as record heatwave scorches swaths of country

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-05T18:49:28+00:00

More than 20 states reported temperatures above 100F as heat dome sits over eastern US during holiday weekendAt least about two dozen people have died amid the perilous climate crisis-driven heatwave that has scorched swaths of the US with record temperatures.As a huge heat dome sits over the county’s eastern half, extreme heat gripped millions of people in the days leading up to the US’s semiquincentennial on Saturday – and beyond it. More than 20 states experienced have reported stifling temperatures more than 100F (38C), marring celebrations. And more than 140 million people remained under

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EasyJet suggests it will agree to £5.5bn takeover by US investment firm

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-05T18:26:14+00:00

Agreement in principle with Castlelake follows several rejected offers and means UK’s biggest low-cost carrier will be taken private The airline easyJet has said it intends to accept a £5.5bn takeover offer by the US investment firm Castlelake that would take Britain’s biggest low-cost carrier private.The companies announced an agreement in principle on Sunday evening in a statement, and requested an extension to a deadline to complete the deal formally. The agreement came after weeks of negotiations and several rejected offers. Continue reading...

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Consumption is an evergreen story

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T18:19:45+00:00

Why V3 Ventures remains bullish on India’s consumer opportunity

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Biz built at quantum computing speed

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T18:14:57+00:00

From disaster mapping to drug discovery, startups are deploying quantum technology to offer cutting-edge services

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How SpaceFields is fuelling Indian rocketry’s liftoff

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T18:00:50+00:00

Startup SpaceFields picks a least crowded, and strategic corner of the space sector: solid propulsion systems

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Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, politiste : « Les Etats-Unis sont dans une logique de saturation stratégique »

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-07-05T18:00:10+00:00

Engagé sur plusieurs fronts, Washington renégocie le contrat transatlantique de façon unilatérale, en pressant les alliés européens de prendre en charge leur sécurité, explique la politiste, dans un entretien au « Monde ». Ce « transfert du fardeau » met l’Europe au défi de structurer ses industries de défense de manière coordonnée.

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Technology and talent transformation at TAFE

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T17:50:16+00:00

Mother-daughter duo Mallika Srinivasan and Lakshmi Venu champion electrification and smart farm mechanisation as they sow the seeds of global growth for the tractor giant

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Cars24 flattens out

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T17:45:56+00:00

Automotive startup Cars24 eliminates job titles across organisation

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Corporate trust in AI declines

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-07-05T17:41:01+00:00

From the initial gung-ho optimism over AI, there is now a visible pullback as businesses scrutinise the investments

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The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s anti-Trump essay from 10 years ago

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-07-05T17:34:36+00:00

Magazine invites readers to judge Vance’s ‘assessment’ of Trump, whom he called ‘cultural heroin’ during first termThe Atlantic on Saturday republished a JD Vance essay that dismissed Donald Trump as “cultural heroin” exactly 10 years earlier, bringing back to the fore his evolving from a critic of the president to his vice-president.In an editor’s note, the magazine said it was republishing the essay on the occasion of its 10th anniversary – and the US’s semiquincentennial – “so that our readers can judge for themselves how well his assessment [of Trump] … has stood the test of time”. Continu

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