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This photo taken and released by Vietnam News Agency on July 17 shows rescue workers addressing the aftermath of flash floods in Muong Than Commune, Lai Chau Province

Vietnam floods and landslides kill at least 4

In New York and neighboring New Jersey, where the final will be played on Sunday in an open stadium, the metro area was experiencing air that could be unhealthy for sensitive groups

Unhealthy air quality alerts

Trump threatens to increase Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke pollution

CENTCOM said it hit Iranian 'surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime capabilities'

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

A street vendor sells Argentina football shirts to customers in Dhaka ahead of the World Cup final

Rooftops draped in blue and white

From Maradona to Messi: Bangladesh's enduring love for Argentina

This US Marine Corps handout photograph taken on July 16, 2026, by US Central Command Public Affairs reportedly shows US Marines from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducting a verification boarding aboard M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman.

Intensified bombing

US launches 7th night of strikes as Iran attacks military sites

A statue of General Aung San is seen at Bogyoke Aung San Park in Yangon. Statues of the independence hero are quietly disappearing across Myanmar

Contested legacy

Founding father: statues of Myanmar's Aung San disappear

One million animals -- including antelopes -- migrate through the South Sudanese site each year, leaving scars visible from the sky

Sending a message

UN to list more sites as 'in danger' from conflict or climate change

A US Marine Corps handout showing Marines boarding a ship, M/T Wen Yao, in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as part of America's revived blockade of Iranian ports

War in the Middle East

US-Iran strikes: latest developments

The sprawling eastern Cairo settlement of Manshiyet Nasser is one of the world's most sophisticated informal recycling systems

Built on rubbish

Egypt's 'Garbage City' recyclers reap gains from Iran war plastic squeeze

Russia has faced nationwide fuel shortages as Ukraine pounds its oil depots

Amid intensified Ukraine strikes

No fuel, no patience: Russians endure fuel shortages

US President Donald Trump with FIFA chief Gianni Infantino at a reception at Trump Tower in New York

Bracing for 'physical' battle

Spain, Argentina prepare for World Cup final, Trump hails success

Ex-Senegalese president Macky Sall acknowledges the crowd outside Leopold Sedar Senghor Military Airport, after landing in Dakar on July 17, 2026

First time since leaving office

Ex-president Sall back in Senegal for talks with successor

Fishers are concerned about the large black-feathered bird's ravenous hunger for fish

From near-extinction to overabundance

'Chainsaw massacre': Europe mulls culls for fish-guzzling cormorant

The WFP delivered food supplies to Chichiriviche de la Costa following the June 24 earthquakes

'Don't have the means'

Supplies run dry in Venezuelan village on edge of quake zone

Argentina's Lionel Messi is a football legend, but lots of people across Latin America are hoping his team loses to Spain in the World Cup final

'Broken' solidarity dynamic

Latin America's unlikely football unity: cheering against Argentina

Argentina coach Lionel Scaloni alongside Lionel Messi in New York on Friday ahead of the World Cup final

'Has made history'

Argentina coach Scaloni hails 'legend' Messi before World Cup final

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has made leather jackets part of his signature style

'Object so closely tied to AI defining figures'

Leather jacket worn by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang auctions for nearly $1 mn

Marseille's Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is heading for promoted Spanish club Deportivo La Coruna

Gabon forward Aubameyang leaves Marseille for Deportivo La Coruna

Bryson DeChambeau is one off the lead at the halfway point of the British Open

Down the leaderboard

DeChambeau's British Open charge hit by two-shot penalty

"Obsession" director Curry Barker (left) made the hit film on a budget of less than $1 million. It stars Inde Navarrette (center) and Michael Johnston (right)

Low-budget sensation

Horror film 'Obsession' is exploding cinema profit records

The Nasdaq fell sharply for a second straight session on worries about lofty valuations of artificial intelligence shares

Tech share selloff rolls on, oil prices jump on Mideast clashes

The fast food chain Taco Bell has been linked to a gastrointestinal illness outbreak caused to a parasite in shredded lettuce

Diarrhea country

US links Taco Bell lettuce to diarrhea-causing parasite outbreak

Lionel Messi in relaxed mood during an Argentina training session at the World Cup

Final on Sunday

Messi eyes second World Cup crown at the scene of his lowest ebb

A model released by Chinese startup Moonshot AI has fuelled buzz around the country's tech prowess

China's Kimi K3 rattles US AI industry

Some 1,200 competitors from 53 countries are at the event in Arnhem, eastern Netherlands

Blink and you'll miss it

Cubes and lubes: Europe's 'Speedcubers' twist for glory

Already on Thursday, large protests erupted in several Ukrainian cities against Fedorov's dismissal

Controversial reshuffle

Thousands protest sacking of Ukraine defence minister: AFP

More than 400 firefighters have been battling the growing blaze in the region of Aragon

Razed nearly 14,000 hectares

Fickle winds whip up huge Spanish wildfire

Alpine's Argentinian driver Franco Colapinto takes part in the second practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit ahead of the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix

'Very proud of my country'

Argentina's Colapinto more nervous about World Cup final than F1 race

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