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Lionel Messi celebrates after Argentina came from behind to beat England in Wednesday's World Cup semi-final

Eyes on the prize

Messi not done yet after inspiring Argentina to World Cup final

Thousands of Argentina fans gathered to celebrate their side reaching a second World Cup final in a row

Beating old foes

'For the Malvinas, for Diego!' World Cup glee takes over in Argentina

Lionel Messi celebrates Argentina's win against England in their World Cup semi-final

Three lions heartbroken

Messi hails 'special' World Cup win over England

Damage from Hurricane Helene is seen in Chimney Rock, North Carolina in October 2024

Top US science body readies climate report as Republicans push back

El Salvador has rounded up thousands of people under a contentious state of emergency, alleging that they are gang members

Amnesty warns of 'crimes against humanity' in El Salvador jails

Brazilian Indigenous leader of the Kayapo people Raoni Metuktire, who is over 90 years old, has been hospitalized for over a month

Amazon defender Raoni leaves hospital a month after surgery

The National Assembly is set to pass the legislation

'Marathon with hurdles'

France's parliament adopts assisted dying law

People in Canada's largest city are urged to stay indoors as Toronto sees some of the world's worst air quality

People urged to stay indoors

Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke billows south

Amazon launched its first batch of low-Earth orbit satellites last year

Amazon to launch S.Africa satellite internet as Starlink awaits licence

Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab by Altman, Elon Musk and others, OpenAI burst into the mainstream with the launch of ChatGPT in 2022

OpenAI fails to trademark name in EU

The Obelisk, pictured in May 2026, is a focal point for celebratory football fans in the Argentine capital

Ahead of tonight's game

Argentina protects landmark Obelisk as World Cup madness mounts

Argentina's Vice-President Victoria Villarruel photographed in February 2026

'It's not just another match'

Ahead of World Cup semi-final, Argentine VP calls English 'pirates'

Canada's central bank has held rates steady as it assesses the fallout from uncertain US trade and the Iran war

Canada central bank holds key rate steady, says economy improving

Your Daily Brief

Today's most important news in one place

US President Donald Trump has led a hardline immigration policy in his second term

Following pause of operations

Trump tells immigration agents to resume traffic stops despite killings

Poland hosts around a million Ukrainian refugees

Declining living standards

Ukrainian men in Poland face legal limbo

An independent bookstore employee is being led away by policemen after officers raided Hong Kong's 'Have A Nice Stay' bookshop

Five people arrested

Hong Kong police raid independent bookstore run by former journalists

Gibraltar is home to only about 40,000 people but relies on some 15,500 workers who cross from Spain every day

'We'll see how it evolves'

Crowds cross Gibraltar-Spain frontier as border controls vanish

Hungary's former foreign minister Peter Szijjarto (2nd R) shaking hands with BYD Executive Vice President Li Ke (2nd L) after brokering a deal in 2025

Peter Szijjarto

Orban's ex-FM quits Hungary parliament for China's BYD

The WHO said the guidelines were aimed at promoting early awareness and intervention

Seventh leading cause of death

Up to 45% of dementia risk can be prevented, delayed: WHO

Cuba was once again plunged into a blackout -- meaning the traffic lights are out

Amid US blockade

Power restored across Cuba after third outage in two weeks

Britain's outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer leaves 10 Downing Street to take part in his final 'Prime Minister's Questions' (PMQs) session ahead of the England vs Argentina World Cup semi-final

Facing last-weekly grilling

Starmer bids UK MPs 'goodbye', vows to support Burnham

In eastern France, the Doubs river has vanished in places

Earlier and more intense

France in 'very worrying' drought: minister

A municipal worker fumigating an area of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo in an anti-dengue campaign

Military deployment

Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

The court ruled Rastafaris did not show that smoking weed was mandatory to their religious practice

'Untenable status quo'

Kenya denies Rastafarians the right to smoke weed

Wednesday's incident occurred early in the morning, moments after Yamal helped Spain beat France 2-0 in Texas

Attempted burglary at Yamal's home after World Cup triumph: police, media

D'Dot ass um Tréierer Petrisberg net wäit vun der Uni geschitt.

22-year-old man fatally stabbed in broad daylight in Trier

Min Aung Hlaing is expected to visit Thailand in August

First visit since stepping down

Myanmar leader to visit Thailand next month: Thai FM to AFP

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