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“The United Nations agency operates in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Jordan and Syria, providing aid, schooling, healthcare, social services and shelter to 2.6 million Palestinians.”
“one devotee aged above 60 collapsed after reportedly feeling suffocated in the crowd and was rushed to the Puri District Headquarters Hospital, where he was declared dead.”
“The photoshoot took place in the away dressing room at Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium. Yamal's family had won a competition to be there. His parents, Moroccan-born Mounir Nasraoui and Sheila Ebana from Equatorial Guinea, met after moving to …”
“The tech-heavy KOSPI was down 6.37% today, sinking deeper into correction territory—it has shed 21.84% over the last month.”
“the economy grew 0.1 per cent in May”
“The fire that broke out Sunday night killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, with 17 hospitalized in critical condition, Erawan emergency services said.”
“The Powerball jackpot jumped to $526 million—the third biggest lottery prize of the year so far—after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Wednesday night”
“99 per cent of the Falkland Islanders have voted to remain British”
“More than 100 others reportedly fainted amid the jostling and heavy congestion.”
“Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, two years before the debut of a 15-year-old Yamal, who went on to inherit the number 10 shirt in 2025”
“The price of oil is $84 per barrel this morning, which is bad enough (before the war with Iran started it was just over $60). Following the outbreak of the hostilities, it peaked at $114.”
“The services sector, which contributes more than 80 per cent of total economic output, grew 0.3 per cent”
“Victims of this week's flash fire at a Bangkok music bar that took more than 30 lives included four of the six core members of the band playing when the blaze broke out.”
“1-in-292.2 million. Those are the astronomical odds a Powerball ticket buyer will need to overcome to win the jackpot. This is even worse than the Mega Millions jackpot’s already poor odds of 1-in-290.4 million”
“the incident costing the transport authority an estimated £29million and affecting services for months.”
“The Special Rescue Unit (SRU) of the Odisha Fire and Emergency Services rescued 33 devotees from severe crowd congestion since Thursday morning.”
“He is one of at least six people questioned over the Fontainebleau fire that has burned more than 2,000 hectares (some 5,000 acres) and led to about 1,000 people being evacuated.”
“The top 0.1% of U.S. households now account for almost six times as much of the country’s wealth as the bottom half, according to Federal Reserve data.”
“Manufacturing contracted 0.8 per cent and production 0.5 per cent”
“DHS said in a statement that half of the field offices currently have body cameras, and the other half will receive them within 60 days.”
“Only two other lottery prizes have crossed the $500 million mark so far this year. The first was a $533 million jackpot won by a Mega Millions ticket buyer from Illinois in March, which is the biggest prize claimed so far. The other is the…”
“they were members of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group, which has been linked to major attacks on M&S, Co-op and Jaguar Land Rover last year.”
“In a separate and unrelated incident, a 35-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest and died despite receiving medical treatment.”
“France has registered nearly 11,000 fires since the beginning of the year.”
“She even was the biggest megadonor of 2025, having donated a whopping $7.2 billion in 2025 alone.”
“Science and tech activity was up 1.8 per cent, heavily driven by a 5.1 per cent expansion in research and development”
“The process of purchasing and issuing body-worn cameras to all of our ICE field offices was interrupted by the Democrats (and) multiple government shutdowns”
“Figures published by the Home Office show 1,087 people were returned to France in the 11 months from August 2025 to June 2026, while 1,117 people were transferred from France to the UK.”
“David and Victoria Beckham paid around $72.3 million for the modern residence, marking one of the biggest acquisitions in their property portfolio.”
“Climate change is driving up temperatures around the world, and Europe is the fastest warming continent, heating up twice as fast as the global average, according to the Copernicus climate service.”
“Another example would be someone like Michael Bloomberg, who is worth an estimated $110 billion, but has donated more than $25 billion.”
“the ONS said this industry alone contributed 0.06 percentage points to real GDP growth”
“In recent weeks, she said, the FHWA has removed five of those strategies, including bike lanes, speed safety cameras, variable speed limits, and two other recommendations.”
“Other months have seen more transfers in than out, such as June 2026, when 314 arrived and 264 left.”
“Beckham Brand Limited, a London-based company led by Beckham, bought the 9,200-square-foot penthouse in 2020 for about $19.8 million.”
“The record-breaking temperatures across Europe this summer have led to major wildfires, most notably in Spain where at least 13 people have been killed.”
“The Amazon founder is worth nearly $270 billion, but his lifetime giving amounts to about $4.7 billion, or just 1.7% of his net worth.”
“the OECD forecasted this week that economic growth would languish at 0.9 per cent for the year”
“Speed cameras can reduce crashes on urban arterial roads by as much as half, according to a booklet published by the FHWA in 2021 when it announced the expanded list of Proven Safety Countermeasures.”
“such as March 2026, when 109 people left and 73 arrived.”
“The property later sold for $24.6 million, according to the South Florida Business Journal”
“And in the UK, firefighters have been battling to contain a "large-scale" wildfire that has spread across more than two miles (3.5km) of dry land in the Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland.”
“MacKenzie Scott has spent the past several years rapidly giving away her $35 billion fortune... Scott received roughly a 4% stake in the company (then worth about $36 billion) when they divorced, but has since donated more than $26 billion…”
“the top independent economics organisation also warned government debt is projected to breach 105.4 per cent of GDP by 2027. This is set to balloon to 200 per cent by 2050”
“In the same document, the FHWA said that adding a bike lane could cut crashes on a two-lane road by as much as 30%. For a four-lane road, that number jumped to 49%.”
“The official Pensacola Beach Airshow, where the angels will perform over the beach, is still scheduled for July 18.”
“David and Victoria Beckham bought the estate in 1999 for £2.5 million, shortly after their marriage.”
“Most episodes of The Claudia Winkleman Show attracted an average combined audience of between 1.5m and 2m viewers.”
“Whether a billionaire’s fortune shrinks or swells has less to do with how much they give than with what the underlying stock does next. [...] Scott, by contrast, signed the Giving Pledge at 49, skipped the sprawling foundation entirely, an…”
“Economists recommended a package of reforms that the OECD said, if successfully implemented, would boost GDP by up to four per cent within a decade”
“safety advocates say they first noticed the change late last week, after the DOT announced more than $1.7 billion in discretionary grants that included no funding for bike lanes or pedestrian projects.”
“How is it in the United States' interest to have 94 million desperate people flooding into Europe, flooding into the United States, to have, you know, sort of the the terrorist infrastructure that can get established when you fan terrorist…”
“They placed the estate on the market in 2014, and it was sold the following year for £11.5 million, Hello! Magazine reported.”
“Sometimes you have to try something to see how it fits, and I realised I was just too nervous to enjoy it.”
“oil prices surged to highs of $120 per barrel”
“More than 36,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, though that number has declined since 2021.”
“An estimated 13.5 million Syrians were displaced after the civil war, according to the United Nations.”
“David Beckham bought the waterfront mansion in 2003 for around $1.6 million.”
“As the host of the country's most-watched show, Claudia will be back on the BBC very soon when The Celebrity Traitors returns later this year, and we can't wait to see what she has in store for the new band of celebs.”
“It follows the economy recording a 0.1 per cent slip in April, which followed a strong first quarter after growth of 0.3 per cent in March and 0.4 per cent in February”
“The world's top 100 oil and gas firms made $30 million every hour in excess profits during the early days of the U.S-Israeli war with Iran. That's according to an analysis by the environmental nonprofit Global Witness and the Guardian.”
“Many Libyan refugees fled to neighbouring countries, with more than 600,000 people alone fleeing into Tunisia.”
“the family purchased a luxury mansion in Beverly Hills in 2007 for roughly $18.7 million.”
“In 2013, the people of the Falkland Islands voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining a UK overseas territory. Of 1,517 votes cast in the two-day referendum - on a turnout of more than 90% - 1,513 were in favour, while just three votes w…”
“The services sector, which contributes more than 80 per cent of total economic output”
“In Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that China claims as its own, President Lai Ching-te noted Hong Kong's freedom of expression and publication are under pressure in a Facebook post. 'Every independent bookstore is vital in gua…”
“One month ago, the US and Iran agreed upon a 14-point memorandum of understanding (MOU). Within the MOU was an agreement to create a $300billion fund to rebuild Iran.”
“After more than a decade, the Beckhams sold the property in an off-market deal for $33 million in 2018, as cited by Agricultural Digest.”
“The prime minister's official spokeswoman said: 'Our position is unchanged, self-determination rests with the islanders and our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.'”
“Liang Wen-chieh, deputy minister of Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council, told reporters that some Taiwanese publishers have self-censored their list of books when participating in a Hong Kong book fair.”
“One devotee died and more than 100 others reportedly fell ill during a temporary crowd surge at the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri on Thursday, officials said.”
“Just 11 fuel tankers and cargo vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, according to preliminary data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler.”
“The National Park Service said in January that much of Lafayette Park would be blocked through May for landscaping and other repairs ahead of the nation's 250th birthday celebrations.”
“However, officials claimed that there was no stampede during the Rath Yatra. According to official sources, a temporary crowd surge caused seven devotees to feel unwell. They were immediately shifted to hospital for treatment.”
“Research by the RAC has suggested the number of tickets issued in places like gyms, supermarkets, restaurants and retail parks more than doubled in six years, to 14.4 million.”
“In a separate and unrelated incident, a 35-year-old man suffered a cardiac arrest and died despite receiving medical attention.”
“I call them the best, worst centre-half pairing in the world. Because they absolutely at times can be unbelievable, but the next, it's the sublime to the ridiculous.”
“Last year, the Jagannath Rath Yatra was marred by a deadly stampede near the Gundicha Temple in Puri. Three devotees were killed and more than 50 others were injured after chaos broke out between 4 am and 5 am as thousands of pilgrims had …”
“Firefighters have been battling overnight to try and contain a "large-scale" wildfire that has spread across more than two miles (3.5km) of dry land in the Cairngorms National Park.”
“According to data from Xpheno quoted recently in an ET report, about 7,300 professionals have returned from the US so far in 2026.”
“The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said there were no reported casualties.”
“Iran calculated profits from such alleged manipulation had reached $9 billion and formally requested that Iran should share in the proceeds. "We have conveyed through intermediaries that $4.5 billion of this sum should also be allocated to…”
“Breeding male capercaillies have increased by by 50% since 2020, but numbers had declined as a result of habitat loss, eggs being eaten and the birds flying into deer fences.”
“Iranian negotiators had reportedly sent a private message to US vice president JD Vance during US-Iran talks in Switzerland in late June, warning that the continued presence of President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-i…”
“The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Scottish Wildlife Forum issued a wildfire warning for central Highlands, southern and eastern Scotland from Wednesday, lasting until next Monday.”
“Even before the Islamabad talks kicked off in April, we had already sent multiple messages to Trump through the Pakistanis, warning them about Witkoff's overall destructive role in the previous negotiation," the Iranian official said.”
“The objects Newall balances come in all shapes and sizes, including scaffolding boards and poles, sheeting material, and a 10ft (3m) worktop weighing 101lbs (46kg).”
“Wangchuk began his indefinite fast on June 28, 2026, joining a protest organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP). The protest is demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in nat…”
“He has about 350,000 followers and has clocked up millions of views for the videos of his chin-balancing feats.”
“The Trump administration is considering requiring some green card applicants applying from overseas to post a bond of up to $100,000, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.”
“Newall, who goes by the nickname Chin-A-Rooney on social media, wants to break the Guinness World Record for the tallest object balanced on a chin, a title set by US-based juggler Cardon Firth in 2018 for balancing a 71ft (21m) object.”
“According to DHS data, 65,960 Indians acquired US citizenship in FY2022, 59,100 in FY2023 and 49,700 in FY2024, making India the second-largest source country for new American citizens despite the recent decline in numbers.”
“Newall has attempted the Guinness World Record, external challenge three times previously, but said he was 'getting nowhere with it' because of the material he was using.”
“Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed sharply increasing naturalisation fees. The filing fee for Form N-400, used by green card holders applying for US citizenship, would rise from $760 to $1,330 for paper application…”
“New Zealand actor Sam Neill, who passed away on Monday at a Sydney hospital, died from pneumonia, his agent has confirmed.”
“Jeff Bezos-backed Earth Fund has donated $10.1 million to revamp Watts Towers Arts Center Campus in Los Angeles.”
“the project will add more than 30,000 square feet of usable park space at the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus.”
“The funding completes funding for more than $22 million in improvements that advance Mayor Bass' commitment to expanding green space, strengthening climate resilience and investing in historically underserved communities.”
“He earns Rs 7 lakh a month by moonlighting for a US company, yet fears AI could end it all.”
“I'm working for two companies—one in day and one in night,”
