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The Senegalese Football Federation has parted ways with national team manager Pape Thiaw after Senegal’s controversial elimination from the 2026 World Cup.

South African international football player Jayden Adams has died at age 25, and police are investigating his death in Cape Town.

The "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano" star died aged 78, following an April announcement that he was cancer-free after treatment for stage-three blood cancer.

The United Arab Emirates said Iranian cruise missiles hit two Emirati oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one Indian crew member and wounding eight others.

France are taking on Spain in Dallas in the World Cup semi-final as Les Bleus chase a third straight place in the final, a feat only one other nation has managed.

Around 70 others were injured in the blaze at a 50-year-old venue, according to the report, which said investigators were examining blocked exits and faulty wiring.

Reports said Norway fell 2-1 to England in extra time in the quarter-finals in Miami before being greeted in Oslo by a huge homecoming crowd that one account put at 90,000 and another at more than 100,000.

The death toll from a Bangkok bar fire rose to 30 as investigators opened a probe into the blaze, while one report said three wounded people later died and another said more than 70 were injured, including 24 in critical condition.

Der Finanzminister will mit höheren Abgaben das Haushaltsloch verkleinern und Jugendliche vom Rauchen abhalten; eine Schachtel könnte bis Ende des Jahrzehnts 11,80 Euro kosten.

कानपुर में स्कॉर्पियो का भीषण हादसा हुआ, जिसमें 50 मिनट का रेस्क्यू चला और शव निकाले गए।

Asia markets were choppy after traders were spooked by the threat of a Trump Hormuz levy, even as MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4 per cent and Korean shares gained 2.2 per cent in a volatile start to trading.

The article says Kim McKay was five when she sailed out of Australia and presents her as the head of the Australian Museum.