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Switzerland beat Colombia on penalties to reach first quarter-final since 1954
Switzerland reached the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time since 1954 after beating Colombia 4-3 on penalties in the last 16, following a goalless 120 minutes at BC Place in British Columbia. Ruben Vargas scored the decisive spot-kick after Colombia’s Davinson Sánchez and Cucho Hernández both missed, ending a tense, tactical contest and sending…
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‘Selamlik’ Wins Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at Karlovy Vary Film Festival
KVIFF Promises, part of the industry program of Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival, has unveiled the winners of the Eurimages Co-production Development Award, as well as other prizes. The Eurimages Co-production Development Award, with a 20,000 Euros ($22,800) cash prize, went to “Selamlik” (Sweden, Denmark), directed by Jerry Carlsson, written by Khaled Alesmael and produced…
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Autographed Lionel Messi Memorabilia Drops Online as Argentine Star Leads Team Into World Cup Quarterfinals
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is into the knockout rounds and all eyes will be on Lionel Messi, as the soccer legend leads Argentina onwards in their campaign to claim a second consecutive World Cup title. Argentina finished atop Group J with a perfect 3-0 record and defeated the tiny island nation Cape Verde in…
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Corner shops fight back against recycling scheme that is ‘crippling’ them as they lose money due to costs of providing service – while Re-Turn firm held over 60million euro in unclaimed deposits in one year alone
More than a quarter of retailers signed up to Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme are losing money by running it, an Oireachtas committee will be told today. The recycling programme, introduced under the Green Party in 2024, adds around 15 cent to the price of a can or plastic bottle, which shoppers can reclaim by returning…
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The ‘greybeard’ engineers rehired by Ford who could be proof AI can’t replace humans
Ford has rehired experienced veteran engineers — nicknamed “greybeards” — after finding that artificial intelligence alone could not deliver the quality it had expected. Senior executive Charles Poon admitted the company had wrongly assumed that simply introducing AI and feeding it existing design requirements would produce a high-quality product. The reversal is notable because it…
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Charli xcx & PinkPantheress Slam Peppa Pig for Shading Clairo: ‘Let’s F— Her Up’
The children’s cartoon character Peppa Pig has become the unlikely centre of a light-hearted pop music spat after appearing to snub singer Clairo during Pitchfork’s “Over/Under” video series on Tuesday (7 July). Asked whether Clairo was over- or underrated, Peppa gave the camera a pointed look and replied, “I don’t know her.” The remark prompted…
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Meta Now Lets Anyone Use Your Instagram Photos in AI Images—Unless You Opt Out
Meta has launched its first in-house AI image generator, Muse Image, built by its Superintelligence Labs to rival OpenAI’s GPT Images 2.0 and Google’s Nano Banana 2. The model is tightly integrated into Instagram, and crucially, public Instagram profiles have been automatically opted in to being used in other people’s AI creations. Anyone can now…
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10 Best Graphic Novels of All Time
Collider writer Jeremy Urquhart has published a ranked list of what he considers the ten best graphic novels of all time. The piece matters mainly as a guide and talking point for comic fans, opening with an attempt to define what actually counts as a graphic novel — essentially, a mostly self-contained story that can…