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Salt’s path home from Barbados to Welsh Fire captain

  • Phil Salt named Welsh Fire men's captain for The Hundred
  • He's the competition's all-time top run-scorer, with 1,138 runs
  • Welsh Fire's campaign opens 22 July against Southern Brave

Phil Salt, the England T20 batter born in North Wales and raised largely in Barbados, is preparing to captain Welsh Fire's men's team in the upcoming Hundred season. The 29-year-old, who leads a side featuring former England captain Joe Root and ex-Test bowler Chris Woakes, says joining the…

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Shakira Brings Out Tyla, Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy at Her First Show Post FIFA World Cup in New York City

  • Shakira played Barclays Center a day after the World Cup final halftime show.
  • Surprise guests included Tyla, Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy.
  • Burna Boy performed "Dai Dai", the World Cup's chart-topping official song.

Fresh from her historic performance at the first FIFA World Cup halftime show, Shakira brought the same energy to Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Monday 20 July, kicking off a two-night stop on the US leg of her Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour with a run of…

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Lionel Messi breaks his silence on Argentina’s World Cup heartbreak with emotional statement – after snubbing interviews in the wake of brutal loss to Spain

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  • Messi breaks silence after Argentina's World Cup final loss to Spain
  • He had previously declined interviews following the defeat
  • Pundits sharply criticised Argentina's conduct and performance in the final

Lionel Messi has issued an emotional public statement addressing Argentina's World Cup final defeat to Spain, having initially avoided media interviews in the immediate aftermath of the loss. The intervention follows a bruising few days for the Argentine captain, during which pundits including Gary Neville and Jeff Powell…

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Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption

  • Nine Entertainment to cut about 30 jobs at SMH and the Age
  • Company blames AI disruption for falling reader revenue and traffic
  • Follows 200 job cuts two years earlier; AFR unaffected this round

Australia's largest locally owned media company, Nine Entertainment, is cutting around 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age, blaming what it called an "extreme state of disruption" caused by artificial intelligence. Publishing managing director Tory Maguire told staff on Tuesday the cuts, a mix…

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Gaza celebrates World Cup victory of Spanish team they took into their hearts

  • Gazans celebrated Spain's World Cup win despite risk of Israeli attacks
  • Spain's pro-Palestinian stance, including Yamal's flag gesture, won hearts
  • A strike killed a screening organiser and two children in early July

Spain's Spanish football team's World Cup victory has been celebrated across Gaza, where the tournament became entangled with regional politics due to Spain's vocal criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza and the West Bank, and Israeli support for finalists Argentina. Palestinians gathered in cafes and at outdoor screenings,…

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UK military ‘eyes innovative electric flying taxi’ as 2029 launch planned

  • Vertical Aerospace gets extra £10m UK government funding, totalling £48m.
  • MoD shows interest in a military version of its eVTOL aircraft.
  • Firm demonstrated its Valo prototype's vertical flight transition at Farnborough.

British flying taxi startup Vertical Aerospace has revealed the UK government has expressed interest in buying a military version of its aircraft, alongside a fresh £10m government grant that brings total state funding for the project to £48m. The announcement, made at the Farnborough international airshow, matters because…

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Was Julie Andrews actually part of the British invasion?

  • Julie Andrews was not strictly part of the British Invasion.
  • The term mainly described British pop and rock acts.
  • Her Hollywood success still strengthened Britain’s US cultural influence.

Julie Andrews is best known as a British actor and singer whose success in Hollywood coincided with the mid-1960s “British Invasion”, when UK performers and cultural figures became especially influential in the United States. However, she was not usually considered part of the movement in its strictest sense,…

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Cricket quiz: Can you name all eight teams in The Hundred?

  • BBC quiz asks fans to name all eight Hundred teams
  • Some teams rebranded over winter, adding difficulty
  • Tournament runs 21 July–16 August on BBC Two/iPlayer/Sounds

BBC Sport has published a quiz challenging cricket fans to name all eight teams competing in The Hundred, timed to coincide with the tournament's sixth edition starting on Tuesday 21 July. The quiz notes that some franchises have rebranded over the winter, adding an extra layer of difficulty…

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Spain beat Argentina to win World Cup as halftime show sparks online buzz

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  • Spain beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup final.
  • The final featured the first-ever World Cup halftime show, directed by Hamish Hamilton.
  • A broadcast moment involving a white substance sparked viral online speculation.

Spain won the FIFA World Cup, beating Argentina 1-0 in a final that also became known for the tournament's first-ever halftime show, which ended up generating as much online conversation as the result itself. The show, a first for a World Cup final, was directed by Hamish Hamilton,…

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Burnham becomes prime minister as Starmer resigns, Trump pledges support

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No article URL or text was provided, so the claims in the title cannot be verified or summarised reliably. The headline describes a major political development involving Andy Burnham, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, but without the article’s contents it would be inappropriate to infer what happened or…

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