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Meet Team NI athletes heading to the Commonwealth Games

• Northern Ireland has named 65 athletes for Glasgow 2026.
• Kate O'Connor and Michaela Walsh headline Team NI.
• The squad mixes medal hopes with several debutants.

Northern Ireland has named a 65-athlete team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with competitors selected in eight of the nine sports on the programme. The squad combines established medal contenders with first-time Games athletes, underlining both Northern Ireland’s recent success and its next generation of talent.…

The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico’s ‘fentanyl king’

The BBC has published an investigation into Zhang Zhidong, a 39-year-old Chinese national known in the criminal underworld as "Brother Wang" or the "king of fentanyl", who US authorities accuse of becoming a pivotal link in the supply of the synthetic opioid to the United States. According to…

Madonna, Stuart Price & Honey Dijon Knock Out New York City With Club Confessions

• Madonna threw a free Club Confessions party in Queens on 11 July.
• It came the night before Confessions II hit No. 1.
• Stuart Price and Honey Dijon DJ'd alongside star-studded guests.

Madonna transformed Queens' Knockdown Center into the New York City edition of "Club Confessions" on Saturday 11 July, a free party celebrating her latest album, Confessions II. The event took place the night before the record was confirmed as her 10th No. 1 album on the Billboard 200,…

Artists With the Most No. 1 Albums on the Billboard 200: The Beatles, Madonna & More

• Madonna's CONFESSIONS II debuts at No. 1, her 10th chart-topper.
• She becomes the 11th act, third woman, to reach 10 No. 1s.
• The Beatles lead all acts with 19 No. 1 albums.

Madonna's new album CONFESSIONS II has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart (dated 18 July 2026), giving the singer her 10th chart-topping album and making her only the 11th act, and third woman, to reach at least 10 No. 1s since the chart began weekly…

Madonna & Michael Jackson Are in the Billboard 200’s Top 10 Together for the First Time in 25 Years

• Madonna's CONFESSIONS II debuts at No. 1, joining Jackson's Thriller in the top 10.
• Only the second time both have been top 10 together, first in 25 years.
• They previously shared the top 10 in December 2001.

Madonna's new studio album CONFESSIONS II has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 (dated July 18), placing the Queen of Pop in the top 10 alongside the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, whose 1983-84 chart-topper Thriller slips from No. 7 to No. 8. Remarkably, this is…

The Allen Sisters: The Songwriters Behind Some of Hall & Oates’ Greatest Hits

This article from American Songwriter highlights the often-overlooked contribution of sisters Sara and Janna Allen to the songwriting behind several of Hall & Oates' biggest hits. While Daryl Hall and John Oates are widely celebrated for their run of chart-topping singles from the 1970s to the mid-1980s —…

‘Lost’ Meets ‘Dark’ in MGM’s All-Time Greatest 4-Part Horror Series

• From wraps its fourth season on MGM+ ahead of a final fifth.
• Trapped townsfolk are hunted nightly by shape-shifting creatures.
• Article pitches it to fans of Lost and Dark.

Collider has published a recommendation piece urging viewers to catch up on the supernatural horror series From, which has just concluded its fourth season on MGM+. The article pitches the show as a blend of the mystery and survival elements of Lost and the eerie, puzzle-box atmosphere of…