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North American skies turn orange as wildfire smoke worsens ahead of World Cup final
Smoke from an extensive series of wildfires across Canada, compounded by additional fires in Minnesota, spread across much of the US Midwest and Northeast as well as parts of Canada, turning skies orange and driving air quality to hazardous levels across large swathes of the continent. Authorities issued widespread air quality alerts as the smoke…
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FIFA introduces star-studded halftime show at World Cup final
FIFA staged the first-ever World Cup halftime show during this year’s final, adding a new element to the tournament’s traditions and turning the interval into a major television and cultural event. Curated by Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, the 11-minute performance was expected by organisers to become one of the most-watched moments in sporting broadcast history.…
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Lil Wayne to Launch ‘The Joint Venture’ Podcast With Radio Host Craig Carton
Lil Wayne is launching a new weekly podcast, The Joint Venture, alongside WFAN radio host Craig Carton, marking his first major podcast venture since previously hosting Young Money Radio on Apple Music. The show, which begins airing on 22 July, will see the rapper and sports broadcaster discuss sport, pop culture and other topics, drawing…
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Nolan’s Odyssey adaptation opens in cinemas with IMAX release
Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey has opened in cinemas, released across multiple formats including IMAX to showcase its large-scale visual presentation. The launch was marked by premiere celebrations in New York, cementing the film’s status as a major theatrical event and a fresh, ambitious cinematic take on the classical epic, drawing significant…
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Diablo 4 Blizzard Reverses Disastrous Season After Misleading Recipe Destroys Player Gear
Diablo 4 players have been inadvertently destroying valuable items through a confusing crafting recipe that presents its actual effect in a misleading manner, highlighting deeper design issues with the Season of Death Aw
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Emmys Cuts Number Of Televised Categories For 2026 Ceremony
The Television Academy has voted to cut the number of categories broadcast during the live Primetime Emmy Awards, shifting five of them to the earlier Creative Arts Emmys instead. Viewers watching the main NBC ceremony on 14 September 2026 will see noticeably fewer awards handed out on screen, a decision likely to anger industry guilds…
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AI-driven memory crunch jolts India’s smartphone market
India’s smartphone market is experiencing a sharp downturn as a global shortage of memory chips, driven by surging AI data centre demand, pushes up handset prices. Manufacturers such as Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have redirected production towards high-bandwidth memory used in AI accelerators, which is far more profitable than the standard RAM and storage…
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Netflix’s New 6-Part Crime Thriller Follows One of History’s Largest Murder Investigations
Netflix will release a six-part crime drama, *The Bombing of Pan Am 103*, on 30 July, dramatising the investigation into the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which is described as the largest murder inquiry in Scottish policing history. The series traces the terrorist attack from the moment it occurred through to the international effort by Scottish and…
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Moment Home Office officials arrest 10 ‘illegal workers’ during immigration raids at Evri depots
Home Office immigration enforcement officials carried out raids at Evri depots, arresting 10 people suspected of working illegally in the UK. The operation forms part of ongoing government efforts to crack down on illegal working, with footage capturing the moment officials detained suspects at the parcel delivery firm’s premises. The raids targeted Evri depots specifically,…
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Doom director Hugo Martin says id Software is fine, and anyway, ‘what matters the most is that the games are good’