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USMNT dazzle in home World Cup before Belgium end their run
Fox News’s OutKick published an opinion piece counting down its five most memorable moments from the United States men’s national team’s run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted on home soil. The article was prompted by the team’s tournament exit, a 4-1 defeat to Belgium late on Monday night in Seattle, but its overall…
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Trump reignites feud with Meloni over photo jibe before NATO summit
US President Donald Trump has intensified a public feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the days before a NATO summit in Turkey, posting a photo of her on Truth Social with the caption “RESTRAINING ORDER NEEDED”. The spat matters because Meloni has been one of Trump’s closest allies in Europe, and the friction…
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Braun promoted to co-president of country label Triple Tigers Records
Raffaella Braun has been appointed co-president of Nashville-based country label Triple Tigers Records, whose roster includes Russell Dickerson, Scotty McCreery, Shane Profitt and Ian Munsick. Previously the label’s vice-president of radio promotion, she takes over from Kevin Herring, who stepped down on Monday 6 July and will stay on as an adviser for an unspecified…
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Sin Bandera announce 19-date United States Escenas tour for 2026
Latin pop duo Sin Bandera — Leonel García and Noel Schajris — have announced a United States leg of their Escenas Tour, revealed exclusively by Billboard Español on Tuesday 7 July. The run supports the pair’s latest studio album, Escenas, and marks a return to a market the duo describe as central to their story,…
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Northern Macedonia set to receive US stealth fighters under Trump proposal
President Donald Trump has signalled a major reversal in US policy towards Turkey, saying he plans to lift American sanctions on Ankara’s defence sector and is prepared to proceed with the long-stalled sale of F-35 stealth fighter jets. Speaking alongside Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during a bilateral meeting at the NATO summit in Ankara,…
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Flavio Cobolli appeals to Wimbledon crowd for accommodation after reaching quarter-finals
Italian ninth seed Flavio Cobolli reached the biggest milestone of his career by advancing to the Wimbledon quarter-finals, but afterwards told fans he had been left without anywhere to stay. Having beaten Australia’s Alex de Minaur 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 on No.1 Court, he used his on-court interview to appeal to the crowd for help finding…
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Nigel Farage quits as Clacton MP and will contest by-election over funding claims
Nigel Farage has resigned as the MP for Clacton-on-Sea and confirmed that he will stand in the resulting by-election, turning the Essex contest into a referendum on his own conduct. The Reform UK leader’s decision to quit Parliament and immediately seek re-election in the seat he won at the last general election sets up a…
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Manchester United’s leaked training ground row deepens rift between players
This comment piece argues that the United States men’s national team squandered a unique chance to win over new fans during the 2026 home World Cup, culminating in a dispiriting 4-1 last-16 defeat by Belgium. The author frames the tournament as a potential landmark for soccer in America — a moment to inspire a new…
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Rookies inherit a Colombian detective agency in Rugeles thriller-comedy series
Damián Alcázar, a lead in “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mob boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, is attached to star in “Rookies,” the TV series debut as a writer-director of top Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Breaking out with Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film…
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Nigel Farage quits as Clacton MP to force a by-election
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as the Member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, a move deliberately intended to trigger a by-election in the constituency. The step matters because Farage is one of the most prominent figures on the British right, and he stated that he intended to…