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Palace hold talks with ex-Arsenal defender Tomiyasu
Crystal Palace have opened talks with free agent Takehiro Tomiyasu over a permanent deal that would return the Japan international to the Premier League. The 27-year-old, who is currently training with the club and was named among the substitutes for a pre-season friendly against Lens, left Arsenal by mutual consent last season before a brief…
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‘Delulu’, ‘Clock it’: ‘Cockroach’ protest brings Gen Z slang to India’s parliament
A youth-led protest movement in India, organised by a satirical group called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), has forced the resignation of education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged exam irregularities and brought Gen Z internet slang into the country’s parliament. During a debate on a new anti-exam leak bill, MPs from both the ruling BJP…
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NASA at 68: America must lead on the Moon, Mars and beyond—or China will
This opinion piece, published to mark NASA’s 68th anniversary on 29 July, argues that the United States must maintain its leadership in space exploration or risk ceding the Moon and future deep-space missions to China. The author frames this as a continuation of America’s historic achievements, from the Mercury and Apollo programmes to the space…
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Shares in Asian chip firms plunge further as AI sell-off continues
Shares in Asian semiconductor companies fell sharply for a second consecutive day after South Korea’s SK Hynix posted quarterly results that, despite being record profits, fell short of investor expectations. The sell-off underscores growing unease about whether the enormous spending by technology firms on AI infrastructure can be sustained, with the memory chip sector having…
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Rescue operations intensify after 6.8-magnitude earthquake devastates Kyushu, Japan
A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan on Tuesday evening, claiming at least 13 lives and displacing thousands of residents from their homes. Dozens of people remain unaccoun
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Grealish misses Man City tour despite training return
Jack Grealish has been left out of Manchester City’s pre-season tour squad for Hong Kong and Seoul, despite returning to training last week, as he continues recovering from a season-ending foot injury. The 30-year-old picked up the injury in January while on loan at Everton, where he had been rediscovering good form, and the setback…
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Royal Challengers Bengaluru, Rajasthan Royals Sales Push IPL Cricket’s Business Value to $20.6 Billion, Houlihan Lokey Study Finds
The IPL’s business value has risen to $20.6 billion, up 11.4% year on year, according to Houlihan Lokey’s 2026 IPL Valuation Study, driven largely by record-breaking sales of two franchises, Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Rajasthan Royals. The findings underline the growing appeal of Indian cricket to major global investors, with the report noting that only…
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‘As Light as Air’ Is a Hypnotic Experimental Doc About Collective Ecstasy in a City in Pakistan (Locarno Trailer)
Pakistani filmmaker Umair Bilal’s feature debut, the experimental documentary “As Light as Air,” will have its world premiere on 11 August in the Critics’ Weeks section of the 79th Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The film explores spiritual life in Sehwan, a Sufi city known for pilgrimage, folklore and collective ecstasy, offering audiences a hypnotic,…
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BTS to skip Grammy submissions after new Asian pop category launch
BTS has confirmed that it will not submit music for consideration at the 2027 Grammy Awards, with all seven members announcing the decision via a coordinated Instagram story on a Wednesday, local Korean time. The group said it hopes music can be “heard and loved for what it is, rather than being divided by region…
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Japan in a ‘race against time’ to rescue people trapped beneath rubble after quake
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck the Japanese island of Kyushu, killing at least 13 people, leaving others missing and displacing thousands from their homes. Rescue teams are engaged in what has been described as a “race against time” to reach people still trapped beneath rubble, with officials warning that the death toll is likely…