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‘Black Widow’ fraudster who conned 89-year-old woman out of £300,000 before fleeing to Tenerife is set to be extradited to face justice in Britain

  • "Black Widow" fraudster conned 89-year-old woman out of £300,000
  • Suspect fled to Tenerife after the alleged fraud
  • Now set to be extradited to Britain to face justice

A woman dubbed the "Black Widow" who defrauded an 89-year-old victim out of £300,000 is set to be extradited to Britain to face justice after fleeing to Tenerife. The case highlights the vulnerability of elderly people to sophisticated fraud schemes and the ongoing efforts of UK authorities to…

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Broadcast Networks Have Yet To Say If They’ll Carry Donald Trump’s Primetime Speech Amid Reports He’ll Bring Up Stolen Election Claims

  • ABC, NBC and CNN opted to stream, not broadcast, Trump's primetime speech
  • Speech was expected to revisit unfounded 2020 "stolen election" claims
  • CBS had not confirmed its coverage plans shortly before airtime

US broadcast networks ABC and NBC said they would carry Donald Trump's primetime address on 16 July only via their streaming services, ABC News Live and NBC News Now, rather than on their main linear channels, while CBS News had yet to confirm its plans shortly before the…

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Skate Adds Its Biggest Event Yet: The Legendary X Games

  • Skate adds a free, month-long X Games event.
  • The Stadium gains vert, street and bowl courses.
  • Challenges unlock X Games-themed virtual rewards.

Skate is adding a limited-time X Games event to its virtual city, San Vansterdam, marking what developer Full Circle describes as the game’s biggest event so far. The collaboration brings recognisable X Games-style venues into the game and gives players free access, making it a significant content update…

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Beehiiv Expands Platform With Community Chat and AI Growth Tools for Creators

  • Beehiiv launches subscriber chat and community tools to enable audience-to-audience connections within creator newsletters
  • New AI Copilot helps publishers optimise user growth and leverage analytics for strategic decision-making
  • Updates aim to strengthen creator-subscriber relationships and reduce audience isolation on newsletter platforms

Beehiiv is rolling out new community-focused features designed to deepen relationships between creators and their audiences. The newsletter platform is introducing subscriber-to-subscriber chat functionality, allowing re

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Fortnite Adds ‘The Odyssey’ Skins for Odysseus and Agamemnon

  • Fortnite adds Odysseus and Agamemnon skins tied to Nolan's "The Odyssey"
  • Odysseus earnable via Solo Odyssey Cup, ending 16 July
  • Item shop purchase opens 17 July, matching the film's release

Epic Games has added playable skins for Odysseus and Agamemnon to Fortnite, tying in with Christopher Nolan's upcoming film "The Odyssey." The Odysseus outfit reflects Matt Damon's portrayal of the character, while the Agamemnon skin is modelled on Benny Safdie's role, giving fans of the film a way…

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Merlier wins sprint finish on stage 12 of Tour

  • Tim Merlier wins stage 12 sprint, his third stage win this year
  • Late crash involving Fernando Gaviria took down several riders
  • Pogacar still leads overall by 3:36 over Vingegaard

Belgium's Tim Merlier won a chaotic sprint finish to take stage 12 of the Tour de France, his third stage victory of this year's race, holding off compatriot Jasper Philipsen after coming from behind in the closing metres. The result came after a late crash involving Colombia's Fernando…

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Uber’s $14.8B Delivery Hero deal would nearly double its global footprint

  • Uber agrees $14.8bn all-stock deal to buy Delivery Hero
  • Deal would nearly double Uber's global delivery footprint
  • Delivery Hero sells operations in 14 overlapping markets for $1.6bn to SSW Partners

Uber has agreed to acquire German food-delivery firm Delivery Hero in a $14.8 billion all-stock deal, a move that would almost double the number of markets in which Uber operates and cement its position as one of the largest delivery platforms outside China. The agreement follows weeks of…

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Brown ‘making sure’ cigarettes stubbed out at Open

  • Dan Brown extra cautious with cigarette disposal at Royal Birkdale amid wildfire risk
  • Shot four-under 66, sharing early clubhouse lead with Im Sung-jae
  • American Jackson Suber later took the outright lead on five under

England's Dan Brown says he is taking extra care to stub out his mid-round cigarettes at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, given the parched, dry conditions of the course after prolonged hot weather in Merseyside. His caution comes amid a spate of serious wildfires across the UK…

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A raunchy joke by ESPYs host about DJ Khaled somehow flew right by the Disney censors

  • Marcello Hernandez made a raunchy DJ Khaled joke on ABC's ESPYs
  • The line referenced a 2018 internet rumour about Khaled
  • It reportedly slipped past Disney's content censors unnoticed

During ABC's broadcast of the 2026 ESPYs, host and Saturday Night Live star Marcello Hernandez slipped an innuendo-laden joke about DJ Khaled past Disney's standards and practices team, drawing amused attention online. The line played on a long-running internet rumour about Khaled's personal habits, and its inclusion in…

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Ava DuVernay to make Netflix documentary 14th on birthright citizenship

  • DuVernay to release Netflix documentary 14th later this year
  • Film examines the amendment protecting birthright citizenship
  • Follows supreme court's 6-3 rejection of Trump's restriction order

Ava DuVernay has announced she is making a new Netflix documentary, 14th, focusing on the US constitution's 14th amendment, which grants citizenship and equal protection rights and has recently come under legal challenge from Donald Trump. The film marks DuVernay's return to nonfiction and a companion piece to…

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