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LIVECanada into World Cup last 16 with 92nd-minute winner against South AfricaReaction as Canada score a late winner to beat South Africa and reach the last 16 of the World Cup.
Aerial footage reveals scale of destruction in La GuairaOfficials have confirmed at least 1,430 deaths in Venezuela from the magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.12 hrs agoLatin America
England’s Ben Stokes says retiring from international cricket is ‘best thing’ for himBen Stokes describes the reasons for his international retirement as he says he became ‘burned out’ in the build-up to the summer. 1 hr agoEngland
Watch: Inside the Venezuela country club now a makeshift hospitalSurvivors of Venezuela’s devastating earthquakes are being cared for at a makeshift hospital formed on the site of a country club in Caraballeda.2 hrs agoLatin America
ReutersPoland recorded an all-time record temperature of 40.5C on Sunday as the heatwave move eastwardsEurope’s unprecedented early summer heatwave may be responsible for hundreds of excess deaths, according to the head of the World Health Organization (WHO).Temperature records were broken across the continent again on Sunday – including in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic – as the extreme heat continued to move east.In a post on X, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than 1,300 excess deaths had been recorded since 21 June “linked to high temperatures in Europe”.”Heat stress is often called the ‘silent killer’ – and…
ReutersThe helicopter crashed in Ras Tanura, home to oil giant Aramco’s major refineryFourteen people were killed when a helicopter crashed in Saudi Arabia, state media reported on Sunday.The helicopter, belonging to state oil giant Aramco, crashed in the eastern coastal city of Ras Tanura at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT) killing all those on board, according to the Saudi Press Agency. All 14 victims were Saudi citizens, it reported, with investigations under way to determine the cause of the crash. Aramco did not immediately comment.Ras Tanura is home to a major Aramco oil refinery – one of the largest in…
LIVENZ declare on 288-9 after Mitchell completes century against EnglandFollow live text updates, radio commentary and in-play video highlights as England play New Zealand on day four of the third Test at Trent Bridge.
ReutersSimon Peter Carman was arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in the early hours of Saturday, police saidAn Australian man has been charged with murder after the body of a 17-year-old girl was found in a suitcase in Thailand, local and Australian media report.Police in the coastal city of Pattaya said they had found the teenager “stuffed” in the bag, which had been discarded near a railway track, in the early hours of Saturday.Thai police said they arrested Simon Peter Carman at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport in connection with the death as he was allegedly “preparing to flee the country”.He denies the…
Cnews agenciesE CANAVERAL, Fla. (news agencies) — NASA is racing to save an aging telescope from falling back to Earth with a daring rescue mission. The $30 million salvage operation gets underway as soon as this week with the planned launch of a robotic lifesaver. NASA hired startup Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the Swift Observatory to a higher orbit where it can continue hunting for some of the universe’s biggest explosions. A three-armed spacecraft built by Katalyst will chase after Swift once it takes off from an atoll in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands aboard an airplane-launched Pegasus rocket. Liftoff…
An 11-year-old boy, named Moises, was rescued after days trapped beneath heavy rubble Two 11-year-old boys have separately been rescued from the rubble of collapsed buildings within hours of each other, after powerful earthquakes struck Venezuela.Video footage of the first boy, named as Moises, showed him being pulled from the twisted debris – his eyes covered to protect them from the sun – to the applause of rescuers.Hours later, interim President Delcy Rodríquez announced another 11-year-old boy had been rescued, and posted a video of him on X, being carried down a huge mound of wreckage on a stretcher.Since the…