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Fifa ‘assessing reports’ over Falklands bannerFifa is “assessing the match reports” before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country’s claims to the Falkland Islands.1 hr agoWorld Cup
Anadolu via Getty ImagesMore than 800 wildfires are burning across Canada, with air quality alerts now extending south into multiple US states. The air quality in large parts of the northern states of Michigan and Minnesota is deemed “hazardous” by the US Air Quality Index program, with people recommended to stay indoors.Alerts span the Upper Midwest, the Great Lakes region and into the northeast, the US national weather service (NOAA) said in an update on Thursday. There are currently 858 fires actively burning in Canada, including 30 new fires on Thursday, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System.The vast…
EPARelatives of the victims hugged each other after the verdicts were read outThe former head of Italy’s motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge in August 2018.Prosecutors had asked for a far longer jail term for Giovanni Castellucci, ex-chief executive of Autostrade per l’Italia (Aspi).Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge running through the city came down in a rain storm at the height of the holiday season, sending cars and lorries plummeting to the ground.Castellucci, who is already serving a six-year jail term for a 2013 road disaster, was one…
Watch: What we know about newly discovered monkey species with orange lipsNew monkey species hailed as ‘amazing discovery’ by conservationist.2 hrs agoAfrica
US military footage shows strike on ship in the GulfThe US has attacked an oil tanker in the Gulf, which it said was heading towards Iran’s largest oil export terminal, as it reimposed a blockade of Iranian ports.US Central Command (Centcom) said on Wednesday that Belma “ignored multiple warnings” as it was heading towards the Kharg Island oil terminal and an aircraft disabled the tanker by “firing Hellfire missiles into the ship’s smokestack”.President Donald Trump reintroduced a blockade of Iranian ports on Tuesday, in response to a series of alleged Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz…
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Do your hands hurt when you use your phone? All that texting and scrolling might be stressing out your fingers.The term texting thumb can describe a wide range of phone-related pains caused by tired-out tendons and achy joints — like general stiffness, throbbing near the knuckle and a clicking sensation when bending the thumb. If left untreated, repetitive typing and swiping can lead to more serious issues like carpal tunnel and arthritis.People have pecked away at devices for decades with warnings about overuse injuries — think BlackBerry thumb. Today’s smartphones have gotten larger and heavier,…
ABWPoland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) said the aim of the sabotage was to provoke tensions with Ukraine (file pic)Prosecutors in Poland have charged an 18-year-old Ukrainian man with carrying out sabotage acts on behalf of Russian intelligence aimed at inciting tensions between Poland and Ukraine.The suspect, identified as Illia K, under Polish privacy laws, was charged with 47 criminal acts between November 2024 and August 2025, when he was arrested.The alleged sabotage included desecrating memorials to Polish victims of the UPA, the Ukrainian Insurgent Army that took part in the murder of tens of thousands of Poles during the Second…
Getty ImagesUganda introduced tightened screening and other protocols as soon as the Ebola outbreak was declared in May The last patient being treated for Ebola in Uganda has been discharged from hospital, leaving the country with no active confirmed cases of the deadly disease.At a ceremony marking the occasion Health Minister Dr Chris Baryomunsi described it as “a moment of joy”.The first case in this outbreak of the Bundibugyo species of the virus in Uganda was confirmed in May. The patient was a man who had travelled from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the outbreak’s epicentre, for medical treatment.The authorities…
Getty ImagesProtesters gathered in central Kyiv on Thursday morningProtests have been taking place in several Ukrainian cities against President Volodymyr Zelensky’s surprise dismissal of popular Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. A crowd of people – mostly young – gathered in Kyiv on Thursday morning, holding up signs reading “Hands off Fedorov” and “Stop sabotaging victory!” and chanting “Shame!”.Zelensky’s decision has causing significant upset among commentators and the military as well as parts of civil society. The rumours that the end of Fedorov’s tenure was related to tensions between him and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi were all but confirmed by Fedorov himself and…
Getty ImagesThe 2018 bridge collapse was one of Italy’s worst infrastructure disastersOn the morning of 14 August 2018, Claudia Possetti, 47, was in the car with her new husband Andrea, and her two children, aged 12 and 16.The couple had just married and were driving to the Italian Riviera with the youngsters for a holiday when the Morandi bridge in the northern city of Genoa collapsed beneath them.Their car was among those that plunged from the viaduct on to the railway tracks below. The four of them were among 43 people killed in one of Italy’s worst infrastructure disasters in…