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Women's World Cup: Neatherlands beat Vietnam 7-0 as US avoid upset

The Dutch women put seven goals past the Vietnamese, while the US women's team just barely avoid the biggest upset in tournament history.

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Culture Re-View: The last Playboy Club hops off

On this day in 1988, the last Playboy Club closed in Lansing, Michigan, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of the iconic nightspot.

Culture news

Emmy Awards to be postponed due to strikes

The 2023 Emmys are set to be the latest casualty of the enduring SAG-AFTRA strikes that have put Hollywood on standstill.

USA

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni meets US President Joe Biden in Washington

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Washington on Thursday to meet with US President Joe Biden. This trip marks her first visit to the United States since becoming head of state.

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Culture news

Jill Biden celebrates US re-entry into UNESCO during Paris visit

Jill Biden attended a flag raising ceremony in Paris on Tuesday, marking the official re-entry of the United States back into the U.N. agency.

Europe Decoded

How US & Russian conservatives help fuel anti-LGBTQ+ agenda in Europe

Foreign interference and growing anti-LGBTQ+ movements are threatening the European Union membership prospects of Western Balkan countries.

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Watch: San Diego Comic-Con goes back to basics

With actors and writers still on strike, many studios chose not to attend the convention this year.

Culture news

Who actually was J. Robert Oppenheimer?

The second half of the legendary Barbenheimer event is far more unknown than his fantastic and plastic equal Barbie. We take a look at the true person behind 'Oppenheimer'.

Culture news

Culture Re-View: How Bruce Lee's martial arts bravado changed cinema

20 July 1973: Bruce Lee, legend of martial arts cinema, dies.

Russia

Euroviews. An empire on its deathbed can still cause pain and suffering

Once known for calling others "the sick man of Europe", today's Russia has decidedly found itself in a military, economic, political, demographic, and even conceptual dead end, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

Culture news

Police release new details on 2Pac murder investigation, 27 years on

The unsolved case of who killed Tupac Shakur has been opened again, nearly 30 years after the rapper’s murder.

Ukraine

Euroviews. NATO should give Ukraine everything it wants — including F35s

If the West is serious about honouring Ukraine‘s merits for European security amid Russian aggression, Kyiv must receive comprehensive security aid in the future, Oliver Rolofs writes.

Serbia

Despite US sanctions, Serbia denies spy chief's ties to Russia

Serbia has tried to maintain a fragile balancing act between Brussels and Moscow ever since the Ukraine invasion. Could the recent US sanctions against its spy chief tip the scales?

Culture news

Screen Actors Guild to vote on strike action tonight

Hollywood’s actors union was on the verge of striking after they couldn't agree on a deal with the studios.

Culture news

Aretha Franklin's sofa note ruled as valid will by jury

Two different notes found by Franklin's niece in 2019, dated four years apart, named two different sons as beneficiaries to her estate. Now, the tale of two wills gets its resolution...

Europe News

Brussels rules US is safe destination for EU personal data

Brussels on Monday announced that the transfer of personal data to the US can legally take place after securing safeguards over access by intelligence agencies and the creation of a redress mechanism for EU residents.

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Green News

Hurricane season: El Niño could both intensify and tear apart storms

The prediction for this season is forecasters’ best estimate of how many storms could occur this year.

Culture news

Aretha Franklin's sons battle over handwritten wills in upcoming trial

Five years after the death of Aretha Franklin, the final wishes of the music superstar are still unsettled. Thus begins a unique trial, a tale of two wills.

Culture news

Actor Allison Mack released from prison in sex-trafficking case

Mack was sentenced in 2021 for manipulating women into becoming sex slaves for cult-like group NXIVM.