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Tennis legend Serena Williams will make a surprise return to Wimbledon singles after being awarded the tournament’s final wildcard on Sunday, setting up one of the biggest comebacks of this year’s championships. Williams has not played singles at Wimbledon since 2022 and has mostly been absent from competition for the past four years. Source link
A massive Ukrainian barrage in Russian-occupied Crimea killed at least four people and wounded dozens, Moscow-backed authorities there said Sunday, adding that fuel sales at Crimean petroleum stations were suspended. Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea – Moscow’s key logistics base for its four-year military offensive – in one of the … Read more
A large crowd attended throughout the night and into the morning, with special managed access to the Stonehenge stone circle extended until 8:30 am on Sunday as people celebrated the summer solstice. Stonehenge is considered a place of worship by modern-day ‘earth-based’ or ‘old’ religions such as Neo-Druids and Pagans.Image: Alberto Pezzali/AP Photo/Picture Alliance English … Read more
Tiny Curaçao, the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup, clinched their maiden point on Saturday after battling to a 0-0 draw against Ecuador in Kansas City. Source link
Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 16 people on Saturday, Lebanese Civil Defensesaid, hours after a ceasefire with Hezbollah supposedly took effect. Israel says it was responding to projectiles fired by the Iran-backed group. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Jerusalem, Noga Tarnopolsky. Source link
A treasure has been found in France’s national library: a notebook containing unpublished compositions signed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from the time when he was giving music lessons. The pieces will be performed for the first time in public by two musicians from the Radio France France philharmonic orchestra as part of France’s Fête de … Read more
A ceasefire in Lebanon appears to have revived negotiations. US envoy Steve Witkoff flew out to join President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in Switzerland on Friday. They will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtchi. The US and Iran signed a memorandum earlier this week to stop the war, with implementation yet to be ironed … Read more
Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerging from a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. Could Israel’ Netanyahu lose Trump’s support if strikes continue? Analysis by … Read more
Ituri province in eastern DRC is the hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak. The response to the virus is underway. On the frontlines of this outbreak are healthcare workers, who feel increasingly helpless. They have never faced an outbreak of this magnitude before. Report by Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula, Paula Sevilles and Jorkim Jotham Pituwa. Source link
In their campaign before last autumn’s elections, the populist and far-right parties that now form Czechia’s coalition government promised to reform Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRO). On June 15, the Cabinet kept this promise by approving the related bill. If approved by both houses of parliament and signed by the president, the law … Read more