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Kylian Mbappe scored from the penalty spot as France overcame searing heat and stubborn defense to beat Paraguay 1-0 and set up a World Cup quarter-final against Morocco on Saturday. Source link

Jonas Vingegaard took an early lead in his quest for a third Tour de France title as the Visma-Lease a Bike rider recorded the fastest time in stage one – a 19.6-km team time trial in Barcelona on Saturday. Last year’s runner-up Vingegaard, who won the race in 2022 and 2023, finished 12 seconds ahead … Read more

The eyes of the world are once again on the World Cup. Surprisingly, he holds the goalscoring record of Lionel Messi, a Cape Verdean goalkeeper who achieved fame or viral clips from fans. It’s a familiar and understandable way of diverting attention from the issues that dominated the buildup. Many Argentine fans were refused visas … Read more

Kylian Mbappé scored the only goal of the game from a second-half penalty as France beat Paraguay in a cagey Round of 16 tie in Philadelphia on Saturday. Les Bleus will take on Morocco in the quarter-finals on Thursday in Boston. Source link

Fatalities from Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes jumped to nearly 3,000 people, official updated figures showed on Saturday, as international rescue teams began winding down search operations for survivors. Tens of thousands more are still reported missing following the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude shocks. Source link

US President Donald Trump spoke with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky late Saturday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara. Negotiations remain at an impasse, with Moscow demanding the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from Ukraine’s Donetsk region – a demand Kyiv rejects. Follow our liveblog for the … Read more

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice (BGH) has ruled in favor of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a dispute over a unique archive that meticulously documents the persecution of its followers in photographs, letters, Gestapo secret police reports, arrest warrants and death sentences. The religious community of Jehovah’s Witnesses was one of the groups persecuted by the Nazi … Read more

For the first time in his nearly 13 years as Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama is under serious pressure. For more than a month now, thousands of Albanians have been taking to the streets daily demanding his resignation. Protesters accused Rama and his government of cronyism and corruption, with many saying that for too long, … Read more

The Vatican on Thursday imposed some of the highest penalties available under the Catholic Church’s canon law on a breakaway group that consecrated four bishops in defiance of the Pope. The Catholic oversight authority, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced that the four newly appointed bishops, as well as two other bishops, … Read more

US President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed America as the “crowning achievement of human history”, in his speech in Washington. Trump claimed that under his presidency the United States was “prouder than ever before, even as he used the event to renew his attack on domestic opponents he branded communists. Source link