Just when it seemed England might again be weighed down by expectations and history, Chloe Kelly made the breakthrough. Kelly’s goal in the second half of extra time — the first time she had ever scored in a competitive international game — propelled England to its first major women’s soccer… Read More
China says remains of rocket booster fall to Earth
Debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit fell into the sea in the Philippines on Sunday, the Chinese government announced. Most of the final stage of the Long March-5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere at 12:55 a.m., the China Manned Space… Read More
Hitler’s watch sells at US auction for more than $1M
A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1 million. Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City had estimated the value between $2 and $4 million, describing the watch as a “World War II relic of historic proportions.” News outlets report that Jewish leaders and… Read More
World leader says ditch neckties to conserve energy
Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked government officials and people working in the private sector to save energy by giving up wearing neckties at work. Appearing at a news conference in an open-necked white shirt and… Read More
Nancy Pelosi backing down to Bejing?
Will U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi back down to the Chinese Communist Party’s demands she avoids Taiwan on her Pacific tour? Questions have swirled over Pelosi’s possible stop in Taiwan that has fueled tension with Beijing. Chinese officials have gone so far as to threaten war if Pelosi stops by… Read More
Zelenskyy visits port amid attempts to alleviate grain shortage
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Black Sea port Friday as crews prepared terminals to export grain trapped by Russia’s five-month-old war, work that was inching forward a week after a deal was struck to allow critical food supplies to flow to millions of impoverished people facing hunger worldwide. “The… Read More
Eurozone experiences modest GDP growth despite high inflation
Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to another record in July, pushed by higher energy prices fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the economy managed better-than-expected, if meager, growth in the second quarter. Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 8.9% in… Read More
Prosecutors say they seek 8-year prison term for Shakira
Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in prison, if she is convicted in her expected trial for alleged tax fraud. Shakira, whose full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, is charged with failing to… Read More
Russia fines WhatsApp, Snapchat over data storage
Russian regulators have fined chat service WhatsApp and Snapchat for failing to store Russian users’ data on local servers, part of government efforts to control online activity. A Moscow court on Thursday imposed an 18 million ruble ($300,000) fine on chat service WhatsApp and a 1 million ruble penalty on… Read More
China warns Biden admin of ‘fire’ amid this rumor
President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping spent more than two hours Thursday talking through the future of their complicated relationship, with the flashpoint of Taiwan once again emerging as a key point of tension. According to an outline of the call released by Beijing, Xi emphasized China’s claim over… Read More
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