Haaland Scores Twice as Norway Beat Brazil
Erling Haaland scored two goals as Norway beat Brazil 2-1. The win sends Norway into the 2026 World Cup quarter-finals. Brazil are five-time World Cu...
National Guard Shoots Armed Man Dead in Memphis
National Guard soldiers shot and killed an armed man in Memphis, Tennessee. The shooting happened in the early morning hours of July 5. The soldiers ...
Cargo Ship Attacked in Red Sea by Armed Skiff
A cargo ship was attacked in the Red Sea. It happened 30 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida, Yemen. A small armed boat called a skiff approached and...
Trump Accounts for Kids Launch With $1,000 Gift
Trump Accounts for children launched on July 4. Each account gets $1,000 from the government. Children born between 2025 and 2028 are eligible. Paren...
Farage Faces Questions Over Undeclared Gifts From Fraud Convict
Nigel Farage did not declare gifts from George Cottrell. Cottrell is a crypto businessman convicted of fraud. Farage accepted staff, security and acc...
Eight Shot in Coney Island on Independence Day
At least eight people were shot in Coney Island, Brooklyn on Independence Day. Four of the victims were children. Police got reports of the shooting ...
China Frees Pastor After Trump Raised Case with Xi
China has freed pastor Ezra Jin Mingri. He leads Zion Church which is one of China's largest churches operating without government approval. He arriv...
Morocco Beats Canada 3-0 to Reach World Cup Quarter-Finals
Morocco beat Canada 3-0 to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Ounahi scored two goals in the second half. He scored in the 50th and 82nd minutes. So...
Ukraine Drones Hit Saint Petersburg Oil Terminal and Naval Base
Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal and port in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The attack happened overnight on July 4, 2026. Drones also hit the Balt...
US Woman Breaks Speed Record Rowing Solo to Hawaii
Kelsey Pfendler rowed solo from California to Hawaii. She is a Grand Canyon river guide. Pfendler became the first US woman to row solo across the mi...
White Supremacist Group Marches in Washington on July 4th
Hundreds of masked members of Patriot Front marched through Washington DC on July 4th. Patriot Front is a white supremacist group. Between 400 and 70...
Rebels and Islamists Launch Attacks Across Mali
Tuareg rebels and Islamist groups carried out joint attacks on several towns and cities in Mali. The attacks hit army bases and a prison. Mali's army...
Chess Champion Kramnik Banned Over Cheating Remarks
Vladimir Kramnik is a former Russian world chess champion. The world chess federation banned him for at least a year. He had publicly accused other p...
Serena Williams Quits Wimbledon Doubles After Knee Injury
Serena Williams has pulled out of the Wimbledon doubles event. She injured her right knee during her singles match on Tuesday. That match was against...
AfD Leaders Re-Elected Amid Mass Protests in Germany
Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla have been re-elected as leaders of the Alternative for Germany party. The vote took place at a party conference in Erf...
England Face Mexico in World Cup Last 16
England will play Mexico in the World Cup last 16 on Sunday evening. The match is in Mexico City. Fans back home can watch at 1am Monday. The game is...
Pope Leo Visits Lampedusa and Urges Europe on Migration
Pope Leo XIV visited Lampedusa on July 4. He paid tribute at a cemetery to migrants who died at sea. He called on Europe to do more for migrants. Ten...
Trump Speaks at Mount Rushmore for US 250th Birthday
President Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore on Friday night. The speech was part of America's 250th birthday celebrations. Trump warned that a 'communist...
FIFA Yet to Confirm England vs Mexico Kick-Off Change
England's World Cup last-16 match against Mexico may move to 19:00 BST on Sunday. The original kick-off was set for 1 a.m. BST. Reports say the match ...
Keiko Fujimori Wins Peru Presidential Vote Narrowly
Keiko Fujimori has won Peru's presidential election. She beat Roberto Sánchez by a very small margin. Fujimori got 50.135% of the vote. Sánchez got 4...
Egypt Beats Australia on Penalties for First World Cup Win
Egypt beat Australia 4-2 on penalties at the World Cup. The game ended 1-1 after extra time. It was Egypt's first ever win in the World Cup knockout ...
New York City Mayor Gives Pro-Immigrant Speech Before Trump
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani gave a speech on Thursday. It marked America's 250th birthday. He spoke from George Washington's old desk at City ...
Cape Verde Faces Argentina in World Cup Knockout
Cape Verde faces defending champion Argentina today in a World Cup knockout match. The game is at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida. Kick-o...
Three Men Cleared of Killing Journalist Lyra McKee
Three men have been found not guilty of murdering journalist Lyra McKee. The verdict was delivered at Belfast Crown Court in Northern Ireland. McKee ...
Canada Approves Oil Pipeline and C$150 Billion Investment
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced over C$150 billion in new investments on Friday. The money covers projects in British Columbia and Alber...
Iran Holds Multi-Day Funeral for Supreme Leader Khamenei
Funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are underway in Iran. Khamenei was Iran's Supreme Leader. He was killed in an airstrike at the start of...
Interpol Names Ukrainian Woman in Monaco Bomb Attack
Interpol has named a Ukrainian woman as the main suspect in a bomb attack in Monaco. The attack happened on Monday evening. The suspect is Anastasiia...
Bus Falls into Ravine in Pakistan, 40 Dead
An overcrowded bus crashed in the Dana Sar mountains in Balochistan, Pakistan. It was traveling from Quetta to Peshawar. The bus veered off a mountai...
US Threatens Sanctions on Oman Over Iran Shipping Fees
Iran and Oman are planning to charge ships fees in the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Malacca may be a model for how this system could work. Funds c...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce Wedding Begins in New York
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married in New York. Security has gone up outside Madison Square Garden. Trucks, police and workers are set...
US Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Removing Fed Governor
The US Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 on June 29 2026. It ruled that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook must stay on the Fed board. The court blocked Tru...
Olympic Canoeist Charged for Touching Reflecting Pool
David Hearn is a former US Olympic canoeist. He was charged with destroying property at the Reflecting Pool in Washington DC. He was arrested on June...
US Jobs Report Misses Forecasts in June
The US added only 57,000 jobs in June. That is far below the 115,000 jobs that experts expected. The unemployment rate fell from 4.3% to 4.2% in June...
Guard Rescued Alive Eight Days After Venezuela Collapse
A security guard was pulled alive from a collapsed shopping centre in Venezuela. Hernán Gil Flores had been trapped for eight days. Two earthquakes h...
Ocasio-Cortez Backs El-Sayed in Michigan Senate Race
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has backed Abdul El-Sayed. He is running for Michigan's US Senate seat as a Democrat. El-Sayed is a doctor...
Bomb Kills Six People in Damascus Cafe
A bomb went off in a cafe in central Damascus on Thursday. At least 6 people were killed and 22 were hurt. The cafe was on al-Nasser Street in the al...
UK Accepts All Southport Inquiry Recommendations
The UK government has accepted all findings from the Southport attack inquiry. The inquiry found multiple failings that could have prevented three gir...
Google Loses Final EU Appeal Over Android Fine
Google has lost its final appeal against a large EU antitrust fine. The fine was first given in 2018 for misusing Android's control of the mobile mark...
Russia Launches Largest Ever Attack on Kyiv
Russia launched a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv on Thursday. It was described as Russia's largest ever attack on Ukraine's capital. At least...
Pilot Crashes Plane Into Beijing's Tallest Building
A 66-year-old pilot crashed a small plane into a skyscraper in Beijing, China. The building was the CITIC Tower also known as China Zun. It is a 109-...
Trump Picks Annual Reviews Over USMCA Renewal
The US declined to renew the USMCA trade deal with Mexico and Canada. Wednesday was the deadline for all three countries to decide the deal's future. ...
Influencers Arrested After Climbing Empire State Building
Two people climbed the antenna of the Empire State Building on Wednesday. The building is in New York in the United States. They were identified as A...
Teenager Shot Near Birmingham Mosque
A 16-year-old boy was shot near a mosque in Birmingham, UK. It happened shortly before 5:30pm on Wednesday. The shooting took place on Bowyer Road in...
Ivory Coast Floods Kill Nearly 60 People
Floods in Ivory Coast have killed at least 59 people since May. The rainy season has only just begun. Leaders fear the death toll will rise further. ...
US Fed Chief Says Trump Rate Cuts Are Unlikely
US Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh says rate cuts are unlikely. Trump had pushed for the cuts. Warsh took over as Federal Reserve chairman in May. ...
US Judges Block Trump Student Loan Forgiveness Rule
Two US judges blocked a Trump rule on student loan forgiveness. The rule would have let the Education Department remove employers from a forgiveness p...
Village People Singer Victor Willis Dies at 74
Victor Willis died on June 30 2026 at age 74. He was the lead singer of disco group Village People. He died one day before his 75th birthday. Sources...
Three Die at Mexico City World Cup Celebrations
Three people died from suffocation at World Cup celebrations in Mexico City. The victims were a 44-year-old man and two women aged 19 and 48. They di...
US Lifts Export Ban on Anthropic AI Models
The US Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Anthropic's Fable 5 and Mythos 5 AI models on June 30. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sent ...
Turkey Arrests 225 Activists Before NATO Summit
Turkey has arrested 225 activists before the NATO summit. Thousands of police have also been sent out as part of security measures. A strict ban on p...