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Tens of millions swelter as heat wave blasts US

Health June 30, 2026

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under furnace-like temperatures Tuesday as central and eastern cities hunkered down for a heat wave set to last through the July 4 holiday weekend. Dozens of lo...

NASA plans robotic mission to save ageing space telescope

News June 30, 2026

NASA is set to launch a daring robotic rescue mission, a long-shot bid to prevent one of its ageing telescopes from vanishing into dust. If successful, the effort could pave the way for giving other s...

Talks in Qatar after US-Iran deal: What we know

News June 30, 2026

US envoys were meeting with Qatari mediators on Tuesday in Doha to discuss negotiations with Iran, the Gulf state said, after Tehran and Washington agreed to a memorandum of understanding this month t...

Venezuela rescuers in final push to find survivors as families mourn

News June 30, 2026

Rescuers from around the world pushed on Tuesday to save any final survivors trapped under mountains of rubble after Venezuela’s massive quakes that killed over 1,700 people, with tens of thousands ...

More cash, not enough weapons: Nato presses to produce more

News June 30, 2026

A year on from their historic pledge to ramp up defence spending, leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) gathering in Ankara next week will reckon with another challenge: getting ind...

WhatsApp messenger to offer usernames

Business June 30, 2026

PARIS: The hundreds of millions who use Meta-owned messenger WhatsApp to chat with family, friends or businesses will no longer need to share phone numbers under a coming update, the company said on M...

Martinelli scores in 95th minute to send Brazil into World Cup last 16

News June 29, 2026

Substitute Gabriel Martinelli scored deep in injury time as Brazil beat a stubborn Japan 2-1 on Monday to roll into the World Cup last 16. Arsenal winger Martinelli struck in the 95th minute in Housto...

At least 1,719 dead in Venezuela twin earthquakes as hope fades of finding survivors

Business June 29, 2026

The death toll from the devastating earthquakes that struck Venezuela five days ago has risen to at least 1,719, National Assembly president Jorge Rodriguez said on Monday. Rodriguez added that 5,034 ...

Six killed in German 'family tragedy' shooting: police

News June 29, 2026

A gunman killed six people Monday in a German youth welfare centre for mothers and their children in what police said was a likely “family tragedy”, before the male suspect and a female companion ...

Five dead in shooting at German youth welfare centre: police

News June 29, 2026

Five people were shot dead at a youth welfare centre in Germany on Monday and the suspected gunman has been arrested, police said, in one of the country’s deadliest mass shootings in years. Police i...