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One of the subplots to this summer’s Euros has been the sponsorship snubs by the likes of Ronaldo and Pogba, after the Portugal icon implored people to drink water rather than Coke and the French midfielder appeared nonplussed at a bottle of Heineken being placed in front of him, despite …

The High Administrative Court of Baden-Wurttemberg ruled that brothels can once again open their doors on Monday following a request filed by a brothel operator from the Karlsruhe region.  According to the description of the case on the court’s website, the plaintiff argued that the coronavirus-related ban on the operation …

Manish Maheshwari, Twitter India’s managing director, was given one week to provide an in-person statement at a police station in Ghaziabad’s Loni district, according to a notice obtained by local media. He was asked to answer for controversial footage showing the beating of an elderly Muslim man earlier this month, …

On Wednesday, Chinese and Russian officials jointly released their comprehensive roadmap towards the construction of the International Lunar Research Station. Having already signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this year, the two powers have now set out a 15-year plan to build a base on the Moon, a feat which …

Testifying at a Senate committee hearing on Thursday, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was asked about a recent Associated Press investigation, which claimed that at least 1,900 small arms had gone missing from military facilities during the previous decade. The weapons included rifles, shotguns, pistols, machine guns …

Accused by a social media commenter of denying facts that he doesn’t like, Cuomo challenged Twitter users to name such a case. “Name one,” he tweeted on Thursday. “Tick tock.” The move was not the mic-drop moment that Cuomo perhaps intended. An avalanche of commenters tweeted examples of the host …

Lightfoot announced the new initiative on Thursday, arguing the new health “equity zones” will help to address Chicago’s “legacy of systemic racism.”  “At almost every single point in our city’s history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and wellbeing of our residents of color – especially those …

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they targeted a “military compound and a rocket launch site” allegedly operated by Hamas, which governs the Gaza Strip. The strikes were carried out Thursday night in retaliation to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza, the IDF said. The missiles reportedly hit the city of …

On Thursday afternoon, Biden signed a law establishing “Juneteenth National Independence Day” as a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery. Its date, June 19, refers to the day when African-Americans in Galveston, Texas were informed slavery was over in 1865. It was adopted unanimously in the Senate and with …

The former president’s son, Kambarage Kaunda, confirmed his passing on Thursday. “I’m sad to inform, we’ve lost Mzee (elder),” the younger Kaunda said on his father’s Facebook page. “Let’s pray for him.” Zambia’s current president, Edgar Lungu, praised the founding father as a “true African icon” and said he had …