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The North American World Cup is on track to become the most-attended tournament in football history, with combined gates across the United States, Mexico and Canada eclipsing 2018 figures by the third match week. Editors look at the standout group games, the surprise qualifiers and what the round of 16 draw means for European favourites.
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Negotiators in Brussels announced an outline agreement covering grid investment, methane reductions and a revised carbon-border framework — pending member-state sign-off in October.
Coach Hong's switch to a 3-4-3 freed Lee Kang-in into the half-space and produced the tournament's first comeback from two goals down. We break down the chalkboard and the player-of-the-match case.
The 10-year settled near 3.92% after the FOMC release suggested a slower glidepath. Bank stocks led early gains; megacap tech traded flat into the European close.
Local data shows foldable shipments overtaking conventional slabs at the high end, driven by aggressive carrier subsidies and a refreshed Galaxy Z lineup. Analysts ask if Western markets will follow.
From Cotai Strip newcomers to Peninsula classics, occupancy figures and Michelin counts both hit fresh highs in the first half of 2026. Our editors profile five resorts shaping the city's next phase.
A wave of independent bookstores is reopening in towns the big chains abandoned a decade ago. Owners credit remote workers, slower Sundays and a new generation of physical-print enthusiasts.
Tokyo and Manila announced expanded patrol training, joint research into seabed mapping and a memorandum on disaster response. Analysts call it the most substantial Indo-Pacific pact of the season.
A combination of LFP scale, leaner cathode mixes and improving yield pushed the benchmark below an analyst threshold once described as a price-parity tipping point.
An industry working group published a draft spec that would let web apps call a device's bundled small-LLM without per-vendor shims. Privacy advocates broadly welcomed the move.
Beyond the residencies and the headline restaurants, our travel desk profiles the spas, the new rooftop pools and the integrated resorts that punch above their weight for a long-weekend stay.
The Polish world number one closed out a near-flawless clay swing with a 6-2, 6-3 win, becoming the first player since Justine Henin to defend the title four times.
Off-grid villages along the Niger-Mali border are linking up via community-owned solar arrays — a model that international funders now want to replicate across the region.
Pod brands are launching low-temperature, single-origin lines aimed squarely at the third-wave palate. We tasted six and ranked them against an espresso machine baseline.
Early Geekbench listings show single-thread results edging the Threadripper line in select tasks. The chip is expected to debut in a refreshed Mac Studio next quarter.
Capacity additions and softer pre-holiday demand pushed the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index down 6.4%. Forwarders expect the trend to hold into late summer.
Three of the top four teams brought new floors to Spa. Our pit-wall analyst on who solved porpoising — and who is about to lose a tenth per sector.
From debut fiction to landmark history, our critics share the books they cannot stop pressing on friends — and the one each is saving for the autumn long-haul.
From Brussels-Berlin to a revived line through the Pyrenees, the rolling rebirth of European overnight services is changing the way weekend travellers plan their itineraries.
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