Participants in the German Championships of Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game compete in Kassel, Germany, in 2010. An Oregon game store announced it is suspending Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments for one week due to complaints about the hygiene of attendees. File Photo by Uwe Zucchi/EPA July 1 (UPI) -- An Oregon game»»»

AMMAN — The value of certificates of origin issued by the Irbid Chamber of Industry (ICI) in April reached $129.2 million, marking a 28.5 per cent increase from $100.5 million in the same month last year.According to chamber figures, the number of certificates of origin issued in April reached 1,58»»»

Munich, Germany: Bayern Munich on Wednesday announced the signing of Morocco midfielder Ismael Saibari from Dutch side PSV Eindhoven until 2031. The midfielder joins the German champions for a reported fee of 50 million ($57 million). An attacking midfielder with a goal threat, the 25-year-old will»»»

Spain has attributed 1,028 excess deaths to a blistering heatwave that hit Europe last week – a figure more than double the number of heat-related deaths recorded the previous year. More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country poste»»»

BERLIN: German prosecutors said Wednesday they had brought charges against a suspect in the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline linking Russia with Europe. Federal prosecutors confirmed to AFP that a man had been charged over the explosion, with German media reporting that he was a Ukrain»»»

GENOA: Surprise Swiss champion Thun already saw their coach leave for Germany and on Wednesday sold their top prospect to Genoa ahead of playing in Champions League qualifying rounds. Genoa said they signed Switzerland Under-21 midfielder Ethan Meichtry to a multi-year contract. Neither the Serie A»»»

FRANKFURT: Investigators raided Germany’s football association headquarters and other locations across the country Wednesday as part of a probe into corruption linked to the Euro 2024 tournament. The case centers on allegations that employees of cities in Germany, which hosted the competition, were»»»

NEW JERSEY, USA: France’s fearsome foursome of Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Michael Olize and Bradley Barcola leaves opponents exclaiming: Sacré bleu! “Their four up front is the best in the competition by far,” Norway coach Ståle Solbakken said. France became the first nation to score three or »»»

BERLIN: Germany is hoping to expand defense industry ties with the United States and produce more US-designed weaponry at factories in the country, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday. The pitch comes just ahead of a major NATO summit scheduled for July 7-8 in Turkiye, where European mi»»»

Brazil have advanced to the World Cup round of 16, despite many experts predicting that Japan would defeat the Seleção. The football-mad South American nation has lost some of its lustre since the team's dramatic 7-1 loss to Germany in 2014 on home soil – a World Cup that traumatised an entire»»»

Lisbon: Parts of Portugal have been placed on red alert due to high temperatures forecast for the coming days, after being relatively spared from the recent heatwave in Europe. The country's IPMA weather agency said the Lisbon and Setubal regions on the coast will be on red alert for high temperatu»»»

Police raided offices connected to France’s largest opposition party on Tuesday, National Rally (RN) leader and presidential hopeful Jordan Bardella has said, claiming the searches were politically timed as the country moves closer to election season. The Euroskeptic and anti-immigration politician»»»

Broad market recovery coincides with renewed foreign appetite for Egyptian debt and diversified sovereign funding strategy Cairo — Egyptian equities staged a broad recovery on Tuesday, 30 June, as buying returned across the market after recent losses, with gains in both blue-chip and small-cap stoc»»»

France's National Rally was on Tuesday targeted as part of Europe-wide raids following suspicions of the misappropriation of European funds by the now-defunct Identity and Democracy (ID) group of MEPs, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said, onfirming a report in French daily»»»

Bulgaria is launching a new phase in the management of its tourism sector, with the government and industry representatives beginning joint work on long-standing problems through a new reform framework. Speaking ahead of the inaugural meeting of the Council for Tourism Reforms at the Council of Min»»»

Steadily but surely, almost imperceptibly, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past two years broken from his accommodation with Vladimir Putin. At least that’s the contention of a good many Turkey analysts as the country’s president prepares to host the July 7-8 Nato leaders’ summit that should at lon»»»

Steadily but surely, almost imperceptibly, Recep Tayyip Erdogan has in the past two years broken from his accommodation with Vladimir Putin. At least that’s the contention of a good many Turkey analysts as the country’s president prepares to host the July 7-8 Nato leaders’ summit that should at lon»»»

Madrid: More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months ever recorded, officials said on Wednesday.At least 1,028 people died of heat-related issues during the heatwave, the public Carlos III Health Insti»»»

Madrid: More than 1,000 deaths in Spain were attributed to the recent heatwave that roasted Europe, as the country posted the hottest first six months ever recorded, officials said on Wednesday. At least 1,028 people died of heat-related issues during the heatwave, the public Carlos III Health Inst»»»

On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing state within the British Empire. 1 of 7 | On July 1, 1867, Canada became a self-governing state within the British Empire File Photo by Paul Hanna/UPI | License Photo July 1 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1847, the first U.S. postage stamps were»»»

Germany arrested a Romanian citizen on Tuesday accused of attempting to establish a far-right terrorist organization with the aim of triggering a „terrorist war” in Romania, causing the collapse of the Romanian state, and contributing to the creation of a state entity inspired by the Nazi model. Ni»»»

Germany urgently needs to lift the ban on Russian oil and gas imports to prop up its struggling economy, Alice Weidel, the co-chair of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, has said. She also vowed to restore economic ties between the two countries if her party comes to power. The German economy»»»

India is edging closer to launching its first indigenously developed hydrogen-powered train, marking a significant milestone in the country’s clean energy transition under Indian Railways’ sustainability drive. The hydrogen fuel-cell train is currently being tested on the Jind–Sonipat route in Hary»»»

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ: Kylian Mbappe scored his 17th and ‌18th career World Cup goals to keep chasing Lionel Messi and tournament history in France’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in Tuesday’s round of 32 clash. Mbappe is now one behind Messi on ​the all-time tournament list, and with his fifth and sixth g»»»

A Czech coalition party will seek to strip Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky of the country’s highest state honor after he named a military unit after a World War II nationalist formation accused of Nazi-era atrocities, local media have reported. Zelensky last month signed a decree granting the unit the »»»

Los Angeles, United States: Paraguay sensationally sent four-time champions Germany crashing out of the World Cup on Monday as Brazil and Morocco clinched dramatic victories to reach the last 16. Germany's hopes of mounting a deep run at the tournament ended at Foxborough's Gillette Stadium with th»»»

WASHINGTON: The US Men’s National Team haven’t won a World Cup knockout match since 2002 nor ‌have they defeated a European side in any competition in more than five years. For the current squad, it’s not about revisiting history but making history when the United States plays Bosnia and Herzegovin»»»

BERLIN: Germany faces mounting threats from hostile foreign powers, particularly Russia, and polarized domestic politics on both the far right and left, security officials asserted on Tuesday. The BfV domestic security agency warned in its annual report of a growing risk from, among others, Moscow-»»»

DOHA: Paraguay head coach Gustavo Alfaro hailed his players as “legends” after they produced one of the biggest upsets of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, eliminating four-time champions Germany in a dramatic penalty shootout to book a place in the quarter-finals. After battling to a 1-1 draw through 120 m»»»

BERLIN: Another World Cup, another early exit. Germany should be getting used to disappointment, but they don’t make it any less painful for a traditional soccer heavyweight that had been tentatively hoping for a fifth World Cup title to restore lost pride. Germany did manage to survive the group s»»»

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights ​Council has received a request for an urgent debate on the situation in Sudan’s ‌al-Obeid, a ‌spokesperson ​said ‌on ⁠Tuesday. “That ​will most ⁠likely take place on Friday,” Pascal Sim, a spokesperson for the ⁠council, told ‌a ‌press briefing ​in ‌Geneva. The request ‌»»»

ISTANBUL: Outside the EU’s visa application center in an Istanbul shopping mall, a large crowd waits patiently, clutching thick folders and scanning lists of required documents one last time, their anxiety palpable as they await the security guard’s call. With top European Union officials in Ankara»»»

KABUL: Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan ‘s first citizen in space, has died at age 67, his family and friends said. A national hero, Momand died from cancer on June 21 in a hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, where he had lived since leaving Afghanistan in 1992 during the civil war. “I am deepl»»»

Bulgarian Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev stated on Tuesday that two companies supplying crash barriers in Bulgaria appear to be linked to GERB leader Boyko Borissov. He was referring to a recent statement by Prime Minister Radev, who cited a public procurement contract for the purchase of crash»»»

Hamburg, June 30 (SANA) Syrian Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Kabawat and German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Reem Alabali-Radovan took part in a panel discussion at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference on Tuesday titled “Advancing Stability, Resilience and »»»

Police in Monaco and France launched a manhunt for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded by an explosion in the wealthy principality, including Ukrainian-born oligarch Vadym Yermolaiev. The attack was being investigated as attempted murder, but not being considered terr»»»

LOS ANGELES: France unleash their devastating forward line on Sweden in a last-32 tie at the World Cup on Tuesday, while Erling Haaland will try to fire Norway past the Ivory Coast into the next round. Co-hosts Mexico meanwhile bid to continue their journey in front of a fervent crowd at the Estadi»»»

GERB threatened to sue Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev over his allegations that GERB leader and former Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is connected to road companies supplying crash barriers in generous public procurements. "Demerdzhiev, while he was a lawyer with a dubious reputation, could say w»»»

Germany could reinstate the draft as early as July 2027 because the volunteer-based system is not sufficient to meet its military buildup plans, senior lawmaker Thomas Rowekamp told AFP. Following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, Germany has pursued a major recruitment drive, aiming »»»

BERLIN: A Romanian was arrested in Germany on Tuesday on suspicion of plotting to overthrow his country’s government and install a Nazi-inspired regime, prosecutors said. The suspect, named only as Nichita P., is accused of “having attempted, as a ringleader, to establish a foreign terrorist organi»»»

Dubai: Airbus has secured an order worth more than $10 billion at list prices from SAS, giving the Scandinavian airline up to 40 widebody aircraft as it expands long-haul flying from Copenhagen. Sign up for our daily business newsletter, Cheques & Balances.SAS said on Tuesday that it had selected t»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Germany should end its boycott of Russian oil and gas to support its weakening economy, Alice Weidel, co-chair of the right-wing opposition Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said. "Cheap energy from Russia was the secret of the success of 'Made in Germany'. We need it back … T»»»

Two companies supplying guardrails in Bulgaria appear to be linked to GERB leader Boyko Borissov, Minister of Interior Ivan Demerdzhiev said on Tuesday. Demerdzhiev said the quality of the guardrails and their installation must be thoroughly checked, adding that the entire road infrastructure shoul»»»

MONACO: Police were searching for a suspected bomber on Tuesday after three people were wounded ​by an explosion in the wealthy principality of Monaco which French and Ukrainian media said was an attack on a Ukrainian-born oligarch. A manhunt was under way in Monaco and neighboring France after the»»»

Monterrey, Mexico: Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman cast doubt on his future on Monday after a penalty shootout loss to Morocco eliminated his team from the World Cup. Koeman said he was still coming to grips with the result at Monterrey Stadium, which marked the Netherlands' earliest exit at the Wo»»»

Interior Minister Ivan Demerdzhiev said that road guardrails in Bulgaria are likely among the most expensive in Europe, arguing that their prices significantly exceed those in countries such as Greece and Germany. He pointed out that the market is effectively dominated by two companies that repeate»»»

The total value of the assets of voluntary pension funds (Pillar III) amounted to 7.86 billion lei at the end of March 2026, up by approximately 34% compared to the same period of the previous year, while the value of net assets stood at 7.85 billion lei, according to the report on the evolution of»»»

Two weeks of extreme heat have brought Europe to a scorched halt, with public services closed and vital infrastructure literally melting in record-breaking temperatures. Meanwhile, European leaders are telling their citizens to shut off the AC. Europe’s most severe heatwave in decades has broken te»»»

Doha: Knockout football has a way of changing everything. The excitement gives way to a simple equation: win and continue, lose and go home. That is the challenge facing Norway and Ivory Coast when they meet in Dallas in the Round of 32, with both nations sensing a rare opportunity to move a step c»»»

Doha: Co-hosts Mexico will look to extend their flawless World Cup campaign when they host Ecuador in the Round of 32 at the iconic Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, a venue where the hosts have enjoyed a remarkable historical record. Javier Aguirre's side enters the knockout stage in outstanding form»»»