ARLINGTON, TEXAS: Mikel Merino netted in stoppage time to send Spain into the World Cup quarter-finals with a cagey 1-0 win over Portugal on Monday as Cristiano Ronaldo likely said goodbye to the World Cup. Merino expertly finished off fellow substitute Ferran Torres' through-ball a minute after th»»»

Navivo Capital Poland, a growth fund co-financed by EU money, has made its first investment, putting PLN 8 mln into Polish IoT company Cthings.co. The startup develops systems that allow industrial and urban devices to collect and process data locally, including with AI, instead of sending large am»»»

The death toll from the back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 3,535, official figures released on Monday showed. More than 17,000 people have been left homeless by the twin disasters. The death toll from Venezuela's twin earthquakes has risen to 3,535, with more than 1»»»

Arlington: Substitute Mikel Merino scored a late winner to put Spain in the quarter-finals with a 1-0 victory over Portugal and end Cristiano Ronaldo's World Cup career on Monday. The European champions will face the United States -- the only one of the co-hosts remaining -- or Belgium on Friday in»»»

People walk by a statue of George Washington by Horatio Greenough while visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2025. The White House has released a report criticizing the museum for "extreme political activism." File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- »»»

WASHINGTON: The ​US cyber defense agency CISA is using Anthropic’s AI model Mythos to audit government software, three people familiar with the matter said on Monday, another sign of government enthusiasm for adopting the AI startup’s tools even as the company navigates an ongoing standoff with the»»»

Soldiers take part in military exercises codenamed "Brave Boar 26" at the training ground in Orzysz in the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, on June 17. Photo by Tomasz Wasczuk/EPA July 6 (UPI) -- Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosinak-Kamysz said Monday that the United States will send mili»»»

Dom Development, Poland’s largest residential developer, sold nearly 2,400 apartments in H1 2026, its best first-half result ever. Q2 was the eighth consecutive quarter in which sales exceeded 1,000 units. The company says it is on track to beat its 2025 record of 4,448 units sold, supported by sta»»»

Following a victory in the Supreme Court that allows states to ban trans athletes from competing against biological girls and women, conservative advocacy groups have warned Democratic states: “you’re next!” The right-wing campaign to stop transgender girls and women from competing against biologic»»»

A lightning strike turned deadly as the Independence Day weekend got underway in Southwest Florida. Crews were dispatched to Fort Myers Beach, Florida, on Friday, July 3, after reports of a lightning strike in the area. "Upon arrival, crews found one individual unresponsive, and three others who ha»»»

A man in Australia was reportedly pinned underwater by a muscly kangaroo “who tried to drown him" during an unusual roadside encounter in flood-hit New South Wales. The man, identified by Australian broadcaster ABC as Don James, was walking along a flooded roadside near Port Macquarie when the kang»»»

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks during an anti-Vladimir Putin rally on March 5, 2012. International observers blamed Navalny's 2024 death on Epibatidine. File Photo by Yuri Gripas/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- The British government on Monday announced sanctions for seven Russians and»»»

The recent stabilization of the Red Sea region is revitalizing maritime routes, with 47 ships diverting to the Suez Canal instead of the Cape of Good Hope since early this month. This trend was spotlighted by Osama Rabie, Head of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), at the 14th Annual International Mari»»»

Gaza: The Gaza Rights Center has reissued exhortations to the international community to immediately spring into action to halt the crimes perpetrated by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip. In a statement on Monday, the Center called for enforcing powerful measures to protect civilians, cease»»»

JERUSALEM: The Israeli parliament approved a bill in its first reading on Monday to set up a commission of inquiry into the security failings that led to the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023. “The purpose of the proposed law is to bring about a full, thorough, and independent investigation of the ev»»»

GENEVA: The UN aid chief held a phone call Monday with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary leader on hostilities around El-Obeid, and stressed the need for sustained humanitarian access to the city, his agency said. Tom Fletcher spoke to Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the head of the Rapid Support Forces, “to discuss»»»

LONDON: Israel’s row with the UN intensified this month after the world body formally added it to a list of parties accused of conflict-related sexual violence, a move that drew a blistering rebuke from its ambassador and renewed criticism of the UN’s handling of the Gaza war. At a June 19 General »»»

Péter Magyar’s government has raised €3 billion in foreign-currency debt, in a move closely tied to the anticipated release of previously frozen European Union funds. Hungary takes up immense foreign-currency loan again – but with good reason Hungary on Monday issued €3 billion in foreign-currency »»»

CHICAGO: A wave of pride has spread through the Egyptian American community as a consequence of Egypt’s FIFA World Cup team making sports history by reaching the round of 16 for the first time, setting up a showdown with Argentina. Known as The Pharaohs, the Egyptian national team under coach Hossa»»»

Palestinians run as smoke billows from the Mushtaha Tower in September after an Israeli airstrike shortly after the Israeli military announced its intention to target high-rise buildings in Gaza City. On Monday, Hamas announced it will dissolve its government in Gaza for a new committee to take ove»»»

LONDON: The people of Damascus are hoping a visit to the city by French President Emmanuel Macron will help to boost ties between the Syrian Arab Republic and France. Macron’s visit is the first by a Western European head of state since the fall of Bashar Assad at the end of 2024. Faisal Azouz, a t»»»

LONDON: Iraqi authorities say they have seized more than $120 million in cash since the start of an anti-corruption campaign launched last month. The latest operation, on Monday, was linked to the detained former undersecretary of the Ministry of Oil Adnan Al-Jumaili and led to the seizure of $1 mi»»»

DOHA: Neymar’s remarkable journey with Brazil came full circle yesterday as the Selecao’s all-time leading goalscorer announced his retirement from international football following a heartbreaking 2-1 defeat to Norway in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16. The emotional farewell unfolded at MetLife Sta»»»

A view of the Cantalloc aqueducts in Nazca, Peru. The dusty and desert land of Ica, on the southern coast of Peru, was the cradle of the Nazca culture, whose inhabitants came to build, more than a 1,000 years ago, miles of underground aqueducts, The site is now threatened by illegal mining. File Ph»»»

BUNIA: At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike over unpaid benefits and poor working conditions. The outbreak has recorded 1,561 cases, including 506 deaths, since it was declared on»»»

LONDON: Israel’s finance minister said on Monday that the Israeli government had begun a “settlement revolution” that would eventually extend to the Negev and Galilee. “I’ve got news for you: We’ve only just begun the revolution in settlement. We’ll get to the Negev and the Galilee too,” Bezalel Sm»»»

The contract between Bulgaria's state-owned gas supplier Bulgargaz and Turkey's Botas has been frozen for the next 15 months after the two companies signed a protocol introducing temporary changes to their agreement. During that period, Bulgaria will pay only for the transmission capacity it actual»»»

Hundreds of thousands are attending the funeral of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran in a clear display of solidarity and defiance by the country’s people, geostrategic analyst Christopher Helali, who is attending the ceremony, has told RT. Khamenei was assassinated in a»»»

Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Rumen Radev said he had proposed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Bulgaria and Ukraine jointly build the long-delayed Belene nuclear power plant using European Union funding, instead of Kyiv purchasing Russian-built reactors originally intended for the proje»»»

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Queensland Fire Department (@qldfiredepartment) July 6 (UPI) -- Mysterious metal spheres found on a beach in Queensland, Australia, were likely pressure vessels from a space launch -- also known as "space balls," the Australian Space Agency said. The sph»»»

DUBAI: Dubai Basketball has extended the contract of Mfiondu Kabengele until 2028, securing the future of one of the best centers in the EuroLeague. Already under contract through 2027, the Canadian big man has earned a new extension after an outstanding first season with the club. In his EuroLeagu»»»

Argentine Finance Minister Luis Caputo (R) said President Javier Milei's administration does not plan to raise money from foreign investors through new international bond sales. File Photo by David Fernandez/EPA BUENOS AIRES, July 6 (UPI) -- Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced Monday a»»»

Berlin: The German cabinet approved the government's 2027 budget proposal today, which includes higher spending and increased new borrowing, amid a wave of sharp criticism. The draft budget allocates total expenditures of 555.5 billion Euros, up from 525.5 billion Euros in the current year's budget»»»

DAMASCUS: Syrian Defense Minister Maj. Gen. Murhaf Abu Qasra said Presidential Decree No. 147 of 2026, issued by President Ahmad Al-Sharaa establishing the National University for Defense Sciences, is the culmination of months of work, research, and reviews of Arab and regional military education m»»»

AMMAN — Jordanian banks increased spending on technology and digital transformation to around JD221 million in 2025, up 2.5 per cent from approximately JD216 million the previous year, according to a new study by the Association of Banks in Jordan (ABJ).The study found that investment extends well »»»

AMMAN — A decline in women’s participation in the labour market could have implications for Jordan’s productivity and long-term growth, according to a UN report.According to a new policy brief by the UN Women Arab States office, women account for around 16 per cent of Jordan's labour force, warning»»»

Mali's military junta is facing one of its most serious security challenges in months. A wave of coordinated attacks by the jihadist group JNIM and its Tuareg ally, the FLA, has targeted army positions across the north of the country, raising fresh questions about the government's ability to contai»»»

Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front won the most seats in the country's parliamentary elections, the election board said Monday, securing 90 out of 407 in the July 2 vote. But the poll was marred by record-low turnout after the government barred more than a third of prospective candidates fr»»»

Author: Julian Barnes Julian Barnes’s 2026 novel, “Departure(s),” is a short book that manages a difficult task: It looks directly at mortality without flattening into gloom. Part memoir, part fiction, it moves between Barnes’s own reflections and the story of Stephen and Jean, whose late-life reun»»»

Right-wing Edouard Philippe has officially launched his presidential campaign less than a year ahead of the 2027 election in France. Philippe was the first one to say explicitly he would run for France's highest office. Now, polls give the ex-PM the best chance to defeat the far right. FRANCE 24's »»»

In a new twist in a femicide case that has gripped France for years, Cédric Jubillar has admitted to the murder of his wife and has told authorities he would help them find her body. Delphine Jubillar had disappeared in late December 2020 as she was asking for divorce and had started a new relation»»»

1 of 5 | Hundreds of thousands of mourners gathered around the funeral procession carrying the coffins of Iran's late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and members of his family, who were killed in U.S.-Israeli attacks, during a mass funeral march near Azadi Square in Tehran on Monday. Photo by Behnam To»»»

Some 50 Cuban nurses will return to Jamaica's public health system under individual employment contracts under a new arrangement adopted after Kingston. File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA July 6 (UPI) -- Jamaica's health minister said some 50 Cuban nurses will return to the country's public heal»»»

New York: The UAE participated in United Nations Counter-Terrorism Week, held from 29 June to 2 July 2026. The event convened under the theme “A Future Free from Terrorism: Consolidating the Global Commitment to Multi-Stakeholder Approaches to Counter Terrorism through Member States' Leadership and»»»

Sharjah: More than 10,600 visitors attended Sharjah Police’s anti-drug awareness platform at City Centre Al Zahia over four days, reflecting growing public awareness of the dangers of drug abuse and the importance of prevention. Organised by the General Command of Sharjah Police under the slogan “P»»»

RIYADH: Saudia Group has signed an agreement with Boeing to add four 777-200 Freighters to its fleet, expanding Saudia Cargo’s capacity as the Kingdom advances its ambitions to become a global logistics hub under Vision 2030. The agreement was signed in Jeddah in the presence of Ibrahim Al-Omar, di»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and his Somali counterpart affirmed the sovereignty of Somalia over its entire territory during a phone call on Monday. Prince Faisal and Abdisalam Abdi Ali also rejected anything that compromises Somalia’s security and stability, the Saudi Pr»»»

Microsoft announced Monday that it is laying off 20% of its Xbox workforce and is cutting ties with several game studios. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo July 6 (UPI) -- Microsoft announced Monday that it is laying off 20% of its Xbox workforce and is cutting ties with several game stu»»»

Tunis, July 6 (TAP) - The sky will sometimes be covered with clouds, becoming dense over the western highlands of the central and southern regions late in the day on Monday and at the beginning of the night, while the rest of the country will see...»»»

Rescue workers from Argentina assess buildings affected by the double earthquake in Catia La Mar, Venezuela, on Sunday, 11 days after the double earthquake struck the country. Proto by Ronald Pen/EPA July 6 (UPI) -- Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodríguez has alleged that opponents made attemp»»»