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Former West Indies cricket captain, Sir Garfield Sobers, has died at the age of 89, West Indies Cricket announced on Friday. “A great innings has come to an end. In our hearts, now and forever, Sir Garfield Sobers,” West Indies Cricket said in a post on X. One of cricket’s all-time greats Sobers is considered one of the all-time greats to play the game and was known for his potent ​top-order batting, the ability ​to ‌bowl medium fast and spin, while also being an excellent ‌fielder. Sobers represented the West Indies in an international career spanning two decades, from 1954 to…

The German and French leaders held a joint cabinet meeting with ministers from each countryImage: Oliver Berg/dpa/picture allianceFrance and Germany have begun ministerial talks aimed at deepening cooperation on defence, artificial intelligence, critical raw materials and Europe’s future budget. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and 10 ministers from each country opened consultations at Augustusburg Palace in Brühl on Friday. The agenda includes the European IRIS-2 satellite network, joint artificial intelligence projects and efforts to secure supplies of critical raw materials. Both governments also want to prepare negotiations on the European Union’s next long-term budget, with the aim of…

In July, hundreds of firefighters are battling flames in Spain, Portugal and France. A map from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) shows more wildfires: Red dots are scattered all over the world — essentially only the white areas of Greenland and Antarctica are excluded. Each of the dots marks a satellite-detected hotspot or active fire. NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System shows red dots that indicate a satellite-detected hotspot or active fireImage: NASA FIRMS With heat waves and droughts, wildfires are occurring more frequently worldwide. They often starts quite unspectacularly — a discarded cigarette or a spark blown away from a campfire…

After the referee blew his whistle for fulltime at the end of Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal, Argentina players understandably celebrated their come-from-behind 2-1 win in injury time over their longtime bitter rivals England. However, during the celebrations, Lisandro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso waved to the fans and held up the banner, which read: “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentine”). It was unclear where ​the banner had come ⁠from, but there was a report that it had earlier been seen displayed in the stands. “And they will always be Argentine,” midfielder Leandro Paredes told a reporter when asked…

Drastically low water levels in Germany’s rivers has disrupted shipping on several major rivers. Meanwhile, police have recorded a striking rise in e-scooter crashes causing injury or death.

The US Trade Representative’s office (USTR) has said it will impose a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil. The charges are set to come into effect in a week, on July 22.  The trade barriers are the first of their kind since the Supreme Court annulled the cornerstone of US President Donald Trump’s prior sweeping tariff regime, famously announced on what Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” in 2025.  It also comes amid friction between the Trump administration and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, not least because of Trump’s ties to Brazil’s former right-wing populist president Jair Bolsonaro and his family. Brazil votes…

“I’m the one that got them to do it,” said Donald Trump on Monday, referring to FIFA’s hugely controversial decision to suspend the red card ban of USA striker Folarin Balogun ahead of their loss to Belgium in the last 16 of the World Cup. The US president then claimed he had just called for a review of the incident, which FIFA and their president, Gianni Infantino, insisted was then ruled upon by their disciplinary committee. The committee has not ruled on any other decision in a World Cup. Both the reviewing of red cards at the World Cup and political…

From July 6 to 15, 1938, representatives from 32 countries and dozens of humanitarian organizations gathered for a conference in the upscale spa town of Evian on the French side of Lake Geneva. The idea was to address the issue of how to deal with half a million Jews being persecuted in the Third Reich. This was five and a half years after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and three and a half months after the annexation of Austria. The Nazi regime had not yet begun itssystematic process of mass murder — but the situation for Jewish people had been…

Since the pandemic, Indonesia has delivered steady annual growth of 5%. Then, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy still heavily relies on imported fuel despite having its own oil reserves, the Indonesian government took an immediate hit. The cost of fuel subsidies, for which ministers had budgeted around $22 billion (€19.2 billion), rocketed. Reuters news agency reported in March that policymakers would need an extra $6 billion or more to keep prices stable. The national currency, the rupiah, plunged 8% to record lows near 18,000 to the dollar. The Jakarta stock market, which had been heading for a record above 9,000, fell…

If you want to know what makes a healthy diet, it is easy to get the information these days. Social media is awash with tips and most of us know the basics, anyway: Say no to chips and soda; eat fresh fruit and vegetables instead. It’s just a question of putting it into action in our day-to-day lives. But do the items we have saved in our minds as “good for you,” like fresh fruit, vegetables, or whole-grains and pulses, still live up to their reputation? The short answer is “not necessarily.” “The mineral content has declined in a wide range of…