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The rescheduled women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) is underway in Morocco, a year later than planned. The tournament sees some of the best players in the world fighting for glory, but as players and nations emerge, familiar problems linger that threaten to prevent the tournament from reaching its full potential. While not a traditional powerhouse, Morocco is becoming the emerging epicenter of women’s football on the continent. Thanks to no competing bids and some of the best stadiums in Africa, Morocco has become a stable and safe choice for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to host the tournament. They are hosting again this time…

07/15/2025July 15, 202518 injured in Ukrainian drone attacks — Russian officialsMore now on the Ukrainian drone attacks overnight, which Russian authorities say left 18 people injured. Russia says it shot down 55 Ukrainian drones over five regions in the country’s south and southwestern regions. The falling debris damaged homes and commercial buildings in Voronezh, where 16 people were injured. “Sixteen people, including a teenager, were hurt as a result of the attack,” Voronezh regional Governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram. Gusev said most of the injuries were minor, involving cuts and shrapnel wounds. “But there are also injuries of a different…

Hungary has only just concluded a months-long campaign against Ukraine aimed at blocking it from joining the EU. The autocratic prime minister, Viktor Orban, and his political apparatus have been portraying their neighboring country as a mafia state, overrun with hordes of dangerous criminals who would rob, kidnap, and kill Hungarian people. If people thought this was the nadir of Orban’s anti-Ukraine propaganda, they are in for a disappointment. The Hungarian leadership is portraying the death of a recruit of Hungarian origin in Ukraine on July 6 as an attack on the Hungarian nation as a whole, declaring Ukraine to…

The odds of a breakthrough to resolve trade frictions at next week’s EU-China summit in Beijing appear slim after China cut the planned two-day talks to a single day. The summit, set to mark the 50th anniversary of EU-China diplomatic ties, was moved from Brussels to Beijing after Chinese President Xi Jinping declined an invitation to attend. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa will now meet Xi, or Premier Li Qiang, in the Chinese capital. “This is another sign of Beijing’s limited willingness and ambition to engage with the Europeans,” Alicja Bachulska, policy fellow of the Asia program at the European Council on…

“Blackpink in your area”: This tag line is sending many K-pop fans wild with excitement. Blackpink is more than a girl group — they’re a real movement, a lifestyle, a cultural phenomenon. Since their debut in 2016, the South Korean girl group Blackpink has risen to become one of the top pop exports worldwide — and they are not just traveling the globe as musicians. Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa take on alternating roles as fashion icons, brand ambassadors and influencers, too. Their “Deadline World Tour,” which is whisking them across the globe on the big stage, kicked off on July 5. Six days…

The years of educational disruption during the COVID pandemic have had profound effects on children’s learning outcomes, worldwide. Children from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds have been particularly affected.  Research suggests that children’s cognitive skills are declining — reflected in kids having weaker memories, attention spans, and diminished flexible thinking skills.  So, some experts are suggesting that specialized ‘brain training’ programs be used in schools to improve those skills.  Cognitive scientists are interested in testing whether these will help train children’s working memory, with brain training programs that present kids with puzzles and other challenges.  The working memory is the mind’s staging area,…

Italy’s Jannik Sinner sealed his first victory in the men’s singles tennis final at Wimbledon on Sunday against Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz. Sinner needed three hours and four minutes to beat two-time defending champion Alcaraz in four sets (4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4). The 23-year-old, who reached the Wimbledon final after his victory against Novak Djokovic, is already the first Italian to be ranked as the world’s No. 1 in men’s singles by the ATP. Sunday’s match came just five weeks after the pair played an epic match to determine the French Open champion, which Alcaraz won after saving three match points in a 5-hour, 29-minute match — the longest French Open…

Search and rescue operations in Texas were hampered by rain forecasts for the second day in a row after the devastating July 4 floods killed at least 131 people. Most rescue crews were held off or ordered to stop amid worries of more heavy rain and the possibility of more flooding. Meanwhile, authorities lowered the tally of people unaccounted for to 101, with 97 still missing in Kerrville and four more in neighboring counties. Officials have begun draining nearby reservoirs in a bid to locate submerged vehicles and victims. No one rescued alive since July 4 The floods, which swept…

Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member Pjeter Shala saw his conviction upheld but the sentence reduced from 18 to 13 years, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers tribunal in The Hague said on Monday. The tribunal, staffed by international judges and lawyers, was set up in 2015 to handle cases under Kosovo law against fighters of the KLA. The court said Shala’s original sentencing was “out of reasonable proportion to comparable cases.” Shala was convicted in 2024 of war crimes during the during the 1998-99 Kosovo uprising against Serbian troops. He was found guilty of torture, murder and arbitrary detention, which he committed…

The NATO summit at the end of June left Donald Trump happy. The US president hailed the “tremendous” agreement by the military alliance’s 32 members to ramp up defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2035. Trump had pressured fellow NATO members to do so for years. However, he reserved his customary ire for one member: Spain. After vocal opposition from the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, Spain’s government found a way out of the 5% commitment by claiming that it could meet its defense obligations by spending much less.NATO leaders agree to raise defense spendingTo view this video please enable…