England's forward #17 Ivan Toney, England's defender #02 Kyle Walker, England's defender #08 Trent Alexander-Arnold, England's goalkeeper #01 Jordan Pickford and England's midfielder #04 Declan Rice celebrate after winning the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final football match between England and Switzerland at the Duesseldorf Arena in Duesseldorf on July 6, 2024. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP)

England turnaround penalty torment to reach Euros semis

England’s history at major tournaments is littered with penalty pain but they put that tortured past behind them to beat Switzerland and reach the semi-finals of Euro 2024. The Three Lions were
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This handout photograph taken and released on June 21, 2024 by Turkish news agency DHA (Demiroren News Agency) shows a burnt field after a wildfitre swept overnight through two areas between the districts of Diyarbakir and Mardin in southeastern Turkey. - Five people died and dozens were hurt as a huge wildfire swept through several villages in the Kurdish southeastern Turkey overnight, the health minister said on June 21. (Photo by Handout / DHA (Demiroren News Agency) / AFP) / - Turkey OUT / - TURKEY OUT / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /HO/DHA (DEMIROREN NEWS AGENCY) " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Turkey wildfire toll hits 15 as experts flag faulty wires

The death toll from a massive wildfire that ripped through Turkey’s mainly Kurdish southeast last week has risen to 15, hospital sources said on Monday as experts pointed to faulty wiring as
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This handout picture taken and released by the Taiwan Presidential Office on June 19, 2024 shows Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te speaking during a press conference at the Presidential Office in Taipei. (Photo by Handout / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

Taiwan president seeks to overturn controversial reform

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te signed into law on Monday a controversial reform expanding parliament’s powers, but vowed to seek a ruling from the island’s top court to try to overturn it. Proponents
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Kym Parsons pleaded guilty to carrying out bank robberies in small South Australian towns between 2004 and 2014.(ABC News: Brant Cumming)

Australia’s ‘bicycle bandit’ gets 35 years

An Australian bank robber known as the “bicycle bandit” got a 35-year jail sentence Monday — though he reportedly has advanced cancer and is seeking an imminent voluntary assisted death. Kym Allen
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a lithium battery factory in Hwaseong on June 24, 2024. - A major fire broke out at a South Korean lithium battery factory on June 24, authorities said, with one person confirmed dead and 21 others unaccounted for as the blaze continued to rage. (Photo by YONHAP / AFP) / - South Korea OUT / NO USE AFTER JULY 23, 2024 04:44:40 GMT - - SOUTH KOREA OUT / NO ARCHIVES - RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE

Firefighters find ’20 bodies’ at S Korea battery fire site: Yonhap

Around 20 bodies have been found at a South Korean lithium battery factory after a massive blaze on Monday, the Yonhap news agency said, with firefighters saying they were still searching the
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Germany's head coach Julian Nagelsmann (R) and his players react after the UEFA Euro 2024 Group A football match between Switzerland and Germany at the Frankfurt Arena in Frankfurt am Main on June 23, 2024. (Photo by Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / AFP)

Germany survive Euro 2024 scare as Hungarian star suffers horror injury

Germany survived a scare to finish top of Group A at Euro 2024 as Niclas Fuellkrug’s stoppage-time goal rescued a 1-1 draw against Switzerland, while Scotland were eliminated after a last-gasp 1-0
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This picture taken on May 21, 2024 shows a bowl containing pink "meaty rice" at the Yonsei University in Seoul. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

South Korean scientists develop sustainable ‘meaty rice’

Scientists in South Korea have developed a new type of sustainable hybrid food — a “meaty” rice that they say could help solve food crises and climate change. The new grain was
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This aerial photograph shows a police van in the water in the Graubunden (Grisons) canton in Switzerland after violent downpours caused floods and landslides on June 23, 2024 on June 23, 2024. - Swiss authorities in the southeastern canton of Grisons said on June 23, 2024 that they were searching for three people missing after heavy flooding the previous day in the region. (Photo by Piero CRUCIATTI / AFP)

Body found after Swiss floods, two still missing

Swiss rescuers on Sunday found the body of one of three people missing since floods hit the southeastern canton of Grisons, police said. Rainstorms Friday set off flooding and landslides that tore
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(FILES) Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg arrives to attend the International commemorative ceremony at Omaha Beach marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. - Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced on June 23, 2024 he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch's abdication. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)

Luxembourg Grand Duke announces start of handover to son

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on Sunday announced he will start transferring powers to his son Guillaume in October, in a surprise move paving the way for the monarch’s abdication. “I would
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(FILES) Britain's Andy Murray returns the ball to US player John Isner during their men's singles tennis match on the third day of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 29, 2022. - Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been ruled out of this year's tournament after undergoing back surgery, the ATP Tour confirmed on June 23, 2024. (Photo by SEBASTIEN BOZON / AFP)

Ex-champion Murray out of Wimbledon after back surgery

Two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has been ruled out of this year’s tournament after undergoing back surgery, the ATP Tour confirmed on Sunday. “After an operation on a spinal cyst, Andy Murray
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