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‘I love an underdog’: Fery fans turn up in thousands to find spot on Arthur’s Seat
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Published: 2026-07-10 17:36:53 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:07:38

Wildcard may have lost Wimbledon semi-final to the No 2 seed Alexander Zverev, but for fans he’s an inspiration

For the thousands of people who gathered on Wimbledon’s iconic grass slope, Henman Hill, to support Arthur Fery, it wasn’t the fairytale ending they had hoped for.

Fery was knocked out of the championships by the German grand slam winner and No 2 seed Alexander Zverev in a semi-final match that many had dared dream might upend its David and Goliath narrative.

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‘Take that, Marti Pellow!’ Sam Fender and Olivia Dean’s Rein Me In beats Wet Wet Wet’s UK chart record
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Published: 2026-07-10 17:00:25 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:07:38

Duetting pair spend 16th week at No 1, a record for a British artist – but they’ll need 19 weeks to beat Frankie Laine’s all-time record from 1953

Sam Fender and Olivia Dean have broken Wet Wet Wet’s 32-year record for a British act’s run at No 1 in the UK singles chart.

Fender and Dean’s duet Rein Me In has racked up its 16th week at No 1, beating Wet Wet Wet’s Love is All Around, which spent 15 weeks at No 1 in the summer of 1994 after it appeared on the Four Weddings and a Funeral soundtrack. Unlike Wet Wet Wet’s consecutive run, though, Fender and Dean’s song has dropped in and out of the top spot since February.

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High court rejects most of ‘dieselgate’ claims brought by 1.6m UK car owners
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:54:57 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:07:38

Carmakers welcome ruling against suit claiming manufacturers including Nissan, Ford and Peugeot fitted devices to defeat emission tests

Car manufacturers have welcomed a high court verdict that rejected most of the allegations in a “dieselgate” claim brought on behalf of 1.6 million UK owners of polluting cars.

In her judgment, Lady Justice Cockerill said that “in the majority of instances, the court found that the relevant strategy did not constitute a prohibited defeat device” – software that enables the engine to behave differently in tests.

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Trump ousts election commission members in latest push to reshape U.S. voting
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Published: 2026-07-10 17:01:06 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:07:37
The White House on Friday confirmed the executive action against members of the Election Assistance Commission, which distributes federal grants to states, oversees the testing of voting systems and maintains the national voter registration form.
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Family of Nolan Wells demand answers after he died during boating trip
Published: 2026-07-10 16:47:46 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:07:37
The family of Nolan Wells is asking for answers after the teenager was found dead during a boating trip in Mississippi. NBC News' Aaron Gilchrist reports on what the family had to say and the latest developments in the investigation.
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Why The Odyssey is still worth reading
Published: 2026-07-15 15:15:00 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:05:37
An oil painting shows a man in classical armor standing over a kneeling woman with a knife. In the background, three women stare through a window and a dog looks on. They are all surrounded by pigs and classical statues.
Odysseus threatens Circe, 1635. Creator: Jacob Jordaens I.  | Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is about to surf the wine-dark sea into theaters everywhere, and between its star-studded cast and ecstatic early reviews, it’s likely to be a blockbuster. Readers are taking note. According to Circana Bookscan, unit sales across all editions of The Odyssey are up 76 percent year-to-date. This 2,800-year-old poem has never been hotter.

So if you’ve never read The Odyssey — or you skimmed it in the 10th grade and haven’t thought about it since — is this the time for you to get in on the hot Odyssey summer?

There’s a strong argument to be made that the answer is yes, because The Odyssey is an absolute blast to read. It’s funny, gripping, and sexy, an epic adventure with a human heart. If you’re willing to deal with the fundamental strangeness that comes with reading a text so old, you’ll come away from The Odyssey with a new understanding of how and why the West tells its stories. 

How The Odyssey invented the asshole trickster hero

The genius of The Odyssey is that it’s both a family story and an adventure. Clever Odysseus is trying to make his way back to his wife and kid after 10 years at war, but at every turn, he’s beset by angry gods, jealous nymphs, or world-shaking storms. What we see of Odysseus’s home life is tender and sweet, and the voyage is thrilling, but Odysseus is the real secret weapon here.

Odysseus is one of those guys who’s super smart but, unfortunately, knows it, so as soon as he’s talked his way out of one jam, he can’t help but talk himself right into another. He defeats a Cyclops by using the admittedly very funny gambit of giving his name as No Man, so that the Cyclops’s pained shrieks of “No Man is killing me!” fail to summon any of his fellow one-eyed monsters to his aid. But, then, Odysseus is arrogant enough to yell his real name at the fiend he just maimed so he can get proper credit for his feat — and is shocked that doing so comes back to haunt him. It’s hard not to root for Odysseus to get home, but you also have to admit that he bears a lot of responsibility for his own problems.

That storytelling tool — someone clever and charming enough to get out of every sticky situation but hubristic enough to keep making it worse for themselves, too — is so satisfying to read that it birthed an archetype. You see Odysseus in Ferris Bueller, in Bugs Bunny, in Don Draper, in Marty Mauser. Trickster heroes who infuriate allies and antagonists alike all owe a debt to Odysseus, who showed the West what a powerful narrative engine such figures are.

Just as powerful is Odysseus’s quest to find his way home, which is so human and relatable that it’s become the basis for many of our go-to adventure stories. Dorothy wants to get back to Kansas, Robinson Crusoe wants to get back to England, and even E.T. wants to phone home. Who hasn’t felt at one time or another like though they’re stranded in a big scary world and longed to find a way back to the safety and comfort of their family? The Odyssey is the earliest story we have that put that feeling into words and blew it up larger than life. 

That’s the thing about The Odyssey: It’s been around so long and is so influential that it’s the source for a lot of story structures. Reading it will help you understand the obvious culprits like Ulysses and O Brother Where Art Thou, sure — but it will also unlock a lot of old favorites that you wouldn’t have thought could connect so neatly to the ancients and make you experience them in new ways. If you care about storytelling, that’s an experience worth having.

Reasons to skip The Odyssey

If you decide to read The Odyssey, and you aren’t used to dealing with ancient texts, you have to go in knowing that it’s going to be a weird experience. This is an oral poem, first composed in a dead language, likely developed by a lot of different people over generations, that’s now been translated into modern written English. It’s structured around repetitions, like the famously recurring phrases “wine-dark sea” and “rosy-fingered dawn,” to help bards deliver the poem from memory. It can be confusing and even boring to navigate if you’re not prepared.

The Odyssey is also a story from an ancient culture with its own moral system. Greek heroes love a little unprovoked murder and theft, and Odysseus is always bragging about the cities he’s conquered and all the treasure he stole from them. Almost all the characters, even the ones we are supposed to admire, behave in misogynistic and deplorable ways. That can be jarring.

Ancient myths for everyone

If you don’t want to wrestle with these old, dense texts directly, there is a thriving universe of art based on classical myths just waiting for you to explore them. The bad news is that a lot of those adaptations are mid-tier and leave me wistfully humming, “Wait / they don’t love you like I love you,” over my D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths

I have trawled through the adaptations so you don’t have to, and I will only recommend the good stuff. These are the ones that meet my very high bar. 

  • Netflix’s 2024 hit Kaos brings the Olympian gods to the modern day and leaves behind none of their amoral hedonism in the process.
  • The 2019 Broadway musical Hadestown, soon to be showing in movie theaters, transforms the myth of Orpheus and Euridyce into a jazz-inflected anti-capitalist fable. 
  • C.S. Lewis’s 1956 reinterpretation of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Till We Have Faces, is a rich philosophical exploration of faith in a time of suffering.
  • In her 1958 novel The King Must Die, Mary Renault pulls from archaeological scholarship to bring the Bronze Age myth of Theseus and the minotaur to pulse-pounding life.
  • The great Ursula K. Le Guin builds a whole immersive world around the unspeaking woman who Aeneas marries at the end of Virgil’s Aeneid in her 2008 novel Lavinia
  • Madeline Miller’s much-beloved 2011 novel The Song of Achilles places Achilles and his companion Patroclus at the center of a swooningly tragic love story. I usually seek out more cynical perspectives in classical adaptations, but this novel means so much to so many I would be remiss if I did not bring it to your attention.

If any of these oddities are a deal breaker for you, it’s fine to leave The Odyssey alone. But if you’re willing to put in the work to look past them, The Odyssey will reward you for it. As alien as its source culture is to us, the story it tells is so gripping, and funny, and human that we keep raiding it, Odysseus-like, looking for new tropes.

How to pick an Odyssey translation

There are a lot of different English translations of The Odyssey on the market, and the experience of reading each one is different — and will affect your perception of the text and the core story. Here are the four I would recommend for four highly specific circumstances.

If you like your classics accessible and self-aware

Emily Wilson’s 2017 edition, which generated a ton of buzz when it came out, is the first English translation of The Odyssey written by a woman. Her language is plain, terse, and unadorned — at times winkingly ironic, at times severe, always refreshingly direct and to the point. What’s most impressive is her ability to make plain the misogyny of the characters without asking the reader to be a misogynist along with them. “Earlier translators are not as uncomfortable with the text as I am,” she told Vox in 2017, “and I like that I’m uncomfortable.”

Read the first line: “Tell me about a complicated man.”

If you like your poetry lyrical and sensual

Robert Fitzgerald’s 1961 translation has some of the most ravishing language of all the Odyssey translations. Every translator has to choose what to prioritize and what to discard. Fitzgerald prioritizes the beauty of his own words, and he doesn’t care too much about being faithful to the ancient Greek. He’s also not fond of footnotes and extra material to tell you about historical details you might miss. If you want your Odyssey translation to read like a poem that stands completely on its own, Fitzgerald is your best bet.

Read the first line: “Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, that wanderer, harried for years on end, after he plundered the stronghold on the proud height of Troy.” 

If you’d like your translation to be as accurate as possible

Richmond Lattimore’s 1965 translation is a favorite among academics, because Lattimore tried to stay as close as possible to the original Greek. While Fitzgerald and Wilson write in English-friendly blank verse (unrhymed lines of five-beat iambic pentameter), Lattimore uses a six-beat line that echoes Homeric rhythms. Given a choice between making a sentence sound beautiful in English and capturing the nuances of the original Greek, he opts for faithfulness every time. 

Read the first line: “Tell me, Muse, of the man of many ways, who was driven far journeys, after he had sacked Troy’s secret citadel.” 

If you’d rather listen to the audiobook

The best audiobook edition of The Odyssey is the one Ian McKellan narrates using Robert Fagles’s 1996 translation. Fagles tries to walk the line between Lattimore’s accuracy and Fitzgerald’s poetry, and he manages nicely. But the best way to experience his version of the story is to have McKellan’s rich, rolling voice read it out for you and bring this poem back into the oral tradition.

Read the first line: “Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.” (Or, just listen.)

Whichever translation you choose, it will immerse you in Odysseus’s strange, ancient, but very human world. It will show you some of the source code for Western storytelling. And it will give you a chance to experience a wise-ass beat up a one-eyed monster and, then, ruin his own life by bragging about it. What more could a person ask for from one book?

Update, July 15, 10:45 am ET: This piece was originally published on July 10 and has been updated with information about The Odyssey’s book sales.

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With Remake, a Documentarian Maps the Shape of His Grief, and Career
Published: 2026-07-10 16:56:06 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:04:37
Ross McElwee's son Adrian, who died in 2016 at 27, in footage in Remake —Courtesy of Music Box Films

Parents often say that what they fear most is losing a child; those who end up suffering that loss often say there’s nothing more painful. When you’re documentary filmmaker—a person who, by temperament and training, processes what they see and feel through a camera lens—how do you face that kind of grief without trying to reassemble events and feelings into a whole that makes some kind of sense?

That’s exactly the tangled trail Ross McElwee navigates with Remake, which is both a reflection on his career as a documentary filmmaker and, more significantly, an act of mourning for his son, Adrian, who died in 2016 at age 27 after years of struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Adrian himself was an aspiring filmmaker; he left behind hours and hours’ worth of footage that his father couldn’t bring himself to look at for several years. It also took McElwee some time to reckon with the images he’d recorded of his son since childhood; he’d filmed a few minutes every month, randomly, obviously not knowing how potent these small, intimate moving pictures would eventually become. Remake opens with some of this footage: we see an obviously bright, enthusiastic kid of eight or so catching crawdads in a netted trap he’d designed himself. Adrian loved all kinds of fishing, and when his father asks him, off-camera, why he likes it so much, his response shimmers with minnowlike poetry: “The deep surprise of the ocean—you never know what you’ll catch.”

How, you wonder, does such a beautiful, smart, open-hearted kid end up so troubled he can’t stay away from drugs? But that’s always the question—because every human being starts out as a child, a sketched promise. With Remake, McElwee interlaces that promise, as best he can, with the charming but anxiety-ridden adult his son grew up to be. The movie is at times painful to watch. But it’s also funny, reflective, endearing in an off-kilter way—a little like the film that brought McElwee to prominence in 1985, Sherman’s March, in which McElwee, at the time a young man, sought to make a documentary about Gen. William Sherman’s sojourn through the South and ended up with a more personalized account of his own romantic travails, all in the context of modern life—including the threat of nuclear war.

McElwee at work —Courtesy of Music Box Films

Sherman’s March—itself being re-released, by Music Box Films, in a 4K restoration—plays a big part in Remake, too. This isn’t just an elegy for a lost boy, but also a way for McElwee to put his own career into the larger context of his life. Years after the release of Sherman’s March, McElwee was approached by filmmaker Steve Carr (director of comedies like Daddy Day Care and Paul Blart: Mall Cop), who loved the movie and wanted to remake it as a fiction feature. McElwee was skeptical, but eventually agreed, with the stipulation that he be allowed to make a documentary about the remaking of his own film.

The project shifted shape over the years: at one point, it was set to become a TV mini-series, then a half-hour sit-com. Eventually, the enterprise fell through altogether, pretty much to McElwee’s relief. But at the time McElwee was considering the idea of the Sherman’s March remake, Adrian was a young man, hoping to make his own way as a media entrepreneur (including plans for a clothing line—if his ambitions were a bit scattershot, they were at least imaginative). Remake includes footage of Adrian urging his father to consider Carr’s offer, and gently scolding him for having passed up certain opportunities to make money—money that would have made the family's life better—off his filmmaking acumen. He points out that his dad once refused an offer to make a Jaguar commercial, and though McElwee is off-camera, you pretty much feel him weighing the wisdom of this criticism. Would making that commercial really have been selling out? The moment is complex, amusing, piercing. Adrian, at this point, is a bit of a bratty know-it-all, but he isn’t totally wrong, and McElwee knows it.

Bits of other McElwee films, including Time Indefinite (1993) and Photographic Memory (2011), weave through Remake: This isn’t solely a movie about grief, but about the ways grief must fit into our lives. We learn a lot about McElwee not just as a dad, but as a person, a man who’d been married, divorced, and remarried, and who’d undergone surgery for a brain tumor. With Remake, we see him figuring out how Adrian’s story, in all its sadness, has melded with his. He uses footage shot by Adrian to reckon with the mysteries his son left behind: there’s a mini-movie the younger McElwee had made about attending the Venice Film Festival in 2011 with his father, a tiny music-video opus in which Adrian shows himself lining up shots at the bar and partying it up with babes. In voiceover, McElwee thinks aloud about what he, and we, are watching: was it Adrian's version of self-parody, or was it a reflection of the kind of high-gloss life he'd wanted for himself? There’s no conclusive answer, and that’s something McElwee will have to live with.

Most affecting is McElwee’s inclusion of some skiing footage Adrian shot after he moved from Boston to Colorado in the later years of his life. As we watch some unnamed skier glide down pillowy-soft mounds of snow, McElwee whispers on the soundtrack, “I used to call myself a filmmaker. I used to call myself your father.” No parent who ever loses a child to drug addiction ever says, “I intervened too much.” It’s always, “Did I do enough to help?” and that’s the question McElwee asks over and over again here, often without words. You can always remake a movie, but there’s no way to remake a life. The best you can do is assemble and reassemble images and words until they form the fleeting shape of the person you knew. That's what a memory is, a film we make and replay in our heads, and in our documentarian hearts.

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'She's cleaned up!' - Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls
Published: 2026-07-10 17:00:40 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:03:38
Sophie Ecclestone takes three wickets in six balls across two overs to reduce India from 279-7 to 285 all out in their first innings against England on the opening day of their one-off Test at Lord's.
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Legionnaires' outbreak hits New York as officials rush to test water towers
Published: 2026-07-10 16:06:54 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:03:37
To date, 46 people have been infected from breathing mist from bacteria-filled water coolers on the Upper East side.
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Trump Is Promoting ‘Freedom Fuel’ for $3.47 a Gallon. Who’s Behind It?
Published: 2026-07-11 01:35:04 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:02:38
The president has praised a network of 25 recently rebranded gas stations in the Philadelphia region that have been selling gas for considerably less than the national average.
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An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him?
Published: 2026-07-10 17:14:19 | Created: 2026-07-10 17:02:38
He helped plot a car bombing in Washington that killed two people in 1976. Fifty years later, old government secrets could decide his fate.
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Основы биологии для инженеров (Часть 1. Конструкции)
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:56:51 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:58:38

В этой статье попробуем посмотреть на белки как на инженерные конструкции. Разберём, как форма, заряды, альфа-спирали и бета-листы превращают аминокислотную цепочку в подвижный механизм, а АТФ помогает переключать его состояния. На примере убиквитина посмотрим, как современные модели вроде BioEmu позволяют оценивать возможные формы белка и собирать из них наглядную анимацию. В конце поговорим о том, как такие модели могут помочь перейти от чтения ДНК к пониманию структуры, динамики и взаимодействий белков, а затем ускорить поиск новых лекарств.

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Police investigating murder of former British politician found dead in her home
Published: 2026-07-11 05:58:52 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:58:37
Ann Widdecombe, a former member of Parliament, had "sustained serious injuries" when she was found dead in her home in southwest England, police said.
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Как получить визу талантов О-1 США: петиционеры, документы, требования USCIS 2026
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:55:49 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:57:38

Пошаговая инструкция по визе талантов O-1 США: что такое, критерии получения и кто может подать документы на визу, как открыть компанию в США, получить оффер американского работодателя или использовать агентскую схему. Чек-листы документов, требования и критерии USCIS 2026.

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Who launched the latest airstrikes against Iran? Right now it's a mystery
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:45:58 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:56:38
No one claimed responsibility Friday for airstrikes that hit Iran after the U.S. said it finished its attacks, leaving questions about who else may be targeting the Islamic Republic.
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Burnham will have to master something Starmer couldn’t: the art of dealing with Donald Trump | Gaby Hinsliff
Published: 2026-07-10 16:48:38 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:55:37

The new PM will need a superb foreign secretary and the ability to get like-minded countries on board. Early signs suggest he may have the right skills

It’s all starting to feel very real now. Or so Andy Burnham said on the day he in effect became Britain’s official prime minister-in-waiting; a moment both heady and sobering.

The papers are signed, the die cast. Keir Starmer has yet to leave the building, but his party is already talking about him as if he somehow couldn’t hear. On Friday, Burnham made his first brutal break with his predecessor, apologising over Starmer’s head for Labour’s handling of the war in Gaza. The government should, he said, have called for a ceasefire earlier, and should now be increasing pressure on Israel.

Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnist

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ИИ и автотесты: как поймать ложную зелёную галочку?
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:50:49 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:53:38

ИИ уже умеет генерировать тесты пачками, но зелёный пайплайн по‑прежнему может врать. В статье разбираем на примере Java и JUnit, как отличить тест, который действительно ловит баги, от теста, который просто создаёт иллюзию проверки.

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China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets
Published: 2026-07-10 16:51:07 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:51:37
China's state-owned space company recovered its first orbital rocket booster after launch.
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Wildfire in southern Spain leaves at least 12 dead and 23 missing
Published: 2026-07-10 14:08:26 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:48:38
A local official said four of the victims may be British after a fire broke out near Los Gallardos, Almería.
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Trump accused of trying to ‘rig’ elections after firing federal commissioners
Published: 2026-07-10 16:27:33 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:48:37

President’s dismemberment of Election Assistance Commission called a ‘brazen attempt’ to control elections

Donald Trump has been accused of trying to “rig” the upcoming US midterm elections after he fired the last three members of an independent federal commission.

Trump’s extraordinary move to paralyze the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) wipes out the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration months before the US midterm elections.

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The best camping tents of 2026 make sleeping outside easy and comfortable
Published: 2026-07-10 16:25:35 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:47:37
Learn what makes camping, car camping and backpacking tents different, and shop top-rated best sellers from brands like REI Co-op, The North Face, Coleman and Big Agnes.
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Alibaba sold dangerous drugs to Americans but avoided DOJ prosecution, public records show
Published: 2026-07-10 16:34:07 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:43:37
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba knowingly sold dangerous drugs to U.S. consumers, but the DOJ did not prosecute, according to public records probed for a CBS News investigation. Senior Justice Department reporter Sarah Lynch breaks down her reporting and why charges weren't pursued.
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Why AI content is flooding social media and taking over LinkedIn
Published: 2026-07-10 16:37:42 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:43:37
A new report from AI detector Pangram found that AI-generated content is flooding socials like X and Reddit, with LinkedIn accounting for nearly two-thirds of all AI content detected. Pangram CEO and co-founder Max Spero joins CBS News to discuss his findings.
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Chip giant SK Hynix raises $26.5bn as shares surge in bumper US listing
Published: 2026-07-10 16:42:35 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:41:37
The shares surged as much as 17% in their Nasdaq trading debut on Friday following the record-breaking foreign listing.
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Zulu king expresses regret after video captures tirade against his wife
Published: 2026-07-10 16:42:11 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:41:37
In the footage widely shared in South Africa, King Misuzulu threatens to physically assault his wife and accuses her of cheating.
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Madison Square Garden database tracked celebrities' sexuality, race and "risk" level, WIRED reports
Published: 2026-07-10 16:25:25 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:38:37
A major database breach at James Dolan's Madison Square Garden arena revealed an apparent internal list tracking nearly 40,000 celebrities, according to a new report from WIRED. The report alleges that surveillance labels included "LGBTQIA," "DO NOT HOST," and evaluated individuals on a "risk" level. MSG claims the report is inaccurate. WIRED contributing editor Noah Shachtman joins "CBS News 24/7" to discuss his reporting.
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What's the cheapest way to pay for a new central AC this summer?
Published: 2026-07-10 16:36:25 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:38:37
The right financing option can help you avoid paying far more than your new air conditioner actually costs.
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Trump accused of trying to ‘rig’ elections after firing federal commissioners
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:27:33 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:37:39

President’s dismemberment of Election Assistance Commission called a ‘brazen attempt’ to control elections

Donald Trump has been accused of trying to “rig” the upcoming US midterm elections after he fired the last three members of an independent federal commission.

Trump’s extraordinary move to paralyze the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC) wipes out the only federal agency devoted solely to election administration months before the US midterm elections.

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‘The worst possible combination’: what has caused Spain’s deadly wildfires?
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:20:40 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:37:38

Blaze made worse by heat, strong wind and plentiful dry vegetation amid hollowing out of rural population

As firefighters struggle to quell the flames ravaging southern Spain and doctors treat the injured, a horrific picture of the fallout is emerging.

At least 12 people died in a fast-spreading inferno that ripped through Almería on Thursday, many trapped in cars as they sought to escape a blaze that scorched 3,800 hectares (9,390 acres). Overwhelmed authorities say eight people have been injured and 23 cannot be accounted for.

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How Donald Trump makes money
Published: 2026-07-10 15:48:48 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:36:37
Our weekly podcast on America. This week, the president’s extraordinary financial windfall
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Appeals court temporarily blocks DOJ release of Biden tapes with biographer
Published: 2026-07-10 16:33:41 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:34:37
An appeals court blocked the Justice Department from disclosing transcripts and recordings of former President Joe Biden's discussions with his biographer for 10 days.
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Умный планировщик питания на холодильнике с drag-and-drop, автосохранением сессий и вкусным и полезным продуктовым меню
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:28:05 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:29:38

Представьте, что Вам вообще можно не думать, что сегодня съесть. Интереснее каждый день удивляться чему-то, а не иметь готовое меню на каждый день, но для этого сначала нужно четко понимать, что ты ешь сегодня, а что - завтра.

Я поразмыслил над тем, как сделать современную электронную книгу рецептов, и на выходе получил проект умного холодильника, где на каждый день задаешь меню, а программа сама считает пищевую ценность, содержание полезных веществ, анализирует, насколько питание полноценное и сбалансированное. Таким образом, можно быстро создавать себе меню на неделю, которое может оказаться идеальным для продуктивности в Ваших физических тренеровках. Но далее открывается вообще новый мир: автоматизация покупки продуктов, четкое понимание, что нужно взять в магазине, ясный взгляд, сколько раз стоит питаться, чтобы не было дефицита белка или витаминов, где стоит использовать БАД и так далее. Аппаратная часть – матовый сенсорный дисплей на магнитах, подключенный к старому относительно бесполезному до этого проекта ноутбуку.

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Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says
Published: 2026-07-10 16:29:05 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:29:37
The launch of free content would allow Disney+ to better compete with free services like YouTube and Tubi, which are capturing a growing share of consumers’ viewing time.
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European Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into FIFA President Over U.S. Red Card Reversal
Published: 2026-07-10 16:23:19 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:24:37
Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA, speaks to the media during a FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Press Conference at Mexico City Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico, on June 10, 2026. —Carl Recine—Getty Images

Dozens of members of the European Parliament have called for an investigation into FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s role in the decision to suspend the red card ban on an American player following a call from President Donald Trump.

In a letter to the presidents of the European Union football associations, 72 European lawmakers on Wednesday pressed them to lend their voices to the push for a probe into whether Infantino was involved—and whether “pressure from the US Administration was a factor in the decision.”

“Member associations have an important role to play in ensuring that rules are upheld and that those who break them are held accountable,” the group of European lawmakers wrote. “In that regard, we urge you to add your voice to recent calls in support of an investigation into Gianni Infantino’s links to President Trump.”

They underlined that the “requirement of political neutrality is clearly outlined in both the FIFA Statutes and the Code of Ethics,” pointing to an article requiring that “FIFA remains neutral in matters of politics and religion.”

U.S. striker Folarin Balogun was given a red card last week during the Americans’ round of 32 match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, a call that put the team’s lead scorer in the tournament out for the rest of that game and was set to bar him from participating in their next one as well. 

In a controversial decision, however, FIFA suspended that one-match ban days later and Balogun was permitted to play in the next round against Belgium, where the U.S. team was ultimately eliminated. FIFA cited a portion of its disciplinary code that gives the organization broad discretion to “fully or partially suspend the implementation of a disciplinary measure.” 

Trump confirmed to reporters that he had called Infantino following the round of 32 game and asked for a review of the matter, and later posted on Truth Social thanking the organization for “doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!”

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Infantino also confirmed that he spoke with Trump, but denied involvement in the decision to reverse Balogun’s red card ban.

“During our conversation, I explained that there was an ongoing legal process involving FIFA’s independent judicial bodies and that the case would be decided in due course by the competent bodies,” Infantino said in a statement released by FIFA regarding his conversation with Trump. “That is how FIFA’s system works, and it is a principle that I will always uphold.”

He also acknowledged in the statement that he had seen “the public comments regarding the decision,” of which there were many from different soccer associations across Europe. 

The Union of European Football Associations, the governing body of soccer in Europe, wrote in a statement that the reversal “crossed a red line,” calling it “unjustifiable.”

“When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined,” the organization said. 

Wednesday’s letter was the second members of the European Parliament have sent in recent days raising questions about Infantino’s ethics and pressing for decisions the organization has made in connection with Trump to be investigated.

In another letter last week, 50 members of the body wrote to Infantino himself and members of the FIFA council voicing their support for an ethics complaint filed by nonprofit organization FairSquare regarding Infantino’s decision to award Trump the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize in December.

“Perhaps the most troubling development of the tournament has been FIFA's decision to award the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize to Donald Trump,” the lawmakers wrote. They went on the urge that the organization “must address Fairsquare's ethics complaint and demonstrate that it upholds the core values of fairness, equality, and respect for human dignity.”

Infantino, upon awarding Trump the FIFA Peace Prize, said it was in “in recognition of his exceptional and extraordinary actions to promote peace and unity around the world.”

“This is what we want from a leader, a leader that cares about the people,” he said. 

After a flurry of criticism over the award, Infantino defended his decision.

In an interview with Sky News, Infantino said of Trump, "objectively, he deserves it,” and went on to highlight Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado’s past praise of Trump. 

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Sir Anthony Hopkins to release debut album inspired by his childhood
Published: 2026-07-10 16:18:26 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:23:37
The album is a collection of pieces the Oscar-winning actor has worked on for more than 60 years.
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Major car firms found not to have installed emissions-cheating devices
Published: 2026-07-10 16:18:08 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:23:37
A High Court judge said some major car manufacturers did not install a device to cheat emissions testing.
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Delta says higher airfares expected to last despite drop in oil prices
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:15:22 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:22:37

Company reports $1.4bn profit despite its highest quarterly fuel expense in history

Delta Airlines saidelevated airfares are likely to last despite a recent drop in oil prices, reporting strong appetite for travel and record-high revenue in its quarterly results Friday.

Though the company had its highest quarterly fuel expense in its history, demand has been high enough to pass along 60% of its extra fuel costs to consumers, Delta’s CEO, Ed Bastian, told CNBC, with plans to eventually pass along all elevated costs.

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What to know about the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by ICE
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:20:52 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:21:37
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, said federal officers were looking for someone else when they attempted to stop Salgado Araujo's vehicle.
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Trump says U.S. agreed to Iran’s request to continue talks, but ceasefire is over
Published: 2026-07-10 16:06:11 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:18:37
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Iran had asked to continue talks and the U.S. had agreed, but that the ceasefire was over.
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Will the July inflation report impact mortgage interest rates?
Published: 2026-07-10 16:16:42 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:18:37
A new inflation report is set for release on July 14. Here's how the results could impact mortgage interest rates.
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Github скрыл форк zapret разработчика Flowseal
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:13:38 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:15:38

10 июля 2026 года репозиторий zapret-discord-youtube и аккаунт разработчика Flowseal на GitHub стали недоступны — страницы отдают ошибку 404. Вместе с основным проектом пропал доступ и ко всем остальным репозиториям, привязанным к этому аккаунту (в том числе tg-ws-proxy - прокси для Telegram).

Источники со ссылкой на самого Flowseal утверждают, что аккаунт не удалён, а именно временно приостановлен - предположительно автоматической системой безопасности GitHub, которая иногда банит аккаунты, к которым обращаются через прокси или средства автоматизации. Разработчик подал апелляцию и ожидает восстановления доступа в течение 1-2 недель; официальных комментариев от GitHub на момент публикаций не было.

Оригинальный проект bol-van/zapret (на его движке winws.exe и основан форк Flowseal) блокировкой не затронут и продолжает работать в штатном режиме. Официальных зеркал сам Flowseal не открывал, поэтому появившиеся в Telegram-каналах "резервные копии" и "зеркала", скорее всего, просто фишинг.

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Trump says U.S. and Iran will keep talking but declares ceasefire ‘OVER!’
Published: 2026-07-10 16:04:50 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:11:38
The president suggested talks could continue amid military strikes, but analysts say a deeply flawed preliminary truce deal poses obstacles for negotiators.
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Watch: US declassifies even more UFO videos
Published: 2026-07-10 15:28:17 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:11:37
The US government published a fourth instalment of unresolved cases, promising to release more files on a rolling basis.
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Berlin’s mayor abandons reelection campaign after ‘tennis-gate’ outcry
Published: 2026-07-10 16:10:20 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:10:38

Kai Wegner admits poor communication in handling of power blackout overshadowed his other political work

Berlin’s embattled mayor has abandoned his campaign to stand for reelection after failing to recover from a row over his decision to play tennis while large parts of the German capital were hit by a power blackout in January.

Kai Wegner announced on Friday afternoon that he would not run in Berlin’s 20 September election after coming under huge pressure to step down from his party, the Christian Democrats (CDU). Some members wrote an open letter to Wegner this week in which they appealed to him to withdraw his candidacy.

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The Guide #251: From Oasis to Harry Styles, music is mad for football merch
Published: 2026-07-10 16:00:24 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:10:37

In this week’s newsletter: After a slow burn for many years, the football shirt has crossed over into the world of music fandom in a big way

Something sartorially strange is happening at gigs across the country. Where once there might have been a sea of (often black) cotton T-shirts across the audience, now a note of heavy polyester has been added to the mix. Last month at Outbreak, the UK’s biggest hardcore punk festival, a sizeable minority of attendees were wearing football shirts – though often not in support of any particular team. Instead, in place of club crests and sponsor logos were names of bands at the festival – Fiddlehead, Alexisonfire, Love is Noise – or for the festival itself.

This isn’t a phenomenon restricted to the hardcore scene. On the tube in London, a day after returning from Outbreak, I saw a gaggle of Harry Styles fans returning from one of his Wembley shows, all sporting bright pink football kits with the One Direction man’s name in place of the shirt number. Practically every band or musical subgenre going is represented with a football shirt. Dua Lipa has one. Deftones have one. Gorillaz have one. OutKast, despite not being a going concern for at least a decade, have one, in collaboration with football mag Mundial. Future Islands have two, including an absolutely gorgeous Napoli-inspired number. Oasis – naturally – have one. (And that’s not to forget the host of bands, from Kneecap to Bring Me the Horizon, with their logos emblazoned on actual football kits, a trend that stretches back to the 90s when Wet Wet Wet were sponsoring Clydebank and the Super Furry Animals were lending their name to Cardiff City’s fetching Welsh cup kit.)

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Is it time to enter the Tillyverse? Seven things you need to know about AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood
Published: 2026-07-10 15:57:37 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:10:37

Mocked when she made her debut last year, Norwood has now landed her first feature film. Is she the next Scarlett Johansson – or just computer-generated slop?

Could Tilly Norwood be Hollywood’s next big name? She’s been billed as the next Scarlett Johansson, was profiled by the New York Times Magazine, and has just landed her first feature role. She is also AI-generated. Stay with me here!

It seems that the widespread dismay that greeted Tilly (Norwood?) on her first appeance a year ago has done nothing to quell her (its?) ambitions to make it in the movies. She may be nothing but a pleasingly visualised bunch of code, but it seems we are bound to keep on hearing about her. So what do we need to know about Norwood?

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Help, my sunscreen stings! What should I do?
Published: 2026-07-10 18:17:24 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:10:37

The discomfort is no reason to give up sun protection, and is not uncommon – not everyone tolerates every formula well

No good deed goes unpunished, as they say. For instance, when you responsibly apply sunscreen to your exposed skin, it sometimes stings.

“Complaints of sunscreen stinging are not uncommon,” says Dr Aditi Senthilnathan, board certified dermatologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. “We also hear about sunscreen causing burning or stinging around the eyes after sweating.”

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How Trump’s intervention tarnished the World Cup – The Latest
Published: 2026-07-10 15:34:51 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:10:37

There is just one week to go until the winner of the World Cup is crowned, and it has been a memorable tournament, not least due to the extraordinary intervention by Donald Trump this week that shocked the football world. Lucy Hough speaks to global sports business correspondent Matt Hughes

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On Board NATO’s Arctic Aircraft Carrier Hunting for Russian Threats
Published: 2026-07-10 16:07:00 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:09:37
Watch how the British military is trying to counter an increase in hostile activity in the High North.
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Burnham plans summer tour of UK to win over voters in Labour ‘danger zones’
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Published: 2026-07-10 16:00:24 | Created: 2026-07-10 16:07:38

Exclusive: Prospective PM wants to give the country a hopeful message, in contrast with Starmer’s early missteps

Andy Burnham will undertake a summer tour as prime minister to Labour “danger zones” across the country where the party has been losing support, particularly areas hit by controversial government policies.

Burnham is planning the tour for the second half of the summer recess, with the aim of resetting Labour’s relationship with some of the UK’s most sceptical voters.

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