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2026-07-03 07:09:35 (1 day ago)

Argentina fans revel in Messi’s Miami homecoming before Cape Verde match

Argentinian supporters turn Miami Beach into a celebratory hub ahead of their team's only World Cup match in Messi city.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-03 07:08:44 (1 day ago)

‘I can only describe it as a war zone’: the rescuers navigating Venezuela’s post-quake hellscape

Thousands of volunteers are joined by overseas teams in the hope of finding more survivors in the rubble, reports Tom Phillips in Caraballeda

When twin earthquakes tore through Venezuela’s northern coast last week, Israel Rivas was at home hundreds of miles away in the industrial city of San Félix. As the scale of the catastrophe became clear, the 24-year-old knew he had to react. A mechanic and budding photographer, Rivas gathered the money he had been saving to buy a new camera lens and jumped on a bus to make the 12-hour journey to La Guaira, the coastal state that has suffered the most damage.

“I couldn’t eat well. I couldn’t sleep well, knowing that my brothers and sisters from this country are dying, so I … came here and I’m doing the best I can,” he said on Wednesday, exactly a week after the disaster, as he stood outside Residencia La Gabarra, a 12-storey block of beachside apartments that had collapsed into a jumble of reinforced concrete and bricks with at least three children inside.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-03 07:08:07 (1 day ago)

Nagelsmann quits as Germany coach after early World Cup 2026 exit

Nagelsmann's departure leaves the door open for former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to take over, if he wants the job.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-03 07:05:53 (1 day ago)

I’m putting creatine in my breakfast - but will it make me stronger, healthier and happier?

I am having the world’s most basic midlife crisis. I have not found God. I have found a fitness supplement that was once the preserve of male bodybuilders

I like to think that I’m not an easily influenced person who chases every trend. But what can I say? It can be hard to resist the power of the almighty algorithm. So let me confess that I find myself in the throes of the world’s most basic midlife crisis. I have not found God (religion is back in fashion, apparently), but I have found creatine.

It’s possible that you too have discovered creatine: the supplement is all the rage right now. For those who haven’t started mainlining it every morning, a quick primer. Creatine is a fitness supplement that used to be the preserve of male bodybuilders looking to build big muscles. Now, however, it’s being touted as a wonder product that can do everything from improving your memory to boosting your mood to controlling your blood sugar.

Fox News - Video

2026-07-03 07:04:12 (1 day ago)

Doug Collins shares patriotic message on veterans' sacrifices for America's freedom

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins highlights the selfless sacrifice of American veterans in defending the nation's freedom and values.

Fox News - Video

2026-07-03 07:03:04 (1 day ago)

Iran warns oil tankers in Strait of Hormuz, threatens 'forceful response'

The Islamic Republic of Iran issues a warning to oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, demanding adherence to approved routes or facing a 'forceful response'.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-07-03 07:00:52 (1 day ago)

We’re all missing the socialist takeover that’s happening in plain sight

Democratic Socialists of America are building a Freedom Caucus of the left, winning primaries and forcing the Democratic Party to embrace socialism.

Fox News - Politics

2026-07-03 07:00:47 (1 day ago)

We asked Americans to grade the economy. Then we asked if it would change their vote.

Americans at the Great American State Fair gave the economy a grade B but said values, faith, family and party affiliation matter more at the ballot box.

Fox News - Health

2026-07-03 07:00:38 (1 day ago)

What killed Americans in 1776? The answer is dramatically different from today

Life expectancy rose from 30 to nearly 80 years as infectious diseases gave way to chronic conditions like heart disease, cancer and diabetes.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-03 07:00:27 (1 day ago)

US residents angry at datacenters ‘being shoved down our throats’ are recalling officials

People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished

Lenoxdatacenter.com went live in May, promoting what it called a “proposed advanced technology and data center campus” in Michigan. The site did not state who wanted to build the center. Lenox Township officials denied anyone had applied to build one.

Emails obtained by residents through an open records request showed, however, that developers had contacted the township supervisor and deputy supervisor asking for their support to build a datacenter.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-03 07:00:27 (1 day ago)

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Cafés by Holly Pester; The Acrobat by Wisława Szymborska; Volvelle by Rachael Boast; Tree of Knowledge by Victoria Chang; Talk a Blue Streak by Lila Matsumoto

Cafés by Holly Pester (Fitzcarraldo, £12.99)
Beginning with a sequence of prose poems in which the speaker embarks on an anti-epic quest to open her own cafe, Pester’s second collection builds into a meditation on the nature of desire and disappointment. Comic timing remains a strength, as does her linguistic flexibility, wielding language as a weapon in the face of exploitative working conditions, endless monthly direct debits (“Even my egg subscription is a disaster”) and an intensifying cost-of-living crisis. Juggling the demands of caring for an ageing parent, the excited desperation of a love affair, the “fudgy ordeal” of work and the possibility of parenthood, Pester’s speaker discovers solace in the third space of the cafe, both a meeting point and melting pot. “Here begins inspiration, here begins drama,” she suggests. “I order another coffee in honour of circumstantial life.” Ambitious and inviting, this confident collection confirms Fitzcarraldo’s entry in the arena of contemporary poetry.

The Acrobat by Wisława Szymborska, translated by Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh (Faber, £12.99)
A slimline selection of Szymborska’s work, showcasing intimate and immediate poems that explore themes of endurance and astonishment. Reflecting the turbulent history of Poland in the 20th century, Szymborska describes life both during and after conflict, documenting the violence of war alongside moments of resilience and poignant domesticity. “After every war / somebody has to tidy up,” she reminds us. “Someone has to shove / the rubble to the roadsides / so the carts loaded with corpses / can get by.” With plainspoken wisdom and deadpan humour, these poems celebrate the ordinary in extraordinary times. Rooted in the pains and joys of everyday human experience, Szymborska’s poetry proves “The commonplace miracle: / that so many common miracles take place.” The book ends with her 1996 Nobel acceptance speech, in which she praises the inexhaustible wonder of the world: “It looks as though poets will always have their work cut out for them.”

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-03 07:00:27 (1 day ago)

Trump hijacks the US at 250 celebrations | Politics Weekly America

This weekend marks 250 years since the signing of the declaration of independence, but Donald Trump is making the celebration all about himself. As the anniversary approaches, Jonathan Freedland talks to the Atlantic’s Yoni Appelbaum about why so many Americans are feeling less patriotic these days