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Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-12 00:43:50 (14 hours ago)

Which teams are in the World Cup semifinals, and what’s the match schedule?

Qualified teams, venues, kickoff times, key players, and how to watch the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinals.

Fox News - Sports

2026-07-12 00:38:11 (14 hours ago)

Conor McGregor's long-awaited Octagon return cut short by apparent knee injury seconds into UFC 329

Conor McGregor returned to the UFC at UFC 329 against Max Holloway in Las Vegas, nearly five years after his last fight, a victory over Donald Cerrone.

New York Times - World News

2026-07-12 00:36:30 (14 hours ago)

After Being Delayed by Trump, a Canada-U.S. Bridge Is Set to Open

A deal ended the Trump administration’s blocking of a new bridge that will ease congestion at the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-12 00:17:52 (15 hours ago)

Argentina 3-1 Switzerland (aet): World Cup 2026 quarter-final – live reaction

Julián Álvarez’s wonder strike in extra time got the best of Switzerland and set up a semi-final showdown with England

The winner of this Argentina v Switzerland match will face England in the semi-finals:

Lionel Scaloni has no changes from the Argentina XI that staged a remarkable fightback against Egypt in the last 16. To no one’s surprise, Lionel Messi starts in what will be his 205th appearance for the national side.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-07-12 00:05:08 (15 hours ago)

Argentina survives another scare courtesy of Switzerland to advance to World Cup semifinals

Julian Alvarez scored in the 112th minute to send Argentina past Switzerland and into a World Cup semifinal showdown with England in Atlanta.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-07-12 00:03:00 (15 hours ago)

McGregor injures knee, loses to Holloway in 69 seconds on UFC return

The referee stopped the welterweight contest at UFC 329 after McGregor fell to the mat three times in the first minute.

New York Times - World News

2026-07-12 00:01:13 (15 hours ago)

As India Erases Its Colonial Past, Delhi’s Elite Feel Targeted

India’s government wants to shut down Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, which the prime minister calls a vestige of colonialism. Some members suspect a different motive.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-12 00:00:31 (15 hours ago)

Toronto shooting: two dead and four injured at Salsa on St Clair street festival

Police say two people exchanged gunfire in shooting that mayor called an ‘irresponsible act of violence’ in festival attended by families

A shooting near a Toronto street festival killed two men and wounded four other people on Saturday evening, police said, adding that what initially prompted an active-shooter warning was an exchange of gunfire between two people targeting each other.

Toronto police deputy chief Frank Barredo said investigators recovered two firearms after the shooting, which was reported at 8.12pm near St. Clair Avenue West and Arlington Avenue, where the Salsa on St Clair festival was underway.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-12 00:00:08 (15 hours ago)

My holiday from hell: we were 20 drunk teenagers in a Sicilian villa. I would like to apologise to our host

Excited to be away from home for the first time, we spent a riotous week partying, while the owner and his elderly parents understandably – and often audibly – seethed

Twenty British 16-year-olds rent a remote Sicilian villa for a week of partying and late-night binge drinking. It sounds like a holiday host’s nightmare. Well, anyone’s nightmare. Add in the fact that the host was staying on site with his elderly Italian parents, as the teenagers partied on without a care for their own welfare or anyone else’s. This wasn’t a holiday from hell for my teenage self, but I’m pretty sure it was for our hosts.

It was 2013 and, for many of us, it was the first time we had been away just with friends. Let loose from familial constraints, it was easy to get carried away. I arrived a few days later than the others but was the main contact with our host, Pablo. This meant that, before I even set foot in the villa, I received a string of messages threatening to kick us out. The police had apparently already been called after two late nights of nonstop boozing.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-12 00:00:08 (15 hours ago)

‘We were kids dressed as gangsters, running riot’ – Alan Parker’s Bugsy Malone at 50, by its cast and crew

Jodie Foster hated her 6am starts, Parker couldn’t stop swearing, Dexter Fletcher was traumatised by his haircut … There was as much drama off-screen as on during the making of this classic movie

When Bugsy Malone was released 50 years ago, no one had seen anything like it. The wise-talking, rip-roaring spoof poked fun at gangster films with extravagant musical numbers, a cast made up entirely of child and teen actors, and “splurge guns” shooting cream instead of bullets. It was hilarious, startlingly original and a delight to watch.

Scott Baio played plucky Bugsy, a broke boxing promoter who gets tangled up in a turf war between two rival gangs led by Fat Sam (John Cassisi) and Dandy Dan (Martin Lev). Jodie Foster, the most experienced of the cast, played the femme fatale Tallulah. Most of the other young actors were unknown, although many would go on to become celebrated TV and film stars.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-12 00:00:07 (15 hours ago)

The Westies review – this violent New York mob drama is like Peaky Blinders meets The Sopranos

Expect bloody chaos in this drama about a real-life 80s Irish-American gang – featuring JK Simmons as a gang leader – and their dealings with an Italian-American crime family

The Peaky Blinders effect lingers on. More than a decade after Tommy Shelby’s debut, TV still loves a real-life gangster crew, especially with Blinders creator Steven Knight having recently repeated the based-on-truth trick with A Thousand Blows. What other IRL historical crime crews are still available? All this time, the Westies, an Irish-American gang operating in 1980s New York in a fractious alliance with the Italian-American Gambino crime family, were right there. It’s the Irish mafia and the actual mafia in a two-for-one deal.

Along with co-creator Michael Panes, the man to score this apparent open goal by making Peaky Sopranos is Chris Brancato, a showrunner whose resume includes Narcos and the quietly excellent Godfather of Harlem. With some sturdy players in the cast, The Westies is … OK. It’s fine. It’s good! Whaddaya want from me, uh? I said it was fine.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-11 23:58:37 (15 hours ago)

Julián Álvarez’s extra-time stunner sinks 10-man Switzerland to send Argentina into semi-finals

Did anyone think they would do it the easy way? Argentina were labouring towards penalties with eight minutes of extra time left against a dogged, supremely organised 10-man Switzerland. There was a high risk they would curse throwing away a game that felt like a cruise when Alexis Mac Allister headed them into an early lead. The game ground down to walking pace and they received an almighty jolt when the impressive Dan Ndoye equalised midway through the second half.

Lionel Messi, for all his various attempts, could not bail them out this time. Instead it was Julián Álvarez, cutting on to his right foot and sending a quite stunning finish into Gregor Kobel’s top left corner from 25 yards, who provided the magic and gave this summer a semi-final for the ages. They will face England on Wednesday in Atlanta, a fact rubber-stamped when Lautaro Martínez scored a late rebound. Messi will contest that fixture for the first time, 40 years since the Hand of God. Switzerland will think it could have been them had Breel Embolo not received a second booking five minutes after Ndoye’s goal for diving.