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South China Morning Post - World News

2026-07-11 16:04:00 (1 week ago)

Taylor Swift foot US$160,000 police bill for her wedding, New York mayor says

Taylor Swift shelled out six figures to cover the cost of NYPD officers and other city resources required to protect her massive Madison Square Garden wedding to Kansas City Chiefs player Travis Kelce earlier this month, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed. The Grammy winner “has paid already the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over US$160,000 for that event and for the response to that event”, Mamdani said during a Friday press conference, after a reporter asked him whether...

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-11 16:00:59 (1 week ago)

The moment I knew: I was devising a plan to set up Martha with my friend – and realised I’d fallen for her myself

After meeting in then-Zaire in the 1980s, Steve Sherwood and Martha Meares became good friends. But when she planned to leave for England, he decided he wanted something more

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It was 1986, I was 26, had been travelling for two years, and was making my way through Africa. I was camping in the grounds of a run-down hotel, the only camp site in Kisangani, a city in what was then known as Zaire. On my first day in town I asked when the next River Congo ferry would leave. Tomorrow, they said.

Overland trucks would arrive and spend two to three days in town. A truck travelling from Kenya to the UK came, and its passengers put their stools in a circle to eat dinner. I asked to sit with them. Martha from Sydney sat beside me on the last spare stool. We spent most of that night chatting and laughing and got on really well.

Times of India

2026-07-11 15:59:54 (1 week ago)

Quote of the day by Jill Biden: "Good marriages push us -- not to become someone else but to become the best version of ourselves"

Fox News - Video

2026-07-11 15:51:38 (1 week ago)

Family says details in their teenage son’s death are ‘not adding up’

The parents and attorneys of 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who was found dead after a 4th of July trip with friends, say they are launching an independent investigation.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-07-11 15:50:05 (1 week ago)

Ex-minister Chili Tropper says he will ‘absolutely not’ help Netanyahu form a government

Former Blue and White MK also vows not to join a coalition with Arab or Haredi parties; Mansour Abbas declares Ra'am won't run on joint ticket with other Arab-majority factions

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The Guardian - World News

2026-07-11 15:47:03 (1 week ago)

Former England captain Heather Knight to retire from international cricket

• Current Lord’s Test will be her final appearance

• ‘I’m privileged to have gone on this journey’

Heather Knight will retire from international cricket at the end of this week’s Test against India at Lord’s. Knight, who has made a record 320 appearances for England, has joined her teammate Tammy Beaumont in calling time on her career at the end of what is the first women’s Test at the home of cricket, and one in which England appear headed for defeat after a gruelling second day’s play on Saturday.

The 35-year-old made her England debut in 2010 and went on to captain the side on 199 occasions between 2016 and 2025, guiding the team to success at the Women’s World Cup on home soil in 2017. However, Knight was sacked as captain in March last year after a disastrous three-format Ashes tour of Australia in which England were trounced 16-0.

France 24 - World News

2026-07-11 15:44:32 (1 week ago)

More than 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in China

Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1.7 million people as of Saturday as Typhoon Bavi made landfall in the country's eastern province of Zhejiang. Hundreds of flights have also been cancelled, and some high-speed railway services have been halted. Bavi is the second typhoon to impact China in just over a week. 

France 24 - World News

2026-07-11 15:44:32 (1 week ago)

More than 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Bavi makes landfall in China

Chinese authorities evacuated more than 1.7 million people as of Saturday as Typhoon Bavi made landfall in the country's eastern province of Zhejiang. Hundreds of flights have also been cancelled, and some high-speed railway services have been halted. Bavi is the second typhoon to impact China in just over a week. 

Fox News - Video

2026-07-11 15:42:42 (1 week ago)

Democratic strategist warns a 'civil war' is brewing within the party

Matt Whitlock discusses the brewing 'civil war' within the Democratic Party, citing Bernie Sanders' past campaigns. David Axelrod attributes Graham Platner's support to real voter frustration.

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-07-11 15:38:14 (1 week ago)

Assassinations unleashed under Trump haunt Iran war endgame

Shortly before US President Donald Trump ended a ceasefire with Iran this week, Israeli officials presented his team with intelligence indicating Tehran was hatching new plots to kill him. It was not the first such warning. US law enforcement and intelligence agencies have tracked evidence for years of Iranian efforts to target the president, with signals only increasing since the start of the war. Their desire to target Trump and his top aides began six years ago, just outside Baghdad...

Fox News - Video

2026-07-11 15:36:59 (1 week ago)

Mama duck RUSHES to her baby after firefighters saved it from storm drain

Firefighters in North Carolina are being praised by the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue and others after rescuing a duckling trapped in a storm drain in Charlotte.

BBC News - Entertainment & Arts

2026-07-11 15:29:45 (1 week ago)

Tributes paid to TV presenter Dermot Murnaghan

The former BBC, ITV and Sky News journalist has died after revealing he had stage four prostate cancer.