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• The U.S. men's national team has won its first two World Cup matches, marking the first time the team has achieved consecutive wins in the tournament since 1930. • The U.S. has scored six goals across these games, falling just one short of the team's all-time World Cup scoring record. • Switzerland has officially secured a spot in the knockout phase, continuing a streak of seven consecutive major tournament appearances.

Focus on business dealings with mining company Guadalajara rally to highlight fate of ‘disappeared’Hyundai will be targeted by protesters at a rally before the Group A game between Mexico and South Korea in Guadalajara on Thursday, due to the World Cup sponsor’s business dealings with the South American mining company Ternium.A 2025 report from the environmental group Mighty Earth criticised Hyundai’s involvement in what they described as a “dirty steel supply chain”, as the South Korean motor company is a major buyer of iron ore from Ternium for use in steel production. Ternium has faced repeated criticisms for its destructive environmental impact and corporate governance policies from campaign groups, as well as its alleged links to the disappearance of two Mexican activists. Continue reading...

Opposition and Greens could team up to extend inquiry into changes but health minister ‘utterly convinced’ federal government’s plan is rightFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastMark Butler has doubled down on his plans to pass contentious NDIS changes as early as this month, warning the opposition against using the bill as a “pawn in a bigger game of chess” as they consider a potential deal with the Greens.The Coalition and the Greens have criticised Labor’s truncated timeline to pass NDIS, negative gearing and capital gains changes, and have signalled they could team up against the government in the Senate to extend inquiries into the bills. Continue reading...

• The European Commission unveiled a "tech sovereignty" plan on Wednesday designed to reduce Europe's heavy reliance on foreign technology providers. • Rather than attempting to shut out American competitors, the strategy focuses on boosting domestic European champions to strengthen the region's digital infrastructure. • This move matters as the EU seeks to secure the critical technologies that underpin the modern economy and decrease vulnerability to external digital supremacy.

• The European Commission is developing a "tech sovereignty plan" designed to strengthen domestic digital champions and reduce reliance on American technology. • A central component of this strategy is the Cloud and AI Development Act, which empowers the Commission to vet whether countries are trustworthy enough to handle sensitive public sector data. • This initiative marks a strategic shift toward fostering internal EU capabilities rather than simply implementing restrictive measures against US competitors.

• Detroit beat Cleveland 115-94 on Friday night to force a decisive Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinal series. • The win sets up a winner-take-all matchup Sunday night in Cleveland, with the victor moving on to face the New York Knicks. • The result matters because Cleveland had a chance to close out the series, but Detroit extended its postseason run with a road blowout.

Antwerp port is stepping up scanning of goods amid warnings country risks becoming a narco-stateSara Van Cotthem takes a safety knife and precisely slices open the side of a cardboard box to unpack its contents, an aluminium stepladder made in China. Working under harsh fluorescent lights at the border inspection post at the port of Antwerp, Van Cotthem checks the paperwork and taps the ladder with a magnet to check if it really is aluminium and not another metal.It is an everyday operation for customs officers at Antwerp, one of Europe’s main commercial gateways, which handled the equivalent of 13.6m 20ft-long (6 metres) containers last year. Everything is in order and the lorry, jam-packed with identical boxed ladders, can get on its way to Germany. Continue reading...