United States hosts decisive World Cup group finales

 

United States — The 2026 World Cup group stage is nearing completion, and Saturday’s slate in the United States features six matches across three groups, all carrying significant implications for the round of 32. In the 5 p.m. ET window, England face already-eliminated Panama in New Jersey as they look...

Houston, United States sees youth cricket surge

 

HOUSTON is seeing a rapid expansion of cricket as baseball fields give way to new pitches and indoor centres, reflecting the influence of immigrant communities from India, England, the West Indies, Australia and South Africa. Local organiser Surya Saladi, who founded the Triggers Cricket Consortium (TCC) in 2004 as an...

Spielberg’s Russell takes Austrian Grand Prix pole

 

SPIELBERG, Austria, June 27 (Reuters) - George Russell secured pole position for Mercedes in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg on Saturday, clocking a lap 0.236 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as the session ended in chaos. Lewis Hamilton, Leclerc’s teammate at Ferrari and winner of the...

Texas parasite outbreak spreads as livestock quarantined

 

Texas authorities and U.S. federal agencies are responding to an outbreak of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite not seen in U.S. livestock for nearly 60 years. The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case on June 3, 2026, in a three-week-old beef calf in Zavala County, Texas, near...

United States tech giants raise hardware prices

 

Apple Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced significant price increases on key consumer hardware in late June 2026, citing a severe global memory chip shortage driven by surging demand for artificial intelligence data centers. Apple raised prices by 15 to 25 percent across Mac, iPad, HomePod and Vision Pro lines, with...

China accused of massive AI distillation theft scheme

 

Anthropic has accused Chinese technology conglomerate Alibaba of organizing what it calls the largest known artificial intelligence distillation attack against its Claude models, according to a June 10, 2026 letter sent to US Senate Banking Committee leaders and shared with the White House. The company alleges operators linked to Alibaba...

Persian Gulf: US, Iran exchange direct military strikes

 

The United States and Iran have carried out direct military strikes against each other over the past 48 hours in the Persian Gulf region, raising fears for a fragile ceasefire agreed in June 2026. The confrontation began Thursday when an Iranian drone attacked the Singapore-flagged cargo ship M/V Ever Lovely...

United States braces for intensifying holiday heatwave

 

A large swath of the central and eastern United States is forecast to experience a dangerous and potentially life-threatening heat wave beginning Sunday, June 28, 2026, and lasting through the July 4 Independence Day weekend. A strong high-pressure “heat dome” is expected to push daytime temperatures into the 90s and...

United States: Egypt reaches first World Cup knockouts

 

SEATTLE, Washington — Egypt advanced to the knockout stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup for the first time in the country’s history after a 1-1 draw against Iran in Seattle, Washington, on Friday night. The group-stage match at Seattle Stadium ended level, but the result was sufficient to guarantee...

Washington regulators close probe into Honda Odyssey airbags

 

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has closed its preliminary evaluation into 441,002 Honda Odyssey minivans after a voluntary recall by American Honda Motor Co. addressed an airbag defect. Announced on Saturday, June 27, 2026, the decision ends a multi‑month federal inquiry into 2018–2022 model year Odyssey vehicles....