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Full list of players for each team in the 2025 NBA Summer League
With the draft and free agency in the rearview, summer league action is the next major tentpole on the NBA's offseason calendar. The action begins when eight franchises send teams to either Salt Lake City or San Francisco from July 5-8, before all...

The Wagner network behind arson attack in London
The hooded man douses the doors in petrol and ignites the rag, showing it to the camera before setting the warehouse ablaze:The fire ravaged units 1 and 2 of the Cromwell Industrial Estate in east London. Smouldering in the ruins was £100,000 of...

Robinhood's OpenAI, Space X Tokens Aren't Just A Gimmick—Here's What's Still To Come
Robinhood HOOD is currently in talks with European Union regulators over its new tokenized equities offering, CEO Vlad Tenev confirmed. He said the firm "welcomes" regulatory scrutiny as part of launching what it sees as a major leap forward in...

Helsinki Welcomes Top Double-Handed Teams
by Offshore Racing Congress 7 Jul 12:43 PDT 8-12 July 2025 The countdown is over - the 2025 Garmin ORC Double-Handed European Championship has officially begun in Helsinki. Organised by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) in collaboration with...

Neobanks Fail to Deliver on Big Promises; Industry Poised for Consolidation and Strategic Shifts
Free Newsletter Get the hottest Fintech Switzerland News once a month in your Inbox While neobanks promised to disrupt traditional banking with cheaper, branchless, and digital-first services, these ambitions have largely failed to materialize....

Business Post: From ‘shocking’ engagement to 12,000 subscribers
Ireland’s Business Post is aiming to have its newsroom fully funded by digital subscriptions next year following the first phase of its digital transformation project. The “profitable and growing” Business Post has in the past two years...

Macron unveiled as Official Technical Supplier in Europe
MUNICH (Germany) - Italian sportswear firm Macron will be the Official Technical Supplier of a wide array of FIBA's European club and youth national team competitions through at least June 2029, FIBA Europe announced on Tuesday. The partnership is...

“We need to end nuclear weapons, before they end us”
Introduction by Croakey: Amid so much focus on militarisation globally, it’s more important than ever to understand what it takes to prevent and avoid conflict, especially in the context of a nuclear arms race. In a rare win for efforts to promote...

Is Warsaw One of Europe's Most Exciting Cities?
Above: Warsaw's gorgeously reconstructed Old Town and, in its rising downtown, the new museum of modern art, by the New York–based architect Thomas Phifer. “You’re going to hate it,” a friend in Warsaw told me last November, as I headed out one...

Helsinki Welcomes Top Double-Handed Teams for the 2025 ORC DH European Championship
The countdown is over – the 2025 Garmin ORC Double-Handed European Championship has officially begun in Helsinki. Organised by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) in collaboration with Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) and the Finnish Offshore Sailing...

Cash remains king for many Latvians
In Latvia, 29% of consumers prefer to pay in cash. This payment method is most common among those around the age of 60, with nearly a third of people in that age group choosing to pay in cash. However, younger generations also use it...

RIAT 2025: Full list of confirmed aircraft at world's largest military air show
The Royal International Air Tattoo is less than two weeks away. The operational theme for the world’s biggest international military air show this year is ‘Eyes in the Skies’, RIAT will celebrate and highlight the vital role aviation plays across...

WHO pushes for massive 50% rise in soda and alcohol prices: ‘Health taxes are one of the most efficient tools we have’
The WHO’s push to improve public health this month calls on countries to raise real prices on alcohol, sugary drinks and tobacco ‘by at least 50% by 2035’ through the use of health taxes. It comes at a time when health systems are under ‘enormous...

Janicke Askevold in post-production on Solomamma
03/07/2025 - The Norwegian director’s sophomore feature is a drama that explores the emotional terrain of single motherhood, looking at questions of identity and human connection Lisa Loven Kongsli in Solomamma (© Bacon Pictures/Torjus Thesen)...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...

July 8-9 Schiller Institute European Conference Summary
by Kevin Gribbroek July 9—A two-day international conference was held this weekend in Strasbourg, France by the Schiller Institute, titled “On the Verge of a New World War: European Nations Must Cooperate with the Global South!” The proceedings...

ORLEN Ceases All Supply of Russian Oil
The ORLEN Group said it has ceased all deliveries of Russian crude in its supply chain. The Polish energy company said all of its refineries have been supplied with non-Russian oil since March, with the final contract for Russian oil delivery from...

Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...

Fantasia International Film Festival announces final wave of titles for 29th edition!
The 29th edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival is set to run from from July 16th (one day earlier than previously announced) through August 3rd at the Concordia Hall and J.A. de Sève cinemas in Montreal, with additional screenings...

NATO’s Eastward Expansion and the Supposed Betrayal of Russia
One of the issues that is frequently raised among both scholars and members of the general public, for the most part with the aim of at least partially exonerating Russia when it comes to its actions directed against Ukraine since 2014, concerns...