Published on 30/06/2026 – 22:19 GMT+2•Updated 22:20 French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out against a global rise in the number of executions on Tuesday during a speech at the ninth World Congress against the death penalty. “The death penalty still remains, in many regions of the world, a reality”, Macron told an audience at the Maison de la Radio in Paris. “The number of executions carried out last year reached its highest level since 1981, with 2,707 people executed by authorities in just 17 countries”. Among the countries that still apply the death penalty, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Iraq…

NBC Sports had a monster weekend for golf viewership, thanks to an LPGA major and a PGA Tour signature event featuring the world’s best player in a thriller.The Travelers Championship, normally carried by CBS, was NBC’s this year for the first time and Sunday’s final round averaged 4.2 million viewers…

Bunia, Democratic Republic of the Congo – It was Thursday, June 30, 1960, when Belgian and Congolese dignitaries gathered at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, then known as Leopoldville, for a ceremony marking the end of more than seven decades of colonial rule.On that day, King Baudouin I…

At a World Cup of plucky performances and unlikely odds upended, Paraguay have produced a shock for the ages.The South American underdogs held Germany to a 1-1 draw after extra time, then eliminated the four-time world champions on penalties on Monday.The outcome may well be the greatest upset in World…

Border Patrol agents intercepted two separate human smuggling operations in Southern California after uncovering dozens of undocumented immigrants being transported in vehicles, including nearly 30 people hidden inside a dump trailer. The two incidents unfolded in Westmorland within the El Centro Sector, where agents first…

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