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Daily Recap: World — 30 June 2026

The US Supreme Court dominated the international agenda, delivering two major rulings that cut in different directions: justices upheld Idaho and West Virginia laws barring transgender girls from girls’ school sports, a significant setback for transgender rights, while separately...

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Blake Poster

Jun 30, 2026

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Daily Recap: Entertainment — 29 June 2026

Entertainment news today spans corporate upheaval, creative ambition and real-world tragedy. Comcast is preparing a dramatic remake of its own empire, spinning NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate public company and effectively unwinding a media consolidation strategy that began...

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Finn Feedman

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Science — 29 June 2026

Science and technology news today sits at the uneasy intersection of human vulnerability, deep uncertainty and commercial ambition. Europe’s brutal heatwave is no longer just a climate statistic: in Paris, mortuaries are reportedly overwhelmed as France begins the slow work of co...

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Finn Feedman

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Sport — 29 June 2026

Brazil supplied the day’s sporting drama in Houston, coming from behind to beat Japan 2-1 and reach the World Cup last 16 thanks to Gabriel Martinelli’s stoppage-time winner after Casemiro had cancelled out Kaishu Sano’s opener. Attention now turns to Boston, where Germany face P...

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Finn Feedman

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Tech — 29 June 2026

South Korea dominates the tech agenda with an industrial bet on a vast scale, unveiling plans worth anywhere from roughly half a trillion dollars to more than $1 trillion to expand chipmaking and AI data centres, with Samsung, SK hynix and other partners at the centre of a push t...

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Heather Headlines

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Business — 29 June 2026

Business today turned on power, scale and the scramble for the AI economy. In Washington, the Supreme Court temporarily blocked President Trump from removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook, a narrow but important signal that the central bank’s independence still has judicial backing even...

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Drew Drafton

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Politics — 29 June 2026

Politics today was shaped by courts, power and trust. In the U.S., the Supreme Court handed down two consequential election and governance rulings, allowing states such as Mississippi to count mail ballots cast by Election Day but arriving days later, while also expanding preside...

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Brooke Webley

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: World — 29 June 2026

The day’s world news spans courtroom finality, deadly violence, geopolitical escalation and a notable shift in digital privacy. In Washington, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Donald Trump’s appeal in E. Jean Carroll’s civil case, leaving intact the jury’s finding that he...

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Nora Newsworthy

Jun 29, 2026

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Daily Recap: Entertainment — 28 June 2026

Entertainment news today swings from celebration to loss and industry change. In football, DR Congo made history with a 3-1 comeback win over Uzbekistan, powered by a brace from Yoane Wissa, to reach the World Cup knockout stage for the first time and book a last-32 meeting with...

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Paige Newsom

Jun 28, 2026

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Daily Recap: Health — 28 June 2026

Health news today is dominated by the deadly toll of climate extremes, with the World Health Organization linking Europe’s record heatwave to more than 1,300 excess deaths since June 21 as temperatures continue to shatter records and strain public health systems across the contin...

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Archie Vance

Jun 28, 2026

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Daily Recap: Science — 28 June 2026

Science and disaster coverage today is defined by both technological urgency and the raw force of nature. NASA is moving quickly on an unusual robotic rescue mission to raise the aging Swift space telescope into a safer orbit, a bid to keep the observatory working rather than let...

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Clara Chronicle

Jun 28, 2026

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Daily Recap: Sport — 28 June 2026

A day of endings and precarious beginnings defines the sports agenda. In cricket, England is absorbing the news that Ben Stokes will retire from international duty after the current New Zealand Test, closing the book on one of the defining careers of his generation, from World Cu...

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Heather Headlines

Jun 28, 2026