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Daily Recap: Sport — 30 June 2026

The World Cup delivered a day of nerve and drama, with penalty shootouts reshaping the bracket and sparking national celebration. Morocco edged the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in Monterrey, Yassine Bounou’s save and Ismael Saibari’s winning kick sending the Atla...

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Porter Gazette

Jun 30, 2026

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Daily Recap: Tech — 30 June 2026

Tech’s biggest story today is the growing pressure on the app store gatekeepers. In the U.S., the Supreme Court will hear Apple’s appeal in its long-running Epic Games fight, revisiting whether Apple defied a court order meant to let developers steer users to alternative payments...

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Brooke Webley

Jun 30, 2026

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Daily Recap: Business — 30 June 2026

Business today spans caution, contingency and capital raising. Warren Buffett has reportedly put his usual multibillion-dollar gift to the Gates Foundation on hold, awaiting an external review of the foundation’s past links to Jeffrey Epstein, a reminder that governance questions...

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Nora Newsworthy

Jun 30, 2026

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Daily Recap: Politics — 30 June 2026

The U.S. Supreme Court dominated the political day, delivering a pair of consequential rulings and setting up another major constitutional fight ahead. In a sharp setback for Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, the court upheld birthright citizenship, reaffirming that the 14th Ame...

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Nina Pressley

Jun 30, 2026

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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