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Contreras was heated after Cavalli yelled toward him after a fourth-inning strikeout Jun 30, 2026 at 9:54 pm ET • 1 min read Tempers flared and benches cleared in Boston Tuesday evening during an 8-1 Nationals win. It was the bottom of the fourth inning when Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli dropped in a nice breaking ball for a called strike three. Cavalli could be heard yelling, “Sit down, boy!” The strikeout victim, Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras, was none too pleased with it. He could be seen saying, “Are you talking to me?!”Contreras approached the mound, and then the benches…

Despite the ever-increasing size and dominance of Netflix, the streamer has continued to struggle with its most obvious aim. While viewers might flock there for smooth-brained dating shows, tawdry true crime, Harlan Coben thrillers and junky romcoms, the platform is yet to be known for creating original movie franchises, the bread and butter of most old-fashioned Hollywood studios, for better or worse.The problem Netflix often faces is that to turn a big-budget bet into a cultural event, it requires more than a low-stakes click at home and a brief weekend’s worth of chatter. Big numbers might have met wannabe franchise-starters…

Donald Trump has announced that Republicans will stage their first ever national convention ahead of the midterm elections, a move aimed at energizing voters as the party fights to hold its narrow congressional majorities in November.The two-day gathering will take place in Dallas on 9 and 10 September, marking a break from the longstanding tradition of holding national conventions only during presidential election years. Trump confirmed the plans on Tuesday in a Truth Social post, describing Dallas as “One of my favorite places in the World”.“It has never been done before, and will be a truly Historic Event,” he said,…

An interactive display featuring artificial intelligence at the iRootech Technology Co. offices in Guangzhou, China, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesHello, this is Justina Lee writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.Artificial intelligence remains the market’s favorite, with investors continuing to rotate into semiconductor and technology names as companies race to build the next phase of the AI ecosystem. Amazon Web Services is also expanding into forward-deployed engineering, an increasingly competitive corner of the industry dominated by firms such as OpenAI and Anthropic. China’s consumer outlook is also back in focus after…

SIM-swap fraud has been a persistent problem in Nigeria, and although numerous measures have been put in place to address it, the search for a viable solution continues. Between 2019 and 2023, Nigerians reportedly lost about ₦12.5 billion to telecom-related financial crimes, according to the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC). These crimes are usually perpetrated through a combination of SIM-swap fraud and other social engineering practices. MTN Nigeria says it has a solution to the niggling SIM-swap fraud, but banks and their customers must pay the telcos to build a security layer. Understanding SIM-swap fraud and how it works There are…

 On several instances in the past, the people of   Bauchi State have demonstrated that there is no room for imposition of candidates on the electorate. In 2007, when former Governor Ahmadu Muazu tried to install the Secretary to State Government, Nadada Umar on the PDP ticket, former governor Isa Yuguda of the defunct ANPP won the election through protest votes. Likewise, in 2015, Isa Yuguda anointed Auwal Jatau on the PDP mandate only to lose to APC’s M. A. Abubakar, also through protest votes.  In 2019, the APC’s direct primary elections that preceded the general election were controversial and therefore considered…

Up to 4 million women with irregular periods should be investigated for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, according to new NHS guidance.PMOS, previously known as polycystic ovarian syndrome, is believed to affect up to 13% of reproductive age women, the World Health Organization estimates.Symptoms include irregular, very short, long or absent periods, excess levels of testosterone, and ovaries with multiple small follicles.The condition is associated with greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, sleep apnoea, fatty liver disease, mental health issues and complications in pregnancy.But the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) says that, despite affecting 3-…

France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the 2026 World Cup round of 32 football match between France and Sweden at the New York/New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford on June 30, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) Kylian Mbappe scored twice and Michael Olise was in scintillating form as France beat Sweden 3-0 at the World Cup on Tuesday and set up a last-16 clash with Paraguay. Mbappe finished a superb move to break the deadlock just before half-time in the last-32 tie watched by 80,663 at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey,…

Actor and producer Aamir Khan will attend a special Melbourne screening of “Lagaan” on July 9 to mark the film’s 25th anniversary, kicking off the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne‘s (IFFM) 17th edition a month ahead of the festival’s main dates. The 17th edition of IFFM will run from Aug. 13-23. The curtain raiser will be held at ACMI cinema in Melbourne, where Khan will officially launch this year’s festival celebrations alongside the anniversary screening. “Lagaan” was the third Indian film to receive an Academy Award nomination in the category then known as Best Foreign Language Film and remains one…

Edward Gabkwet South Africa’s recurring xenophobic tendencies and Robert Ludlum’s satirical novel, The Road to Gandolfo, where an eccentric retired General plots to kidnap the Pope for an impractical $1 ransom from each Catholic in the world, share a central premise of weaponized redirection. For more than two decades, South Africa has had to reckon with repeated outbreaks of anti-immigrant violence targeting mainly migrants and refugees from neighbouring nations and other parts of Africa, including Nigeria.  It is a fact that at the end of apartheid in 1994, South Africa became a major destination for migrants seeking greener pastures, just…