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Erling Haaland scored a late winner as Norway defeated Côte d’Ivoire 2-1 on Monday to book their place in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The victory secured Norway’s first-ever win in a World Cup knockout match after two previous unsuccessful attempts and set up a last-16 clash against Brazil. Norway started brightly, with Haaland threatening early, but the Ivorians gradually settled into the contest. Nicolas Pépé came closest for the Elephants in the opening half but failed to convert after being picked out by teenage winger Yan Diomandé. The breakthrough came just before halftime when…

Nigerian skit maker-turned-streamer Carter Efe, real name Odahohwo Joseph Efe, has finally responded to claims by Babcock University disputing a certificate purportedly showing he graduated from the institution with a first-class degree. The document, which surfaced online and quickly went viral, had fuelled speculation after Efe previously claimed to have bagged the impressive academic feat from the university. In a video circulating online, the father of one appeared alongside members of his team to address the controversy. He claimed to have heard that the university was searching for him, but jokingly insisted they wouldn’t be able to find him. Carter…

By Ondaje Ijagwu As Mr Tunji Bello marks his 65th birthday on July 1, there is a natural temptation to measure his public life by the offices he has held, the policies he has championed or the regulatory milestones achieved under his leadership. Yet those who have worked most closely with him often tell a quieter story, one found in meetings, conversations and decisions that have gradually reshaped the culture of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC). It is a story less about the exercise of power than about the judgement required to exercise it fairly. When Bello…

CBSE 10th Result Second Board 2026 Live Updates: The Central Board of Secondary Education will likely announce the Class 10th second board exam results this month. As stated by the Board earlier, the second board results will be released in the last week of June. However, CBSE has not confirmed the Class 10 result date and time. Over 6 lakh students have opted for the second board exam, while 85,285 registered for the compartment exam. Nearly 57,914 Class 10 students registered for both compartment and improvement exams.Story continues below this ad Once out, CBSE Class 10th second board exam students…

Serena Williams’ bid for a fairytale return to Wimbledon was shattered by Australia’s Maya Joint as the American legend’s first singles match in four years ended in a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8) 6-3 defeat on Tuesday. Williams has captured the imagination of the sports world with her sensational comeback, but there was no storybook chapter to add to her astonishing career at the All England Club. Serena was the second-oldest player to feature in the Wimbledon women’s singles in the Open era, after Martina Navratilova, who reached the second round at the age of 47 in 2004. The 44-year-old, a seven-time…

NewsFeedInternational and local emergency teams are continuing to recover the bodies of victims under the rubble of collapsed buildings following Venezuela’s twin earthquakes. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi is in La Guaira, where thousands are still missing.Published On 30 Jun 202630 Jun 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, how an AI-driven stock boom in Taiwan and South Korea is enticing investors to take big risks on one of the world’s hottest market rallies.

Adults in the US who frequently seek out health advice from artificial intelligence chatbots are more likely to believe myths about vaccines, according to a poll released on Tuesday by health research firm KFF.The survey, which was conducted in May and polled a representative sample of 2,480 US adults, found that use of AI tools and chatbots correlated with belief in falsehoods such as vaccines causing autism or that the measles vaccine poses more danger than the corresponding virus. The connection remained while controlling for factors such as age, race, education and political partisanship.Concern over how AI may spread misinformation…

The prime minister has frequently claimed the government is spending £270bn on defence over this parliament which he says is “the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the 1980s”.This number represents the total cash spending figure for the MoD budget set out in the 2025 Spending Review, covering the four years to 2028-29.Sir Keir said today that the DIP increases this by “a further £15bn”.So this £15bn figure is an increase in defence spending over four years relative to previous plans.Reports suggest that the original DIP would have increased spending by £13.5bn over four years. That suggests that, over…

A jungle huntsman spider during a speed testChristofer Clemente/University of the Sunshine Coast A huntsman spider found in Queensland, Australia, has been crowned the fastest spider in the world with a top speed of nearly 3.6 metres per second, according to a global study of arachnid sprinting prowess. Currently, the official world record is held by the Moroccan flic-flac spider (Cebrennus rechenbergi) which can hit speeds of 1.7 metres per second when it is startled, using a rolling-tumbling motion. But some experts regard this as incorrect. “The flic-flac is a special type of locomotion,” says Jonas Wolff at University of…