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Ivory Coast’s midfielder #08 Franck Kessie (L) is comforted by Norway’s forward #09 Erling Braut Haaland (2ndL) at the end of the 2026 World Cup round of 32 football match between Ivory Coast and Norway at the Dallas Stadium in Arlington on June 30, 2026. (Photo by Aric Becker / AFP) Ivory Coast gave everything but “lacked maturity” in being ousted from the World Cup on Tuesday in a last-gasp 2-1 defeat to Norway, coach Emerse Fae said. An unmarked Erling Haaland scored with four minutes left of normal time as Ivory Coast’s tournament ended at the last-32 stage. “It’s…

Getty Images and Shutterstock, two of the top photo, video and stock image marketplaces, called off a $3.7 billion merger after hitting a regulatory roadblock in the United Kingdom. Getty, led by CEO Craig Peters, said on Tuesday that its board of directors unanimously decided to scuttle the deal to merge with its rival after the top regulator in the U.K., the Competition and Markets Authority, required the sale of Shutterstock’s editorial business. Getty’s board viewed that requirement as an apparent non-starter, per a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The board also stated it intends…

We are at one of my favourite times of the year, but also one of the busiest, with the world seemingly hell-bent on fitting everything in before the summer starts proper. For us, family birthdays abound, with celebrations to organise, cakes to dream up and a constant worry about finding the right presents. Our anniversary is mostly forgotten amid the chaos! What is not forgotten is our deep love of sitting outdoors over long summer evenings that appear to make time stretch magically, languorously. Whether it’s lighting the barbecue or simply turning to my ancient but beloved griddle, a bit…

US President Donald Trump recorded around $1.2 billion in income from his cryptocurrency activities in 2025, according to documents released on Tuesday by the US Office of Government Ethics. A 1978 law requires the president and vice president of the United States to declare their income as well as their assets. According to the documents, which are more than 900 pages long, Trump received nearly $`550 million from his ties to the startup World Liberty Financial. The Trump family lent its support and its name to this cryptocurrency platform, launched in September 2024. World Liberty Financial issued its own cryptocurrency,…

• To invest additional $46bn in refining, cement, fertiliser businesses to accelerate industrialisation • Conglomerate moves to strengthen energy security, deepen continent’s industrial integration Peter Uzoho The Dangote Group has outlined its long term expansion strategy, which will increase its total refining capacity in Africa to 2.1 million barrels per day, comprising 1.4 million barrels per day in Nigeria and a planned 700,000 barrels per day refining complex in Kenya to serve East African markets. This will be facilitated by the group’s planned investment of additional $46 billion between 2026 and 2028 across its refining, cement and fertiliser businesses as…

By Peter Egwuatu Shareholders of Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals Plc have approved plans by the company’s Board of Directors to raise additional capital to accelerate its expansion programme and complete its ongoing world-class pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Amawbia, Anambra State. At the company’s 67th Annual General Meeting (AGM), held virtually, shareholders unanimously approved all the board’s resolutions and called for appropriate timing of the capital raising to ensure full subscription. Shareholders’ group leaders, including Boniface Okezie, Moses Igbrude, Mrs Bisi Bakare, Alex Adio and Adebayo Adeleke, urged the Board and Management to ensure that the new plant, upon completion, serves as a…

Anthropic has said the US commerce department has lifted export controls on its Fable and Mythos AI models, less than ⁠three weeks after ⁠the company ​was ordered to suspend access to its most advanced AI models over national security risks.“We’ll begin restoring access tomorrow,” Anthropic said in a statement on X late on Tuesday.US authorities blocked access to the models on national security grounds several weeks ago, but in a letter to Anthropic seen by Reuters, US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick, said the export controls were withdrawn and that a licence ‌was no longer required for their export.“Anthropic has agreed…

Helen Pidd has been one of Andy Burnham’s constituents for almost a decade now. She says she has seen Greater Manchester thrive on his watch. Now he wants to do for the rest of the country what he has done for her region. On Monday Burnham stood up in the People’s History Museum in Manchester and delivered his economic manifesto. Barring some 11th hour challenge or unforeseen calamity, he will have moved into No 10 by the end of July. But he says he wants to build another No 10. A Manchester one. What he is promising is radical, but…

France secured their place in the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Tuesday, delivering a dominant 3-0 performance against Sweden in their Round of 32 clash. Les Bleus controlled possession from the opening whistle, forcing Sweden into a defensive posture all match-long. While France moved the ball with precision, they struggled to break the deadlock early on. The breakthrough finally arrived in the 45th minute, when captain Kylian Mbappé converted a pass from Ousmane Dembélé to give France a deserved lead heading into the interval. France resumed the second half with increased intensity. Their pressure yielded…

Julian Quinones times his run to perfection before rifling home a fierce shot to give Mexico the lead against Ecuador in their round of 32 World Cup match.