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International Rumors: Walker, Gill, Micic, Brown, Kamagate
July 12th 2025 at 11:10am CST by Rory Maher Seven-year veteran Lonnie Walker spent most of last season in Lithuania with EuroLeague club Zalgiris Kaunas prior to signing a two-year deal with the Sixers in February. Philadelphia declined its team...

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Football Match Results
Brazilian Serie A Vasco da Gama vs Atlético Mineiro pp Sport Recife vs Bahía 2-0 Internacional vs TBD pp Copa Sudamericana Central Córdoba vs Cerro Largo 0-0 Friendly Matches Real Valladolid vs Pafos 2-3 Terengganu vs Svay Rieng 2-2 Sydney FC vs...

Mulraney feels goals can flow for profligate Pat's
Jake Mulraney feels the goals will flow for St Patrick's Athletic after a challenging time for the Inchicore club. Stephen Kenny’s side have gone from a team tipped by many at the start of the campaign to claim a league title, to one languishing...

The basketball coach who’s happy Embiid didn’t join his team
In recent years, it’s become increasingly common for top international teams to strengthen their rosters with naturalized players. From point guards like Kendrick Perry (Montenegro) and Jaleen Smith (Croatia), to naturalization-for-a-passport...

Football Daily | Champions League history in Malta and dancing on the streets of Andorra
BREAK? WHAT BREAK? Bigger Cup is up and running, baby, as we officially wave goodbye to “last season” and welcome “this season”. The question of when we enter a new campaign is eternally asked; it’s like the quandary of where the north of England...

Molotov cocktail thrown at Polish officers over Belarus border amid growing migration pressure
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Europol-coordinated global operation takes down pro-Russian cybercrime network
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A coordinated international operation has hit the infrastructure of a pro-Russian cybercrime network linked to a string of denial of service attacks targeting Ukraine and its allies, the European Union’s police agency...

Vibrio bacteria: How to swim in European waters and survive
What you need to know Vibriosis is caused by Vibrio bacteria, which live naturally in brackish, warm, low-salinity coastal waters Typical European locations include the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Black Sea Climate change may be leading to more...

Belarus calls for “dialogue with Poland to reduce risk of armed clashes” amid military build-up
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3D printed tantalum parts withstand 437 GPa in new tests by First Light Fusion
Want to speak at AMA: Energy 2025 or AMA: Automotive & Mobility 2025? Submit your application now! UK-based fusion company First Light Fusion has partnered with Irish medical device manufacturer Croom Medical to produce tantalum components for its...

New Polish president set for foreign policy power struggle with government
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Lithuanian President Awards Ukrainian Military
1 Photo: Getty Images For bravery and professionalism in Operation Envoy. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has awarded representatives of the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces who took part in the evacuation of the body of the dead...

Debrecen Earns Spot in Final Round of EU Green Capital Contest
Debrecen has been shortlisted as one of the top three cities in the running for the prestigious 2027 European Green Capital title, alongside Heilbronn in Germany and Klagenfurt in Austria, according to an announcement by the European Commission on...
What NATO Countries Spend On Military, Health, & Education
NATO countries officially agreed to raise their defense expenditures to 5% of their GDP by 2035. But how do their military expenditures compare to what they spend on health and education? This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao,...

Doug Liman To Debut Google-Backed XR Thriller ‘Asteroid’ In Venice Immersive + Full Line-Up With Edward Berger Short
Bourne Identity director Doug Liman will unveil his upcoming XR thriller Asteroid in the Venice Film Festival’s immersive showcase. Asteroid, which is due to launch on Google’s XR App later this year, was among 69 works announced for Venice...

Latvia criticises 'recent developments in Georgia'
Latvia was a signatory to a joint statement released on 11th July by the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, the...

Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen ft. Patrick Myers as Freddie Mercury
Killer Queen's first public shows were at London University, following in the footsteps of the real Queen who had played their first shows there decades earlier. Killer Queen's UK popularity grew to such an extent they soon secured a residency in...

IMF: The debate over falling fertility
A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives. Global fertility rates have been falling for decades and are reaching historically low levels. While the human population now exceeds...

Baltic naval diver training taking place at Liepāja
From July 14 to 26, the annual Baltic States Naval Forces diver training "DIVEX 25" is takig place in Liepāja and the Baltic Sea, during which naval divers will improve their knowledge and skills in searching for, identifying, neutralizing and...

What? Where? When? Reflection of climate risks in financial stability reports
The topic of climate is becoming increasingly prominent in society, as people grow more aware of climate change and feel it firsthand. Google Trend data (Chart 1) show the following trends: The relevance of the climate topic grew rapidly in 2018,...