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The World Cup gets underway on Thursday with five weeks of wall-to-wall football to look forward to! As it does every four years, it will prompt huge interest from casual observers of the beautiful game who are less interested in the tribalism of club football. And while it is easy to get behind the likes of England and Scotland, what happens if they go out early? Is that the end of World Cup 2026? Absolutely not. If you add a second team to follow it could keep things exciting until the latter stages. Before you know it you’ll be staying…

It sounds like all the major players in the Edmonton Oilers organization want Mike Babcock Ryan Rishaug: It is sounding like the Edmonton Oilers leadership group is firmly behind the idea of bringing in Mike Babcock as their next head coach. Babcock has met with them. “It’s a critical time within this organization and it would seem they feel whatever negative publicity may result from this is trumped by the level of urgency to get over the hurdle and win a cup. Katz hasn’t hesitated to make these types of moves in the past.” Darren Dreger: “Sources: The Edmtn Oilers…

The company behind ChatGPT files its plans one week after Anthropic did the same.

Bitcoin traded around $63,000 on Monday, clawing back from a two-month low hit on June 5 as a confluence of headwinds — spot ETF outflows, macro uncertainty, and capital rotation into artificial intelligence stocks — pushed the world’s largest cryptocurrency roughly 50% below its all-time high of $126,279 reached in October 2025. The decline has triggered familiar scenes of capitulation. Retail investors have largely stepped back, and mainstream headlines have leaned into the fear. But a growing chorus of institutional voices is pushing back hard. In a report published Monday, analysts at Wall Street brokerage Bernstein said Bitcoin’s long-term “store…

The three-day flagship event is set to take place between 11 and 13 September in City Park, Stirling.

Priyansh Arya run out (Screen grab) NEW DELHI: Priyansh Arya’s fluent innings ended in extraordinary fashion after a bizarre mix-up with Ruturaj Gaikwad and an unfortunate collision with wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella’s foot during the tri-series opener against Sri Lanka A on Tuesday.An extremely unusual dismissal unfolded in the 13th over after Gaikwad pushed the ball towards deep cover and called for a second run. Priyansh initially responded positively but hesitated midway, by which time Gaikwad had already committed and comfortably made his ground at the striker’s end.As both batters ended up stranded at the same end, Priyansh desperately tried to…

The West Bengal Centralised Admission Portal (WBCAP) has released the WBCAP 2026 merit list on June 9. Students who applied through the Common Admission Process (CAP) can now check the merit list on the official portal, wbcap.in, and on the websites of the respective colleges.The merit list has been prepared by individual Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) based on candidates’ Class 12 board examination marks. Along with the merit list, colleges have also issued seat allocation lists for selected candidates.Students whose names appear on the merit list can either accept the allotted seat or choose the upgradation option to be considered…

XRP Ripple Ledger 3.2.0 is targeting a June 15 release, bringing two headline changes: the core server software is renamed from rippled to XRPLD, and the upgrade promises 30–40% lower memory usage across network nodes. XRPL Operations announced the update on June 4, describing it as a transition that will require infrastructure operators to update parts of their systems. BREAKING: XRP Ledger (XRPL) 3.2.0 Upgrade Set for June 15Core server software renamed from rippled → xrpld.Major performance optimizations, up to 30-40% lower memory footprintNumerous performance tweaks, bug fixes, rounding /Number handling fixes, and code cleanups… — Rednirav (@CryptoRednirav) June 8,…

Commerzbank’s Volkmar Baur highlights that USD/JPY has climbed back above 160, near multi-decade highs, even as Japan’s current account surplus has improved to its highest level since 1996 and 5.6% of GDP. Stronger foreign investment income and better trade in goods and services underpin fundamentals, but near-term JPY moves remain driven by the Iran conflict and Oil prices.Improving fundamentals, soft currency”Yesterday, USD/JPY once again rose above 160, coming within striking distance of a new multi-year high.””At the same time, however, data on Japan’s current account balance showed that the fundamental situation for the JPY continues to improve.””With a seasonally adjusted…

Cov­er­age of the refugee cri­sis peaked in 2015. By the end of the year, note researchers at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Bergen, “this was one of the hottest top­ics, not only for politi­cians, but for par­tic­i­pants in the pub­lic debate,” includ­ing far-right xeno­phobes giv­en mega­phones. What­ev­er their intent, Daniel Trilling argues at The Guardian, the explo­sion of refugee sto­ries had the effect of fram­ing “these new­ly arrived peo­ple as oth­ers, peo­ple from ‘over there,’ who had lit­tle to do with Europe itself and were strangers.” Such a char­ac­ter­i­za­tion ignores the cru­cial con­text of Europe’s pres­ence in near­ly every part of the…