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Heatwaves have pushed temperatures to record highs across both Europe and the United States. Yet the human toll between these two locales was dramatically different, with Europe recording more than 10,000 excess deaths in June. This is a familiar pattern, notes Jack Nicastro: The United Nations estimates that the European continent accounted for approximately 175,000 heat-related deaths annually between 2000 and 2019. The Environmental Protection Agency, meanwhile, calculates that about 1,300 deaths per year in the US are due to extreme heat. (This translates to four heat-related deaths per million annually in the US and 235 heat-related deaths per million…

Source: FY2026 Annual Report of Aditya Infotech Ltd

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have announced its playing XI for the three-match ODI series opener against the India National Cricket Team, which will be played at Edgbaston in Birmingham on Tuesday, July 14.England has already thrashed India in the recent five-match T20I series 4-0, and now they must be aiming to carry forward their winning momentum into the three-match ODI series. Amid this, Shubman Gill brushes aside T20I setback, eyes fresh start in ODI series. England reveals bold new batting order for 1st ODI vs IndiaEngland has made an interesting change at the top of the order.…

The FIFA World Cup 2026 has reached its semi-final stage, with only four teams remaining in the race for football’s biggest prize. Two blockbuster encounters await fans as Spain take on France, while England prepare for another historic showdown against defending champions Argentina. Confident Spain Ready to Challenge In-Form France Spain may not have looked dominant in every match throughout the tournament, but La Furia Roja head into the semi-finals full of confidence. Luis de la Fuente’s side will also take encouragement from their recent record against France, having won both their UEFA EURO 2024 and UEFA Nations League meetings.…

It wouldn’t be a surprise if Dylan Larkin is still a Red Wing in September NHL Watcher: Chris Johnston on Detroit Red Wings Dylan Larkin adding the Dallas Stars to his list of teams he’d waive his no-trade clause for: “It might take more than that quite honestly…it would not surprise me if you and I take a little break for the summer here and we fire up the podcast first week of September, and Dylan Larkin is still a member of the Detroit Red Wings. The Red Wings are just not in a position where they’re going to trade…

SpaceX investors have swung from celebration to apparent concern in its first month as a publicly traded company.When shares in the firm, co-founded and led by Elon Musk, first became available for individuals to buy on the public stock market on 12 June, there was an investor frenzy.Although the company had decided to price its shares at $135 each, the price immediately shot up to $150 that first day, climbing to $176, before closing at $160.95. It solidified SpaceX as the largest initial public offering (IPO) of all time.The following week, its shares went up even further, hitting an intraday…

BitGo Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BTGO) introduced a set of tools to help institutions measure and reduce the quantum-computing risk tied to their Bitcoin holdings. The digital asset infrastructure company said the features apply to UTXO-based wallets and its multi-signature custody service. The release builds on BitGo’s multi-signature architecture, which the firm pioneered for Bitcoin to reduce single points of failure. The new controls give clients more visibility into wallet-key exposure, better handling of unspent transaction outputs, and workflows for institutional wallet operations. At the center of the launch is a Quantum Risk Score, an in-platform system that rates potential quantum…

Legally Blonde musical star Amber Davies says she asked for an audience member who filmed a performance from the front row to be kicked out.The ex-Love Islander posted a video on her Instagram Stories during the interval of Saturday night’s show at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin.”We’ve got a beautiful audience, but there’s just one woman in the front row, been filming the entirety of act one, it’s had us all distracted,” she said, adding that she’d asked staff to remove the woman for act two.Production company Royo told BBC Newsbeat it did not wish to comment further…

India’s Ravi Bishnoi bowls a delivery during the second T20 International match between India and England in the India tour of England 2026 at Emirates Old Trafford in Manchester, England. New Delhi: Ravichandran Ashwin has retired. Ravindra Jadeja is nearing the end of an illustrious career. Axar Patel has lost his bite, Kuldeep Yadav his magic, Varun Chakravarthy his mystery, and Washington Sundar can only be a containing bowler at best. India’s famed spin factory is showing worrying signs of running dry, and the cupboard suddenly looks alarmingly bare. In the search for wicket-taking bowlers, there are few convincing options.…

Education ecosystem being reshaped on principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’: Chief Minister Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said the government aims to establish the state as a world-class knowledge economy hub. To achieve this objective, the state’s education ecosystem is being reshaped on the principles of ‘Re-design, Re-imagine and Re-invest’. Under this vision, comprehensive reforms in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) have been implemented across state universities and their affiliated colleges. The Chief Minister was addressing a function at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology (GJUST), Hisar, on Sunday. He inaugurated and laid…