Gabriel Martinelli celebrates his 95th-minute goal for Brazil in Houston. Photo: AFP HOUSTON: Substitute Gabriel Martinelli scored deep in injury time as Brazil beat a stubborn Japan 2-1 on Monday to roll into the World Cup last 16. Arsenal winger Martinelli struck in the 95th minute in Houston to break Japanese hearts in the most…
Another challenge to the Amazon Kindle-Goodreads book tracking empire has emerged. On Monday, the reading tracker StoryGraph teamed up with Rakuten’s Kobo, the maker of a more open eReader (and Kindle alternative), allowing book lovers to automatically track their reading habits. The integration was first announced in May, and is now live for all Kobo…
XRP whale outflows becoming less concentrated on Binance and increasingly distributed across other trading platforms. Large XRP transfers are becoming more prominent across centralized exchanges overall, while their activity on Binance has declined. Data from the 7-day moving average of the XRP Whale vs Retail Spread across all centralized exchanges rose from 26% on May…
Four e-bikes were seized and multiple violation tickets issued by Coquitlam RCMP after four young people were allegedly riding the bikes on the road. RCMP said that on June 22, they received a complaint of teens racing e-bikes on the road and that when officers responded, they found a group of them in a parking…
Scientists have discovered two of the lightest giant planets ever detected, dubbed ‘super-puffs’, orbiting a Sun-like star 1,110 light-years from Earth. The rare worlds, TOI-791 b and TOI-791 c, are about the size of Jupiter but far less dense than cotton candy, challenging current ideas of how gas giants form. Meet TOI-791 b and TOI-791…
New Zealand’s Mitchell Santner (centre) is congratulated after running out England’s Josh Tongue on the fifth day of their third Test at Trent Bridge in Nottingham, June 29, 2026. — AFP New Zealand beat England by 160 runs in third Test. Defeat marks England’s seventh defeat in nine Tests. New Zealand’s Daryl Mitchell named player…
Waymo robotaxis are no longer available on Uber’s ride-hail app in Phoenix, Arizona, ending a nearly three-year partnership in the city, both companies confirmed to TechCrunch on Monday. Uber said it is readying the launch of a separate autonomous vehicle partnership in the city, but did not name the partner. Waymo told TechCrunch that the…
Bitcoin (BTC) struggled near $60,000 around Monday’s Wall Street open as bulls increasingly risked a support/resistance flip. Key points: Bitcoin bulls face an uphill struggle to flip $60,000 back to support, even as US stocks see fresh upside. Iran peace hopes fuel a more positive risk-asset mood, but analysis says that Bitcoin buyers “lack conviction.”…
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, completed the Three Peaks Challenge over the weekend in aid of the cancer centre where she was treated, making her the first member of the Royal Family to climb the U.K.’s highest mountains in 24 hours, according to U.K. media reports. The princess, 44, who was diagnosed with an undisclosed…
ISLAMABAD: As part of Pakistan’s efforts to help broker an end to the war in the Middle East, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay official visits to Iran and Turkey from July 3 to 6, sources in the PM Office said. Dawn on Monday. The US military said it carried out new strikes on early…
