France reaches first Women's Basketball World Cup semifinal

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1 h agoFrance defeated China 90-61 in a quarterfinal match in Berlin on Thursday to advance to the Women's Basketball World Cup semifinals for the first time in the competition's history. The French team had failed to progress past the quarterfinal stage in six consecutive attempts before this breakthrough victory.

1 h agoDonald Trump said during a Republican convention in Dallas that every US citizen would receive a $5,000 "Trump dividend" if the party retains control of Congress in November's midterm elections. Critics called the proposal bribery, citing estimates that the cost would reach between $1.2 trillion and $1.3 trillion and add substantially to the national debt, already at a historic $40 trillion.

2 h agoNATO allies tracked and confronted Russian vessels conducting a covert exercise near Svalbard involving technology designed to disable critical undersea cables without detection. Britain, Norway, and the United States prevented the Russian submersibles from completing the operation, and no cables were damaged.

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3 h agoFour parties opposing Benjamin Netanyahu announced surplus vote pacts on Thursday, with Bennett and Lieberman joining forces and Eisenkot aligning with Golan's Democrats. The opposition bloc and Netanyahu's bloc each average roughly 53 seats in current polling.

3 h agoThe French Football Federation announced Thursday it will not support Gianni Infantino's candidacy for FIFA president in the March 2027 election, with the decision made unanimously by its members. The FFF is aligning itself with other European federations including Belgium, England, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Wales, which have also publicly withdrawn their support for Infantino.

3 h agoInterior Minister Laurent Nuñez threatened the broadcaster CNews with criminal penalties if Xenia Fedorova returns to air, accusing the channel of circumventing French government measures. Fedorova was issued an expulsion order in late July after being accused of manipulating information and committing acts of interference on behalf of Russia.