In the first decisive victory of this tournament’s knockout stage, France dominated Sweden Tuesday with a 3-0 win that guaranteed the French another match this week.
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Doha Madani,
NBC news,
1 July 2026
Highlight reels are dominated by exceptional athletes doing exceptional things.
The country’s economic hubs — Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town – were partially shut down because a civic movement, not the state, dictated the tempo.
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Tiisetso Motsoeneng,
semafor.com,
1 July 2026
This move was largely dictated by Knicks owner James Dolan's mandate to avoid the NBA's second apron luxury tax, making Robinson too costly to retain despite the front office's desire for a reunion.
Your structure sorts the whole world into two boxes, oppressor and oppressed.
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Joyce Kamanitz,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
The album is both plea, polemic and protest, but its argument — that oppressed and working people deserve rights and dignity, and that those things have historically been won through rebellion and revolution — is hardly radical.
The full set was mastered at Abbey Road Studios and comes with a 16-page book of notes from Simon Armitage and photography by Anton Corbijn and Kevin Cummins.
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Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
When two people try something neither has mastered, both are exposed and that exposure becomes a chance to support each other rather than perform for each other.
The Phillies loaded the bases with two outs in the second, and after fouling off several Chandler pitches, Crawford took another late swipe and managed to hit one down the third base line off the end of the bat.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
In addition, problems at large banks — the failure of which could cause systemic issues — can be managed better if those banks have a larger cushion of reserves to draw on, either to get through a difficult period or to be resolved.
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