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A bomb blast at a cafe in central Damascus on Thursday killed nine people and wounded 20 others, Syria's interior ministry ​said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. Syrian state television said an explosive ‌device had been planted at the cafe, near the Palace of Justice in the centre of the capital.

Sri Lanka was first classified as an upper-middle-income economy in 2019 before returning to the lower-middle-income category as economic growth slowed during the 2022 economic crisis.

Goncalo Ramos scored a dramatic injury-time winner as Portugal defeated Croatia 2-1 to reach the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 and face Spain

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, a 900-pound stainless-steel time capsule packed with items ranging from a Claude AI prediction to Civil War memorabilia will be buried near Independence Hall, with strict instructions not to open it until 2276. Here's what's inside.

Lamine Yamal turned heads with a Batman chain before Spain's World Cup match against Austria and made history alongside Pau Cubarsí in the knockout stage

England are preparing for sleep disruption, security risks, and high altitude ahead of their World Cup last-16 clash against Mexico in Mexico City

Nat Sciver-Brunt starred with 75 as England beat South Africa by 40 runs in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final to reach the final against Australia

Led by CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper, the conference brought together military leaders from 12 countries, who reaffirmed their "commitment to the free flow of commerce" through the Strait of Hormuz.

Gil has become a symbol of hope in a nation devastated by one of Latin America's deadliest earthquakes, which killed at least 3,000 people, injured more than 11,000 and left thousands of others unaccounted for.

BAT-BMS app went viral for remotely disabling Indian e-rickshaws via Bluetooth. Removed from App Store, but thousands of clone apps exist — and AI tools like Mythis can rebuild one in under 5 minutes.

From a $90 billion Metaverse failure to Meta AI wrongly banning creators, Zuckerberg's bets keep collapsing. Now he wants to build a cloud rival to AWS — but analysts say Meta has no spare compute.

Meta jumped 8.8% on Meta Compute cloud news, then fell 5% next day. Wolfe Research: $200B capex needed. SoftBank launched a rival in 24 hours. CoreWeave lost $7.5B in market cap. Full breakdown.

GJ 3378b is a super-Earth 25 light-years away orbiting in its red dwarf star's habitable zone. Mass 2.3x Earth, orbit 21.45 days. Researchers call it one of the most exciting nearby exoplanets found.

The study estimates that Russia has suffered around 1.4 million military casualties, including up to 450,000 deaths, while Ukraine has recorded between 525,000 and 625,000 casualties, including up to 150,000 fatalities.

Spain cruised into the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 after a dominant 3-0 victory over Austria, with Mikel Oyarzabal scoring twice and Pedro Porro adding another

Alexandra Eala made Wimbledon history by becoming the first Filipino in the Open Era to reach the third round of a Grand Slam after beating Maya Joint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, unveiled three key policy documents on economic security, artificial intelligence and energy resilience after delegation-level talks in New Delhi.

Jonty Rhodes explains how fielding and athleticism shaped Rotterdam Dockers' ETPL draft, saying T20 matches are often decided by one or two runs

Starmer apologised in Parliament for the forced adoption of an estimated 185,000 babies born to unmarried mothers, acknowledging that thousands of women were pressured into giving up their children between 1949 and 1976.