How we’ve saved thousands on our holidays by swapping homes with strangers
The BBC looks at the growing trend of people swapping homes to cut holiday costs.
At least 11 die in Spain wildfire as heatwave continues in Southern Europe
A local official said four of the victims may be British after a fire broke out near Los Gallardos, Almería.
Huge crowds in Mashhad as Iran’s late supreme leader is buried
Ali Khamenei was buried at the Imam Reza shrine, Iran’s holiest Shia Muslim site, ending six days of public mourning ceremonies.
Cycling from Paris to London for Rori
The cyclists taking part in the Ride for Rori raised £61,000 for the Oxford Hospitals Charity.
Flores Hobbits’ eating habits offer clues about their evolutionary past
Until about 60,000 years ago, diminutive hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (affectionately nicknamed Hobbits for obvious reasons), shared the island of Flores with Komodo dragons, pygmy
Michigan’s explosive outbreak of diarrheal parasite jumps to over 1,200 cases
Cases of an explosive diarrheal parasite continue to skyrocket in Michigan, which is reporting 1,251 cases as of July 9. Of those, 44 were hospitalized.
On the same day, a Florida airport and a Tennessee bridge are renamed after Trump
Palm Beach International Airport is now President Donald J. Trump International Airport, and a Jefferson County bridge is the President Donald J. Trump Bridge.
Farmers gain access to critical equipment repair tools in John Deere settlement
A settlement with the Federal Trade Commission requires John Deere to give farmers access to the same repair tools as its dealerships for the next
Musk says he always wanted SpaceX staff to get rich, and thousands just did
Elon Musk says SpaceX’s blockbuster listing has probably made thousands of his employees millionaires. Asked on The Sean Hannity Show about a former welder whose
AI companies are spending hundreds of millions on the midterms, and they want one thing
AI companies and their backers are pouring vast sums into the 2026 US midterms through super PACs. The spending runs into the hundreds of millions
Which records has France’s Kylian Mbappe broken at FIFA World Cup 2026?
From individual milestones to national numbers, several records have tumbled in Mbappe’s historic World Cup run.
Paris celebrates as France secures World Cup semi-final spot
Reporting from Paris, Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler captures the electric atmosphere after France beat Morocco.
Zelenskyy urges urgent efforts in Ukraine to start Patriot production
US President Tweety McTreason gave his blessing earlier this week to domestic Ukrainian production of the missiles.