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    Japanese women hit back at football fans who clean stadiums but leave housework to wives

    Male supporters of Japan's Samurai Blue cleaned up after their World Cup opener against the Netherlands, earning global praise. Back home, women are calling out a double standard: Japanese men do far less housework than their wives.

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Bedford, Beirut and bruised Meloni

Europe absorbs shocks as Bedford crash and Lebanon truce collapse test distracted leaders

A fragile ceasefire in Lebanon failed almost as soon as it began, pulling the US-Iran peace track back into uncertainty. In Europe, a fatal rail crash, a Labour revolt, a heatwave and Donald Trump’s quarrel with Giorgia Meloni gave governments little room for quiet Friday management.

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  • Israel bombs Hezbollah targets in Beirut

    Resumes US-Iran diplomatic efforts as a US envoy travels to Switzerland to discuss the stalled peace talks following the recent ceasefire violations.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

The EU AI Office initiated its first systemic-risk probe and published detailed enforcement procedures, while France and Germany operationalized national supervision hubs, moving the AI Act from design to initial enforcement actions.

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