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England will aim to move one step closer to ending their 60-year FIFA World Cup title drought when they face Norway in the quarter-finals at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami in the early hours of Sunday. A place in the semi-finals awaits the winner, with France already securing a berth after defeating Morocco, while Spain have also advanced.

The demise of legendary playback singer S Janaki has left the music world in mourning. Fondly known as the “Nightingale of South India”, S Janaki died in Mysuru on Saturday, July 11, due to age-related illness aged 88. She was one of the most versatile voices Indian cinema has ever produced. Over a career spanning over six decades, she recorded over 48,000 songs and entertained generations of music lovers.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday found itself in a spot of bother after supporters of Narottam Mishra staged a protest in Datia after the party didn’t field the former Madhya Pradesh home minister for the byelections from the Datia assembly constituency. 

The boat tragedy in Vietnam’s Phu Quoc Island that left at least 15 people dead happened due to high waves in the seat and a possible overloading of passengers, said a survivor on Saturday, while recounting the horror. 

At least 15 Indians are feared dead in an accident off the Phu Quoc Island in Vietnam on Saturday after the boat they were travelling in capsized. A video of the tragedy has now surrfaced, purportedly showing a capsized boat as rescuers surround it near Hon May Rut Ngoai Island off Vietnam’s Phu Quoc.

Spain booked their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 semi-finals after substitute Mikel Merino struck late to secure a 2-1 victory over Belgium in a hard-fought quarter-final in the early hours of Saturday. The win set up a last-four meeting with France in Dallas.

US President Donald Trump has claimed that he has left instructions for the United States to launch an unprecedented military response against Iran if Tehran succeeds in assassinating him, saying the country would be “bombed at levels that they’ve never seen before.”

The Bihar politics on Friday witnessed an abrupt development after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Abhishek Kumar Sinha, popularly known as ‘Bunty’, withdrew his candidature from the Bankipur byelection race. And just moments after that, the saffron party declared that Neeraj Kumar Sinha will be its new candidate for the bypoll, which was necessitated after BJP national president Nitin Nabin was elected to the Rajya Sabha.

16 councillors of the Indraprastha Vikas Party (IVP), a breakaway faction of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi on Friday in the presence of Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and Delhi BJP president Harsh Malhotra.

Filmmaker Christopher Nolan attended the Mumbai launch of The Odyssey along with the film’s cast, where he received a warm welcome from fans. Addressing the audience at the event, Nolan thanked everyone for their support and said it was “always a thrill to be in India”.