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Czechia and South Africa have confirmed their starting teams on matchday two of their 2026 World Cup campaigns in Atlanta on Thursday. The play-off winners took a second-half lead through Ladislav Krejci in their first game before losing 2-1 to South Korea in Zapopan. Bafana Bafana lost 2-0 to Mexico in the opening match of the finals, suffering two straight red cards in a performance head coach Hugo Broos attributed to inexperience. Mexico and South Korea will continue the action in the group in Zapopan on Friday (02:00 BST). 🏟️ Getting a feel for the stage.​Bafana Bafana out on the…

Image Credit: FilmMagic Daveigh Chase, the former child star known for Lilo & Stitch, The Ring and Donnie Darko, has died at the age of 35. According to reports, Chase suffered from meningitis and multiple severe blood infections that led to sepsis and ultimately caused her body to shut down. She had reportedly been hospitalized earlier in June before her health took a critical turn. Learn more about Chase’s health below. How Did Daveigh Chase Die? Chase died on June 16, 2026, after suffering severe complications from meningitis. According to reports, the actress developed sepsis and organ failure after battling…

MONTREAL — The son of former Quebec premier Jean Charest will be running for the Liberals in the fall provincial election. Antoine Dionne Charest was formally nominated Wednesday night in the Verdun riding in Montreal, with his mother and Liberal Leader Charles Milliard in attendance. Milliard said Dionne Charest is a long-serving Liberal member, and the leader expressed hope his new recruit will be part of the party’s renewal. Jean Charest, premier from 2003 to 2012, did not attend the nomination meeting. Dionne Charest, meanwhile, said he had absorbed the family values of giving back, and said he has politics…

The journey of Mohammed Siraj in international cricket has been filled with ups and downs, but the fast bowler has consistently found a way to bounce back stronger. Over the last few years, Siraj has established himself as one of India’s most dependable pace bowlers across formats, delivering match-winning performances both at home and overseas. Despite his success, there was a phase when many viewed him primarily as a Test specialist, with questions raised about his effectiveness in white-ball cricket.However, Siraj has worked hard to change that perception through consistent performances in franchise cricket and on the international stage. His…

18/06/2026 – This historical drama delving into Spain’s concentration camps, produced by Filmika Galaika and Umbracle Cinema, will premiere at FIDMarseilleElsa Pereira in Letters from an Inner ExileAfter taking part in the Last Push (Work in Progress) section of the third ECAM Forum a few days ago (see the news), the new work by Eloy Enciso, titled Letters from an Inner Exile, a historical drama toplined by Elsa Pereira, will have its world premiere on 8 July, in the International Competition of the FIDMarseille International Film Festival.(The article continues below – Commercial information) Its plot unfolds through the letters of…

Jamie Lynn Spears is opening up about the terrifying day she thought she had lost her daughter forever.  Nearly a decade after Maddie Aldridge’s near-fatal ATV accident, the actress and her now-18-year-old daughter are reflecting on the ordeal that left their family fearing the worst.  From desperate prayers to what Spears describes as a miracle recovery, the mother-daughter duo is sharing how the life-changing experience strengthened their faith and forever changed the course of their family’s story. MEGA In a new interview with PEOPLE, Jamie Lynn Spears looked back on the 2017 accident that nearly claimed Maddie’s life.  “That was…

by Regina Avalos, June 18, 2026(Disney+) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder is coming to an end. Disney+ has announced that season four will end the series, but has also ordered a stop-motion holiday special. Kyla Pratt, Tommy Davidson, Paula Jai Parker, JoMarie Payton, Cedric the Entertainer, Karen Malina White, Soleil Moon Frye, Alisa Reyes, Carlos Mencia, Maria Canals-Barrera, Alvaro Gutierrez, Raquel Lee Bolleau, Marcus T. Paulk, Aldis Hodge, Aries Spears, Cree Summer, Patricia Belcher, and Kevin Michael Richardson star in the series, which continues to follow Penny and her family. Disney+ shared the following about the series: “Today, Disney+…

Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile has quietly removed a requirement that customers subscribe to select plans for at least three months. The plans in question are Freedom’s Roam Beyond options, which give customers unlimited talk and text and a small bucket of roaming data for use in over 120 destinations. Freedom expanded Roam Beyond options across all plans in February 2026. Aside from the included roaming features, Roam Beyond plans also came with a minimum three-month subscription requirement and a $30 fee for changing plans before the end of the three months. The move was likely to deter people from switching to…

Spain’s Democratic Memory Law provided, in its 15th additional provision, for the creation of a technical commission to evaluate “the set of economic measures and reparations directed to the victims of the Civil War and the dictatorship” in order to analyze the degree of coverage achieved and identify “rectifiable shortfalls.” The final figure produced by that commission’s study shows a cumulative total from 1976 through December 2024 of €22.16 billion ($25.4 billion) and 611,828 beneficiaries. These are victims and those persecuted on the Republican side, since those from the Nationalist side that won the Civil War were already compensated during…

Government strategies for addressing cannabis use have been a constant debate in recent decades within regulatory and public health circles. It is acknowledged that consumption, especially at an early age, increases the risk of psychosis. At the same time, the experiences of various countries after changing their laws show that not all forms of legalization produce the same outcomes: where cannabis is freely commercialized on the market, problematic use increases, but that is not the case in places where the state controls sales.These are the main findings of two international reviews just published in The Lancet Psychiatry. One examines the…