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The greatest fight of all sports brings a pair of old rivals back together. Undisputed World Champion Roman Reigns puts his pair of titles on the line against Brock Lesnar in a Las Man Standing Match in the main event. Reigns unified the titles by defeating Lesnar in the main event at WrestleMania. The card also sees the return of the celebrity factor. Logan Paul returns as he takes on The Miz in singles action....

A man was allegedly shot by another man outside the Golden Lion pub at around 4.20pm today (Sunday July 31). Armed officers and an ambulance are said to have rushed to the scene in Church Street, with police having cordoned off the area to deal with the incident. Emergency services attended and the victim was taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries, which are not believed to be life-threatening at this stage....

The English are underdogs – Germany have won the title eight times, as well as 21 of the 27 meetings between the two teams. But England won the last time the sides played each other in February – and since Sarina Wiegman took over as manager in September, they have played 19 games and won 17 of them. Speaking late last night, Wiegman said that – despite the pressure – there is a sense of calm within her team....

There was elation in the Mercedes garage at the Hungaroring as mechanics and engineers who have been under the cosh all season were finally able to enjoy the adrenaline surge of success once more. While Russell, the 24-year-old who is always careful to keep a tight rein on his emotions, was lit up with pleasure. “This is what racing is about,” he said. “Why I wake up every single day because feelings like this are something you can’t really dream of....

It is the first virtual fashion project for Dior Couture, with the brand’s menswear artistic director, Kim Jones, creating new items exclusively in-game. Of course this includes clothing for your driver avatar. You’ll be able to get a yellow and gray racing suit with the diagonal Dior pattern and a Christian Dior Atelier Avenue Montaigne logo — celebrating the 30 Avenue Montaigne address in Paris where Christian Dior first established the design house....

A few hours later, he watched from a distance as a man rescued an elderly woman and others trapped in a house as the water continued to rise. Pauley told CNN he could hear people shouting across the flooded street, “Ask for help, get help.” Polley called 911, but emergency services were overwhelmed and did not respond to his calls, he said. Around 9am, she saw someone she described as a “hero” swim into the house and start banging on a door and window....

L’inflation ronge les finances des Canadiens, qui ont dépensé beaucoup plus ces derniers mois pour des produits essentiels comme l’épicerie et l’essence. Près de 75 % des répondants ont déclaré qu’ils ne pensaient pas que ce soit une bonne idée de faire un gros achat, comme une voiture ou une maison, en ce moment. Ce pourcentage est en hausse par rapport à 2020, où 56 % ressentaient la même chose....

The Spiez lab, known for its detective work on chemical, biological and nuclear threats since the Second World War, was commissioned last year by the World Health Organization to be the first in a global network of high-security laboratories to develop, store and share news discovered germs that could unleash the next pandemic. WHO’s BioHub program was born, in part, out of frustration with the obstacles researchers faced in obtaining samples of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, first identified in China, to understand its risks and develop tools to his fight....

An Iranian resistance group has urged European leaders to stop engaging with the current regime as Tehran threatens military action against its opponents – even on foreign soil. The Fars news agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), published an article on July 27 calling on the Islamic Republic to “put on the agenda military action against the MKO headquarters in Albania,” arguing that the action would help maintain “international peace and security....

Alors qu’une nouvelle canicule est attendue, la sécheresse s’atténuera un peu plus en France à partir de ce dimanche. Le mois de juillet se terminant sera sans doute le plus sec jamais enregistré en France, avec la quasi-totalité du territoire soumis à des restrictions d’eau. La canicule arrive du sud de la France, avec des températures atteignant 34°C à Perpignan et Montpellier ce dimanche. Il faisait déjà 26°C ce matin à Nyons, dans l’appartement vers 9h et on s’attend à 38°C lundi après-midi....

The survey found a boom in rental properties being used for short-term lets, driven by an increase in domestic holidays and increased regulations on long-term landlords. In tourist areas this is straining local councils, causing housing shortages and taking vital workers away from areas where they are needed, leading MPs and councils to consider measures to crack down. A report by Scarborough Council found that the number of private rented properties in the town center had fallen from an average of 25 homes available at any one time in 2017 to six in 2022....

(Beyrouth) Une partie du silo à grains endommagé du port de Beyrouth s’est effondrée après un incendie dimanche, quelques jours avant le deuxième anniversaire de l’explosion dévastatrice dans ce port. Publié à 10h54 Un nuage de poussière a recouvert le port après l’effondrement de deux tours, ont constaté des journalistes de l’AFP. Il y a plus de deux semaines, un incendie s’est déclaré dans la partie la plus endommagée des silos, causé selon les autorités et les experts par la fermentation des stocks de céréales restants, combinée à des températures élevées....

Nichols’ death was confirmed by Gilbert Bell, her talent manager and partner of 15 years. Nichols shared one of the first interracial kisses in television history on “Star Trek.” At the time, with her co-star William Shatner, it was a bold move by her, “Star Trek” creator Gene Roddenberry and NBC considering the climate at the time, but the episode “Plato’s Stepchildren,” aired in 1968, it was written to give the input of everyone involved: Uhura and Captain Kirk did not choose to kiss, but instead were forced to do so involuntarily by aliens with the ability to control the movements of humans....

“Welcome back,” he said a few minutes later when I returned from a trip to the bathroom. A friendly companion for a writer in his hours of self-imposed isolation and a boost to his ever fragile ego? Really not – this machine is an electronic bogeyman whose neck I would often wring with glee if it had one. It’s not the relentless drip of messages on the screen that gets me, but the attempts to make them sound “human”....

Speaking to GB News on Sunday, British Professor Anthony Glees discussed the state of Russian forces in Ukraine and said the invading nation could be headed for a “significant defeat”. Glees is a “nationally and internationally published expert on European affairs… and security”, and currently serves as an emeritus professor at the University of Buckingham. “We and the Americans estimate that 75,000 Russian soldiers were either killed or wounded,” the professor said....

Russian forces conducted offensive operations on the Sloviansk and Bakhmut fronts, but suffered losses and retreated. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on July 31 Details: On the Sivershchyna front, Russia continues to maintain several units of its Armed Forces in parts of the Bryansk and Kursk regions near the Russian-Ukrainian border and conduct aerial reconnaissance in the area using UAVs....

The city of Ottawa provides a “transition allowance” of one month’s pay for each consecutive month of service, up to a maximum of six months, for members of council who are defeated on Election Day or decide not to seek re-election. As of today, Watson and eight councillors have said they will not be seeking re-election in the Oct. 24 election, and qualify for the severance package. The current salary for the mayor of Ottawa is $198,702 a year, while a councillor earns $111,111....

The call from the prime minister comes as a gas crisis looms over the European Union and as part of an effort to become less dependent on Russian gas in the wake of the war in Ukraine. On Friday, temperatures reached 36C in Madrid and 39C in Seville, as Europe experienced record-high temperatures over the past few weeks. Speaking at a news conference in Madrid, Mr Sanchez pointed out that he wasn’t wearing a tie and said he wanted his ministers and workers to do the same to stay cooler....

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives voted Friday to ban assault weapons, with lawmakers approving the bill by a 217-213 vote. Eighteen House Democrats considered vulnerable in this year’s midterm elections voted in favor of the bill, while two of the party’s representatives facing tough re-election battles – Henry Cuellar of Texas and Jared Golden of Maine – defected from their party to vote. against the bill. The list of vulnerable House Democrats who voted for the bill includes Rep....

“The secretary knows that she and I disagree on this matter. I want to make sure that political speech is always protected because that could open up a can of worms for anyone on both sides of the party. But the secretary knows I disagree with her on that point,” Dixon told Fox News Sunday host Bret Baier. DeVos resigned from the Trump administration the day after the Jan. 6 riots, citing Trump’s involvement....