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Iran's conflict with the U.S. widened overnight, raising fresh concerns about regional stability and global energy markets. At the same time, TSMC doubled down on America's AI future with another major investment, while Spain capped a dominant World Cup campaign with a historic victory. Plus, the latest on business, science, sports, and the stories worth knowing today.

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Spain lifted the 2026 World Cup on a Ferran Torres winning goal, closing a defensive masterclass that saw the champions give up only a single goal across the entire tournament. Run through the knockouts included wins over four of the world's top ten teams.

Kylian Mbappé won the Golden Boot in a goalless final for Lionel Messi, and Spain's team-ethos-first coach Luis de la Fuente drew comparisons to a European tactical wave that has now landed on the global stage. La Roja becomes only the third program to have held both the men's and women's title.

Three US service members were killed in action as partner forces defended against Iranian ballistic-missile and drone attacks, US Central Command confirmed Saturday. President Trump said Sunday's fresh US strikes on Iranian sites were "in honor" of the fallen troops.

Iran responded with fresh attacks in Syria and Jordan, and two ships reportedly exploded in the Strait of Hormuz overnight. Congressional leadership from both parties has now requested a full closed-door briefing, and Gulf mediators say the back-channel talks in Oman are hanging by a thread.

Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force, in one of the single largest coordinated barrages of the war. Ballistic-missile share of the strike package was higher than in any previous single-night attack this year.

Damage extended across residential and civilian-infrastructure targets, and 8 people were killed with more than 60 wounded in separate follow-on drone strikes against Russian regions attributed to Kyiv. Zelensky's office has again asked Western capitals to accelerate Patriot deliveries.

Authorities in Guyana say a ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew has capsized off the coast. 67 people have been rescued so far, including 15 children, and search-and-rescue crews are working in coordination with regional partners.

Rescue crews in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing are using excavators to search the rubble of a landslide that has killed at least eight people. Another 34 people are missing, and heavy overnight rain has slowed the debris-clearance effort.

Iridescent green beetles native to Japan have invaded Italy, damaging orchards and vineyards across the Milan region. Known as Popillia japonica, they were first detected in Europe near Milan in 2014.

A Provo fire captain, his wife, and their three sons were found dead near a southern Utah campground after storms sent water tearing through the canyon over the weekend. Authorities say the family was likely swept away while camping, part of a summer of unusually violent flash floods across the West.

A second person has died in the Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City, health officials announced Saturday. Case count has climbed into the dozens, and cooling-tower testing has expanded across midtown Manhattan.

The test that appeared to identify the source of the US cyclospora outbreak turned out to be a false positive, according to federal health officials, and the exact source of the parasite is still unknown. Taco Bell's nationwide lettuce pull will remain in effect while the investigation continues.

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Eli Lilly's acquisition of psychedelic drug maker AtaiBeckley is being read as a major buy signal for a once-stigmatized class of mental-health treatments. Big Pharma's embrace could accelerate FDA pathways for compounds that were black-market curiosities a decade ago.

TSMC is accelerating its Arizona factory buildout to meet what CFO Wendell Huang called an AI "megatrend," citing robust customer demand. The added capacity strengthens the US position in advanced chips just as tariff and export-control fights drag on.

American Airlines' CEO sat down for a long-form interview on the summer travel cycle, upsell strategy, and the airline's plans to convert basic-economy seat inventory as premium demand keeps outrunning main cabin. Comments preview earnings later this month.

Harvard scientists have built a silicon chip that writes DNA using only electricity and water, cutting out the toxic solvents that dominate current synthesis. The approach could slash cost and waste for biotech's fastest-growing input.

Researchers at Aalto University built the first cyclic quantum heat engine inside a superconducting circuit, turning heat into useful work near absolute zero. The tiny device points toward more powerful quantum computers by taming the thermal problems that keep qubits fragile.

Ravika is one of hundreds of women noticing early pregnancy signs through the data on her fitness tracker. Resting-heart-rate and temperature signals show up before missed cycles for many users, and the same firms are quietly building product roadmaps around the finding.

Italy's Stefano Mazzoli rallied to a one-stroke victory at the Corales Puntacana Championship, closing with a 6-under 66 for his first PGA Tour win. Another sign of Europe's deepening bench heading into next year's Ryder Cup selections.

The Boston Red Sox rolled past the Tampa Bay Rays to earn their 13th consecutive victory, completing a four-game sweep and matching the franchise's longest winning streak since 1948. Boston continued its remarkable surge with another dominant all-around performance, strengthening its position in the American League playoff race.

Max Kepler hit a walk-off RBI double in the 10th as Arizona rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Cardinals 8-7. Comeback ties one of the largest deficit-erasures in Diamondbacks history and closed a chaotic Sunday afternoon at Chase Field.

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Madonna, Justin Bieber, Shakira, and BTS are among the acts booked for a crowded and contested new World Cup halftime spectacle. Soccer purists are singing anything but praises about the Super Bowl-ification of the final.

The 1975 frontman Matty Healy married model Gabbriette Bechtel in Los Angeles on Saturday, closing a courtship that began after Healy's brief and much-covered relationship with Taylor Swift in 2023. The ceremony was described by attendees as small and elegantly staged.

The second season of the cowboy drama "Ransom Canyon" airs this week alongside five more shows worth catching, including a behind-the-scenes documentary on the "Heartstopper: Forever" movie. Mid-summer TV is quietly stacking its shelves.

What it is: Gen Z shoppers who weren't alive 25 years ago are snapping up early-2000s digital cameras, and the resale market is running hot enough that Fujifilm and Canon have rolled out purpose-built retro hardware to meet the demand. Story sits at the intersection of nostalgia marketing, trend cycles, and a broader pushback against smartphone photography.

The detail: Search interest and price data show CCD-sensor point-and-shoots from 2003 to 2007 trading at multiples of their original retail. Taylor Swift's use of an old digital camera in her personal photography — visible on tour and in fan-shared content — is credited by several of the reporters as the single cleanest ignition point. Fujifilm's X-half and Canon's retro-styled compacts have been designed to lock the user out of live editing on purpose, so the final image is what the photo actually is.

A short history: Smartphones absorbed the point-and-shoot camera market by 2015 and reduced consumer camera sales to a rounding error. The industry ran on mirrorless and professional gear for a decade, and the current retro wave is the first meaningful consumer-camera bounce since the smartphone eclipse.

Why it matters: The shift is a real cultural signal about a generation choosing to opt out of always-on photography without opting out of photography itself. Retailers, hardware makers, and social platforms all read the trend line differently — Instagram is quietly designing filters around the aesthetic, and camera makers are moving fast on the hardware. Advertising agencies have taken notice too, because the imagery a Gen Z consumer trusts is starting to look nothing like what a smartphone produces.

What to watch: Watch Fujifilm's next X-series launch and how quickly it sells out — retail-channel data will be the early honest indicator of whether the trend is real or already peaked. Watch social platforms roll out CCD-styled filters as they cede ground to standalone hardware, and watch the resale market on CCD cameras from 2003-2007 for the price signal that separates a durable subculture from a Taylor Swift moment.

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