Disney's Toy Story 5 earned over $300m globally in its opening weekend, the franchise's best-ever debut. The film's strong performance marks a return to form for Disney and Pixar after recent challenges, though it ranks second to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for the year's biggest opening.
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Disney's Toy Story 5 earned over $300m globally in its opening weekend, the franchise's best-ever debut. The film's strong performance marks a return to form for Disney and Pixar after recent challenges, though it ranks second to The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for the year's biggest opening.
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GCB Bank hosted a delegation from the Bank of Uganda to strengthen knowledge exchange and deepen financial market development among African institutions. The engagement included discussions on Ghana's financial market ecosystem, government securities auctions, investor participation, and broader issues including market transparency, operational efficiency and regional partnerships.
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Emirates is introducing four additional weekly services between Dubai and Accra starting 12 July 2026, operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays on a Boeing 777-300ER. The expansion complements the airline's existing daily operation and responds to sustained growth in air travel demand.
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Ghana's government is positioning the country as a regional gas trading and distribution hub through liquefied natural gas imports and expanded domestic production to meet rising demand across West Africa. Gas demand is projected to reach about 840 million standard cubic feet per day by 2030, outpacing domestic supply despite ongoing upstream investments, with a Tema-based LNG terminal approximately 95 percent complete set to handle up to 400 million standard cubic feet per day.
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Mohamed Salah scored and created a goal as Egypt came from behind to beat New Zealand 3-1, securing their first-ever World Cup win and positioning themselves to top Group G.
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Bukayo Saka trained with the England squad on Sunday ahead of Tuesday's World Cup match against Ghana, though the Arsenal attacker is managing an Achilles tendinitis issue and is unlikely to start until the third group game versus Panama.
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Cape Verde held two-time champions Uruguay to a 2-2 draw in their World Cup campaign, with Kevin Pina scoring a free-kick and Helio Varela adding a second, before Uruguay equalized twice through Maxi Araujo and Agustin Canobbio.
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A steep decline in the Indian rupee's value against currencies like the euro, combined with stricter visa requirements and bleak job prospects in the US, Europe, and Australia, has forced hundreds of thousands of middle-class Indian students to reconsider studying abroad. More than 1.2 million Indian students were enrolled in higher education abroad in 2025, with India the leading source of international students globally.
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Trump told Axios in a Friday interview that while he may have viewed Anthropic as a national security threat a week ago, he no longer does. The company disabled access to its advanced AI models for all users after Trump ordered it to block foreign nationals, and senior staff met with Trump administration officials this week to discuss the dispute.
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Abelardo de la Espriella, endorsed by Donald Trump and pledging military action against armed groups and drug trafficking, has narrowly won Colombia's presidential election with 49.7% of votes counted, defeating left-wing candidate Iván Cepeda's 48.7%. Cepeda has not conceded, saying the preliminary count is not yet official.
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The US and Iran have completed their first round of peace negotiations in Switzerland with "encouraging progress," with mediators Qatar and Pakistan reporting agreement on a roadmap to reach a final deal within 60 days. Technical talks focused on clarifying messaging regarding the Strait of Hormuz, ceasefire enforcement in Lebanon, and nuclear deal elements, with a communication line established to prevent incidents among commercial vessels.
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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is weighing his political future as senior ministers urge him to set a timetable for departure following Andy Burnham's by-election victory, which opened a path for Burnham to challenge for the Labour leadership. US President Donald Trump predicted Starmer will resign, citing failures on immigration and energy policy.
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As BTS performs 15 of 88 global tour shows in Southeast Asia, fans desperate to attend have lost more than $100,000 to ticket resellers and scammers exploiting high demand. A 26-year-old fan in Jakarta paid $1,200 for four VIP tickets on a resale account only to be ghosted after sending payment.
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Australian police discovered 2.7 tonnes of cocaine—the country's largest ever seizure—in an underground bunker system in western Sydney, with an estimated street value of A$816m. The drugs were found in concealed compartments beneath false floors in shipping containers at a Londonderry property; two men were arrested at the scene and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of an unlawfully imported border-controlled drug.
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