Spain's Olga Carmona learned her father had died after she won the Women's World Cup
"Yesterday was the best and the worst day of my life," wrote Carmona, who scored the only goal in Spain's historic win over England.
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A sunflower farm on Hayling Island is asking customers to keep their clothes on
Owners of the farm on the island off the coast of England are asking customers to keep their clothes on. The request comes after three visitors were found posing naked with the sunflowers in one day.
BRICS group of major emerging economies will hold a summit in Johannesburg
The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.
The Russian space agency says its Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon
Russia's unmanned robot lander crashed after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country's space agency Roscosmos reported.
Russian missile kills 7 and injures 90 in northern Ukrainian city amid local holiday
Many residents had just finished a morning of festivities and were leaving church in Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, when a Russian missile struck the city's center, heavily damaging a theater building.
Rural voters shaping the GOP presidential turn against U.S. aid to Ukraine
Populist politicians and right-wing media have convinced many voters that US aid for Ukraine is a waste of money. Domestic problems should take precedent, they say.
Corruption in Afghanistan offers lessons for billions going to Ukraine
John Sopko has long been a U.S. government-appointed watchdog for how money was distributed in Afghanistan. He believes there are lessons that apply to aiding Ukraine's fight against Russia.
With a simple question, Ukrainians probe mental health at a time of war
Ukraine calculates the agony of war in many ways. Lives lost, homes destroyed, families turned into refugees. There's also trauma that's harder to measure — the collective mental health crisis.
After Dutch government's collapse, voters will choose a new parliament
Dutch voters will head to the polls this fall as Mark Rutte, the Netherlands' longest-serving prime minister, prepares to leave politics following the collapse of his coalition government.
Russia is trying to recover from currency dip by hiking interest rates
Russia has increased interest rates to try to stabilize the country's currency. But that doesn't mean it's running out of money to pay for the war in Ukraine. (Story aired on ATC on Aug. 16, 2023.)