Pedro Porro was named Player of the Match after Spain shut down France's star-studded attack, while Mikel Oyarzabal reached the milestone of 30 international goals. France will now compete in the third-place playoff as Spain prepare for the World Cup final.
Mbappe also became the first France player to contribute to 100 international goals and earned his third Player of the Match award of the tournament as Les Bleus advanced to the last four.
For generations, countries of northern and western Europe were seen as places where summer meant pleasant sunshine rather than a struggle for survival.
There he was, sitting next to PM Narendra Modi, gnashing his teeth and lying through them.
With 26 million people under the highest heat warning and temperatures pushing past 40 degrees Celsius, officials said the risks were too serious to ignore.
The reaffirmation by Hamas that it will not disarm until a fully sovereign Palestinian state is established is not simply a rejection of Israeli demands ~ it is a signal that the conflict’s end remains hostage to incompatible political visions.
Efforts to end the relentless siege of Gaza have been set back by the abrupt end to peace talks in Qatar.
A comparison of the two sets of figures published yesterday reveals interesting features. While the USA is ahead of China in Nominal GDP, in terms of PPP, China has already outstripped the USA by a comfortable margin to become the number one economy of the world.
A searing heat-wave has descended upon Europe with a vengeance ~ and well before its usual time. Wildfires in Turkey have forced over 50,000 people to flee their homes, while France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and even the typically temperate Netherlands are under weather warnings.
India will continue to grow robustly, even among major industrialised G7 countries, according to an analysis conducted by the PHD Research Bureau, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in a report on “Population, Productivity, Partnership: Rethinking G7-India Collaboration”.
