Alphabet reported Q2 2026 earnings, with Google Search & Other revenue up 17% year over year to $63.27 billion. The growth rate eased from 19% in Q1 2026, marking the first decline after four quarters of acceleration.

Keeping food waste out of landfills provides climate and other environmental benefits, and Vermont requires residents to divert these materials to better management pathways. With other states considering similar policies, UVM researchers studied the potential outcomes of bringing these efforts to a national scale.

Two-time major champion Martin Kaymer has said it is "highly unlikely" LIV Golf's team championship will take place this year and admitted the players do not know if the circuit will exist in 2027.

A couple have praised staff at three restaurants that stepped in to save the day when they were let down by wedding caterers at the last minute.

Kate and Matt Dean from Skelmersdale, Lancashire, were preparing to celebrate their wedding with family and friends at a venue in Ormskirk when the caterers failed to turn up and they were unable to get in touch with them.

The CXMT logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface on which the flag of China is projected, in Creteil, France, on July 17, 2026, as the initial public offering (IPO) of Chinese DRAM memory chip giant ChangXin Memory Technologies generated interest and raised nearly 8.6 billion dollars on Shanghai's STAR Market.

Bologna, Italy – Six minutes and 56 seconds. That is the length of the video capturing the final moments of Abderrahim Fakir, a 42-year-old Moroccan-born man who had lived in Bologna, northern Italy, for more than three decades.

A slew of United States actions against Brazil, including a range of tariffs and sanctions on local criminal gangs, is playing into Brazilian voter sentiment ahead of the presidential elections in October.

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Some of the best summer athletes in the world are heading to Scotland for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

From the archives: This feature was originally published in PC Gamer #305 (UK, June 2017). It appears below as originally written, with only minor changes in formatting and presentation.