The Monday, July 6, 2026 Edition
Russia Strikes Kyiv, Typhoon Bavi Slams Rota, and Neymar Retires From Brazil
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20 million
The estimated number of insect species on Earth, according to a new study — more than triple the previous scientific consensus of about 6 million. The revision dramatically reshapes our understanding of global biodiversity and how much of it remains uncatalogued.
Source: Smithsonian
Today: The USMNT faces Belgium today in a World Cup Round of 16 match, with Folarin Balogun cleared to start and a first quarterfinal in 24 years on the line.
This week: Naomi Osaka plays a Wimbledon quarterfinal this week after upsetting top seed Aryna Sabalenka, leaving her three wins from her first All England Club title.
This week: Watch for continued fallout between UEFA and FIFA after European soccer's governing body called the Balogun red-card reversal 'unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable.'
- 1535Sir Thomas More is executed for treason under King Henry VIII
- 1885Louis Pasteur successfully administers the first rabies vaccine to young Joseph Meister
- 1942Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in Amsterdam's secret annex
- 1957John Lennon meets Paul McCartney at a Liverpool church fete, sparking the Beatles
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Foreign Policy · Keith Johnson
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How governments turn global economic interdependence — trade links, financial networks, supply chains — into a strategic weapon against rivals.
CFR
ICE's Internal Watchdog Is Now Investigating Online Critics
Why ICE's internal watchdog, created to police the agency itself, is now turning its investigative powers on the agency's online critics.
Wired · Maddy Varner
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