Melbourne teacher dies after head clash during suburban football game

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Epping footballer Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, died in hospital after hitting his head during a game in Lalor, club confirms

A suburban Melbourne footballer has died in hospital after a clash of heads saw him fall to the ground and hit his head on a covered cricket pitch, his club confirmed on Monday night.

High school teacher Nathan Fitzgerald, 27, was taken to Royal Melbourne hospital on Saturday after the incident during an Australian rules football game in Lalor in Melbourne’s north, and was said to be receiving “end of life” care.

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Mystery ‘Space Balls’ Wash Up in Australia – Newser

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  1. Mystery 'Space Balls' Wash Up in Australia  Newser
  2. Australia reveals likely origin of mysterious ‘space balls’ found on beaches  Yahoo News Canada
  3. Australian Space Agency reveals likely origin of mysterious ‘space balls’ found on Queensland beaches  The Guardian
  4. Australia space agency has found 'likely source' of mystery space balls  BBC
  5. Unidentified metal spheres found on Australian beach are 'debris from a foreign rocket body', space agency says  Space
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Wegovy weight-loss pill goes on sale on UK high street and online pharmacies

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Thousands of people begin receiving their first deliveries of once-a-day medication made by Novo Nordisk

A once-a-day Wegovy weight-loss pill has gone on sale at high street and online pharmacies in the UK, but is not yet available on the NHS.

Thousands of people began receiving their first deliveries of the pill, made by the Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk, on Monday. It contains the same active GLP-1 ingredient as the Wegovy jab, semaglutide, and is similarly effective, according to studies.

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Thousands on streets in Iranian capital for former supreme leader’s funeral procession – BBC

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  1. Thousands on streets in Iranian capital for former supreme leader’s funeral procession  BBC
  2. The three-word chant that demolishes the case for peace with Iran  The Telegraph
  3. As Khamenei mourners fill Iran's streets, discontent still simmers  Reuters
  4. Supreme leader’s coffin creeps through crowds in Tehran as Trump effigy is hanged  NBC News
  5. For Khamenei’s funeral, a highly-scripted show of public mourning and fury  The Washington Post
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Trump Reignites Meloni Feud With ‘Restraining Order’ Post Ahead Of NATO Summit – Forbes

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  1. Trump Reignites Meloni Feud With ‘Restraining Order’ Post Ahead Of NATO Summit  Forbes
  2. Trump goads Italy's Meloni again on eve of NATO summit  Reuters
  3. Trump Reignites Tensions With Meloni Ahead of NATO Summit  Time Magazine
  4. Trump’s Brotherhood Was Always Going to Betray Him  Newsweek
  5. 'Restraining order needed,' Trump says of Meloni ahead of NATO summit  Euronews.com
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‘Smart operator’: how BT’s first female CEO helped turn company around

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The firm’s share price has risen 80% under Allison Kirkby’s leadership – but pressure remains for her to deliver further growth

If timing is everything, then Allison Kirkby may have judged it perfectly.

Since becoming BT’s first female chief executive more than two years ago the company’s share price has climbed 80%, an investor-pleasing turnaround that has seen Kirkby well-rewarded with a pay and bonus package of £5.6m last year, the largest for a boss of the telecoms company in well over a decade. However, there are questions over how much credit Kirkby can take for the apparent revival of the business.

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Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara

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More than 200 arrested in raids, comedian and journalists jailed, gay-friendly cruise turned away and protests banned

Authorities in Turkey have widened a crackdown on public life, arresting more than 200 people during raids across Ankara last month, jailing a comedian and blocking a cruise ship carrying LGBTQ+ passengers from docking in the run-up to the Nato summit in the capital.

The arrests followed a ban on demonstrations in Ankara that was put in place until 10 July. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said this was evidence of Turkey’s “ruthless intolerance of freedom of speech and assembly”. The watchdog group said the Nato summit, which starts on Tuesday, was taking place in the context of intensifying violations of basic rights, “including far-reaching restrictions on the main political opposition party, the media, and freedom of expression in general”.

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Supreme Court ruling may wipe out Democrats’ cash advantage in Senate battlegrounds – Reuters

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  1. Supreme Court ruling may wipe out Democrats' cash advantage in Senate battlegrounds  Reuters
  2. Supreme Court’s dramatic moves will reshape elections — and give the GOP a midterm boost  The Washington Post
  3. Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal  Toronto Star
  4. U.S. Supreme Court strikes down limits on party spending in federal elections, backing Republican appeal  CP24
  5. The Supreme Court just made the DNC’s fundraising woes a much bigger problem  Politico
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Ukraine Remade Air Defense, but Russia Has Changed Its Attacks – The New York Times

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  1. Ukraine Remade Air Defense, but Russia Has Changed Its Attacks  The New York Times
  2. Ukraine's drones take the war to Russia  Axios
  3. Ukraine Hit Russian Oil Refineries Nearly 200 Times in First Half of 2026  UNITED24 Media
  4. Mission to Moscow for the elite unit bringing war to Putin’s door  The Times
  5. Ukrainian drones struck 32 Russian air defense systems in June  Ukrinform - Ukrainian National News Agency
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China Sentences Official to Death Over $325 Million in Bribes – Bloomberg.com

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  1. China Sentences Official to Death Over $325 Million in Bribes  Bloomberg.com
  2. China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes  BBC
  3. Former Chinese official sentenced to death in US$323 million bribery case  South China Morning Post
  4. China sentences former local official to death in $324m corruption case  Al Jazeera
  5. China sentences former official to death in $325 million bribery case  The Times of India
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Charlotte-area Catholic church among targets of Vatican’s excommunication – Charlotte Observer

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  1. Charlotte-area Catholic church among targets of Vatican’s excommunication  Charlotte Observer
  2. Rebel Catholics Defy Vatican’s Calls to Return to Mainstream Church  The New York Times
  3. Vatican's excommunication of 'schismatic' priests hits Kentucky church  Cincinnati Enquirer
  4. The Society of St. Pius X shows itself out the door  National Catholic Reporter
  5. Why the SSPX dispute was never really about the Latin Mass  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
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China dam collapses, cross-border railway halted as Typhoon Maysak slams Guangxi – South China Morning Post

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  1. China dam collapses, cross-border railway halted as Typhoon Maysak slams Guangxi  South China Morning Post
  2. Flooding kills two in China's Nanning as east braces for super typhoon  Reuters
  3. Typhoon Maysak kills two and forces thousands to evacuate in China  The Guardian
  4. Heavy rains leave 5 dead in China's north while Tropical Storm Maysak hits the south and Vietnam  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Three reservoirs at risk, evacuations underway in Nanning, Guangxi  China Daily
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