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HPE's four-day Americas conference at the Venetian Expo, where Antonio Neri's keynote pitched the network as the foundation of the agentic enterprise and HPE launched Juniper switches for AI factories, agent governance with NVIDIA and eight new quantum partnerships.

The Grade II-listed west London exhibition halls reopened as a mixed-use district with rooftop restaurants, offices, two hotels and the 3,800-capacity British Airways ARC music venue, which launched the following night. The GBP 1.3 billion transformation, designed by Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC, opens the 14-acre site to the public for the first time in 140 years; the 1,575-seat British Airways Theatre follows in 2027.

Verizon scrapped activation and upgrade fees, launched a Verizon Dollars and Verizon Shine loyalty program for every customer, and introduced the $45 Simplicity plan with unlimited 5G Ultra Wideband for all.

Robinhood cut about 10% of its full-time employees, roughly 290 people, to flatten management layers, booking about $28 million in charges.

At the first meeting led by Kevin Warsh, the FOMC voted 12-0 on 17 June 2026 to keep the target range at 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent, and its projections moved from cuts to a hike by year-end.

DR Congo equalised through Yoane Wissa's header after Joao Neves had put Portugal ahead.

Teboho Mokoena's 83rd-minute penalty cancelled out Michal Sadilek's early goal as South Africa drew 1-1 with Czechia in Atlanta, a first point after both lost their openers.

Substitute Johan Manzambi scored twice as Switzerland beat 10-man Bosnia and Herzegovina 4-1 in Los Angeles in a match that broke open in the last 20 minutes.

Feng Xiaogang's period drama I Know Who You Are (抓特务), with Lei Jiayin and Hu Ge as neighbours watching each other for nearly four decades, opened in China on 19 June 2026. Its box office was weak and reception mixed.

Ismael Saibari scored the fastest goal of the tournament so far, after two minutes, as Morocco beat Scotland 1-0 in Foxborough, and Scotland failed to register a shot on target.

Matías Galarza scored after 64 seconds and ten-man Paraguay held on to beat Türkiye 1-0, eliminating Türkiye from the 2026 World Cup.

Matheus Cunha scored twice and Vinicius Junior once, all in the first half, as Brazil beat Haiti 3-0 at Lincoln Financial Field and eliminated them.

Goalkeeper Eloy Room made 15 saves to hold Ecuador 0-0 and give Curaçao, the smallest nation ever at a World Cup, its first point at the finals.

Ten-man Belgium were held to a goalless draw by Iran, whose goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand was player of the match.