The Spanish Women's Soccer team has announced a boycott of all matches until the president of the Spanish Soccer Federation, Luis Rubiales, is removed from his position. This follows an incident in which Rubiales kissed player Jenni Hermoso without her consent during the country's World Cup victory ceremony. The Association of Professional Soccer Players has expressed their "firm and resounding condemnation" of Rubiales' unsolicited kiss, and all 22 of Hermoso's fellow world champions, and 58 other Spanish players, have joined the boycott. Rubiales has refused to step down from his position, claiming the kiss was consensual, a claim which Hermoso has strongly denied.
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Luis Rubiales, president of the Spanish soccer federation, is facing criticism after he kissed a player on the lips without her consent during the Women's World Cup final award ceremony. Rubiales refused to resign during an emergency general assembly and declared he was a victim of a witch hunt by "false feminists." The incident has reignited the debate on the need for greater respect for women in sports and the importance of consent in any physical contact.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, is believed to have died in a plane crash on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied any involvement in the crash, and forensic tests are still needed to confirm Prigozhin's death. An informal memorial has been set up in St. Petersburg, and the cause of the crash is still under investigation.
A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the plane crash presumed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has commented on the incident, noting the pattern of deaths and dubious suicides in Putin's Russia. President Joe Biden had previously commented on the incident, saying he was not surprised and that there is not much that happens in Russia that Putin is not behind.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has begun the gradual release of 1.3 million metric tons of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, despite criticism from domestic and international sources. The release is expected to take two years to complete, and the Japanese government has promised to monitor the situation and take steps to ensure the safety of the environment.
On Wednesday, a plane crash north of Moscow killed mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and all 10 people on board, raising suspicions as Prigozhin had led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year. Gen. Sergei Surovikin, a top general linked to Prigozhin, was dismissed from his position as commander of the air force and has not been seen in public since the mutiny. The cause of the plane crash is still under investigation and it is unclear if Prigozhin’s death will be confirmed or if the crash was related to the mutiny.
On Wednesday evening, a private Embraer Legacy aircraft crashed in Russia's Tver region, killing all 10 people on board. The plane was registered to Wagner, a mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, and had taken off from Moscow earlier in the evening. The Russian Ministry of Emergency Services has launched an investigation into the crash, and Russian state media has reported that Prigozhin was among the passengers on board.
A dangerous heat wave is affecting 130 million people in 22 states, with temperatures reaching as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat wave is accompanied by Tropical Storm Franklin, which is expected to dump up to 15 inches of rain in isolated areas. People in the affected areas are encouraged to take precautions and stay safe.