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Norway’s World Cup squad returned to a heroes’ welcome in Oslo, with over 100,000 fans attending an open-top bus parade following their quarterfinal exit against England. The team received a water cannon salute and met with King Harald before addressing the gathered supporters. Erling Haaland departed early due to travel delays.

The EU has called on international donors to resume funding to Gaza’s largest UN agency. Several nations had stopped funding the UNRWA agency after allegations that some employees took part in the October 7 attack on Israel. A review has found that Israel failed to provide evidence for its claim that thousands of UNRWA staff were members of terror groups.

On Tuesday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires to protest against cuts to public universities. The protesters called for education funding to be protected. The country’s new President, Javier Milei, was elected to office last year promising to bring Argentina’s finances under control with sweeping cuts to the public sector.

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