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A fire at a pub in Bangkok, Thailand, kills at least 33 people.
Read: 2026 Bangkok pub fire →In tennis, the Wimbledon Championships conclude with Linda Nosková and Jannik Sinner winning the women's and men's singles, respectively.
Read: 2026 Wimbledon Championships →Former emir of Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies at the age of 74.
Read: Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani →China's orbital rocket booster Long March 10B becomes the first recovered after launch using a net-based recovery system.
Read: Long March 10B →A wildfire in Almería, Spain, kills 13 people.
Read: 2026 Almería wildfire →A series of coordinated attacks across Pakistan's Balochistan province leaves at least 42 people dead.
Read: July 2026 Balochistan attacks →📅
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