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Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia won the 2026 Tour de France, his fifth overall title, equaling the all-time record shared by Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault and Indurain. Van der Poel won the shortened final stage in Paris disrupted by wildfires.

German police identified 21-year-old Abdul B. as the suspect who drove a vehicle into Berlin's Christopher Street Day crowd, killing 1 and injuring 16 in a suspected Islamist attack. A manhunt is underway.

Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight, with debris striking an 18-story building in Shevchenkivskyi district. Russian attacks across Ukraine killed 7 and wounded 58 in total on July 26.

Brazil denied visas to two senior US State Department officials who planned to scrutinize the country's electoral system before the October 4 presidential election, citing election interference concerns amid rising US-Brazil tensions.

President Trump signed an executive order directing the National Park Service to install signs in front of the Smithsonian's US history museum telling visitors some exhibits are inaccurate — his latest move to reshape how American history is presented at cultural institutions.

An FDA advisory panel voted 8-6 to add BPC-157 to a drug compounding list, bringing the popular gut-healing peptide closer to legal prescription availability despite limited human trial data.

The Secret Service says a member of VP JD Vance's protective detail faces an administrative and potential criminal probe over alleged compromising of operational and information security.