Template:In the news
- In association football, the FIFA World Cup concludes with France (team pictured) defeating Croatia in the final.
- In Pakistan, at least 154 people are killed and more than 220 others are injured in multiple bombings in Mastung and Bannu.
- Scientists announce the discovery of stone tools dating to 2.1 million years ago in Shangchen, China, the oldest evidence of hominins outside Africa.
- In Germany, the National Socialist Underground trial ends after more than five years with the sentencing of the main defendant, Beate Zschäpe, to life in prison.
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