Today in History Today is Monday, July 6, the 187th day of 2026. There are 178 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 6, 1957, Althea Gibson became the first Black tennis player to win a Wimbledon singles title as she defeated fellow American Darlene Hard 6-3, 6-2.
BUNIA, Congo (AP) – At least 500 people have died out of over 1,500 confirmed cases in Congo’s Ebola outbreak, authorities said, as frontline workers threatened to go on strike on Monday over unpaid benefits and poor working conditions.
BEIJING (AP) – China’s military test-launched a long-range ballistic missile Monday from one of its nuclear-powered submarines in the South Pacific.
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CAIRO (AP) – More than 300 children have been killed or injured in the last six months in the war in Sudan, mostly from drone strikes, the U.N. children’s agency said Monday. The Sudanese military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023.
LONDON (AP) – Sky, the UK-based TV, internet and mobile phone provider owned by Comcast, has agreed to buy ITV’s media and entertainment arm for up to 1.6 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) after months of talks to create a major competitor to the global streaming giants.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) – Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States anchored to the world’s biggest military alliance, employing outright flattery to dissuade U.S. President Donald Trump from acting on threats to abandon it.
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