In case you missed it, here are OBSERVER ONLINE’s top 10 stories for today:

1. #WC2018: Defending champion Germany eliminated

Germany is out of the World Cup, the fourth defending champion in the last five tournaments to be eliminated in the group stage.

2. $8.4b for PATH this fiscal year — Robinson

A sum of $8.4 billion has been budgeted in the 2018/19 fiscal year to be spent on the Programme for Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH).

3. Michael Jackson’s father Joe dead at 89

Joe Jackson, the father of Michael Jackson who created the Jackson 5 music family with iron will, died Wednesday, family members confirmed. He was 89.

4. Rousseau Primary School principal is JTA president-elect

Principal of Rousseau Primary School in St Andrew, Owen Speid, is the Jamaica Teachers’ Association (JTA) president-elect.

5. Inaugural meeting of the Jamaica/Panama Joint Commission

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade will be hosting its first inaugural meeting of the Joint Commission between Jamaica and Panama.

6. Facebook halts production of drones for Internet delivery

Facebook is ending a programme launched in 2014 to build a fleet of drones that could deliver Internet to underserved areas of the world.

7. Trump-backed immigration reform bill fails in US House

A Republican “compromise” bill reforming US immigration law failed spectacularly in Congress on Wednesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to resolve a simmering border crisis that has seen thousands of migrant families separated.

8. CCJ strikes down mandatory death penalty in Barbados

The Trinidad and Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that the mandatory death penalty in Barbados is unconstitutional.

9. Merger to create super Heart Trust/NTA well advanced

Managing Director of the HEART Trust/NTA, Dr Janet Dyer, says the draft of the amended HEART Trust Act has been completed and is almost ready to go before the Legislative Committee of the Cabinet.

10. #WC2018: Brazil, Switzerland advance from Group E

Brazil has beaten Serbia 2-0 to top the group and set up a game against Mexico in the round of 16 at the World Cup. Switzerland secured second spot in Group E with a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica and will face Group F winner Sweden in the knockout stage.