International

• Monday, July 20th 2026 - 00:47 UTC

  Spain crowned world champions with 1-0 extra-time win over Argentina in the final

  

  Spain were crowned world champions for the second time in their history by beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time in the final played on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The winning goal came in the 106th minute, after a cross from Pedro Porro that Nico Williams headed on and that, according to the match report, Ferran Torres finished to settle a game clearly dominated by the Spanish side.

• Monday, July 20th 2026 - 00:06 UTC

  Brazil's online betting tax take offers a fiscal lesson for the region

  

  Brazil's federal government collected close to R$10 billion in tax from licensed betting operators during 2025, the first full year of its regulated market, turning a once informal corner of the internet into a recognised line on the national accounts. For finance ministries across Mercosur watching their fiscal margins narrow, the figure is difficult to ignore.

• Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 23:05 UTC

  Trump takes center stage at the World Cup final, presenting Spain's trophy and holding it beforehand

  

  US President Donald Trump was one of the central figures off the pitch at the 2026 World Cup final, co-hosting alongside FIFA President Gianni Infantino the trophy presentation to Spain, champions after beating Argentina 1-0 in extra time at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Trump, who watched the match from the VIP box with his wife, Melania, also held the original trophy before kickoff, in images that circulated widely on social media.

• Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 15:05 UTC

  Why Television-Style Casino Games Appeal to Modern Players

  

  There was a time when online casino games felt fairly predictable.

• Sunday, July 19th 2026 - 01:35 UTC

  Andy Burnham is the Labour leader, third time lucky for the UK’s prime ministerinwaiting

  

  By Eric Shaw, Honorary Research Fellow in Politics, University of Stirling. Mr. Shaw is alzo a member of the Labour Party - A brief introduction, Andy Burnham officially becomes UK Prime Minister next Monday and can be expected to announce plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, as reported by BBC.

• Saturday, July 18th 2026 - 00:38 UTC

  Argentina-England match drove a surge in online Falklands talk, consultancy Ad Hoc says

  

  Argentina's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal was not confined to the sporting arena on social media. According to an analysis by the Argentine consultancy Ad Hoc, digital conversation about the Falklands surpassed two million mentions over five days around the match, in an episode that revived the sovereignty claim following the banner displayed by the Argentine players.

• Friday, July 17th 2026 - 23:08 UTC

  “The Falklands cannot remain British for ever,” a Guardian column argues

  

  In an opinion column published in the British newspaper The Guardian, writer Simon Jenkins argued that the Falklands “cannot remain British for ever” and called for London to eventually reopen sovereignty negotiations with Argentina. The piece is the columnist's personal opinion and does not represent the newspaper's editorial position.

• Friday, July 17th 2026 - 21:16 UTC

  World Cup winners to get NFL-style rings: 30 for the squad and 1,996 for sale

  

  FIFA has announced that the champions of the 2026 World Cup will receive, for the first time in the tournament's history, championship rings inspired by the major US sports leagues such as the NFL, NBA, and baseball. The new award will be added to the trophy and gold medals handed out after the final, which Spain and Argentina will contest on Sunday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.

• Friday, July 17th 2026 - 20:33 UTC

  Balogun says he thought it was “a joke” when FIFA suspended his red card after Trump call

  

  United States forward Folarin Balogun said he thought it was “a joke” when he was told FIFA had suspended the sanction for his red card, allowing him to play in the World Cup round-of-16 match against Belgium. “Two days before the Belgium match they told me I was allowed to play again, and for me it was unreal; at first I thought it was a joke,” the player said during a conversation with basketball star LeBron James at the Fanatics Fest in New York.

• Friday, July 17th 2026 - 10:13 UTC

  Milei hits out at Falklands “tantrums,” says he is “closer” to recovering the islands

  

  Argentina's president, Javier Milei, championed diplomacy as the path for the sovereignty claim over the Falklands and dismissed as “tantrums” certain reactions that followed the national team's victory over England in the World Cup semifinal, without specifying at whom the criticism was aimed.