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  • Wednesday, July 15th 2026 - 00:56 UTC

    Why Do CAD Fees Differ So Much Between Canadian iGaming Payment Options?

    Photo: Unsplash

    Canadian players moving money in and out of online casinos rarely see one flat cost. A deposit by Interac might land free of charge, while a card top-up quietly adds a small percentage, and a crypto withdrawal shifts the cost onto network conditions. These gaps are not random. They trace back to how each payment rail is built, who profits along the way, and which currency conversions happen behind the scenes.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2026 - 22:38 UTC

    Milei removes embassy official in Spain over internal dispute

    The conflict had become public in April, when Nimo said on social media that Bunge had taken away the office where he received businesspeople interested in investing in Argentina

    The government of Argentine President Javier Milei has dismissed Marcelo Alejandro Nimo as specialized attaché for Investment Promotion and International Trade at the Argentine embassy in Spain, ending an internal conflict the official had been engaged in with the ambassador in Madrid, Wenceslao Bunge Saravia.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 15:45 UTC

    Scaloni plays down England semifinal: 'It's a football match, nothing more'

    “We are going to play against a great team, with a great coach, whom I appreciate and admire greatly. It's a football match, full stop. There's nothing more to it,” he added

    Argentina's head coach, Lionel Scaloni, rejected attributing any meaning beyond sport to the World Cup semifinal against England, to be played on Wednesday, and urged that the match be treated as just another game of football.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 14:01 UTC

    RAF will upgrade 107 Typhoon Tranches 2 and 3; four Tranche 1 will remain at Falklands’ MPC

    A formation of Typhoon Tranche 1 fighter jets flying over the Falklands (MoD Pic)

    The Royal Air Force will upgrade all of its 107 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets at a cost of £5.4 billion, according to the latest UK Defense Investment Plan, as reported by Aerospace Global News, AGN, a British media company specializing in military information.This represents a significant increase from the 40 previously planned and announced in January 2026.

  • Monday, July 13th 2026 - 09:24 UTC

    Argentina's foreign minister calls for talks, says Islanders cannot decide sovereignty

    A spokesperson for Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently said sovereignty rests with the United Kingdom and that the islanders' right to self-determination is paramount

    Argentina's foreign minister, Pablo Quirno, has reaffirmed his country's claim to the Falklands in a lengthy article published in the newspaper La Nación, in which he rejected the validity of the 2013 referendum and argued that sovereignty over the archipelago cannot be determined by its inhabitants. The text restates Buenos Aires' long-standing position and appeared days before the World Cup semifinal between Argentina and England.

  • Sunday, July 12th 2026 - 08:43 UTC

    Argentina and England to meet in World Cup semifinal loaded with history

    Argentina beat Switzerland 3-1 in extra time to reach the semifinals of the 2026 World Cup, where they will face England on Wednesday in a rematch of one of the most historically charged fixtures in international football.

  • Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:19 UTC

    Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot

    The message came after reports that Israel shared intelligence with Washington about an alleged new Iranian plan to kill Trump

    US President Donald Trump warned that “1,000 missiles” are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Islamic Republic amid an already ongoing military escalation.

  • Friday, July 10th 2026 - 18:51 UTC

    British Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on

    The fossil was collected in December 1985 by geologist Mike Thomson, of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), during an expedition to James Ross Island, on the Antarctic Peninsula

    A bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found on the continent, according to a study published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a tail vertebra from a titanosaur, the group of long-necked sauropods that includes the largest land animals that ever lived.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2026 - 14:23 UTC

    Falklands lawmaker meets UK Conservative leader during Westminster visit

    Engagement with the main British political forces is a routine practice for Falklands representatives, who seek to preserve cross-party support for the principle of self-determination

    A member of the Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly, Cheryl Roberts, met on Tuesday in Westminster with the leader of the UK opposition and of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, as part of a round of political engagements in the United Kingdom.

  • Wednesday, July 8th 2026 - 21:20 UTC

    US launches fresh strikes on Iran after Trump declares ceasefire over

    The escalation is the most serious since the two countries signed a memorandum last month to end their war

    United States forces launched new strikes on Wednesday against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, after President Donald Trump declared the provisional ceasefire with Tehran “over.” US Central Command confirmed the operation and said it aimed to degrade Iran's ability to threaten freedom of navigation through the waterway, which carries close to a fifth of the world's oil.