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After the referee blew his whistle for fulltime at the end of Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal, Argentina players understandably celebrated their come-from-behind 2-1 win in injury time over their longtime bitter rivals England. However, during the celebrations, Lisandro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso waved to the fans and held up the banner, which read: “Las Malvinas Son Argentinas” (“The Falklands are Argentine”). It was unclear where ​the banner had come ⁠from, but there was a report that it had earlier been seen displayed in the stands. “And they will always be Argentine,” midfielder Leandro Paredes told a reporter when asked…

Drastically low water levels in Germany’s rivers has disrupted shipping on several major rivers. Meanwhile, police have recorded a striking rise in e-scooter crashes causing injury or death.

The US Trade Representative’s office (USTR) has said it will impose a 25% tariff on most imports from Brazil. The charges are set to come into effect in a week, on July 22.  The trade barriers are the first of their kind since the Supreme Court annulled the cornerstone of US President Donald Trump’s prior sweeping tariff regime, famously announced on what Trump dubbed “Liberation Day” in 2025.  It also comes amid friction between the Trump administration and Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva, not least because of Trump’s ties to Brazil’s former right-wing populist president Jair Bolsonaro and his family. Brazil votes…

“I’m the one that got them to do it,” said Donald Trump on Monday, referring to FIFA’s hugely controversial decision to suspend the red card ban of USA striker Folarin Balogun ahead of their loss to Belgium in the last 16 of the World Cup. The US president then claimed he had just called for a review of the incident, which FIFA and their president, Gianni Infantino, insisted was then ruled upon by their disciplinary committee. The committee has not ruled on any other decision in a World Cup. Both the reviewing of red cards at the World Cup and political…

From July 6 to 15, 1938, representatives from 32 countries and dozens of humanitarian organizations gathered for a conference in the upscale spa town of Evian on the French side of Lake Geneva. The idea was to address the issue of how to deal with half a million Jews being persecuted in the Third Reich. This was five and a half years after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany and three and a half months after the annexation of Austria. The Nazi regime had not yet begun itssystematic process of mass murder — but the situation for Jewish people had been…

Since the pandemic, Indonesia has delivered steady annual growth of 5%. Then, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz. As Southeast Asia’s largest economy still heavily relies on imported fuel despite having its own oil reserves, the Indonesian government took an immediate hit. The cost of fuel subsidies, for which ministers had budgeted around $22 billion (€19.2 billion), rocketed. Reuters news agency reported in March that policymakers would need an extra $6 billion or more to keep prices stable. The national currency, the rupiah, plunged 8% to record lows near 18,000 to the dollar. The Jakarta stock market, which had been heading for a record above 9,000, fell…

If you want to know what makes a healthy diet, it is easy to get the information these days. Social media is awash with tips and most of us know the basics, anyway: Say no to chips and soda; eat fresh fruit and vegetables instead. It’s just a question of putting it into action in our day-to-day lives. But do the items we have saved in our minds as “good for you,” like fresh fruit, vegetables, or whole-grains and pulses, still live up to their reputation? The short answer is “not necessarily.” “The mineral content has declined in a wide range of…

“Moron,” “colonized Cameroonian,” “full of inferiority complexes, nouveau riche, arrogant, and ugly” — these remarks from Paraguayan Senator Celeste Amarilla have triggered a wave of international outrage. The target of her attacks was French football star Kylian Mbappe. Now, all of France is rallying behind the national team captain. A fiercely contested, emotional match Amarilla’s comments followed Saturday’s emotionally charged World Cup round-of-16 match between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia, which France won 1-0. Mbappe was subjected to repeated rough tackles during the match and stirred up further controversy after the final whistle with provocative gestures directed at the Paraguayan players.…

A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as “Gus” sold for $50.1 million (roughly €44 million) at Sotheby’s in New York on Tuesday, setting a new record for a dinosaur fossil at auction. The sale followed a tense 10-minute bidding battle involving seven bidders and ended with an anonymous purchaser. Before Tuesday’s sale, the record for the most expensive dinosaur fossil was held by Apex, a Stegosaurus skeleton that sold for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s in 2024.The skeleton is approximately 61% complete by bone count, with 183 fossil bone elements and 30 gastralia, or belly ribs, according to Sotheby’sImage: Lev Radin/Sipa USA/picture alliance…

Almost a week after the United States became the final co-host to exit World Cup 2026, the fallout from the suspension of striker Folarin Balogun’s red card ban continues. Organizers FIFAtook the near-unprecedented decision to suspend the forward’s ban after an intervention from US President Donald Trump and despite FIFA having statutes forbidding political interference. “FIFA’s judicial bodies are independent,” said FIFA President Gianni Infantino when defending the process. “They operate autonomously … Their independence is essential to the credibility and integrity of football, and this must always be respected.” This particular decision was taken by FIFA’s 18-strong disciplinary committee, or at least this was the impression…