The tournament’s mascot came to herald the ubiquitous, commercial aims of a growing international spectacleDeep within a dark warehouse in Hillsborough, North Carolina, there sits a severed head. Encased in plastic, perfectly preserved and seemingly begging to be reanimated, it belongs to an American soccer legend.For a seismic summer 32 years ago, Striker the dog … Continue reading “Move over Soccerey Bally: how Striker the dog became a 1994 World Cup hero”
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President Trump, who for years has sowed doubt about the security of American elections, is scheduled to give a primetime address Thursday night about election integrity. Trump has long contended, without evidence, that he won the 2020 election(Image credit: Alex Wong)
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submitted by stermy4u to world29 points | 3 commentshttps://townflex.com/tehran-billboard-puts-president-trump-in-coffin/
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submitted by geneva_convenience to world11 points | 0 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/16/zelenskyy-defends-sacking-ukraine-defence-minister-mykhailo-federov Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has defended his decision to dismiss the country’s popular defence minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, and confirmed reports that relations had broken down between the ministry and the country’s top army leadership. Speaking at a press conference in Kyiv with the British prime minister, … Continue reading “Political crisis and protests in Ukraine as Zelenskyy defends sacking defence minister”
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submitted by spaghettiwestern to world96 points | 6 commentshttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/germany-warns-against-election-interference-as-us-offers-funding-to-maga-aligned-causes-in-europe Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump’s administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe. The German chancellor was responding to a US initiative offering grants of up to $3m (£2.2m) for European charities, thinktanks … Continue reading “Germany warns US against election interference with Maga-aligned grants scheme”
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