MATARO/MADRID, July 20 (Reuters) – Thousands danced in the streets, set off fireworks and launched red flares in Madrid as the party went on into the early hours of Monday after Spain beat Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup. Waving red and gold flags, Spaniards and fans from around the world watched
By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) – Andy Burnham, dubbed the ‘King of the North’, becomes Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday, promising to “rewire” the nation to better focus on issues people care about, such as a cost-of-living crisis and poorly performing services. A
By Karolos Grohmann EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 19 (Reuters) – Spain needed an extra-time goal by substitute Ferran Torres to edge past 10-man defending champions Argentina 1-0 to win the World Cup on Sunday. • Torres broke the deadlock early in the second half of extra time, firing home on th
BUDAPEST, July 19 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Peter Magyar said on Sunday that he would ask Judit Polgar, widely regarded as the greatest female chess player of all time, to take up the largely ceremonial role of Hungary’s next President. Magyar said in a Facebook post that Polgar, 49, could represen
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) – Russian forces struck an international cargo vessel in the Black Sea off the coast of Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa, killing at least five crew members, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. The Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship had left port loaded with corn and was carrying a c
July 19 (Reuters) – A U.S. service member was killed on Saturday “during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance” in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command said. The unexploded ordnance was from a “downed Iranian one-way attack drone,” Central Command said in a statement released Sunday. (Report
By Amy Tennery and Rosalba O’Brien EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey, July 19 (Reuters) – And then there were two. After nearly six weeks of heroics and heartache, thrills and spills, heat, rain and rowing, New York New Jersey stadium was preparing on Sunday to host the crowning event of the World Cup tou
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least six people, injuring more than 30 and displacing 300, authorities said Sunday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quake struck on Saturday at 9:24 p.m., with its epicenter located 2 kilometers (1.24 mi
By Abhijith Ganapavaram, Arpan Chaturvedi and Saurabh Sharma NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – Police in India have denied permission for a march on parliament by supporters of the youth-led “Cockroach” movement on Monday, risking a standoff as calls grow for the sacking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi
By Diana Novak Jones July 19 (Reuters) – In the wake of multiple fatal shootings involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, the agency will require its officers to record vehicle stops with at least one body camera, Trump administration border czar Tom Homan said Sunday. “They exon
GEORGETOWN, July 19 (Reuters) – A ferry carrying 116 passengers sank off the coast of Guyana in South America late Saturday with 67 people, including 15 children, rescued so far, according to Guyana authorities. An air traffic control tower received a distress call at 11:01 p.m. Saturday night from
By Ryan Patrick Jones and Maria Cheng July 19 (Reuters) – The Canadian government said on Sunday it would deny entry to any foreigner who has been to Congo within the past 21 days as part of new, temporary border measures to combat the spread of Ebola. The ban contravenes advice from the World Healt
LONDON (AP) — Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate were arrested Saturday in Miami after U.K. prosecutors said they brought further rape and sex trafficking charges against them. Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service said the new charges relate to four further victims and were brought after aut
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A government ferry carrying 133 passengers and crew capsized in Guyana with 67 people rescued so far, authorities said Sunday, as a massive search and rescue operation tried to find the dozens of people still missing. The MV Barima was sailing from the capital, Georgetown,
July 19 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Republicans should add Iran to the Russian sanctions bill. (Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com
FRANKFURT, July 19 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Sunday he may now potentially have an opportunity for changes to his cabinet, a statement coming after the resignation of a top politician over the weekend. “It could be an opportunity,” he said told broadcaster ZDF when asked a
By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang TAIPEI, July 19 (Reuters) – Taiwan must work together to protect its democracy and not become part of China, President Lai Ching-te said on Sunday, calling on members of his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to oppose the “red terror” coming from Beijing. Lai, who won el
BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) – The Chinese meteorological authority on Sunday issued a heavy rain alert for parts of southern China and a geological disaster warning for areas including parts of Chongqing, where 34 people remain missing more than two days after a rain-triggered landslide. • Cutting so
LONDON (AP) — Andy Burnham will enter 10 Downing Street on Monday with a wave of enthusiasm behind him and a mountain of challenges ahead. His coronation as British prime minister may be short-lived as he faces the same struggles as his predecessor in trying to temper a cost-of-living crisis, improv
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Kyiv overnight with ballistic missiles and other weapons, killing one and wounding 16 people, local authorities said, again highlighting Ukraine’s shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense systems. U.S. President Donald Trump has said he is prepared to grant Ukra
KYOTO, Japan (AP) — There’s a special moment when Katsushi Horikawa feels closer to the gods. It comes as he rides atop one of the towering floats pulled through the streets in a centuries-old procession in Japan. This is the Gion Matsuri festival, born more than 1,000 years ago as a ritual to ward
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Rescue crews used excavators on Sunday to comb through the rubble in search of survivors from a landslide in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing that killed at least eight people and left another 34 missing. Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and bur
NEW DELHI, July 19 (Reuters) – Social activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife has approached an Indian court seeking permission to transfer him from a government hospital to a private facility, alleging he was being held in “illegal detention,” she said on Sunday. “Despite repeated requests, the hospital has
PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers on Saturday evening found five survivors, including a 7-year-old girl, from a passenger boat that sank earlier in the week in eastern Indonesia waters and were searching for 20 other people still missing. The KM Nurul Salsa, which was carrying 78 passengers and crew,
BEIJING, July 19 (Reuters) – The former president of the China Development Bank, Ouyang Weimin, has been put under investigation on suspicion of serious disciplinary and legal violations, China’s anti-graft watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said on Sunday. In 2024, a former
July 18 (Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 struck Central Peru on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The depth of the quake was 22 km (13.67 miles), the EMSC said. (Reporting by Sumedha Mukherjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger) Brought to you by
KYIV, July 19 (Reuters) – Russian missiles hit Kyiv and the surrounding region early on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring nine others as fires broke out across the city, officials said. A Reuters witness heard a series of powerful explosions rock the capital, as Ukraine’s air force wa
By Emily Green MEXICO CITY, July 18 (Reuters) – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a message on X that she would attend the World Cup final in New Jersey on Sunday at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump along with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. “I considered it politically i
By Enas Alashray, Hatem Maher and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/CAIRO, July 19 (Reuters) – The United States launched new strikes against Iran, Central Command said, after it earlier announced that two U.S. military personnel were killed in Jordan and another was missing following an Iranian attack. B
By Maria Alejandra Cardona MIAMI, July 18 (Reuters) – Cuban dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara arrived in the United States on Saturday after completing a five-year prison sentence on the communist-run island. Otero Alcántara, co-founder of Cuba’s opposition San Isidro Movement, was welcom
