World Cup Dynamic Ticket Pricing Drives Argentine Soccer Fans To Extremes
Dynamic ticket pricing has made this year’s tournament the most expensive in history, pushing Argentine fans to extremes.
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Two Australian states prepare to resettle children from Syrian detention camp with most bound for Melbourne | Australian security and counter-terrorism
Authorities in two Australian states are preparing to resettle children returning from squalid detention camps and life under Islamic State rule, as at least some of their mothers face possible criminal charges. Four women and nine children are expected to return to Australia on Thursday, with all of them apart from a mother and her…
World Cup 2026: Iran’s football chief says their host ‘is Fifa, not Mr Trump or America’
The US, Canada and Mexico will co-host the World Cup between 11 June and 19 July. Iran are scheduled to play two games in Los Angeles, against New Zealand on 15 June and Belgium on 21 June, and then Egypt in Seattle on 26 June. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said last week that…
Manipur’s ‘unknown’ killers: Three years of India’s bloody ethnic conflict | Conflict News
Manipur, India – The loud wails of a 37-year-old nurse pierce the air as she crouches near two coffins to grieve the killing of her infant daughter and five-year-old son in a blast last month. A woman tries to comfort the mother as dozens of men and women, most of them dressed in ceremonial white,…
Khaled Sabsabi’s Rocky Road From Australia to the Biennale
The Lebanese-Australian artist almost lost his Venice Biennale commission after he was accused of supporting terrorism. Reinstated, he is arriving in Venice showing not one but two works.
Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight
On the morning of May 5, 1961, the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch vehicle lifted into the sky from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. Over the next 15 minutes, Shepard ascended to an altitude of 116 miles (187 kilometers) in his Freedom 7 spacecraft, becoming the first American to fly into space before…
The players in SG’s increasingly global fintech space (update)
More of Singapore’s fintech firms are launching stablecoin-related services to drive lower fees and faster cross-border settlements.
Sam Smith engaged: Singer’s engagement to Christian Cowan revealed after 2026 Met Gala appearance
Congratulations are in order for Sam Smith and their partner, fashion designer Christian Cowan, who are reportedly engaged. Smith, 33, and Cowan, 32, were heard talking about their engagement at the Mark Hotel shortly before walking the Met Gala red carpet yesterday, according to a source from Page Six who was also in the lobby….
Kospi bull run rolls on
Currency dealers monitor exchange rates as an electronic screen shows South Korea’s benchmark stock index (KOSPI) and the Korean Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ) in a foreign exchange dealing room at the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on March 10, 2026. Stock markets in South Korea and Japan rose sharply in early trade on March…
UK regulator launches review of ‘aggressive’ claims management firms amid compensation concerns | Financial Conduct Authority
The City regulator has launched a review of claims management companies amid concerns that firms are misleading victims of financial scandals, such as car finance, about their compensation. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said some companies were pursuing “aggressive marketing, misleading advertising and unfair exit fees”. Some consumers are also being signed up without their…