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Worry no more about wildfire smoke and $10,000 ticket prices. Sunday's final between Argentina and Spain — the first meeting of their transcendent stars — is here and seems destined to be a classic.
The World Cup final between Argentina and Spain is set to be a classic match, with transcendent stars Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal facing off.
NPR – US Worry no more about wildfire smoke and $10,000 ticket prices. Sunday's final between Argentina and Spain — the first meeting of their transcendent stars — is here and seems destined to be a classic.
NPR – US Worry no more about wildfire smoke and $10,000 ticket prices. Sunday's final between Argentina and Spain — the first meeting of their transcendent stars — is here and seems destined to be a classic.
Millions of fans will watch as Argentina and Spain appear in the World Cup final. Spain looks to dethrone reigning champion Argentina, while Argentina hopes Lionel Messi leads them to glory again.
The boy in the baby bath has unbelievably become the successor to Messi at Barcelona and now, maybe, on the world stage too “Maybe Lionel Messi has picked up lots of babies, maybe it’s chance, but for those of us who have faith, who believe in something beyond, ‘chance’ is God’s pseudonym when he doesn’t want to sign his name,” Luis de la Fuente says. “In life, everything happens for a reason. Sometimes it’s true th…
NYTimes – US The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to hold billionaire investor Leon Black in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas from the House oversight committee investigating the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The committee had earlier recommended the contempt finding unanimously. The matter now goes to the Department of Justice, which will decide whether to pursue criminal charges.
NYTimes – US The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities.
BBC News – Business The US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%, the first increase since 2023. The central bank's open market committee voted unanimously on Wednesday to raise rates from 3.5%-3.75% as it continues efforts to reduce inflation.
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