President of Argentina, Javier Milei, has insisted that captain Lionel Messi has brought immense joy to all Argentines. Milei was speaking after Argentina’s World Cup final 1-0 defeat to Spain on Sunday. In an interview with Radio Mitre, Milei said of Messi, “Anyone who has been at the highest professional level for over 20 years deserves…
Spain’s triumph over Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup final not only secured football’s biggest prize but also earned the country’s football federation a record-breaking financial reward. FIFA has confirmed that the champions will receive $51 million in prize money, while runners-up Argentina will take home $34 million, as part of the governing body’s…
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, July 20, 2026/APO Group/ — The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org) has approved grants worth USD 13 million to enhance national emergency responses to the Ebola virus disease (EVD-B) outbreak and strengthen efforts to arrest its spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Uganda.  On…
For more than four decades, a single Supreme Court interpretation of the 14th Amendment has made it effectively impossible for public school boards to measure the fiscal impact of one of their most rapidly expanding categories of spending. That interpretation is Plyler v. Doe, and it is time for an honest national conversation about revisiting it….
The Adults Have Left the Room: Geopolitical LARPing and the Defence Debacle Part 3 ÆTHELSTAN Part Three is therefore the wreckage. The car had already skidded through U-turns and struck the language barrier. Now the engine was over-revving on the world stage. Welfare commitments, stagnant growth, infrastructure decay, spiralling debt interest payments, energy costs and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday arraigned the former Managing Director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, Jimoh Olasunkanmi Yisawu, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over an alleged N1.339 billion money laundering scheme. Yisawu was brought before Justice Inyang Ekwo on an eight-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering…
