Iran are scheduled to play at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico in just over 100 days' time, with all three of their group games to be held in the U.S. However, after ...

One in four people globally live in a country whose population has already peaked in size. 11 July 2024 - According to the World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results published today, it is ...

The 2026 World Cup kicks off with the opening match between Mexico and South Africa on June 11 in Mexico City, with the final taking place on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

The threat of World War Three is looming large in the public consciousness. Last week, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warned the world could be engulfed by wars involving China, Russia, North Korea ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be bigger in every way from past tournaments: 48 teams will play 104 games at 16 stadiums in three nations, in cities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Locking ...

Americans generally see their country as respected and powerful on the world stage, but they think the United States’ global influence is waning. How important is it that the U.S. is respected ...

As Syrian rebels approached Damascus last weekend, Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Moscow’s main Arab ally, as a minor episode in a planet-wide struggle.

The U.S. is increasingly pulling ahead of the world’s advanced economies, with a surge of investment paying off in higher productivity and wages. The International Monetary Fund highlights those ...

Worldcoin, the Sam Altman co-founded “proof of personhood” crypto project that scans people’s eyeballs, announced on Thursday that it dropped the “coin” from its name and is now just “World.” The ...

A floating apartment. A residential yacht. A holiday home that travels the globe. The World, a luxury liner, has many descriptions, but "cruise ship" is not one of them, said resident Jim Minarik.

The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy and said the “impressive” U.S. economy is powering the world. The latest outlook estimates the global economy will expand 2.6 percent, an ...

In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are fainting in heat that hit as high ...