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The world’s best sporting event – the 2026 FIFA World Cup — is coming this summer, and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever. But which 48 fanbases will be the loudest? The most fun and the most passionate? Vote in our 2026 FIFA World Cup Ultimate Fanbase, sponsored by Lay’s!How It Works?This bracket consists of all 48 qualified teams for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Those teams are separated into four quadrants consisting of three of the current World Cup groups in each:  – Region 1 has Groups A/B/C- Region 2 has Groups D/E/F- Region 3 has Groups…

President Trump claimed in a post on his Truth Social network on Wednesday that Iran’s president had «just asked the United States of America for a CEASEFIRE!»Mr. Trump said Iran’s «New Regime President, much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors,» had requested the ceasefire. Iran currently has the same president it’s had since July 2024, however, when President Masoud Pezeshkian took office. Pezeshkian, long viewed as a more moderate figure than the Islamic clerics and Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders who’ve long wielded most of the power in the country, did say Tuesday that Iran had the «necessary will»…

Several days ago, President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iranian power plants if free transit wasn’t allowed through the Strait of Hormuz. That potent threat was subsequently delayed with a new deadline of April 6, although new threats may make strikes against energy targets more imminent. Meanwhile, American ground forces continue to converge on the Middle East, and a threat of boots-on-the-ground is becoming more real and more concerning. It is a strategy fraught with risk.

Top Trump administration officials have touted diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran as the president signals it could end without pursuing the challenging military operation of opening the Strait of Hormuz with naval escorts.In an interview with «Good Morning America» host George Stephanopoulos on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio did not cite the reopening of the strait, the vital chokepoint of which 20% of the world’s oil flows through, which has been largely closed to shipping traffic, as a U.S. objective. President Donald Trump in the early days of the war said the U.S. Navy would take…

ANKARA, Turkey — A rubber boat carrying migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday following a high-speed chase by the coast guard, killing 18 migrants, officials said. At least 21 other migrants were rescued.The Turkish Coast Guard Command said the boat carrying dozens of migrants ignored repeated warnings to stop and attempted to flee at high speed. The boat began to take on water in the rough seas and eventually capsized.The sinking occurred off the coastal city of Bodrum, a popular Turkish vacation destination. Rescue teams, supported by a helicopter dispatched from the nearby city of Izmir, pulled 21…

The Trump administration official leading an effort to loosen rules on methane pollution was an unnamed author of key industry arguments against those same rules just four years ago when he was an oil and gas lobbyist. Aaron Szabo, an assistant administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency, is listed in PDF metadata as the author of a January 2022 comment letter objecting to proposed controls on methane emissions in the oil and gas industry. The letter was submitted to the EPA by the American Exploration and Production Council, which represents some of the industry’s largest emitters of the planet-warming gas,…

Context of Susan Sarandon’s Role in StepmomSusan Sarandon recently opened up about the intense preparation she underwent for her role in the beloved film Stepmom. Reflecting on her experience during a recent podcast, she revealed how losing weight was essential for her portrayal of Jackie Harrison, a mother battling terminal cancer. «I had to lose so much weight,» Sarandon shared, emphasizing her commitment to realism in her performance.To ensure she could enjoy the holidays with her family, Sarandon cleverly scheduled key filming scenes around her vacation plans. “I wanted to lose it before Christmas,” she said, expressing her desire to…

By Kath Hudson    31 Mar 2026David Bibby (centre) and Duncan Jefford (third from right) with Everyone Active’s Sporting Champions / Everyone Active Duncan Jefford has been announced as the new managing director of Everyone Active. Current MD, David Bibby, will retire in May after leading the organisation since 2006. Under Bibby’s leadership, Everyone Active has grown its portfolio of facilities, invested in community health initiatives and championed the role of leisure services in supporting the nation’s physical and mental wellbeing.  “After many rewarding years in the sector, the time feels right for me to step back and begin a…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Twenty-twenty-five was the year global trade definitely did not die. But it changed in complex ways, some temporary (such as the frontloading of US imports in response to the threat of high tariffs), some likely to be permanent (such as the decline in direct trade between the US and China) and some in between (such as the boom in AI-related trade). Nevertheless, global trade in goods, the products targeted by the tariffs, has been strikingly robust, according to Geopolitics and the geometry…

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