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World Cup 2026: Greece’s qualification is in its hands – The history with our opponents and the path leading to America

For the first time in football history, a World Cup will be hosted by three countries: the 2026 tournament.

It will take place from June 11 to July 19 across the stadiums of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. The USA last hosted a World Cup in 1994, where Greece participated for the first time. Meanwhile, Mexico has hosted the World Cups of 1970 and 1986.

Global drought carries $300 bln annual cost: UN

Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned on Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.

Fueled by "human destruction of the environment," drought is projected to affect 75 percent of the world's population by 2050, the report cautioned.

Norway suspends controversial plans for seabed mining

The government of Norway has made the decision to suspend its controversial plan to allow commercial-scale mining on the bottom of the sea.

However, Prime Minister Jonas Stor called the development a “postponement” and said preparatory work on regulations and environmental impacts would continue.

UK Quietly Sends Storm Shadow Missiles to Ukraine as Russia Intensifies Drone Attacks

The UK has secretly delivered dozens of Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine, marking the first such delivery under Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. This move took place weeks before the decision to allow Ukraine to target Russian territory with long-range Western missiles.

Former Defense Minister: Putin Unlikely to Use Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine

Former Bulgarian Minister of Defense and current head of the "Center for Security and Defense Management" at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Todor Tagarev, has stated in front of BNR that the likelihood of Russian President Vladimir Putin resorting to nuclear weapons is minimal.

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