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World Cup fans file ticket price complaint at EU

Soaring World Cup ticket prices have pushed European fans to file a complaint against FIFA. "The cheapest openly available final tickets now start at $4,185," the Football Supporters Europe (FSE) group said. That's around €3,400 — and "more than seven times the cost of the cheapest 2022 World Cup final ticket," the group said in statement

Lithuanian PM: Stray crashed drone hailed from Ukraine

A military drone that crashed on a frozen lake in Lithuania hailed from Ukraine and was aimed at attacking Russian oil assets before going astray, Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said on Tuesday.  The drone crashed near the border to Belarus the previous day, with the military first reporting that a suspected military drone had entered

American apocalypse: The end ‘feels personal and imminent’

"People believe all sorts of things about how the world's going to end," said Matthew Billet, social psychologist at University of California, Irvine, US, in conversation with Science unscripted hosts, Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrud. "Some people mean human extinction," Billet said. "Some people mean the collapse of civilization or some sort of transformation of

Germany’s AfD: The new neoliberal workers’ party?

The state election in Rhineland-Palatinate was a success for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party: With 19.5% of the vote, the AfD more than doubled their result from the previous state election five years ago. That number was even slightly higher than the percentage the AfD got in the Baden-Württemberg election two weeks ago. Among

Anger in Cyprus as Iran war spotlights ‘colonial’ UK bases

If you spend a day soaking up the Cypriot sun, you'll notice a few subtle signs that this Mediterranean island was once a British colony. You have to drive on the left side of the road here. Power outlets have three holes, unlike most other parts of the EU. On the beach or high in

Pentagon orders troops from 82nd Airborne Division to deploy to Middle East

The Lebanese flag is waved amid the rubble of a Lebanese Civil Defence post destroyed in an IDF airstrike in Nabatiyeh, Lebanon, on March 24, 2026. Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Fabio Bucciarelli/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty As the war approaches the one-month mark the Trump administration keeps its options

They gave her business a lifeline, then froze all her money

Violeta Encarnación for NPR The alarming phone call came from Jane's daughter, away at college. Her debit card had suddenly stopped working. Something was wrong with their shared bank account. What happened to all the money? Jane's heart sank as she dialed her bank. The funds were still there, the bank said, but frozen —

Government Buys Americans’ Data Without Warrants

ICE is among the government agencies that buy commercial data about Americans in bulk. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use

Do You Really Know What Gaslighting Is?

The 1944 film Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer dramatizes the concept of gaslighting. Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Herbert Dorfman/Corbis via Getty Images You're not imagining it. The word "gaslighting" is everywhere. During a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the late-night host said President Trump was "gaslighting" Americans

How Trump’s Iran war objectives have shifted over time

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. JIM WATSON/AFP hide caption toggle caption JIM WATSON/AFP At the outset of the U.S.-Israel-led war in Iran, President Trump gave lots of reasons for launching the strikes on Iran from stopping its nuclear capabilities to regime change. Now, Trump
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