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Some nations have had to wait longer than others since they last got their hands on the World Cup 🫣🏆

Putting Lionel Messi and Lamine Yamal's stats the day they turned 19 next to each other really shows how much football has changed 😵 Barcelona and Spain's starboy has played over FOUR TIMES more games than one of football's all-time greats 😰🏃

Breaking News ❤️❤️🥹 Fans have voted Lamine Yamal’s Kid brother as one of the most lovely kids at the FIFA 2026 World Cup . His vibe is different and pure . Lamine has supplied endless joy to his family . Imagine taking your whole family to the World Cup and winning it at just 19 years . There is no other joy compared to this . I pray we succeed and make our parents this happy. Seeing your family happy cus you made it hits different ❤️ Please follow👉#Cjnews

n the mid-1950s, tap dancer Arthur Duncan appeared regularly on Betty White's television variety show. Not everyone approved. Some television stations and sponsors objected to a Black performer appearing alongside White and pressured the show to remove him. Betty White refused. According to Duncan, instead of cutting back his appearances, she gave him even more airtime. He later said her support changed the course of his career and never forgot that she stood by him when others would not. #BettyWhite

When Mr. Eazi was 19 and in university, he asked his uncle, who was a doctor, and his uncle's wife to give him ₦19 million (about £40,000) to start a business. His idea was to sell diesel to MTN, one of Nigeria's biggest phone companies. He was very sure it would work. "MTN is going to pay us," he told them. "I'm a salesman. I can sell anything." But three months later, the government changed the fuel price rules. The diesel they bought became worth much less. The business failed, and the whole ₦19 million was gone. It was also his uncle's life savings. His uncle kept asking him to pay the money back. After some time, he went to Mr. Eazi's parents. Mr. Eazi's father had to pay the debt. Mr. Eazi said he was angry and embarrassed. He later told his uncle and his wife: "You made a mistake. You missed a big chance because I'm going to do great things, and you won't be part of my story." Years later, he became successf...

Nicolás Otamendi confronted his ex-Man City teammate Rodri at full-time 🗣️👀

The president received loud boos when he stepped on the pitch 😬 Read more: https://trib.al/GSVmocN

Lamine Yamal is one of football's brightest young stars, but behind his success is the love and sacrifice of his mother, Sheila Ebana. Born in Bata, Equatorial Guinea, Sheila moved to Spain as a teenager to build a better future. She later became a mother to Lamine Yamal. Although she and Yamal's father, Mounir Nasraoui, separated when Lamine was just three years old, both parents remained an important part of his life. Life was not easy for Sheila. She worked as a waitress and cook at a McDonald's in Mataró to support her family. When she realized her son had a passion for football, she made another big sacrifice. She requested a transfer to a McDonald's in Granollers so Lamine could play for CF La Torreta, the local club where he began his football journey at the age of four. Sheila worked long hours and faced financial challenges, but she never stopped supporting her son. She believed in his dream and did everything she could to help him succeed. Lamine has of...

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This refers to the 2004 killing of Akku Yadav, an alleged serial rapist and violent criminal who had reportedly terrorized residents of Kasturba Nagar, a poor neighborhood in Nagpur, India, for years. Local women accused Yadav and his gang of rape, assault, extortion and intimidation. Residents claimed repeated complaints to authorities failed to protect them, while his ability to avoid lasting imprisonment created intense fear and anger in the community. On August 13, 2004, Yadav was attacked inside a Nagpur courtroom by a large group, reportedly including many women. He was stabbed and beaten, and chilli powder was reportedly thrown during the assault. He died at the scene. Afterward, several women reportedly claimed collective responsibility, arguing that Yadav's death was the result of years of abuse and institutional failure.

Artificial blood that requires no refrigeration or blood-type matching is now being tested in Japan. Researchers at Nara Medical University are developing artificial blood that is compatible with every blood type, potentially eliminating one of the biggest challenges in emergency medicine. Instead of relying on freshly donated blood, the team extracts hemoglobin – the oxygen-carrying protein inside red blood cells – from expired donor blood. The hemoglobin is then sealed inside a protective shell to create artificial red blood cells. Because the artificial cells have no blood type, they can theoretically be given to any patient without compatibility testing. The breakthrough could be especially valuable during emergencies, disasters and in remote areas where matching blood types quickly can be difficult. It also has a much longer shelf life than donated blood. While donated red blood cells can typically be stored for up to 42 days under refrigeration, the artificial blood can ...

Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí both became two of the five youngest players ever to start a World Cup match... and now they're World Cup winners 🇪🇸🏆

​The individual awards have been handed out to the tournament's standout performers, but one legendary figure is noticeably missing from the spotlight. While these stars claim their well-deserved honors, Lionel Messi might just be busy focusing on the ultimate prize. ​"All the best players of the tournament won something, but I have been looking for Messi since last night on this image, where could he be?? Oh maybe he went to collect the trophy 😂😂" ​What do you think? Is the trophy the only award that truly matters? Let us know below! #SafevoiceAfrica #Messi #FootballNews #GoldenBall #GoldenBoot #FootballTrophy #GOAT #MatchDay #FootballAwards

The only two times Rihanna attended the FIFA World Cup final, Argentina lost.

The NRS orders large taxpayers to adopt e-invoicing by July 31 or face sanctions as compliance monitoring begins. ow.ly/h2lb106Bbuc

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🚨💣 KYLIAN MBAPPÉ IN 2025/26: 🏆 WORLD CUP TOP SCORER 🏆 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOP SCORER 🏆 LA LIGA TOP SCORER UNREAL 🤯

Larry Gaga & Wizkid — “Low” has surpassed 43M streams on Spotify. — It’s Larry Gaga’s most streamed track ever.

David Raya becomes the first goalkeeper in the history of PL to win both the World cup and PL trophy in the same year

🚨🚨 SPAIN ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR THE SECOND TIME! ⭐️⭐️🇪🇸

Argentina’s World Cup outing: BurnaBoy’s ex, Stefflon Don, bows for the result o

Future's 'The Real Me' officially debuts at #1 on this weeks Billboard 200 with 131K units sold first-week 🦅💿 It becomes the 12th number one album of his career.

Wizkid & Brent Faiyaz — “Piece Of My Heart” has surpassed 85M streams on Spotify. — Over 250K unit sold in the US 🇺🇸 — Over 25K units sold in Canada 🇨🇦 — Over 95K units sold in the UK 🇬🇧

yesterday, we celebrate Nelson Mandela's life and legacy, and his commitment to freedom, justice, equality, human rights and service to others. "I have always been inspired by Madiba’s life and belief that when people stand together, nothing is impossible. The future is in our hands. Today and every day, let’s carry forward Mandela’s vision of a just, inclusive, equal and peaceful world." — United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Start "The Long Walk", an interactive #MadelaDay experience, to learn more about the life of Madiba: https://go.unu.edu/mvUe7

Joseph Gantt met Clara Edwards on a train from Texas to Los Angeles. He spent two years trying to get her to say yes. She finally did, and they married in June 1948. When he was deployed to Korea, he told her to remarry if he didn't come back. She told him no. On 1 December 1950, Sergeant First Class Gantt was taken prisoner near Kunu-ri while defending his unit's position. He was a field medic. He died in a North Korean prison camp on 27 March 1951. He was posthumously awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Valour. Clara never got a body. Never got a funeral. Never got closure. And she never remarried. She waited 63 years. In December 2013, forensic analysts at the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command in Honolulu finally identified his remains. Joseph was coming home. Clara was 94 years old when she stood on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport and watched her husband's flag-draped casket come off the plane. The photograph appeared in more than 100 major newspa...

José "Pepe" Mujica was the President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, but he became famous around the world for a very different reason. Many people called him the "world's poorest president" because he chose to live a simple life instead of enjoying the luxuries of power. While many world leaders lived in large official homes, Mujica stayed in his small farmhouse outside Montevideo with his wife. He refused to move into the presidential palace. He also drove his old 1987 Volkswagen Beetle, saying it was the most valuable thing he owned. Even as president, Mujica did not keep most of his salary. He donated about 90% of it to charities that helped poor families and small business owners. He believed money should be used to improve the lives of others. One day, an Arab sheikh offered him one million dollars for his old Volkswagen Beetle. Many people would have accepted the offer, but Mujica refused. He said that if he ever decided to sell the car, he would dona...

In the late 1990s, Will Smith was arguably the biggest movie star on the planet, coming off back-to-back global blockbuster hits with Independence Day (1996) and Men in Black (1997). When directors Lana and Lilly Wachowski approached him in 1998 to play Neo in The Matrix, they were relatively unknown filmmakers who had only directed one low-budget indie film. They sat down with Smith and gave him a pitch that focused heavily on their revolutionary visual concept. As Smith later recounted on his YouTube channel, the pitch sounded baffling: "Yo bro, we’re gonna design these cameras... you'll be able to jump, but then stop jumping in the middle of the jump, and people can see around you." Failing to grasp the concept of "bullet time," a skeptical Smith passed on the project.Instead, Smith chose to lead the big-budget sci-fi Western comedy Wild Wild West, believing it was a safer bet to cement his status as a box-office king. What followed became one of the ...

The government aims to create domestic jobs, increase foreign currency earnings, and move away from exporting unprocessed crops. A new alliance of West African nations, including Nigeria, seeks to regulate cocoa prices, promote local processing, and strengthen their bargaining power globally. To support this shift, Nigeria is expanding its factory capacity and providing financial support across the cocoa supply chain.

🚨 THE MOST EXPENSIVE FOOTBALL TICKET EVER 🚨 It's gone viral immediately after the game started 🤯

On May 26, 2018, Mamoudou Gassama was walking through the streets of Paris when he noticed a crowd looking up at an apartment building. People were shouting in fear as a 4-year-old boy hung from a fourth-floor balcony, holding on with only his hands. Every second mattered. Without stopping to think about his own safety, the 22-year-old rushed toward the building. Using only his bare hands, he climbed from one balcony to the next. In less than 30 seconds, he reached the child and pulled him to safety. The incredible rescue was captured on video and quickly spread around the world. Millions of people watched in amazement as Mamoudou risked his own life to save a little boy he had never met. At the time, Mamoudou was an undocumented migrant from Mali. But after his brave act, French President Emmanuel Macron invited him to the Élysée Palace to thank him in person. The president praised his courage and awarded him French citizenship. Mamoudou also received a diploma in recognition o...

Richard Anthony Jones lost 17 years of his life largely because witnesses believed they recognized his face. The case began with a 1999 purse-snatching in a Walmart parking lot in Roeland Park, Kansas. Jones was arrested and later convicted of aggravated robbery. There was no DNA, fingerprint evidence or other physical evidence tying him to the crime. The prosecution relied heavily on eyewitness identification. Jones insisted that he was innocent. His girlfriend and her sister testified that he had been with them at the time of the robbery, but the jury convicted him in 2001. He received a 19-year prison sentence. Years later, Jones learned about another man named Ricky Amos. The two had similar facial features, skin tone, hairstyles and facial hair. Amos also had connections to the area where witnesses said the robber had been picked up. When witnesses were eventually shown photographs of both men, they could not reliably say which one they had seen. That new evidence changed...

In 1999, John Carpenter became the first contestant to win the top prize on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. What made his victory unforgettable was that he reached the final question without using a single lifeline, an achievement that had never been seen before. For the million dollar question, Carpenter finally used his "Phone a Friend" lifeline to call his father. Instead of asking for help, he calmly said he didn't need any assistance and simply wanted to tell him that he was about to win the million dollars. Carpenter then confidently selected the correct answer, "Richard Nixon," in response to the question asking which U.S. president had appeared on the television show Laugh In. His confidence stunned both the audience and host Regis Philbin. The moment quickly became one of the most iconic scenes in television game show history.

Most people find it difficult enough to keep track of two or three credit cards. But Manish Dhameja managed something far more unusual—he built a collection of 1,638 valid credit cards and turned it into a Guinness World Record. His collection was officially verified in Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 30, 2021. At first, the number sounds almost impossible to manage. However, Manish has explained that the cards are not simply stored away as souvenirs. Each one can serve a different purpose. Some cards offer cashback, while others provide air miles, hotel benefits, movie discounts, fuel rewards or access to airport and railway lounges. The real challenge is not just owning them—it is remembering the billing dates, payment deadlines, spending limits and reward conditions connected to every card. His habit became especially useful during India’s demonetisation in November 2016, when ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes were suddenly withdrawn. While many people were standing in long queues to g...

🧬 Scientists in China are studying whether reducing menstrual cycles from about 12 a year to just 4 could help women preserve more eggs and stay fertile for longer. 👩‍🔬 🥚 The idea is that fewer ovulations may slow egg depletion. However, reducing ovulation also lowers estrogen, a hormone that's essential for bone, heart, and overall health. ❤️ ⚠️ Researchers say the idea is still experimental, and much more research is needed before it could become a safe treatment.

This story is based on a real incident from Brazil, where a family renovating their home discovered a tortoise living beneath the floor. The animal was believed to have become trapped years earlier during construction and had survived in the enclosed space. Tortoises are exceptionally resilient because they have one of the slowest metabolisms among vertebrates. They require relatively little food and can drastically reduce their energy use during long periods of scarcity. It's often claimed the tortoise survived by eating termites and absorbing moisture. While termites and other small invertebrates may have provided occasional nutrition, there's no direct evidence proving exactly what it ate. Moisture from damp soil and leaks likely helped keep it hydrated. Veterinarians who examined the tortoise found it alive but underweight rather than healthy, showing it had endured years of harsh conditions. Although the story sounds unbelievable, it highlights the extraordina...