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Without Messi, Argentine team set for low-key homecoming

Without Messi, Argentine team set for low-key homecoming

After their 1-0 World Cup final loss to Spain, Argentina's return home was expected to be subdued Monday, with local media reporting that some players, including Messi, would not be on the flight.

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Garcia departure leaves Belgium facing 'generational change'

Garcia departure leaves Belgium facing 'generational change'

Rudi Garcia has left his role as Belgium coach after his side were knocked out of the World Cup quarter-finals, the Belgian football federation (RBFA) said on Monday.

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Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery

Scars of war linger on Syria's Saint Simeon monastery

Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.

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Plane carrying Spain's World Cup winning team lands in Madrid

Plane carrying Spain's World Cup winning team lands in Madrid

A plane carrying Spain's newly crowned World Cup champions landed in Madrid on Monday, a day after their 1-0 victory over Argentina in the final in the United States.

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McCullum confident he can work with new England Test coach

McCullum confident he can work with new England Test coach

Brendon McCullum insists he can work alongside England's next Test coach despite being sacked from the role.

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MEXC Launches 0-Fee Stock Futures Campaign With $5,000,000 SNDK Prize Pool

MEXC Launches 0-Fee Stock Futures Campaign With $5,000,000 SNDK Prize Pool

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, announced the launch of a new Stock Futures campaign, offering users the opportunity to share $5,000,000 in SNDK Position Airdrops. The campaign is designed to empower users to seize opportunities in the US stock market by reducing trading costs and offering meaningful rewards.

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Ryanair quarterly profit slides on Mideast war impact

Ryanair quarterly profit slides on Mideast war impact

Irish no-frills airline Ryanair on Monday said net profit slumped 34 percent in its first quarter as the Middle East conflict sent jet-fuel prices soaring and impacted ticket sales.

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Iran says fighting 'full-scale war' with US

Iran says fighting 'full-scale war' with US

Iran is fighting a "full-scale war" with the United States, its president said Monday, as Washington expanded its strikes across the Islamic republic including a city hosting a nuclear power plant.

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Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data

Swiss researchers hoard vast trove of NASA climate data

Researchers have copied massive quantities of publicly-available climate and environmental data from NASA onto a Swiss supercomputer to train artificial intelligence models -- and for safekeeping amid US funding cuts.

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Boeing gets order for 100 737 MAX jets from leasing company SMBC

Boeing gets order for 100 737 MAX jets from leasing company SMBC

US aircraft maker Boeing said Monday that it has received an order for 100 of its 737 MAX jets from leasing company SMBC Aviation Capital.

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