Pete Hegseth, the hyper-masculine US Secretary of Defence/War, announced on 15 July 2026, in a video entitled “The High T Department of War”,…

 Tens of thousands of young people gathered on the streets of New Delhi on 20 July 2026, on the opening day of the…

 The “record-breaking”, and also controversial, 2026 FIFA World Cup final was decided on 19 July at the New York New Jersey Stadium in…

 Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), normally a series of bruising encounters between the sitting Prime Minister and the current Leader of the Opposition, turned…

 During the 2026 FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup round-of-32 match between Bosnia Herzegovina and the USA on 1 July, USA…

Having earlier threatened “a really long speech” on a particularly hot day, America’s “favourite President” Donald J. Trump settled for a shorter 40-minute…

Thousands of anti-migrant demonstrators took to the streets of the main cities of the Republic of South Africa in coordinated protests on 30…

 The Great American State Fair, a 16-day “national exposition” and “World’s Fair-scale event”, held from 25 June to 10 July 2026, was kick-started…

 A record-breaking heatwave, said to be the worst-ever to affect the region, disrupted daily life across much of Western Europe, including the British…

 Sir Keir Starmer resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 22 June 2026, a day before the 10th anniversary of the Brexit…