A sweeping military operation in Bolívar state is emptying Venezuela's richest gold mines of the armed groups that ran them for years — coinciding, with surgical timing, with a U.S.-brokered opening of the sector to foreign capital.
With new smartphones regularly topping $1,000, a fast-growing ecosystem of marketplaces, kiosks, and certified resellers is changing how Americans buy and sell devices — and some are doing billions in sales.
With 48 teams and an expanded knockout stage, the 2026 Fifa World Cup is ripe for upsets. We rank the 10 dark horses most capable of eliminating a favorite and making a deep run in North America.
Mexico will play the group stage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Group A, alongside South Africa, South Korea and Czechia. According to current fixture listings for Group A, matches will be played between 11 and 24 June 2026 in the host cities of Mexico City and Guadalajara in Mexico. In addition, El Tri will have the honor of playing the tournament's opening match on 11 June at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
Neymar has suffered a grade-II strain in his right calf and is in serious doubt for Brazil's June 13 World Cup opener against Morocco. Carlo Ancelotti is keeping him in the 26-man squad. At 34, this could be the final World Cup of Brazil's last superstar.
The 2026 World Cup begins on June 11 with the tightest field at the top in recent memory. Three independent sources —the betting markets, artificial intelligence and FIFA's official ladder— paint, for the first time in years, the same map of power. And on that map, four flags share almost all of the chances of lifting the trophy in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.
Un nuevo memorando interno reorienta el camino hacia la green card hacia el procesamiento consular en el exterior y exige "méritos sobresalientes" para aprobar solicitudes dentro del país.
