Croatia tops Morocco 2-1 to clinch third spot at World Cup

Reuters 12/18/2022

DOHA  – Croatia beat injury-hit Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to leave Qatar on a high after again surpassing expectations following their run to the final in 2018. Despite defeat, Morocco also leave with…

Angelina Jolie leaves UN refugee agency after more than 20 years

Reuters 12/18/2022

GENEVA — Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie will quit her role as a special envoy for the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) but will remain a humanitarian activist, the United Nations said on Friday. Jolie, who has been on…

Mbappe seeks to re-order football’s hierarchy in World Cup final

Reuters 12/17/2022

Kylian Mbappe can on Sunday become the youngest player to win two World Cups since Pele achieved the feat at the age of 21. Mbappe, who turns 24 two days after the final, is the joint leading…

Pope: Spend less on Christmas, send difference to Ukrainians

Reuters 12/15/2022

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday, December 14, 2022, urged people to spend less on Christmas celebrations and gifts this year and send the difference to Ukrainians to help them get through the hunger and cold…

LOOK: BTS ARMYs converge at boot camp to bid Jin goodbye for now

Reuters 12/14/2022

SEOUL  — Some 300 military, police, and fire officials have tightened security around what will be the boot camp of Jin, the oldest member of the K-pop phenomenon BTS, in the eastern county of Yeoncheon where frontline…

Argentina crushes Croatia, Messi’s dream lives on into final

Reuters 12/14/2022

LUSAIL, Qatar — The most clinical of smash-and-grabs kept Lionel Messi on track for his date with destiny and broke Croatian hearts as Argentina reached Sunday’s World Cup final with a 3-0 victory at the Lusail Stadium.…

Harry and Meghan defend documentary after privacy criticism

Reuters 12/12/2022

Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have rejected criticism of a documentary about their lives, with a statement from their spokesman saying that the couple had never cited privacy as a reason for stepping back from…

Ronaldo says dedication to Portugal unchanged but will ‘let time be a good adviser’

Reuters 12/12/2022

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Cristiano Ronaldo said on Sunday that he had always been dedicated to being a part of the Portuguese national team, which was knocked out of the World Cup a day earlier, but he was coy…

Giroud sends France into World Cup semis as England miss late penalty

Reuters 12/11/2022

AL KHOR, Qatar  -Oliver Giroud sent France into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco as his late header after Aurelien Tchouameni’s opener clinched a gutsy 2-1 win over England on Saturday with Harry Kane blazing a penalty over the bar six…

Morocco’s World Cup dream continues as Portugal eliminated

Reuters 12/11/2022

DOHA—Morocco’s extraordinary run in Qatar continued on Saturday as they claimed another massive scalp in beating Portugal 1-0 to become the first African and Arab country to reach the World Cup semi-finals. A hugely significant victory broke…

Maryland governor bans use of TikTok on state devices

Reuters 12/07/2022

WASHINGTON – Maryland Governor Larry Hogan issued an emergency directive on Tuesday prohibiting the use of Chinese-owned short-video sharing app TikTok on state government devices and networks, the latest U.S. Republican to crack down on TikTok. South…

Argentina court hands VP Cristina Kirchner 6-year jail term in graft case

Reuters 12/07/2022

BUENOS AIRES — An Argentine court sentenced Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to six years in jail and disqualified her from holding public office in a high-profile corruption case on Tuesday, though she has immunity due…

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