With 48 teams and 104 matches, the expanded 2026 World Cup has become a massive money-making machine, with highly uneven returns.

By betting $1.5 million on Argentina to beat Spain in the 2026 World Cup final via the Stake platform, Drake hoped to pocket the modest sum of $5.2 million.

Although it was supposed to officially self-destruct on July 4, 2026, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—initially led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to slash the federal budget—is still active.

Greece is set to acquire an Israeli air defense system worth up to 3.5 billion euros. The KYSEA Security Council will discuss this matter on Thursday, along with the acquisition of several types of drones, according to Reuters and other sources.

Airfares can be unpredictable. Faced with these fluctuations, many travelers opt for economy class in order to avoid blowing their holiday budget.

The European Commission has imposed a record fine of 550 million euros on AliExpress for failing to take sufficient action against illegal, dangerous, and counterfeit products on its platform. The question is not only whether the Chinese e-commerce company will actually pay, but also what the EU will do with the money and how long the legal proceedings might drag on.

Since the beginning of the year, 1,560 billion rubles in cash have been put into circulation, representing the sharpest increase recorded over the same time period in years, excluding the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Acquired in 2024 by Rodolphe Saadé, CEO of the French global shipping giant CMA CGM, for the modest sum of 1.57 billion euros, the RMC BFM group is currently weathering a financial storm.

Trump Media wants to charge traders for access to U.S. President Donald Trump’s posts on Truth Social, which would be a few milliseconds faster. This would allow them to potentially profit from Trump’s announcements that could influence the stock markets through automated processing and algorithms.

In New York, a Sotheby’s auction recently made headlines: sold for the modest sum of $50.1 million, the T-Rex skeleton nicknamed “Gus” became the most expensive fossil in history.