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The 41-year-old, who played in six FIFA World Cups, announces he will retire from both club and country.Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026Guillermo Ochoa, widely considered among the greatest Mexican goalkeepers in history, has announced his retirement from professional football, bringing an end to a distinguished 22-year professional career.Ochoa,…

Published on 23/07/2026 – 11:53 GMT+2•Updated 16:10 Activists behind the far-right “Save Europe Act” campaign are taking the European Commission to court after it refused to register a petition calling for a suspension of legal migration channels and the “remigration” of legal third-country nationals deemed “unintegrated”, to prevent what organisers…

UN rights chief condemns worsening repression in Nicaragua, urging the restoration of freedoms and the rule of law.Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026The United Nations human rights chief has condemned Nicaragua’s escalating crackdown on civil and political rights, days after President Daniel Ortega announced a plan to block elections…

Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A seaplane crashed and later caught fire while making an emergency landing on the shoreline of Sucia Island near…

Good morning, readers. Angela Skujins here with the final newsletter before the summer break, with Europe Today also expected to take a well-earned rest before returning 31 August. Ahead of us sipping on a parasol-punctuated cocktail and melting into a banana lounge, it has been a mammoth 24-hours for the…

A four-word phrase has sparked an intense political and media row in Spain and France just days before the World Cup semi-final between the two national sides. The phrase “that is, without the French”, used by former prime minister Mariano Rajoy in a column published in El Debate, has been…

The hostages were taken from three separate schools in the southwestern state of Oyo in May.Published On 10 Jul 202610 Jul 2026Two months after they were abducted in southwestern Nigeria, dozens of students and teachers have been rescued, the presidency says.In a statement on Friday, President Bola Tinubu said he…