The football teams of forty-eight countries set out with a chance of winning the World Cup on June 11, and the hopes of just four nations remain alive.The top four teams in the FIFA rankings, with eight previous titles between them, will lock horns on Tuesday and Wednesday to try to secure a place in what is set to be the grandest of showpiece occasions in sport: the World Cup Final at New York New Jersey Stadium on Sunday, July 19.Al Jazeera ranks the contenders for the title:4. ArgentinaWhat’s this? The defending champions as the outsiders?Well, Algeria, Austria, Jordan, Cape…

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California voters face a topsy-turvy choice in November, when two competing ballot measures go head to head. Prop. 42, branded as retirement protection, is actually a kill-switch measure that protects billionaire wealth. Prop. 40, called the “Billionaire Tax,” is the one that helps fund the systems retirees depend on. The…

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The Green Bay Packers were arguably the most disappointing team in football…