## [2026-07-19](/feed/2026/07/19/index.md)

##### 2026 FIFA World Cup
### [Spanish manager Luis de la Fuente also becomes the oldest manager to win a World Cup title at 65 years old. ](/feed/2026/07/19/spanish-manager-luis-de-la-fuente-also-becomes-the-oldest-manager-to-win-a-world-cup-title-at-65-years-old.md)
### [After winning the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Spain becomes the first country to hold both the men's and women's World Cups, having won the latter in 2023. The men's team extends their international football record of 38 consecutive unbeaten matches, surpassing Italy's record of 37. It also becomes the first team to field two teenagers, Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsí, both 19-year-olds, in a FIFA World Cup final. ](/feed/2026/07/19/after-winning-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-spain-becomes-the-first-country-to-hold-both-the-men-s-and-women-s-world-cups-ha.md)
### [In association football, Spain win their second FIFA World Cup title after defeating the defending champions Argentina 1–0 after extra time in the final held at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. Spain's captain Rodri is awarded the Golden Ball. ](/feed/2026/07/19/in-association-football-spain-win-their-second-fifa-world-cup-title-after-defeating-the-defending-champions-argentina-1.md)
##### 2026 Esports World Cup
### [In esports, Dplus KIA defeats Karmine Corp 3–0 to win the "League of Legends" title at the 2026 Esports World Cup, extending South Korea's winning streak to three years and securing its first international title since 2020. ](/feed/2026/07/19/in-esports-dplus-kia-defeats-karmine-corp-3-0-to-win-the-league-of-legends-title-at-the-2026-esports-world-cup-exten.md)
##### 2026 São Toméan presidential election
### [Santomeans vote to elect the country's president. Incumbent president Carlos Vila Nova seeks a second term in office. ](/feed/2026/07/19/santomeans-vote-to-elect-the-country-s-president-incumbent-president-carlos-vila-nova-seeks-a-second-term-in-office.md)
##### 2026 Delhi Jantar Mantar protests
### [ Students hold protests in several cities across India after activist Sonam Wangchuk is arrested and taken to a hospital during his hunger strike calling for education minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation over the 2026 NEET exam paper leak, with a march on Parliament planned for the following day. ](/feed/2026/07/19/students-hold-protests-in-several-cities-across-india-after-activist-sonam-wangchuk-is-arrested-and-taken-to-a-hospital.md)
##### 2026 Ebola epidemic
### [Canada bars foreign nationals who have visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the previous 21 days, citing the Ebola epidemic. ](/feed/2026/07/19/canada-bars-foreign-nationals-who-have-visited-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo-within-the-previous-21-days-citing.md)
##### Ferry
### [Sixty-seven people are rescued and 66 others are reported missing when a passenger ferry capsizes and sinks near the Pomeroon River in Guyana. ](/feed/2026/07/19/sixty-seven-people-are-rescued-and-66-others-are-reported-missing-when-a-passenger-ferry-capsizes-and-sinks-near-the-pom.md)
##### Mon District
### [Four people are killed, four others are unaccounted for, and several houses are swept away after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall hits Mon District, Nagaland, India. ](/feed/2026/07/19/four-people-are-killed-four-others-are-unaccounted-for-and-several-houses-are-swept-away-after-a-landslide-triggered-b.md)
##### 2026 Huancayo earthquake
### [At least six people are killed and 21 others are injured when a w.5 earthquake strikes the town of Pumpunya in Chongos Bajo District, Chupaca province, Department of Junín, Peru. ](/feed/2026/07/19/at-least-six-people-are-killed-and-21-others-are-injured-when-a-w5-earthquake-strikes-the-town-of-pumpunya-in-chongos-b.md)
##### Russo-Ukrainian war
### [Ukrainian officials say Russian forces struck a Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship carrying corn off Odesa, killing ten crew members from India and Syria. Eight others are rescued, while the vessel continues burning. ](/feed/2026/07/19/ukrainian-officials-say-russian-forces-struck-a-guinea-bissau-flagged-cargo-ship-carrying-corn-off-odesa-killing-ten-cr.md)
##### Mali War
### [Around 50 Malian soldiers are reported to have been killed in Anéfis, Mali, by the Al-Qaeda-linked Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin and Tuareg Azawad Liberation Front rebels. ](/feed/2026/07/19/around-50-malian-soldiers-are-reported-to-have-been-killed-in-anefis-mali-by-the-al-qaeda-linked-jama-at-nusrat-al-isl.md)
##### Middle Eastern crisis
### [The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports that 530 people, including 76 civilians, have been killed in clashes between the post-Assad Syrian Army and the Syrian Democratic Forces over the past months. ](/feed/2026/07/19/the-syrian-observatory-for-human-rights-reports-that-530-people-including-76-civilians-have-been-killed-in-clashes-bet.md)
### [The U.S. CENTCOM launches strikes against Iran for a ninth consecutive evening amidst a rise in American casualties. ](/feed/2026/07/19/the-us-centcom-launches-strikes-against-iran-for-a-ninth-consecutive-evening-amidst-a-rise-in-american-casualties.md)
### [The Israeli military uses the Iron Dome to shoot down fragments from an Iranian missile fired at Aqaba, Jordan, after the Aegis was reportedly used to shoot down the missile. ](/feed/2026/07/19/the-israeli-military-uses-the-iron-dome-to-shoot-down-fragments-from-an-iranian-missile-fired-at-aqaba-jordan-after-th.md)
### [The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announces that an American service member has been killed in northern Iraq during a "controlled" detonation of a downed Iranian drone, bringing the total amount of American casualties to 17. ](/feed/2026/07/19/the-united-states-central-command-centcom-announces-that-an-american-service-member-has-been-killed-in-northern-iraq-d.md)
### [The Kurdistan Freedom Party reports that eight Iranian Kurdish rebels have been wounded after a drone strike from Iran hit a camp near Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. ](/feed/2026/07/19/the-kurdistan-freedom-party-reports-that-eight-iranian-kurdish-rebels-have-been-wounded-after-a-drone-strike-from-iran-h.md)
### [United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that diplomatic solutions are "still on the table" if Iran ceases attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. ](/feed/2026/07/19/united-states-secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-says-that-diplomatic-solutions-are-still-on-the-table-if-iran-ceases-atta.md)
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