Wales finds reason to cheer England

There’s lots of talk in England about declaring a bank holiday should the Three Lions really bring football home. Keir Starmer has refused to confirm whether England would get a bank holiday if it won the tournament for the first time in 60 years, saying: “I don’t want to jinx it, but ask me again…

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Big day for a British Overseas Territory (no, not that one)

LONDON — Soccer fans in Atlanta may be exchanging chants about the Falklands — but there’s another British Overseas Territory making news today. The 118-year-old border between Gibraltar and Spain will disappear on Wednesday. You can thank Brexit. Today is the culmination of a decade of uncertainty for the British Mediterranean territory, which back in…

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Hilton honors England

LOS ANGELES — British-born California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton — who said he was cheering for the United States while it was still in the mix — today said he wanted Americans to help England prevail. “Maybe a small consolation would be for them to just let England win the World cup here on American…

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Spot the pol!

This prime minister of a country that has not appeared in a World Cup in nearly 30 years shakes hands with former Liberian president and Ballon d’Or winner George Weah. That’s Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Michael Holness, who watched France and Morocco play in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on July 9. ​Politics

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Judge handling challenge to Trump immigration halt cites exceptions for World Cup visas

A federal judge said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s policy facilitating visas for participants in the ongoing World Cup soccer tournament undercuts the administration’s claims that other immigration benefits — for nationals from some of those same countries — need to be halted for national security reasons. Rhode Island-based U.S. District Judge John McConnell issued…

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