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Spain, Portugal and Morocco to host World Cup with games also in South America

The opening match will be played in Montevideo, where the very first World Cup finals match was played in 1930.

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

FIFA confirm 2030 World Cup hosts with surprise split between six nations

South American chief reveals shock deal to bring opening games to Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay before rest of tournament takes place in Spain, Portugal and Morocco

Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2023

2030 World Cup will be hosted by six countries across three continents, Fifa announces

Three South American nations will stage the three opening matches to celebrate the World Cup’s centenary, before Spain, Portugal and Morocco host the rest of the tournament

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2023

Morocco to be 2025 AFCON host as 2027 goes to Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania

In tonight's edition: Morocco is picked to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025. The 2027 tournament is jointly awarded to East African neighbours Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Also, the French ambassador to Niger returns to Paris after weeks of tension following a coup two months ago that demanded…

France 24 · Sep 27, 2023

Morocco and East African trio picked to host 2025 and 2027 Cup of Nations

African football supremos on Wednesday anointed Morocco as the venue for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Radio France Internationale · Sep 27, 2023

Day of the Dead ofrendas honor earthquake victims, murdered women in Pilsen museum exhibit

The National Museum of Mexican art is featuring its 37th annual Día de Muertos exhibition.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 26, 2023

Queer film in Africa is rising – even in countries with the harshest anti-LGBTIQ+ laws

A recent book, Queer Bodies in African Films, studies the growing LGBTIQ+ output from film-makers around the continent, from Morocco to South Africa. In the process it analyses what queerness is and means within the context of African countries. Its author, Gibson Ncube, is a lecturer and scholar who focuses…

The Conversation · Sep 26, 2023

The best winter sun holiday destinations less than six hours from the UK

Ditch the winter gloom and hit the beach in these sunny holiday destinations

The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023

Mother caught in Morocco earthquake that killed 3,000 gives birth in tent among the ruins

Nezha gave birth to her third child, Anas, after the devastating tremor hit while she was nine months pregnant

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023

Giant sea lizards: fossils in Morocco reveal the astounding diversity of marine life 66 million years ago, just before the asteroid hit

Sixty-six million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. The patterns and causes of this extinction have been debated since palaeontology began. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster?

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2023