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America’s World Cup

America Gets Hold of the World Cup Final and Immediately Invents a £9,500 Members’ Bar NEW JERSEY — There is a very old and very British tradition of standing on a cold terrace, eating a pie of uncertain provenance, and paying a perfectly reasonable sum to watch football. Naturally, the moment the World Cup Final landed on American soil, this tradition was taken out back and shot. According to Britannica Money’s…

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Britain’s Military

Britain’s Military Launches Bring-Your-Own-Equipment Scheme After Latest Defence Spending Talks 🇬🇧 LONDON 🇬🇧 Britain’s military unveiled a bold new initiative this week requiring soldiers to provide their own equipment after defence spending negotiations reportedly concluded with the phrase, “Have we tried Facebook Marketplace?” The Ministry of Defence described the Bring-Your-Own-Equipment programme — BYOE to those already browsing eBay for surplus night-vision goggles — as “a modern, flexible approach to warfare” empowering personnel to leverage existing household assets…