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Spain beat this country, led by Lionel Messi, 1–0 in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup final.
Who is Argentina?
Taylor Swift married this NFL tight end at Madison Square Garden on July 3.
Who is Travis Kelce?
Glasgow, Scotland hosted this multi-sport event for nations of the British Commonwealth.
What are the Commonwealth Games?
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and 100+ other companies signed a letter warning about cyberattacks powered by this technology.
What is artificial intelligence (AI)?
This northern neighbor of the U.S. held its interest rate steady at 2.25% for a sixth straight time in July.
What is Canada? (Bank of Canada)
Deadly flash floods struck this Himalayan country in late August after a glacier collapsed.
What is Nepal?
This famous director's new film, "The Odyssey," starring Matt Damon, hit theaters in July.
Who is Christopher Nolan?
This Grand Slam tennis tournament, played on grass in London, saw Jannik Sinner defend his men's title.
What is Wimbledon?
This Elon Musk-led rocket and spaceflight company held its first earnings call as a newly public company in August.
What is SpaceX?
This sportswear giant, known for its swoosh logo, saw its stock hit a 20-plus-year low in August.
What is Nike?
Keir Starmer, the former Prime Minister of this country, announced he's giving up his seat in Parliament.
What is the United Kingdom?
This medical drama set in a Pittsburgh ER led all 2026 Emmy nominees with 25 nominations.
What is The Pitt?
This U.S. Grand Slam tennis tournament, held in Flushing Meadows, Queens, kicked off August 30.
What is the U.S. Open?
Las Vegas opened its streets to thousands of these self-driving taxis in August.
What are robotaxis?
The U.S. claimed majority control of the oil reserves of this South American country.
What is Venezuela?
The U.S. and Iran kept trading fire near this narrow, oil-tanker-heavy strait in the Middle East.
What is the Strait of Hormuz?
This hit show about a legendary comedian and her assistant scored a record 24 Emmy nominations in its final season.
What is Hacks?
Spain's World Cup title run was led by this teenage superstar forward.
Who is Lamine Yamal?
This company, maker of the Claude chatbot, hired a former state supreme court justice as its first global affairs chief.
What is Anthropic? (Tino Cuéllar)
Disgraced former congressman George Santos got banned for life and fined by this prediction-market app.
What is Kalshi?
Norway got a new king in August — Harald V died, and this son of his took the throne.
Who is Haakon (VIII)?
This Emmy-winning actress, famous for playing Olivia Benson on Law & Order: SVU, is hosting the 2026 Emmys.
Who is Mariska Hargitay?
This Slovenian cyclist won his fifth Tour de France title on July 26.
Who is Tadej Pogačar?
This Microsoft-owned code-hosting website went down for nearly 8 hours in August.
What is GitHub?
This region — European countries sharing the euro currency — saw inflation climb to 3.3% in August.
What is the Eurozone (euro area)?