CANADA
Canada's ladies's rugby crew is making historical past after they crowdfunded near $700,000 to maintain themselves alive after which performed within the Rugby World Cup final on Saturday towards England. The Maple Leafs managed to beat six-time world champions New Zealand, kicking them out of a spot within the finals for the primary time in over a decade. In March, they put out a crowdfunding ask of $725,000 that included the assertion: “Win Rugby World Cup 2025,” and have obtained 95% of their purpose.
ICELAND
Iceland's Personal Names Committee has accredited new monikers to its register, a mixture of conventional and worldwide ones, corresponding to the feminine names Natasha and Emerentíana and the male identify of Samir. The committee guidelines over which names can be utilized legally, ensuring they match with the nation's grammar and alphabet.
JAPAN
The journey specialist InsideJapan, which affords excursions and cultural experiences, is launching its largest-ever small-group tour program which is rolling out subsequent 12 months. The brand new choices, sparked by a latest record-breaking improve of 21% bookings, embody extra departures, shoulder-season selections and itineraries for much less explored hidden gems. The Japan Nationwide Tourism Group reported 24.9 million international guests between January and July 2025, an 18.4% improve since final 12 months.
MEXICO
Greenpeace activists scaled Mexico Metropolis's 100-meter monument Estela de Luz in protest of the destruction of the Maya Forest, hanging an 88-foot lengthy banner, which mentioned that the forest is “screaming.” The group is demanding the nation's setting ministry step as much as defend the jungle, a important ecosystem and the biggest remaining tropical rainforest within the Americas.
SCOTLAND
To fight the rise of automobile crashes, resort proprietor Robert Marshall invented Tourist Plate, an adhesive sticker drivers can place on their automobiles to indicate they aren't from the realm. Its web site touts the initiative as one thing that “helps scale back stress for drivers and encourages courtesy from others on the street.” Previously decade, there have been near 50 deaths on Scotland's longest street, the A9, which switches from single to multiple-lanes.
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