Majorities in most countries say the U.S. does not promote peace and stability or consider other countries’ interests on policy matters.

Bulgaria adopts the euro as its currency, in place of the Bulgarian lev, and becomes the 21st member state of the eurozone, after several delays. The cartoon characters Pluto and Betty Boop, who first appeared in 1930, enter the public domain in America.

Through much of the first quarter of the twenty-first century, as the United States’ popularity around the world has ebbed and flowed, the country has been able to fall back on a baseline of international support established in the previous century.

Soccer fans from around the world are expressing amazement and amusement at the food, customs and culture of the United States during the first two weeks of the World Cup. Supporters of countries from Europe to Asia and the Middle East are steadily posting on social media,

While sources within World Cup organisers Fifa suggest the break will be around 20 minutes, it is understood that one option is for the normal 15-minute half-time break and then t