The 2026 FIFA World Cup just delivered its wildest, most emotional chapter yet: Paraguay toppled mighty Germany in a heart-stopping penalty shootout, bringing the entire nation to a standstill.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Paraguayan President Santiago Peña declared a national holiday for Tuesday to celebrate the country’s shocking victory over Germany that sent it into the World Cup round of 16.

Paraguay President Santiago Peña declared Tuesday a national holiday after the country’s national team pulled off the biggest upset of the FIFA World Cup so far, eliminating four-time champion Germany ...

Paraguay president Santiago Pena has declared a national holiday after the national football team caused a massive World Cup upset by beating Germany in the last-32. The South Americans, who sneaked ...

There will be no work done in Paraguay on Tuesday, June 30. That probably would've been the case anyway after the Albirroja's win over Germany to move into the round of 16 for the first time since ...

While relatively new on the national stage, the Juneteenth holiday has been celebrated in African-American communities for more than 150 years. On June 19, 1865, two months after the end of the Civil ...

Juneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black ...

Juneteenth is a federal holiday, but only some people get the day off. Juneteenth marks when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free in 1865, the last group of enslaved people to hear the news ...

The nation's newest federal holiday will take place in June and give many Americans a day off from work to commemorate the abolishment of slavery. Although it is the newest federal holiday, Juneteenth ...

Former President Donald Trump proposed two new national holidays to commemorate victories in World War I and World War II. The proposed holidays were announced via a social media post and were not ...