The World Last Week: World Cup surprises, protests in China, Ramaphosa’s farmgate saga, others dominate global headlines

Cameroon became the first team to beat Brazil, the five-time champions in the World Cup group stage, since Norway at the 1998 edition in France — ending an unbeaten run of 17 group matches. South Korea, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil, France, Poland, Senegal, Japan, Croatia, Switzerland, Morocco, Spain, Netherlands and England are still in the tournament. Ramaphosa’s FarmgateSouth Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa recently came under fire following an investigation which found that he may have violated his oath of office. In June, it emerged that an estimated $4m in cash was stolen from Mr Ramaphosa’s game farm in 2020. “President Ramaphosa is not resigning based on a flawed report, [nor] is he stepping aside,” Al Jazeera quoted his spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, telling journalists by text message.