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Lifeguards at the Boatyard Beach Club in Bridgetown, Barbados, on January 7, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Caribbean islands come together, “Gen Z” protests hit Morocco, Afghanistan cut off from the world

​Inter Miami Forward Lionel Messi at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, on May 24, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: It’s called soccer now

The FIFA Club World Cup kicks off on Saturday, with the United States acting as hosts for a competition of the top teams on the globe.

​People gather next to covered bodies, following shelling by the Rapid Support Forces, in Omdurman, Sudan, December 10, 2024.
Analysis

Hard Numbers: Sudan world’s worst crisis, NYC shutters shelters, Haiti reels after massacre, FIFA awards Saudi the Cup

Atletico Madrid players and staff hold a banner in support of Spain's Jennifer Hermoso before the match as FIFA suspend President of the Royal Spanish Football Federation Luis Rubiales after the Women's World Cup Final.
News

Was Rubiales’ kiss sexual assault?

The scandal involving Spanish football federation president Luis Rubiales continues to deepen. More than a week after he planted a kiss on the lips of star forward Jenni Hermoso following Spain’s World Cup win over England, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether the kiss constituted sexual assault.

Jenni Hermoso is kissed by the president of the RFEF Luis Rubiales during the presentation ceremony of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia.
Europe

Will a kiss kick off Spain’s #MeToo?

FIFA has benched Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales for 90 days pending a disciplinary committee investigation of his conduct following Spain’s World Cup victory over England. Rubiales was suspended after he kissed star forward Jenni Hermoso on the lips during the presentation ceremony, provoking a storm of reaction from Hermoso, her team, the sporting world, and politicians.

The McDougall Creek wildfire burns next to houses in the Okanagan community of West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
US & Canada

Hard Numbers: Canada fires, Israelis killed, Nicaraguan visas, Niger junta's plans … and where was William?

At least 30,000 households in British Columbia, Canada, have been told to evacuate, with another 36,000 homes on alert, as the province battles an unprecedented number of wildfires.

​A woman outside the damaged house of her son, who was killed the day before by shelling in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine.
popular

Hard Numbers: Deadly shelling, drug kingpin's jail security, Lai sighting, Sweden soccer semi, twin takeover

Shelling in the southern Ukrainian province of Kherson Ukraine on Sunday killed seven people, including a 23-day-old baby girl. The attack followed denials by Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar that Ukrainian forces had engaged in Russian-occupied territory in the region.

​A rescue worker searches for victims after a train derailed in District Sanghar in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
Asia

Hard Numbers: Train derailment, bombing anniversary, Barbie's billion, winter heat, stunning soccer saves

At least 30 people were killed and another 90 injured after a train derailed in Pakistan’s Sindh province on Sunday. The country’s railway system has a notoriously dubious safety record, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Brazilian soccer legend Pele holds the World Cup trophy during the World Cup 2006 opening ceremony in Munich, Germany.
News

The king is dead. Long live the beautiful game

Pelé, considered soccer’s most successful player, has died at 82. His remarkable career made Brazil the indelible global powerhouse of the “beautiful game.”

Morocco line-up during the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal match against Portugal in Doha, Qatar.
Europe

What’s it worth to crush it at the World Cup?

Success in sports ≠ success in politics, but it does boost a national brand. Just ask Morocco.