Haiti fans ready communal watch parties for first World Cup in 52 years
Residents of Haiti’s capital have been cleaning streets and building makeshift seating areas as the Caribbean nation prepares for their first World Cup appearance in 52 years, offering a rare moment of celebration amid the country’s ongoing turmoil.
Lebanese army withdraws from southern village after Israeli troops advance nearby
BEIRUT — The Lebanese army on Saturday withdrew its troops from a base in a southern Lebanese village after Israeli troops advanced in an area nearby, a military official said
U.S.-Iran deal expected to reopen Strait of Hormuz could be signed within days, both sides say
A U.S.-Iran deal could be sealed within days, according to President Donald Trump and Iranian officials, with a memorandum of understanding expected to reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Anti-immigration riots hit a European capital, and an epic NBA comeback: The news quiz
Taylor Swift teams up, Pope Leo XIV visits the world’s tallest church, and the World Cup kicks off in North America.
Gene Shalit, ‘TODAY’ show movie critic, dies at 100
Gene Shalit, a film critic for NBC’s “TODAY” show for four decades who was instantly recognizable for his walrus mustache, has died.
Ryan Reynolds and Mike Myers among the stars at Canada’s first home World Cup match
Cyle Larin’s goal not only saved the World Cup opener for Canada on Friday, it gave a bunch of Canadian celebrities a reason to stomp and shout.
Judge orders Trump officials to re-install signs and exhibits at national parks on topics like slavery and climate change
President Donald Trump last year directed the Interior Department to make changes to parks, monuments and memorials to address any “false revision of history.”
Meet the regular people making money off the SpaceX IPO — from a few bucks to a few million
The record-setting SpaceX IPO made Elon Musk a trillionaire. It also paid off for Daniella Rodriguez and millions of other retail investors who had stock.
Coaching the U.S. was a big test for Mauricio Pochettino. Then his World Cup opener went ‘amazing’
Pochettino, a 54-year-old Argentine, has been on the job for 20 months, but Friday’s game was unquestionably his biggest opportunity to make an impression on a wider fanbase tuning in to watch the U.S. for the first time.
Trump says alleged leader of Tren de Aragua gang killed in U.S. strike
The president said the military strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, who’s known as Niño Guerrero, was carried out in coordination with Venezuela.