FIFA World Cup plan fallout: AFC reacts as Infantino scraps investment push
Asian Football Confederation says FIFA future must be ‘shaped through proper consultation’ after World Cup plan fallout.
Yemen’s Houthis deny plan to charge ships transiting Red Sea
Houthis say Red Sea route remains free to use, pushing back on report of new shipping fees.
Is Israel really ready to withdraw from Gaza?
Netanyahu faces political turmoil over Gaza disarmament plan tied to Israel’s potential withdrawal from the enclave.
Vitamin A, While Helpful for Measles, Is Not a Replacement for Vaccination
This is a MedPage Today story. Both the World Health Organization (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend vitamin A for all patients
FIFA president nixes idea to sell stakes in World Cup to private equity investors
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said Friday he’s nixing a much-criticized plan to sell stakes in the World Cup to private equity investors.
Charges dropped against former Olympian over reflecting pool damage
The Trump administration dropped charges against a former Olympic canoeist over damage to the renovated Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool, saying new evidence showed the contractor
Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least nine, Ukraine officials say
The attack comes as Moscow escalates deadly ballistic missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Race to rescue remaining climbers after deadly avalanche in Pakistan
Poor weather has been hampering the search for seven still missing after Thursday’s avalanche on Broad Peak.
Watch: Why Fifa dropped plans to sell stakes in the World Cup
The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil explains why Gianni Infantino has backed down on his controversial investment proposal.
Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool vandalism charge and admits ‘botched’ repairs
President Tweety McTreason had blamed “sick” vandals, and a former Olympian had been charged, but prosecutors now say contractors caused the damage.
Google plans to exempt sanctioned nations from Android developer verification
We are a month away from the initial rollout of Google’s Android developer verification system, and the company contends this policy does not impinge on
Reddit keeps its strange DMCA fight over Google search results alive
On Friday, a judge largely denied a motion to dismiss from a web scraper, SerpApi, which is accused of conspiring with Perplexity AI to illegally
A fire’s rumble reveals where it’s burning
Researchers tracked a prescribed grassland fire using infrasound, sound waves pitched too low for people to hear.
MAGA lawyer bankrolled a ‘conspiracy theorist’ inside Trump’s administration
A prominent MAGA lawyer bankrolled an election denier now working inside the Trump administration, according to tax filings. According to reporting by Democracy Docket, a