X partners with soccer journalist Fabrizio Romano to host Fabrizio 24/7, a series of 40 videos and three live streams across the World Cup in June and July (Max Goldbart/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/05/fabrizio-romano-making-daily-world-cu…
Two dozen Americans have flown to the moon,
116 have sat on the Supreme Court,
25 have run a mile in under 3:51
and 76 have won the Nobel Prize in chemistry
More men have been elected president of the United States than have played for the U.S. in a World Cup game on home soil.
It is among the rarest of achievements in a country that has achieved so much.
Chinese state media: CAS Cold Atom Technology has built the 200-qubit Hanyuan-2, the world's first dual-core quantum computer, with a core for error correction (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry
Which World Cup countries are on President Trump's travel ban? (Victoria Hernandez/USA Today)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/worldcup/2026/06/11/world-cup-countries-trump-travel-ban-list/90428153007/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p112#a260611p112
Around the world in 80 charges:
'Elektrotrucker' Tobias Wagner plans to travel around the world in a fully electric truck
https://www.
talkSPORT World Cup Shootout
Join Andy Harper, Teo Pelliziri and Kat Sasso every week for talkSPORT's World Cup Shootout, your essential guide to the 2026 FIFA World Cup...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/talksport…
"Study says trees counter half the world's urban heating, but not in the places that need it most"
#Trees #Nature #Environment
"It’s unclear why so many tickets haven’t sold, but some soccer fans who spoke to CTV News earlier this month said the prices for the event were prohibitively expensive.”
Hey CTV! The answer is in the question FFS! 🤦
#FIFA #WorldCup
https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/hundreds-of-tickets-still-available-for-team-canadas-first-fifa-world-cup-game-in-toronto/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Asian broadcasters pushed back against soaring 2026 FIFA World Cup rights fees; FIFA made major concessions in China and India due to unfavorable match times (Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/sports/world-cup-tests-asia-s-app…
The War in Ukraine Has Now Gone On Longer Than World War I (Constant Méheut/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/world/europe/ukraine-russia-world-war-i.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260611/p77#a260611p77