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The Women's World Cup in Brazil begins next summer, and there are still several places up for grabs.
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World Cup 2030 Early Power Rankings: Who is No. 1?
With the 2026 World Cup well and truly behind us, the first fall international break saw all the top teams playing four times in three weeks. Which sides look strongest and most likely to contend in four years' time?
Al JazeeraClimate
Girl pleads for world leaders to save her country from climate change
A 13-year-old girl has called on world leaders to act on climate change and save her country, Tuvalu.
BBC SportSports
'Bring the magic' - Scotland's Ross eyes World Cup dream
Scotland assistant coach Leanne Ross never played at a World Cup but thinks the current squad has what it takes to get through the play-offs for Brazil 2027.
The GuardianSports
Arsenal and Chelsea set to miss a month of next WSL season due to Club World Cup
Back end of 2027-28 season likely to be ‘challenging’ Fixture contestion a growing area of concern The Women’s Super League will face major disruption next season due to by the Club World Cup, with Arsenal and Chelsea likely to be absent from domestic competition for up to a month. The Guardian revealed last week that…
BBC SportSports
'Nothing can take my attention' - Ward on World Cup and Villa link
Republic of Ireland manager Carla Ward says that "nothing is tempting" her away from her job as they prepare for a World Cup qualifying double-header against Kazakhstan.
The GuardianClimate
A ‘Godzilla-level’ El Niño is causing extreme weather conditions around the world – put your questions to our environment writers
Climate writers Jonathan Watts and Gabrielle Canon will be online from 4pm BST (11am EDT) on Wednesday to answer your El Niño questions Sign in or sign up to join the conversation This year’s huge El Niño is causing climate chaos around the world. Temperate records have already been broken , with extreme heat reported…
ScienceDailyScience
Webb finds a surprising atmosphere on a scorching lava world
The James Webb Space Telescope has found strong evidence that the rocky lava world HD 3167 b has an atmosphere, despite circling its star every 24 hours under extreme heat. The surprising discovery could help scientists understand how rocky planets retain atmospheres and what the young, molten Earth may once have…
BBC SportSports
Watch: Every Messi World Cup goal for Argentina
Watch every World Cup goal scored by Lionel Messi, as the Argentina forward retires from international football.
The GuardianCulture
Scottish film could steal The Jazz Singer’s crown as ‘world’s first talkie’
Scots-written Till the Bells Ring premiered a year before the Hollywood film, which featured spoken words by Al Jolson For almost a century, The Jazz Singer has been celebrated as the world’s first feature-length film to include synchronised dialogue (known as a “talkie”), and English as the first language of cinema…
The GuardianCulture
‘Men are a scam!’ The trials of Danielle Ponder, the lawyer turned singer rooting for a better world
After representing society’s dispossessed, Ponder started a music career in her 40s – then faced miscarriage, anxiety and more. She explains her survival instinct “You can get everything you dreamed of career-wise, and your life can still crumble, and that is what happened to me,” says US singer-songwriter Danielle…
ScienceDailyScience
NASA’s Webb finds signs of Mars-sized worlds smashing together
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is giving astronomers a glimpse of the kinds of violent collisions that may have shaped our own solar system, including the giant impact thought to have created the Moon. By studying 21 rare “extreme debris disks” around young stars, researchers found that their dust can reveal the…
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Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter Straub review – a self-indulgent finale to the Talisman trilogy
There are moments of shivering joy as the protagonist of two enduring classics, Jack Sawyer, returns – but this time his journey feels endlessly repetitive Bear with me, because there is some backstory to get through before we can talk about the book I am actually here to review. Back in 1984, Stephen King and Peter…
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Why AI is both the hope and the hazard for world leaders, according to IMF chief Georgieva
Kristalina Georgieva warns that the technology lifting growth hopes is also pushing up inflation and yields, just as public debt levels rose.
The GuardianSports
Fifa reportedly allowed DR Congo into World Cup despite ineligible player in qualifying
Nigeria filed complaint over ineligible players in playoff Fifa investigators aware of situation before tournament Fifa allowed the Democratic Republic of the Congo to compete at this summer’s World Cup despite reports suggesting an internal investigation found that the country had fielded an ineligible player in…
TechCrunchTechnology
Mirror Particle is building a ‘world model’ of human behavior
Mirror Particle will launch at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield with a world model built from scratch to predict human behavior, arguing LLM roleplay falls short for market research and brand strategy.
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Claire, ex-Dodgers GM who oversaw 1988 World Series team, dies at 91
Fred Claire, who parlayed early jobs as a sports writer and editor into a 30-year career with the Dodgers in public relations and as a World Series-winning GM, has died. He was 91.
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State parliament elects Germany’s first far-right speaker since second world war
Tobias Rausch secures role of president in Saxony-Anhalt after AfD’s election breakthrough Europe live – latest updates The Alternative für Deutschland has become Germany’s first far-right party to secure the position of speaker of a regional parliament since the second world war. Tobias Rausch, a former estate agent…
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Kiribati races to make the World Cup -- before the country disappears beneath the Pacific
Kiribati wants to become a FIFA member and qualify for the World Cup, but rising sea levels mean it may not be able to host games for much longer.
BBC SportSports
What's it like to be the World Cup final referee?
Slavko Vincic, who refereed the 2026 World Cup final, reveals what it's like to take charge of the biggest game in football.
