FIFA Adds New Even More Expensive World Cup Ticket Categories

FIFA added new, even more expensive tiers of tickets for this year’s World Cup, asking up to $4,105 for a front category 1 seat at the U.S. opener against Paraguay in Inglewood, California, on June 12. FIFA also added a front category 2 tier to its ticket sales website without public announcement, asking $1,940 to …

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Djibouti’s Guelleh Expected to Win Sixth Term After Age Limits Lifted

April 10 (Reuters) – East Africa’s Djibouti is set to ⁠vote ⁠for a president on Friday, ⁠with incumbent Ismael Omar Guelleh expected to extend his 27-year rule ​after parliament removed age limits that would have barred him from standing again. The small but strategically located ‌country, with a population of ‌less than 1 million, lies …

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the Reasons Why a Ban on Korean Entertainment Has Lasted a Decade

BEIJING (AP) — As mega K-pop group BTS returns to the stage after a hiatus of more than three years, one major market is conspicuously missing from its 12-month world tour: China. The omission of one of the group’s biggest fan bases comes as no surprise. In fact, just the opposite would have been huge …

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Moscow Will Not Abandon Cuba, Help With Energy

April 10 (Reuters) – Russia will never abandon or betray ⁠Cuba ⁠and plans to help the ⁠Communist island tackle energy issues linked to a U.S. embargo, a Russian ​deputy foreign minister was quoted as saying early on Friday after talks in Havana. Sergei Ryabkov, quoted ‌by Russian news agencies at a ‌news conference in the …

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4/9: The Takeout with Major Garrett

4/9: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump says he asked Netanyahu to scale back Lebanon strikes; Melania Trump makes a rare statement denying relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.