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Whatever You Do in Russia, Don’t Talk About the War

As Ukraine brings the war home to Russia, officials hesitate to designate shelters and blast sirens, downplaying the conflict’s consequences with euphemisms.

For These Teens in Mexico, Soccer Is Life. Now, the Cartels Want In.

In Celaya, Mexico, local cartels have turned soccer fields into bloody battlefields as they have co-opted a local league for teenagers as their latest business endeavor.

How Cartel Violence Is Infiltrating Local Soccer

In Salamanca, Mexico, soccer matches are being plagued by violence and deaths in multiple shootings. Our investigative correspondent Maria Abi-Habib reports from the town.

In Japan’s ‘Little Brazil,’ a World Cup Showdown Tests Loyalties

More than 200,000 Brazilians live in Japan, following more than a century of migration between the countries. Many are of Japanese descent, so who are they cheering on?