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When JT Batson thinks about the FIFA World Cup, he compares it to an IPO.The head of US Soccer, the sport’s governing body, recently recalled a conversation with a veteran CFO who described what it’s like to take a company public: lots of work building toward a single, high-profile moment.Yet,…
For most of my life, I thought I hated all sports. My current quest to go to the World Cup doesn’t make sense to most people who know me. Yet, I am feverishly searching for World Cup tickets that won’t require me to take out a second mortgage on my…
It all started with a onesie, as so many parenthood journeys do.The Ipswich Town Tractor Boys gear traveled across the Atlantic before I snuck it onto my then-infant son, just before my husband arrived home. Adorable photos of the drool-covered shirt followed, sent back across the pond to Ipswich, England,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Worchihan Zingkhai, 40, a content creator from a village in Manipur, India. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve loved football for as long as I can remember.Growing up in a village in Manipur, in northeast India, football is…
Worchihan Zingkhai distinctly remembers when he first fell in love with soccer.It was the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and his whole community in Ukhrul, a small village in India near the Myanmar border, was gathered to watch Italy play Chile on a black-and-white TV.The game was a tense, back-and-forth that…
Jakarta, Indonesia, was named the most populous city in the world in the United Nations’ World Urbanization Prospects report last year.But population doesn’t directly translate into how crowded the cities actually are — the 42 million residents of the Jakarta metro area, for instance, are spread over more than 2,500…
OpenAI has set the goal of making an AI tool that could research its own improvements. Now, the company is preparing for the accompanying dangers.The potential for AI systems to achieve so-called “recursive self-improvement” has come to the forefront for AI leaders, after coding tools from OpenAI and Anthropic leaped…
Every month, Teagan Franz counts down the days until a colorful envelope arrives through her letterbox. Loading audio narration… Last month, it was red. Inside was a handwritten letter, a tarot card featuring the Greek goddess Artemis, a piece of card scented with homemade essential oils, toad stool stickers, and…
Once again, Switzerland has claimed the top spot as the best country in the world.The 2026 rankings, released Thursday, were compiled by US News & World Report in partnership with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Unlike previous iterations of the list, this year’s rankings did away with a…
At Libreria Acqua Alta in Venice, Italy, part of the store's infrastructure is built from old books.Ihor Serdyukov/ShutterstockBookstores have been built in unexpected places, including bank vaults and former bomb shelters.Others are significant for their beauty, whether it’s from architecture or environmental conditions.Some bookstores in Europe have histories dating back…
