Visa crisis threatens media coverage for the 2026 World Cup

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As FIFA continues to promote the 2026 World Cup as the most expansive and inclusive tournament in history, a new crisis has emerged that could overshadow the long-awaited event. The International Sports Press Association has warned of significant difficulties facing dozens of accredited journalists in securing visas to enter the United States. In an official letter to FIFA media officials, the association revealed it has received an increasing number of complaints from accredited journalists—including a large group of Iranian journalists and those from various African nations—who have yet to secure the necessary visas, despite fulfilling all of the tournament’s media accreditation…

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Palestine — Ministry of Health in financial crisis because of ‘Israel’

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Palestine — The Palestinian Ministry of Health, based in Ramallah, has raised serious concerns about major shortages of medicines and essential medical supplies. A third of essential medicines not available, hundreds more at critically low levels in Palestine It says that a significant portion of items on the Essential Medicines List are no longer available. Over a third are completely out of stock and hundreds more running critically low. Altogether, more than 726 medicines and medical consumables have run out in Ministry storage facilities. This is already having a direct impact on patients. Over 4,000 people with cancer are now at…

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