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  • <p>Africa CDC Director General Dr. Jean Kaseya is leading the response to a deadly Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda. Africa CDC was the first to declare the emergency on May 15. He warns the Bundibugyo strain is more violent than previous outbreaks, with at least 80 deaths and no approved vaccines or treatments. Funerals and population movement are fueling spread. As global travel rises ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Kaseya is urgently calling for stronger screening, health worker protection, rapid diagnostics, and international funding to contain the outbreak.</p>
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    Video Africa CDC chief warns of challenges in containing Ebola outbreak 5:58
  • <p>In a rare breakthrough after years of frozen relations, North Korea’s women’s soccer team has arrived in South Korea for the first time in over seven years. The 39 players, hailed as national heroes by Kim Jong Un and under tight supervision, landed at Incheon Airport Sunday and will face Suwon FC Women in a high-stakes Asian Club Cup semifinal. With no direct talks between the two governments, the visit raises hopes that football and joint cheer squads can spark a rare moment of goodwill. CNN's Will Ripley reports. </p>
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    Video North Korean women’s soccer team arrives in South Korea for the first time in over 7 years 3:06
  • Soccer Football - FA Cup - Final - Chelsea v Manchester City - Wembley Stadium, London, Britain - May 16, 2026
Chelsea fans with a banner outside the stadium before the match in protest to ownership group BlueCo Action Images via Reuters/Peter Cziborra
    Peter Cziborra/Action Images/Reuters
    Protests and defeat: Chelsea fans run out of patience with club’s billionaire American owners
  • North Korea's Naegohyang Women's FC players arrive at Incheon International Airport in Incheon on May 17, 2026, ahead of the Women's Asian Champions League semi-final football match against South Korea's Suwon FC Women. A North Korean women's football team arrived in South Korea on May 17, marking the first visit by a sports team from the isolated country to its southern neighbour in eight years, to play in the Asian Champions League semi-finals. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)
    Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images
    Soccer players become first North Korean athletes to visit the South in more than 7 years
  • NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 14: (L-R) Kaká, Hugh Evans, Founder & CEO of Global Citizen, Shakira and Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, appear onstage at the announcement of the FIFA World Cup Final Halftime Show during Global Citizen NOW 2026 at Spring Studios on May 14, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Global Citizen)
    Noam Galai/Getty Images
    Why some purists can’t stand the idea of a World Cup halftime show
  • Team captain Ryan Mendes is an attacking winger who helped Cape Verde qualify for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. The island nation, off the coast of West Africa, also reached the 2013 and 2023 AFCON quarterfinals.
    ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images
    The World Cup debutants determined to prove ‘nothing is impossible’
  • Aurélien Tchouaméni and Federico Valverde clashed during training last week.
    Denis Doyle/Getty Images
    A week of nonstop drama leads to one question: What’s happening at Real Madrid?
  • Shakira performs on stage during a show at Copacabana beach on May 2 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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    Shakira, Madonna and BTS to headline 2026 World Cup Final halftime show
  • The FIFA World Cup is pictured at the city hall on May 25, 2006 in Hamburg, Germany.
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    World Cup Fast Facts
  • FIFA president Gianni Infantino (R) presents US President Donald Trump a FIFA world Cup ticket for the final match in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 22, 2025. Trump announced the 2026 World Cup draw will be held on December 5 at Washington's Kennedy Center. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
    Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
    Foreigners with World Cup tickets won’t have to pay bonds to enter US, Trump administration tells AP
  • UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure from his own party to resign.
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    UK leader Starmer fights to save premiership as scores of Labour lawmakers urge him to resign
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  • The unique skyline of Seattle Washington shot via helicopter from an altitude of about 800 feet.
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    Planning or reconsidering a trip to the United States? We want to hear from you
  • The screen displays the VAR decision that disallowed the goal scored at the London Stadium on May 10, 2026.
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    Explained: The four-minute wait that could decide the Premier League title race
  • American passengers from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive in ambulances in Nebraska early Monday.
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    5 things to know for May 11: Hantavirus, gas prices, Iran war, runway fatality, World Cup

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  • <p>The Premier League title race is heading down to the wire - and it could all come down to Sunday's tilt between Manchester City and Arsenal. Oliver Kay, senior football writer for The Athletic, joins World Sport's Patrick Snell to look ahead. </p>
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  • <p>Heartbreak all over Italy as the 4-time World Cup winners are set to miss their third straight World Cup. Italian football journalist Tancredi Palmeri joins World Sport's Amanda Davies to discuss his emotions and where it all went wrong for Italy.</p>
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    Video Italy to miss third straight World Cup after penalty defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:48
  • <p>Former United States forward Landon Donovan, who played in 3 World Cups, joins World Sport's Patrick Snell to discuss Thursday's playoff matches.</p>
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    Video U.S. legend Landon Donovan reflects on Thursday’s European World Cup playoffs 4:05
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  • Trionda, the official match ball of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Solrac Santiago/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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    There’s one month until World Cup 2026 kicks off. Here are 5 things to know
  • Prague, Czech Republic, 9. May 2026. Pictured fans of SK Slavia Praha invading the pitch few minutes before end - SK Slavia Praha and AC Sparta Praha, Chance League, title group, 2. round.
    Dominika Kortvelyesiova/Icon Sport/Getty Images
    Slavia Prague faces sanctions for derby pitch invasion, attacks on Sparta players in Czech league
  • Mexico City's Estadio Banorte will host the opening game of the World Cup next month.
    Hector Vivas/Getty Images
    Mexico’s ‘out of reach’ World Cup tickets cause discontent among fans
  • adidas today unveils the FIFA World Cup 2026™ Home Jerseys Pet Collection, bringing the iconic tournament looks to four selected federations for the first time – and ensuring that fans’ most loyal companions can now join the matchday lineup.
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    Look of the Week: Fetching World Cup jerseys for your furry friends
  • Egon Schiele was just 19 when he painted "Danaë," which could fetch up to $25 million in June's auction.
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    Ex-Tottenham Hotspur owner’s art collection could raise over $204 million at auction
  • Afghanistan's players prepare to compete in the FIFA Unites Women's Series 2025 match between Afghan Women United and Chad in Berrechid, Morocco, on October 26, 2025.
    Abdel Majid Bziouat/AFP/Getty Images
    FIFA allows Afghan women to play for their country, defying Taliban
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  • Large banners displaying search flyers of missing people are laid out on the ground in front of the Jalisco Government Palace on March 22, 2026 to draw attention to their missing loved ones ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
    Eloisa Sanchez/Reuters
    In this World Cup host city in Mexico, residents are feeling increasingly unsafe
  • FIFA World Cup 2026 signage at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on April 18.
    Bing Guan/Reuters
    World Cup final tickets now reselling for over $2 million each
  • Players of Iran line up prior to their match against Qatar in 2025 in Doha, Qatar.
    Mohamed Farag/Getty Images
    Replacing Iran with Italy at the World Cup probably won’t happen. The suggestion alone is still embarrassing
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    Hailed as a ‘football goddess’ by many, yet sexism, hate and misogyny remain for this soccer trailblazer
  • LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MARCH 21: Liam Rosenior, Manager of Chelsea, applauds the fans after the Premier League match between Everton and Chelsea at Hill Dickinson Stadium on March 21, 2026 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
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    Liam Rosenior fired as Chelsea manager after dreadful run and less than 4 months in job
  • Lu Dort of the Oklahoma City Thunder poses for a portrait during 2023-24 NBA Media Day.
    Zach Beeker/NBAE/Getty Images
    ‘Anything I get is always going to be earned’: The purpose behind OKC Thunder star Lu Dort’s relentless edge
  • National Guard troops patrol the Teotihuacan pyramids, which remained closed a day after a gunman opened fire on tourists at the archaeological site outside Mexico City, on Tuesday.
    Marco Ugarte/AP
    Shooting of tourists at Mexican pyramids shakes country weeks ahead of World Cup
  • In an aerial general view, Lumen Field, a host of 2026 FIFA World Cup, is seen on June 28, 2023 in Seattle, Washington.
    Steph Chambers/Getty Images
    An unintended consequence of US immigration policy: Some fans are skipping the World Cup in the US
  • Erling Haaland with his message to the camera after Manchester City beat Arsenal.
    Lee Smith/Action Images/Reuters
    The glance, and song, that could define the Premier League title race
  • EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - JUNE 21: General view outside the stadium prior to the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group F match between Fluminense FC and Ulsan HD FC at MetLife Stadium on June 21, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
    Francois Nel/Getty Images
    $13 train fare spikes to $150 for World Cup fans attending matches in New Jersey
  • Referee Slavko Vincic shows a red card for Eduardo Camavinga of Real Madrid during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Quarter-Final Second Leg match between FC Bayern München and Real Madrid CF at Football Arena Munich on April 15, 2026 in Munich, Germany.
    Stefan Matzke/sampics/Getty Images
    How a ‘moment of madness’ helped end Real Madrid’s European dream
  • Alfie Whiteman, 'Untitled' from the series 'A Loan'. Image ref. 8.
    Alfie Whiteman/Courtesy OOF Gallery
    He rejected the soccer dream at 26. Now he’s telling his story through a new passion
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