Women’s World Cup could come to LA in 2031
By Dañiel Andres Martinez With our free press under threat and federal funding for public media gone, your support matters more than ever. Help keep the LAist newsroom strong, become a monthly member or increase your support today. The World Cup is coming to Los Angeles in 2026. Could the Women’s World Cup come here too? On Friday,
Zelenskyy Ramps Up Diplomatic Efforts Amid Russian Attacks, Corruption Scandal
By RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is stepping up global efforts to thrash out a peace agreement, sending a negotiating team to the United States and planning a trip to Paris himself as his government battles a corruption scandal and intensified Russian air attacks. Zelenskyy on November 29 said he dispatched the negotiating team
New Canadian Media reporter wins PEN Canada prize
By Wendy McLellan New Canadian Media journalist Diary Marif received PEN Canada’s 2025 Marie-Ange Garrigue Prize during an awards ceremony in Toronto Nov. 28. The prize recognizes a Canadian citizen or institution that provides significant help to an imperilled writer or journalist overseas. The jury selected Marif because of his dedication to raising awareness of
The-two child limit failed – all it did was increase poverty
By Ruth Patrick UK chancellor Rachel Reeves has taken decisive action in getting rid of the two-child limit – a policy that has held a totemic place in the UK for more than a decade. Since 2017, this policy has limited the means-tested support that families can receive from the state to the first two
Afghan Refugees Worry As US Halts Immigration Requests After Shooting Kills At Least One
By RFE/RL The United States said it is halting all immigration requests relating to Afghanistan after an Afghan national shot two members of the National Guard, one of whom died a day after the shooting near the White House. President Donald Trump said on November 27 that Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her wounds after being shot a
