First-ever FIFA World Cup 2026™ Canada 50/50 Draw raises more than $1.94 million - Canada Soccer Pressroom

The 2026 World Judo Championships is about to begin and the fervour around Azerbaijan’s host city, Baku, is already growing. Ahead of the first contests, due to commence at 11:30am at the National Gymnastics Arena on Sunday, there are still final preparations to be made; those of the delegations as well as the organisers. For athletes and coaches, it is imperative to have concrete information about the draw, opponents and running order. Therefore, on the eve of the competition, the draw has been held in the presence of officials from the International Judo Federation and the Azerbaijan Judo Federation.

Israeli settlers have attacked European diplomats, including a French mayor, near the Palestinian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The delegation was visiting Palestinian olive harvesters on Saturday when the Israeli attackers confronted the group. The attack comes a day after settlers assaulted a US journalist north of Ramallah. In Saturday’s incident, the settlers targeted Belgium’s consul general, French and Polish diplomats and Catholic representatives, Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said. “A French mayor was assaulted and a Belgian vehicle damaged,” Prevot said, linking the attack to what he called Israel’s “illegal settlement policy” and pledging to push for further European Union sanctions. French mayor Bernard Baudoux, who was assaulted, told the AFP news agency that the violence suggests that “there is a tolerance on the part of the Israeli government” towards settler violence. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh, reporting from Ramallah, said the settlers surrounded the diplomats’ vehicles, pelted them with stones and smashed their windows.

What researchers uncovered through lab testing and surveillance footage, prosecutors said, was a plot by his fellow graduate student to intentionally poison him.