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And a Somali referee who was set to make history officiating the World Cup was denied entry to the U.S.  He returned to Mogadishu to a hero\u2019s welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=2369\">Trump names Jay Clayton to serve as director of national intelligence<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer\u2019s biggest event is officially underway as the 2026 World Cup kicked off in Mexico.  The games will be played in Canada and the U.S. as well, but we go to Mexico City, the capital of the most soccer-obsessed host country, to hear about the jubilant atmosphere.  And a Somali referee who was set to make history officiating the World Cup was denied entry to the U.S.  He returned to Mogadishu to a hero\u2019s welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[316,660,627,248],"class_list":["post-2375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state-of-the-world-from-npr","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-mexico","tag-somalia","tag-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The World Cup gets underway - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=2375\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The World Cup gets underway - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Soccer\u2019s biggest event is officially underway as the 2026 World Cup kicked off in Mexico. 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