What has happened at the #2026WorldCup over the last 48 hours:
โข Swiss footballer Embolo's visa was put under review and he was only able to join his team days later.
โข Iraqi national team player Aymen Hussein was held for questioning for nearly 7 hours upon entering the United States.
โข The Iranian national team spent days dealing with visa procedures at the U.S. Consulate in Tรผrkiye. The U.S. only allowed them entry on match days. Fifteen members of the delegation were denied visas.
โข Omar Abdulkadir Artan, named CAF's Best African Referee of 2025, was denied a visa. Despite travelling to the U.S. with a diplomatic passport, he was refused entry and sent back. FIFA announced that he will not be able to officiate at the tournament.
โข The South African national team arrived in the United States much later than planned because part of the delegation was not granted visas.
โข Members of the Senegal national team staff were forced to remove their shoes and subjected to lengthy searches, sparking accusations of racism.
โข The Uzbekistan national team was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs and the footage went viral in international media.
โข Some Scottish supporters, despite being eligible to enter the U.S. visa-free under the ESTA programme, had their travel authorisations revoked just days before departure.
โข Many supporters who had already bought tickets and booked accommodation had their visa applications rejected, resulting in financial losses.
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Geoffrey Bawa turned an abandoned horse stable into one of the most studied residential conversions in Asian architecture. This is how.
The Horagolla House began as an abandoned horse stable on a family property. Bawa visited the site, stood and studied it, then agreed to convert it. Over four years in the 1980s, he remodelled the stables with restraint into a double height living space.
The stable hall became the living room. Verandas looked out over garden courts. Trees were planted around the perimeter on Bawaโs advice, Hora, Kotang and Kohombo. Burma teak sourced from old houses across the island. Clay pots. A salvaged Dutch door that Sunethra and Bawa famously competed over at the same antique dealer.
Bawa rejected the imposition of preconceived forms onto a site. Every project began with the land; its trees, its light and its climate. The building followed. That philosophy produced homes that feel inevitable rather than imposed.
He is widely regarded as the father of tropical modernism in Sri Lanka and the Horagolla House is one of the clearest examples of why.
Horagolla House, Sri Lanka. Geoffrey Bawa. ๐ท Ashish Sahi
The fourth horizontal arm of the cross has been placed. ๐ The last piece to be installed will be the upper arm of the cross and, inside it, the sculpture of Agnus Dei. ๐ Once completed, the cross will stand 17 metres tall.
Ulama Aceh dan Dewan Profesor Universitas Syiah Kuala meminta pemerintah pusat agar menetapkan banjir dan longsor Sumatra sebagai bencana nasional. Mereka juga menuntut kehadiran bantuan internasional. Tapi Presiden Prabowo mengklaim penanganan bencana di Sumatra sudah "terkendali". https://t.co/ZOVQZghkoi