FIFA president compares his childhood experience of being bullied as a redhead with freckles to the plight of migrant workers in Qatar

FIFA President Gianni Infantino. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Gianni Infantino, the FIFA president, said he “understands discrimination.”  “As a child, I was bullied – because I had red hair and freckles, plus I was Italian, so imagine,” he said. Infantino slammed Western nations for “hypocrisy” in a near-hour-long speech The FIFA president has said he “understands discrimination”…

Russia raised a record $13.6 billion in one day as the cost of Vladimir Putin’s war with Ukraine keeps mounting

Russia raised more than $13 billion on November 16. Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images Russia raised more than $13 billion in a day as the cost of Putin’s war in Ukraine keeps mounting. Britain’s Defence Intelligence said it was the largest amount Moscow had raised in a single day.  Russia’s defence spending for 2023 is estimated to…

A former bank in rural New York is now ‘the most beautiful KFC in the world’ — see the pictures

Mary Meisenzahl/Insider A KFC franchisee took over an old bank building and turned it into a restaurant.  The building has floor to ceiling windows and a hanging lights. It’s called the “Crystal Bucket” as a nod to Corning’s history as the Crystal City because of its glass making history. On May 3, KFC opened one…

Warzone players are unhappy that they can’t rejoin matches after server disconnections

Warzone players have taken to Reddit to complain that the battle royale currently prohibits players from rejoining matches when they get disconnected. As highlighted by u/AHappyPandaBear – and upvoted hundreds of times – players point out that although Apex Legends and PUBG Battlegrounds permit players to return mid-game following crashes or internet issues, Warzone does…