The death toll from the rare doublet earthquakes in Venezuela continues to mount as some search-and-rescue missions start to become search-and-recovery ones, GEORGE’s @World News Roundup reporter writes. The toll is approaching 2,500 and the World Health Organization expects it to eventually hit four times that figure. Meanwhile, as twin had waves attack both sides of the Atlantic, officials in multiple countries fear a mounting death toll as well. It’s slowly becoming apparent to some that the world is no longer experiencing the same weather it did in the 1960s and 1970s as the mercury climbs to over 40° C (104* F) regularly. The Round of 32 at the 2026 World Cup will be over by the end of the week and there have been some memorable matches in recent days. GEORGE’s @On the Pitch reporters have the details. GEORGE’s upgraded @The War Room feature now covers multiple battles and across the globe. Today’s @The War Room includes I=important dispatches Kyiv, including the planned day of mourning for the at least 18 people killed in the capital city overnight. The newspaper’s @The Sketch editorial cartoon columnist reported that he had great difficulty with an appropriate cartoon in support of the Venezuelan people after the catastrophic earthquakes they’ve experienced until he saw a news report from Caracas showing search-and-rescue crews at a collapsed building, where one worker wearing a white hoodie that shone in the dark, had his arm extended, likely to give direction of a crane, but he captured the moment with pen and ink, including two Venezuelans he saw on the sidelines, imagining what their conversation must have been. There is more exclusive reporting in today’s GEORGE – but don’t touch that dial. Scroll down for today’s editorial cartoon in @The Sketch, then continue with additional news, commentary, and stories readers will not find elsewhere. GEORGE will return on Friday with a new editorial cartoon and more original dispatches and reportage. @THE SKETCH (above) Würstel Stand in Vienna’s City Center @INTERMEZZO I Space Shuttle Enterprise on a Boeing 747 @ON THE PITCH World Cup Coverage @INTERMEZZO II Vienna’s Stadtpark at night @INTERMEZZO III Panda Center in Chengdu @INTERMEZZO IV A man sweeping in Chengdu @THOMASHEFSKY ON THEATRE Review: ‘Schmigadoon’ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ A Würstel Stand in Vienna’s City Center ______________________________________ — Bosnia stood in the way of the USA and the last 16, where Belgium stood waiting, but in the end, the United States team beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in their Round of 32 clash. Folarin Balogun fired the U.S. team into the lead shortly before halftime after already having had a goal ruled out for offside. Still, despite a controversial red card for the opening goalscorer, who will now miss the Group of 16 match, it will be the United States that faces off against Belgium in Seattle on 6 July. — England’s men’s team has been playing football for over 150 years, but it’s never quite had a player like Harry Kane, or been in a World Cup match such as the one it found itself in on Sunday against DR Congo. With 15 minutes left here in Atlanta, England was 1-0 down to DR Congo, and team members’ valets were practically at the hotel packing players’ bags. Had the team failed, it would have been exiting the World Cup at the first knockout round even though there were at least 18 days of football left to be played. That’s where our hero, striker Harry Kane, came to the rescue. He almost single-handedly willed England to win, despite goalkeeper Lionel Mpassi’s incredible run of almost 90 minutes of keeping England out of the net. Our hero knocked t
