| The subway helped segment Atlanta; soccer at its stations may help unite it Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:57 PM PDT ![The subway helped segment Atlanta; soccer at its stations may help unite it]( "The subway helped segment Atlanta; soccer at its stations may help unite it") Curtis Jenkins grew up like most native Atlantans: riding MARTA trains, playing pick-up games of basketball, hanging his head about the Hawks. Decades later, Mr. Jenkins leads the Footie Mob, one of a number of supporters' groups that have latched onto the Major League Soccer expansion team Atlanta United. Last week, the team did what many thought impossible: It knocked Real Madrid out of the Top 25 global soccer rankings, becoming the first MLS team to enter that echelon. The team regularly hosts the third or fourth best-attended soccer games – in the world.
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| Is this Boston sports fan 'tired of winning'? No, but understated in victory Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:35 PM PDT ![Is this Boston sports fan 'tired of winning'? No, but understated in victory]( "Is this Boston sports fan 'tired of winning'? No, but understated in victory") At this point, being a Boston sports fan feels like gluttony.
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| In Iran, US sanctions are being felt, with harsher measures to come Posted: 29 Oct 2018 01:09 PM PDT ![In Iran, US sanctions are being felt, with harsher measures to come]( "In Iran, US sanctions are being felt, with harsher measures to come") One sign of the impact of stepped-up American sanctions on Iran can be found on the northeast edge of Tehran: anxiety at Iran's largest charity for children diagnosed with cancer. Mahak, a private charity with a $60 million annual budget that cares for 17,500 patients across the country, free of charge, is deeply concerned that crucial drug supplies from abroad are already dwindling as foreign banks and suppliers cease doing business. While humanitarian goods such as medicine are exempt from US sanctions, which were reimposed after President Trump withdrew the United States from the multinational deal to curtail Iran's nuclear program, the severe banking restrictions that are part of the sanctions regime have just as negative an effect.
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| Meanwhile in ... Austria, poll shows eagerness to lose country’s reputation as 'ashtray of Europe' Posted: 29 Oct 2018 11:54 AM PDT ![Meanwhile in ... Austria, poll shows eagerness to lose country's reputation as 'ashtray of Europe']( "Meanwhile in ... Austria, poll shows eagerness to lose country's reputation as 'ashtray of Europe'") Austria, a recent public opinion poll shows an eagerness to lose the country's reputation as "the ashtray of Europe." A nationwide petition collected nearly 900,000 signatures (about 14 percent of the total electorate) of people who support a ban on smoking in restaurants and cafes. India, Gayam Motor Works has become the world's first electric auto-rickshaw maker. Canada, nearly half the identifiable plastic trash cleaned up from the nation's beaches came from just five companies: Nestlé, Tim Hortons, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, and McDonald's. Greenpeace Canada and other environmental groups counted the sources of plastic debris during a nationwide coastal cleanup effort in September.
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