{"id":699266,"date":"2026-06-12T07:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699266\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:16:10","slug":"world-cup-kicks-off-in-mexico-with-shakira-dancing-and-protests-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699266\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup kicks off in Mexico with Shakira, dancing, and protests &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1YOHBUalNGVnc2RWRYN05Gdjc5WUZQVGhuRndmanNHT1RZMWVBQjRCMzdFcjMyQkIxREw4bkpqaFpnWUhFcUlBTVVTbnFKbnBHOWVyRDZFTFIwQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup kicks off in Mexico with Shakira, dancing, and protests<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE9pajJaTm53ZzdkOWZzbk9PLWtaMVk1V1FrcUhJX2NSTkU5dDB0eFVieVZUMENBbHBxbzJkRDBpNERJSlMyaHhrYjltd0RwWVc4QU9MTWM1LU5KbnRZWm03YXZkWmhBZjhIOHd1WjNBTjJTTUViVU5xd1Z4MnlWWms?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The World Cup Is Officially Underway<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikgFBVV95cUxQd1l2UzdSTy15WUtoSFZHeFhnT3pGMXhxV21EeVVYVVpDMmdRUnkwVFFVVmp6aXVzWnRxSjY5Y2w4NUtLWjVWLU9PUWEzUkktcnNuVzJsUWxPbHdBUW5YMVFfY3lyQUJfVzVJS0VDRzV0SjVCSWQ0aWVTWTNkUC1rV3NEUXJ5cVRJYzI0aDZmYXRIdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shakira, Burna Boy, J Balvin &amp; More Kick Off 2026 World Cup Opening Ceremony in Mexico: Best Moments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Billboard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPd0thNzNISkpxdTlSQkpucmw4OGtENEJyeUZSSnBjbnRvOHRGUWU1X3ZhYjUyTG5WR1EyR2VWV1pFQWNPTU12OGRXZzJLZFpKOGdLQ1c2bG1BMlF4bTlqbzVwVDBXR1MxWnNhZloxMjh3ZEJ4TUN0SGc5VFA1bVM1eGM0dmlHaGRyZjRYRURqd25rcnR4eV9nNnVVaTlhYWd4ZlBKUjlkOVV5LV80NEN6aVh4aS1mRDdwYjFMaGRVMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup 2026: Mexico\u2019s opening ceremony and El Tri\u2019s winning start \u2013 in pictures<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup kicks off in Mexico with Shakira, dancing, and protests&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCThe World Cup Is Officially Underway&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-699266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}