{"id":321320,"date":"2022-11-17T10:06:13","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=321320"},"modified":"2022-11-17T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:22:10","slug":"macron-says-world-cup-in-qatar-should-not-be-politicized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/macron-says-world-cup-in-qatar-should-not-be-politicized","title":{"rendered":"Macron says World Cup in Qatar &#8216;should not be politicized&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thailand&#8217;s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha, right, walks hand in hand with French President Emmanuel Macron before their meeting at the Government House, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (AP Photo\/Sakchai Lalit, Pool)PARIS (AP) &#8212; French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that &#8220;sports should not be politicized,&#8221; days after it was announced &#8212; to criticism &#8212; that he would attend the World Cup in Qatar if France reaches the semifinals.Speaking in Bangkok, Macron said issues about Qatar&#8217;s human rights record and the environment were &#8220;questions you have to ask yourself when you award the event.&#8221;Qatar won the hosting rights for this year&#8217;s tournament in a FIFA vote in 2010.The World Cup has sparked multiple controversies &#8212; from the living conditions of migrant workers to the impact on the environment of air-conditioned stadiums and the place of LGBTQ people, women and minorities.The first World Cup to be held in an Arab country opens on Sunday. On Monday, the presidential Elysee said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) &#8212; French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that &#8220;sports should not be politicized,&#8221; days after it was announced &#8212; to criticism &#8212; that he would attend the World<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-soccer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}