News of the World: What you missed this week internationally

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From an Oslo balcony dispensing pizza to 200 Mexican women hand-embroidering a World Cup canopy, this week's international headlines span the whimsical and the monumental. The roundup captures an eclectic mix of global stories, inventive municipal solutions, craft traditions meeting modern sports spectacle, and other dispatches from around the world. Each item offers a window into how different cultures solve problems, celebrate, and connect across borders.