Panama Canal Shipping Update: The Panama Canal Authority says it will cut the maximum authorized draft for the Neopanamax locks by 0.5 ft to 49.5 ft starting July 1, citing precautionary water-level lessons from the 2023-2024 shortage and El Niño forecasts that could tighten conditions. World Cup Travel & Health: With 48 teams and fans flooding U.S. host cities, public health officials are flagging infectious-disease risks amid concerns about reduced U.S. disease-monitoring capacity, even as they say the public risk is low. Cattle Biosecurity Threat: Texas confirmed a second New World screwworm case in a calf, expanding quarantine rules and raising pressure to speed up sterile-fly breeding facilities to protect the U.S. cattle industry. Ghana’s Build-Up for Panama: Ghana’s Black Stars wrap preparations with a June 9 friendly vs Honduras, then head to Toronto for Group L openers against Panama (June 17) and England (June 23). Cultural Tourism Boost: Panama formalized its entry into a network promoting certified Ibero-American cultural routes, aiming to expand heritage tourism and conservation-linked local opportunities.