Croatia president celebrates win at NATO summit

It has been a successful NATO summit for Croatia President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. The World Cup took care of that. With a come-from-behind 2-1 win over favored England, Grabar-Kitarovic could eat her NATO gala dinner with that bit more gusto. “We followed the game over dinner,” a beaming Grabar-Kitarovic said as she entered the last sessions of the NATO summit yesterday. “It was wonderful because all the allies were cheering for all of us, mostly,” she said. She was at the table together with French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday and the two will meet again on Sunday — at the Moscow stadium where France plays Croatia in the final. “This will be a successful summit and we will win on Sunday,” Grabar-Kitarovic confidently predicted.

Mick Jagger went to see England and England lost, again

In a literal case of life imitating art, Mick Jagger went to see England and England lost. The Rolling Stones frontman was at the Luzhniki Stadium to see Croatia beat England 2-1 in extra time in the World Cup semifinals. Last year, Jagger unexpectedly released a pair of solo songs. One of the songs was called “England Lost,” and its starts with the tale of someone ostensibly going to watch England play a soccer match and finishes with some political commentary about Britain’s exit from the European Union. “I went to see England, but England’s lost,” Jagger sings. “And everyone said we were all ripped off.” Jagger arrived in Russia for the World Cup after he and his bandmates completed a short European tour in Warsaw on Sunday. He attended Tuesday’s match between France and Belgium in St. Petersburg and then came to Moscow to see his home national team play — and lose to — Croatia.