Manchester United losses jump nearly a third to $57m despite record revenue
Manchester United's debt remains over 1 billion pounds ($1.3bn) despite record revenues that are unable to prevent loss.
Ivory Coast vs Ghana: AFCON 2027 qualifier, kick-off time, lineups, teams
A star-studded opening to AFCON 2027 qualifying sees Real Madrid's Yan Diomande lead Ivory Coast against depleted Ghana.
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls for sustained pressure to end ‘Putin’s crazy war’
Ukrainian president urges world leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues to impede its war efforts.
Israeli soldier wounded in car-ramming attack in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldier Neria Leiter wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack near the illegal settlement of Beit Horon.
US lawmakers propose sweeping AI restrictions with superintelligence ban
Legislation seeks to pause advanced AI systems until federal safety standards are established.
Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands – Al Jazeera
- Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands Al Jazeera
- Javier Milei shreds ‘useless’ UN to its face in fiery speech to 'fatally arrogant parasites' Fox News
- Argentina accuses UN of ignoring rising tensions over Falkland Islands Reuters
- Argentina’s Falklands veterans turn on Milei The Telegraph
- Milei demands talks with UK on future of Falkland Islands The Times
Iran threatens countries enforcing US airline sanctions
Iran has threatened countries enforcing US sanctions on its airlines, warning that their airports could face disruptions
International Criminal Court convicts Central African militia leader – Reuters
US judge delays ruling on White House ban of CNN, MS NOW, Politico
A judge heard arguments on Wednesday but did not rule on the case.
‘Slow-Motion Defeat’: Iran Found the Weak Spot in U.S. Power, and It Wasn’t Aircraft Carriers or Fighter Jets. It Was the Bases. – 19FortyFive
- 'Slow-Motion Defeat': Iran Found the Weak Spot in U.S. Power, and It Wasn't Aircraft Carriers or Fighter Jets. It Was the Bases. 19FortyFive
- Opinion | Iran Exposed How Vulnerable Our Bases Are The New York Times
- In war's opening days, Iran's attacks on Bahrain caught Navy families and sailors by surprise cbsnews.com
- Iran initiatives reshaped battle balance: IRGC Mehr News Agency
- Opinion | What Hegseth Is Hiding The New York Times
Zelenskyy: Putin is making the world ‘more dangerous’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is warning that Russia's “never-ending war" could spread throughout Europe.
Argentina’s Milei says UN ‘looking the other way’ on Falkland Islands
Argentina steps up its Las Malvinas claim as tensions with the UK grow over offshore oil drilling.
Oxford English Dictionary Adds a New Insult – newser.com
America is stepping back from a region it never managed to remake – The Economist
- America is stepping back from a region it never managed to remake The Economist
- Three Ruptures and the End of Pax Americana in the Middle East Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Might makes right will end Pax Americana japantimes.co.jp
- Devastation of Iran War Is Equivalent to a Nuclear Bomb Arab America
- America: An obstacle to global peace Mehr News Agency
The White House press pool: What is it and how does it work?
White House banned CNN, MS NOW, and Politico, after US President Donald Trump complained about coverage.
Save the Children officially warned by regulator over staff put at risk in Yemen
Warning from Charity Commission for England and Wales concludes two-year investigation after death of Hisham al-Hakimi in October 2023
The international aid charity Save the Children has been issued with an official regulatory warning over management failures and misconduct that put staff at its Yemen office at serious risk.
The warning concluded a two-year investigation by the Charity Commission for England and Wales into the running of the office after the death of its safety and security director, Hisham Al-Hakimi, in October 2023 after he was detained by the Yemeni authorities.
Continue reading...EXCLUSIVE: US drafted memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released – Reuters
- EXCLUSIVE: US drafted memo condemning UK over West Bank sanctions. It was never released Reuters
- White House blocked US condemnation of Britain’s West Bank sanctions The Telegraph
- In defence of Israel's Jewish settlers in the West Bank Middle East Eye
- British banks warned not to invest in planned Israeli settlement before UK trade ban begins The Guardian
- U.K. sanctions against Israeli settlements is no more than a slap on the wrist Liberation News
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault
Assault survivor Miriam Haley said the "devastating effect on my life and sense of security that may never go away".
Texas executes death-row prisoner over 2005 triple killing
Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection, the sixth person to be executed by Texas officials this year
A man found guilty of fatally shooting three people during a 2005 attempted robbery at a rural Texas home was executed Wednesday, a week after the other man convicted in the killings was put to death.
Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, died by lethal injection at the state penitentiary in Huntsville. He is the sixth person executed so far this year in Texas, with three more people scheduled over the next two months.
Continue reading...Milei threatens at UN that Argentina will take ‘matters into our own hands’ on Falklands
Argentinian president accuses United Nations of being filled with ‘parasites’ in bellicose general assembly speech
Javier Milei has condemned the UN as he warned that Argentina would take “matters into our own hands” in its dispute with Britain over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
In a caustic speech at the general assembly in New York, the Argentinian president criticised the UN for being ineffective when it came to the long-running tensions over the British overseas territory in the south Atlantic known in Argentina as the Malvinas.
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