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This week, Israeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to order the army to fully occupy the Gaza Strip. According to reports, Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir is strongly opposed to such a move and has even threatened to resign. If these reports are true, the importance of this moment is difficult to overstate. Such a head-on clash between the government and the army puts Netanyahu and his government in a position that challenges not only the military but also the will of much of the Israeli public. For a long time, polls indicate that most Israelis…

ATLANTA (AP) — One of the top Republicans running for Georgia governor on Thursday sued the other leading GOP candidate, challenging the legality of the rival’s campaign funding.Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr sued Lt. Gov. Burt Jones in federal court in Atlanta, asking a judge to permanently cut off Jones’ ability to spend money from Jones’ leadership committee, a special fundraising vehicle that allows Georgia’s governor, lieutenant governor and legislative leaders to raise unlimited funds. Jones and Carr are among the candidates competing for the Republican nomination to succeed term-limited Gov. Brian Kemp. The GOP primary is next May, followed…

American businesses and consumers soon will have a better idea of how President Donald Trump’s foreign trade agenda might affect them now that the United States has imposed higher tariffs on products from dozens of countries. It’s been nearly 100 years since the nation had an overall import tax rate as high as the one set Thursday. But the individual impact on business costs and consumer prices could vary as much as the tariffs applied to goods of nearly 70 U.S. trading partners, from complicated economies like the European Union to the small African nation of Lesotho. Exports from a…

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black smoke, officials said.The helicopter crew was near East Alton, Illinois, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of St. Louis, when it careened into the barge on the Missouri side of the river. Authorities said no other injuries were reported.Adam Briggs was fishing on the shore that morning, watching the helicopter zig-zag across the river and eventually pick up a worker with a marker ball to add to a line. After…

The nominees to lift the 2025 men’s Ballon d’Or have been announced with Paris Saint-Germain talisman Ousmane Demebélé and Barcelona’s 18-year-old star Lamine Yamal among the favourites.Demebélé played an integral role as PSG won the first Champions League title in the club’s history last season, while Yamal’s performances for Barcelona and Spain have seen him likened to Lionel Messi.Last year’s winner, Rodri, did not make the list after suffering a serious knee injury in September that kept him out until the penutlimate game of Manchester City’s Premier League season.Dembélé was joined on the list by eight of his PSG teammates…

  KUWAIT:  Minister of State for Communication Affairs Omar Al-Omar said on Thursday that Kuwait Oil Company’s (KOC) new Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center is the first concrete result of Kuwait’s strategic partnership with Microsoft.At the opening in KOC’s Ahmadi headquarters—attended by Minister of Oil Tareq Al-Roumi, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah, and Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) Director General Sheikh Dr. Meshaal Jaber Al-Sabah—Al-Omar said in a statement that the facility would weave advanced AI tools into KOC’s daily technical work, saving time, effort and money. Officials hope to replicate this model across…

Barcelona have announced that Marc-André ter Stegen has been temporarily stripped of the club’s captaincy as the fallout from his lower back surgery continues.ESPN reported on Tuesday that the goalkeeper refused to sign a consent form for his medical data to be shared with LaLiga, with Barça considering taking legal action in response.Defender Ronald Araújo will take over as club captain until the issue is resolved, the club said.”Barcelona hereby announces that, following the disciplinary proceedings opened against player Marc-André ter Stegen, and until this matter is definitively resolved, the club, by mutual agreement with the sporting director and the…

Jeff CarlisleAug 7, 2025, 09:00 AM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.Perhaps you’ve heard: The 2026 FIFA World Cup is less than a year away, and as such, the roster for the United States men’s national team is taking shape. Mind you, there have been times when the outline of said roster has looked more like a funhouse mirror than a perfectly rendered image.The recently concluded Gold Cup featured absences that reached into the double figures, which enabled several players to get on the field who otherwise wouldn’t have. Some seized their opportunity and…

Congratulations to Napoli midfielder Scott McTominay, who has earned himself a place on the short list for the 2025 Ballon d’Or.It has been quite a transformation for the Scotland international, who was deemed surplus to requirements at Manchester United and allowed to move to Napoli for €30 million last summer. Once there, he propelled them to the 2024-25 Serie A title with 12 goals and four assists from 34 games during his debut season, becoming a bona-fide cult hero in the process.While McTominay — or “McTerminator,” as he’s become affectionately known at the Diego Armando Maradona Stadium — is obviously…

Jack Grealish’s future at Manchester City looks to be over four years after he became English football’s first £100m player. After a troubled two years for the talented winger, where next?Could it be Everton? The Toffees have made an approach to Man City over a possible deal to sign Grealish. There is some conjecture about how advanced those talks are, with some suggestions that talks have not even started yet. I think it is very clear this is still at a very early stage and the sense that we are getting, and from my colleague Vinny O’Connor who is up…