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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway is buying Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division for $9.7 billion in what may be the last big acquisition involving the consummate dealmaker, Warren Buffett.Buffett wasn’t mentioned anywhere in materials released by Berkshire Hathaway discussing the deal Thursday, potentially signaling a passing of the torch to Vice Chair Greg Abel, to whom Buffet will hand the CEO title in January. Buffett will remain chairman at Berkshire and will still be involved in deciding how to spend the conglomerate’s colossal pile of more than $344 billion cash. Berkshire’s cash reserves have been growing for years because Buffett…

Mikel Arteta believes Arsenal’s strength in depth makes them better equipped to go even further in this season’s Champions League.Arsenal reached the semifinals last term before bowing out to eventual winners Paris Saint-Germain.Arteta was able to rotate his squad for Tuesday’s 2-0 league phase win over Olympiacos with a stacked bench including Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze and Bukayo Saka.And it was England winger Saka who settled some frayed nerves when he climbed off the bench to score their second goal.”With all respect, last season we were looking [at the bench] and we had five academy players there, that probably never…

For a relatively simple sport, soccer is filled with novelties.Outfield players don the gloves and go into goal when there’s no other option, penalty takers attempt chipped ‘Panenka’ spot kicks to varying degrees of success, goalkeepers sprint the length of the pitch to come up for last-minute corners — and sometimes they even score. And, every now and then, players will score directly from a corner kick.Highly improbable, sometimes intentional, a goal scored in this way is known as a Gol Olimpico, an Olympic goal.But how did these goals get their name? The history of the Olimpico is irrevocably intertwined…

Ange Postecoglou could barely believe the scene during his first training sessions at Nottingham Forest. “John McGovern was running around chasing balls today and I’m going, ‘What are you doing, John? You are a legend, you don’t have to do that.'”It is true that McGovern does not have to do this. But he wants to do it. It has become part of the routine for the man who captained Forest to two European Cup wins. He turns 76 later this month but still gets a kick out of his daily visits to the training ground. “It is not quite as…

Sam TigheOct 2, 2025, 03:14 AM ETCloseSam is a writer, broadcaster and podcaster for ESPN. He will write on the Premier League, scouting and transfers.Passing combinations can be extremely revealing when it comes to how Premier League teams play. Who sees the ball a lot, and who do they pass to? Who receives lots of passes — and, intriguingly in some cases, who doesn’t?We’re still only six games into the season and therefore working with a small sample size, but already some trends are emerging.Let’s dig into what the top teams’ most common passing connections tell us about their style.Arsenal…

The race to build artificial intelligence-driven economies is transforming how the global economy and societies are organized. Breakthroughs in generative AI and machine learning in recent years have accelerated a new industrial revolution—one in which nations that can develop and deploy the most powerful computing infrastructure will be best positioned to reap the most economic, military and geopolitical advantages. A central part of this competition is AI data centers, also called “AI factories.” Unlike traditional data centers, these sprawling facilities house a high density of specialized AI chips known as graphics processing units, or GPUs. They require customized architectures optimized for AI…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former Utah Supreme Court justice is expected to be named the next president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the death of President Russell M. Nelson over the weekend.Announcing his successor — Dallin H. Oaks — is largely a formality because the church has a well-defined leadership hierarchy that has governed it for decades. Nothing will change in the leadership body until some time after Nelson’s funeral, which is scheduled for Oct. 7.Here’s a closer look at how the leadership structure is arranged and how new members are chosen:Who leads…

Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, 2025. NYSE On Wednesday, the U.S. government ground to a halt. Stock markets, however, jumped — one benchmark even hit a record high.Traders in prediction markets are betting the shutdown will last nearly two weeks. Nothing too radical, since that’s the average length it takes for the government to reopen, based on data going back to 1990 from Bank of America.The government stoppage isn’t putting the brakes on the stock market momentum. Are investors getting too adventurous? Well, history shows the pattern is not new. The S&P 500 has…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria is set to hold parliamentary elections on Sunday for the first time since the fall of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, Bashar Assad, who was unseated in a rebel offensive in December.Under the 50-year rule of the Assad dynasty, Syria held regular elections in which all Syrian citizens could vote. But in practice, the Assad-led Baath Party always dominated the parliament, and the votes were widely regarded as sham elections.Outside election analysts said the only truly competitive part of the process came before election day — with the internal primary system in the Baath Party, when…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish journalist Fatih Altayli has been imprisoned, but his reporting remains defiantly alive.From behind bars, the veteran journalist delivers news and sharp political commentary on his YouTube channel through letters relayed by his lawyers. The letters are read aloud by an assistant in an initiative Altayli’s peers have dubbed “prison journalism.”“Fatih Altayli has launched a new form of journalism: prison journalism,” fellow journalist Murat Yetkin, wrote on his news website, Yetkin Report. “Drawing on visits from legislators, letters, and his lawyers — he continues his journalism uninterrupted, conveying not only information from inside but also insights…