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ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — In Paraguay, one of the most conservative countries in the Americas, many LGBTQ+ people feel compelled to leave their hometowns due to discrimination, harassment and gender-based violence. Social rejection and the absence of legal protections take a particular toll on transgender women like Alejandra Mongelós, who first fled her home in 2013 when she was 8 and already identifying as trans. The search for a safe place where she could be herself became an ongoing struggle.Her life took a turn after a relative molested her. The situation sparked a family quarrel that ended with her mother…
Sep 29, 2025, 06:43 PM ETJose Mourinho believes his former club Chelsea have left a “period of disappointment” and are “back on track” under coach Enzo Maresca.The Portuguese manager, now in charge of Benfica, returns to Stamford Bridge for Tuesday’s Champions League group game.Under Maresca, Chelsea won the Conference League in his first season in charge and then lifted the Club World Cup this summer after upsetting Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain in the final.”From the outside, it looked like Chelsea [had] lost the identity as a club,” Mourinho, 62, said in a news conference back at Stamford Bridge on…
Beth LindopSep 29, 2025, 06:14 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Liverpool forward Hugo Ekitike said he can learn from teammate Alexander Isak and is confident he can play alongside the Sweden international.Ekitike joined the Premier League champions from Eintracht Frankfurt in July and has four goals in seven games this season, while Isak arrived in a British-record deal from Newcastle United on transfer deadline day.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedOutside the club, there has been a lot of debate about how head coach Arne Slot will manage the two players, but Ekitike…
Stocks closed higher on Tuesday as investors moved past worries of a potential U.S. government shutdown and logged an unusually strong September.The S&P 500 closed up 0.4% at 6,688.46, while the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.3% to finish at 22,660.01. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 81 points, or 0.2%, to close at 46,397.89 — a fresh closing high. The federal government is due to run out of funding at midnight, and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told CNBC Tuesday that he’s “skeptical” that a shutdown can be averted by the deadline, saying that the outcome is in the hands of…
US President Donald Trump on Monday revealed a 2o-point plan to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza. The White House released the full text of the plan moments before Trump held a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Middle East Eye has published the full text of the plan: 1. Gaza will be a deradicalised terror-free zone that does not pose a threat to its neighbours. 2. Gaza will be redeveloped for the benefit of the people of Gaza, who have suffered more than enough. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis…
The US is poised to “sell” Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine. The US special envoy to Ukraine, retired general Keith Kellogg, says only the final decision has to be made. The US has already agreed, Kellogg said, for deep attacks on Russian territory, and only the release of the Tomahawks is pending, a decision left to US President Donald Trump. While it may be regarded as an open and shut case by Washington, that does not take away the decision as reckless and escalatory. It puts the US on a direct collision course with Russia, one that could lead to…
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks next to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on the day U.S. President Donald Trump meets with top congressional leaders from both parties, just ahead of a September 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Sept. 29, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersA looming federal government shutdown appeared even more likely after top Democrats and Republicans met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.”I think we’re headed to a shutdown because the Democrats won’t do…
Wealthfront app.Source: WealthfrontWealthfront, the startup that helped popularize the robo-advisor style of automated investing, filed for a U.S. initial public offering Monday, making it the latest in a wave of fintech firms going public this year including Chime and Klarna.The company in June filed confidentially for an IPO, but waited until now to make that filing public. That signals that Wealthfront is planning on kicking off its roadshow to pitch shares to investors; an IPO typically follows weeks after the S-1 filing is made public. The company intends to list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “WLTH.”Wealthfront, led by CEO…
Sep 29, 2025, 04:43 PM ETMADRID — Spanish club Valencia said on Monday they filed a lawsuit against Netflix claiming falsehoods in a documentary about Brazil player Vinícius Júnior.Valencia said the documentary mistakenly accused a large group of Valencia fans of making racist chants against the Real Madrid forward in a LaLiga match in 2023.The club filed the lawsuit after its public demands for corrections by the documentary’s production company were not fulfilled.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedThe lawsuit is against Netflix and the production company for damaging “Valencia’s honor.” It seeks financial compensation, corrections of the subtitles in the documentary, and the…
Workers in every type of role must be prepared to adapt to the rise of artificial intelligence in the workplace, says Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, leader of the nation’s largest private employer.”It’s very clear that AI is going to change literally every job,” McMillon told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that published on Friday, adding: “Maybe there’s a job in the world that AI won’t change, but I haven’t thought of it.”McMillon joined other high-profile CEOs who have signaled plans to reduce their corporate workforces in the coming years as they integrate more AI tools and agents —…