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Inter Miami CF captain Lionel Messi was named the 2025 MLS MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player in league history to win the award in two consecutive seasons.Messi is also only the second player to ever win the trophy twice, joining Preki (Predrag Radosavljević) who won the award in 1997 and 2003.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe Inter Miami captain led the league with a total of 29 goals in 28 games to clinch the 2025 Golden Boot and help Inter Miami to a third-place finish in the Eastern Conference. He added 19 assists. The Argentine forward now stands as the only…

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla talks during a press conference with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a visit to oversee the production of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine at the factory of U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer in Puurs, Belgium April 23, 2021. John Thys | ReutersPfizer on Tuesday said it has struck an up to $2.1 billion licensing deal with YaoPharma to develop and commercialize its obesity pill, furthering the pharmaceutical company’s push into the weight loss space. Pfizer will pay YaoPharma, a subsidiary of Chinese drugmaker Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical, an up-front payment of $150 million. YaoPharma could also receive up…

Brazil superstar Neymar could seek a move to Europe or MLS if he leaves Santos, while Liverpool are looking to strengthen in defense with Borussia Dortmund’s Nico Schlotterbeck and Galatasaray’s Wilfried Singo. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Salah slams Liverpool treatment, hints at January exit- Messi bids ‘special’ farewell to Alba, Busquets- Miami chief: Luis Suárez’s future is his decisionSantos forward Neymar could be on the move if he can prove his fitness. Photo by Marco Buenavista/Sports Press Photo/Getty ImagesTRENDING RUMORS- Santos forward Neymar…

Rejoice, New Year’s dieters: Oreos are getting a sugar-free option.Mondelez said Tuesday that Oreo Zero Sugar and Oreo Double Stuf Zero Sugar will go on sale in the U.S. in January. They’re a permanent addition to the company’s Oreo lineup.It’s the first time Mondelez has sold sugar-free Oreos in the U.S. They’re already sold in Europe and China, the company said.Mondelez said consumers are increasingly seeking what it calls “mindful indulgence,” and the new Oreos will fill an existing gap in the market for sugar-free sandwich cookies.Others have also noted the trend toward healthier snacks. In a report earlier this…

PARIS (AP) — France’s lower house of parliament narrowly approved on Tuesday a key health care budget bill, offering the minority government some relief from political turmoil at the cost of suspending President Emmanuel Macron’s flagship pension reform. The bill passed by 247 votes in favor while 234 lawmakers voted against. The Social Security budget includes the suspension of Macron’s unpopular pension changes, which raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, until after the next presidential election in 2027.With no majority at the National Assembly, centrist Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu offered to put the reform on hold as a…

From front-page news to powerful moments you may have missed, this gallery showcases today’s top photos chosen by Associated Press photo editors. Mattresses and a plastic chair lie on the floor inside a tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick) Mattresses and a plastic chair lie on the floor inside a tunnel in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Read More Work continues on the construction of the ballroom at…

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration’s broad dismantling of environmental justice initiatives. Federal authorities quietly ended the monitoring this year as they pulled the plug on a similar settlement over wastewater problems in rural Alabama, according to three former law enforcement officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the move wasn’t made public. Without federal monitoring, advocates in Houston said city officials have become less responsive to residents afflicted by persistent dumping in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two of several agreements aimed at ending global conflicts that President Donald Trump has hailed as evidence of his negotiating prowess are in trouble and at risk of collapsing. Less than a week after Congo and Rwanda signed a deal in Trump’s presence in Washington meant to halt fighting in eastern Congo and less than two months after he witnessed Cambodia and Thailand sign a ceasefire pact in Malaysia to end their border conflict, fighting has surged in both places.The developments have caused international alarm that on Tuesday resulted in urgent calls to halt the…

Bill Gates talks to CNBC at Abu Dhabi Finance Week.CNBCBill Gates has warned that some AI companies with high valuations will lose out in the “hyper competitive” AI industry, as the investors weigh up whether a bubble is about to burst.”AI is the most important thing going on,” the Microsoft founder and philanthropist told CNBC’s Tania Bryer at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, amid soaring capital expenditures and a slate of circular deals giving the market jitters.”Does it mean all of these companies with high valuations will be winners? No, it’s going to be hyper competitive,” Gates said Monday.”AI is only…

For 24 years, every time Intisar visited her son Habis Bayyoud in an Israeli prison, he told her the same thing: “My freedom will be the day I can hug you outside these walls.” The former Palestinian prisoner thought that day had finally come in October, when he was released and deported to Egypt under the Gaza ceasefire and prisoner-swap deal between Israel and Hamas. In the West Bank village of al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya near Ramallah, Intisar, 78, was overjoyed when she saw his name on the release list. Even when an Israeli intelligence officer told her he would be sent…