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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Friday said Meta and TitTok had breached their transparency obligations after an investigation that could result in billions of dollars in fines.The inquiry found both companies had violated the Digital Services Act, the EU’s trailblazing digital rule book that imposes a set of strict requirements designed to keep internet users safe online, including making it easier to report counterfeit or unsafe goods or flag harmful or illegal content like hate speech, as well as a ban on ads targeted at children.“We are making sure platforms are accountable for their services, as ensured by…

Ruben Amorim is fresh off the biggest win of his Manchester United reign. The team’s 2-1 victory over Liverpool on Sunday was the first time the Portuguese coach has managed back-to-back Premier League wins since his appointment nearly a year ago. It also made him the first United boss to win at Anfield since 2016.There is, though, an argument that Brighton’s visit to Old Trafford on Saturday is even more significant. Amid all the problems Amorim’s faced since taking the job a little under a year ago in November 2024, United’s record against the rest of the so-called Big Six…

Oct 24, 2025, 03:00 AM ETThere is nothing quite like El Clásico. Whenever Real Madrid and Barcelona play each other, there is no bigger match happening anywhere else in the soccer world.Sunday’s clash at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu (stream LIVE at on ESPN+ in the U.S.) will be no different. Defending LaLiga champions Barcelona arrive in the Spanish capital sitting two points behind their bitter rivals at the top of the table.Madrid coach Xabi Alonso, a legendary midfielder who won the LaLiga title and the UEFA Champions League during his five years as a player for Los Blancos, will be…

U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping.Jim Watson and Peter Klaunzer | Pool, AFP | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week as part of his trip to Asia, as the world’s top two economies seek to dial down tensions in search of a trade deal that has so far been elusive.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters last Thursday that Trump will meet his Chinese counterpart on Oct. 30 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, or APEC, Summit.”I think we are going to come out very well…

Doom is turning into a crowded profession. Over the weekend, another wave of financial commentary washed ashore. Again, the tone was apocalyptic. Again, the references were antique: the South Sea Bubble, the Railway Mania, the Dot-Com Bust. Again, the conclusion was inevitable collapse. In fact, it is now a cacophony of collapse. There is a palpable one-upmanship in pessimism. Merely predicting a standard market correction is passé. Absolute doomerism is the new currency. Analysts compete to name the largest number. $35 trillion in wealth, gone. A 1929-style crash, around the corner. One has to be squeamish or young to only…

Jeff KassoufOct 23, 2025, 11:29 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.CHESTER, Pa. — U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes slapped the table repeatedly at Subaru Park on Thursday as she described how she felt watching her team lose to Portugal 2-1 moments earlier.”I was frustrated this evening because I felt like a game of a Whac-A-Mole,” Hayes said, hitting different parts of the table to illustrate the…

Jeff KassoufOct 23, 2025, 10:15 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.CHESTER, Pa. — A frustrated United States women’s national team coach Emma Hayes said her group was unrecognizable in its 2-1 loss to Portugal on Thursday at Subaru Park.”I didn’t recognize us,” Hayes said. “We just rushed everything; we went direct. We didn’t look like the team that we’d been working on, but that’s what happens when you’ve got…

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Conservationists and students cheered as three rescued sea turtles, endangered in this part of the world, made their way back into the ocean at a private beach in Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos. Weeks after the turtles were rescued from fishermen, they were released back into the ocean becoming the latest of dozens of sea turtles saved by the Greenfingers Wildlife Conservation Initiative in recent years. This batch was released last weekend.“For fishermen, they are just food,” Chinedu Mogbo, founder of the Greenfingers group told The Associated Press. “There is no knowledge out there of wildlife.”…

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, in her first major policy speech on Friday, pledged to further accelerate Japan’s military buildup and spending and complete an early upgrade of the country’s security strategy as tensions rise with China, North Korea and Russia.Takaichi took office Tuesday after being elected Japan’s first female leader. That ended months of a political vacuum amid power struggles within her party following consecutive election defeats that led to the ruling coalition’s loss of a majority in both houses of parliament.Takaichi said Friday her government will hit an annual military spending target of 2% of…

ISTANBUL (AP) — On the streets of Istanbul, porters hauling massive sacks wrapped in white plastic — on their backs or in handcarts — are a ubiquitous yet often overlooked part of the city’s fabric. Known as hamallık in Turkish, porterage is a profession that has endured from the Ottoman Empire to the present day.It remains especially common in Istanbul’s historic trade quarters — the Egyptian Bazaar, the Grand Bazaar, and the Eminönü district — where traditional commercial buildings known as hans contain workshops and businesses that produce jewelry, textiles and other goods. Porters haul loads up the stairway in…