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England manager Thomas Tuchel and Scotland’s Steve Clarke were both critical after a lengthy, star-studded World Cup draw ceremony in Washington D.C. on Friday.The biggest World Cup draw ever staged turned into a two-and-a-half-hour spectacle, featuring performances from Robbie Williams, a FIFA Peace Prize presentation to U.S. President Donald Trump, and ball-drawing duties handled by sporting greats including Tom Brady and Shaquille O’Neal.”I do not like it,” Tuchel told BBC Sport afterwards. “We could have done it without all of this.”I don’t need it. But, of course, it’s a huge stage, and it’s big entertainment.”I was very well aware that…

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem holds a press conference, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 12, 2025. Aude Guerrucci | ReutersThe Trump administration will be expanding its ban on travel for citizens of certain countries to more than 30, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said, in the latest restriction to come since a man from Afghanistan was accused of shooting two National Guard members.The expansion would build on a travel ban already announced in June by the Republican administration, which barred travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries and restricted access to the U.S. for people from seven others. In a…

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Syria’s interim president on Saturday accused Israel of fighting “ghosts” and searching for enemies following the war in Gaza.President Ahmad al-Sharaa told an international conference that since he took power a year ago, he has been sending “positive messages regarding regional peace and stability.”He said Israel has rejected his overtures, “extrapolating” its conflict with Hamas militants and justifying what he called aggression in the name of security. He promised Syria would not behave in that way.“We are not concerned in being a country that exports conflict, including to Israel,” he told the Doha Forum.Al-Sharaa, who was…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s national security police arrested a man on Saturday in the first publicly confirmed arrest relating to criticism of authorities over a high-rise apartment blaze that killed at least 159 people.Police said he had been accused of posting “information with seditious intention” on social media.“That mainly included (materials intending to) incite hatred among (others) toward the Hong Kong government and the central government,” Steve Li, chief superintendent of the police National Security Department, told reporters.“For example, he pointed to the Hong Kong and the central governments as instigators of exploiting the tragedy to cause chaos…

POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. (AP) — Cherie Matherne looked out into Bayou Pointe au Chien, wide enough for several boats to pass through. In the distance, a stand of dead trees marked where saltwater comes and goes during storm-driven flooding. It wasn’t always this way. The bayou was once shallower and just wide enough for a small boat to pass. Land that cattle once roamed is submerged now, and elders tell stories of tree canopies once so lush they nearly shut out the day.The delicate lattice of Louisiana’s coastline has been steadily retreating for generations. As it does, the Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe…

LONDON (AP) — Four protesters were arrested Saturday after splattering food on the display case of a priceless diamond-encrusted crown at the Tower of London.The Crown Jewels display was temporarily closed after members of a group called Take Back Power smeared apple crumble and poured yellow custard — two staples on British dessert menus — on the case containing the Imperial State Crown worn by King Charles III as he left his coronation ceremony in 2023 and during his speech to open Parliament in 2024.The hefty crown, containing 2,868 diamonds, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds, four rubies and 269 pearls, was…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has led the Supreme Court ‘s conservative majority on a steady march of increasing the power of the presidency, starting well before Donald Trump’s time in the White House.The justices could take the next step in a case being argued Monday that calls for a unanimous 90-year-old decision limiting executive authority to be overturned.The court’s conservatives, liberal Justice Elena Kagan noted in September, seem to be “raring to take that action.”They already have allowed Trump, in the opening months of the Republican’s second term, to fire almost everyone he has wanted, despite the…

The Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations, operated by Electricite de France SA (EDF), in Sizewell, UK, on Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe U.K. was the birthplace of commercial nuclear energy, but now generates just a fraction of its power from it — big investments are underway to change that.The country once had more nuclear power stations than the U.S., USSR and France — combined. It was a global producer until 1970 but hasn’t completed a new reactor since Sizewell B in 1995.Today, the country takes the crown not for being a leader in…

KUWAIT, Dec 6: 1964 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree approving the formation of the third cabinet. It grouped 14 ministers and was headed by Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.1990 — UN General Assembly condemned the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait and blatant violations of international treaties by Iraqi forces. The UN said those responsible must be punished.1999 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah opened the new headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry.2004 — Interpellation of Deputy Premier and Minister of State for Cabinet and Parliament Affairs Mohammad Daifallah Sharar ended with referring the issue…

A potential Japanese missile sale may have opened the door to the Philippines’ deepest military integration with the US since the Cold War — and China is watching closely. This month, multiple media outlets reported that Japan and the Philippines have advanced informal talks on a potential sale of the Type 03 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (Chu-SAM), a medium-range system capable of intercepting aircraft and cruise missiles. The Philippines has conveyed interest in acquiring the Type 03 amid escalating confrontations with China in the South China Sea. A substantive feasibility study is expected once Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government scraps rules…