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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi is about to tell the world which of his many goals was his favorite.The Inter Miami star, eight-time Ballon d’Or winner and World Cup champion announced Tuesday that he will unveil his favorite goal on May 22. A depiction of that goal will then be turned into a work of art that will be auctioned off for charity.Messi has plenty of options to choose from: He’s scored more than 800 goals for club and country over his long career with Argentina, Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Miami.Messi and the artist, Refik Anadol, will…
HOUSTON (AP) — Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring is making an unwelcome visit to Texas and other parts of the southeastern United States this week, prompting forecasters to tell residents to use caution outside. “Definitely more like August this week than May,” Cameron Self, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s office in the Houston and Galveston area, said Tuesday. A very strong ridge of high pressure over the south-central United States that is centered over the Gulf of Mexico will be responsible for the extreme heat.For the next six to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he will hold up all Justice Department nominations on the Senate floor until he gets more answers about the free Air Force One replacement that President Donald Trump says would be donated by Qatar.Trump said this week that he wants to accept the $400 million plane, and that it would later be donated to a presidential library. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday that the details of the donation are still being worked out. The plan, Schumer said, “is not just naked corruption, it…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fist bump seems so long ago.Three years after Joe Biden’s cursory greeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Donald Trump luxuriated in an extravagant royal welcome as he arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.Concerns about human rights and fossil fuels in the oil-rich autocracy were nowhere on the agenda. Instead the day was all about cutting deals and celebrating a personal relationship that has endured through scandal and political turmoil. “I really believe we like each other a lot,” Trump said as they sat on golden chairs under elaborate chandeliers in the royal palace. During a…
CNN — United Airlines passengers flying on new Boeing 787-9s will find a new “Elevated” aircraft interior when the fresh design debuts on international flights next year. The Dreamliner aircraft interior, which was unveiled on Tuesday, features new luxury United Polaris Studio suites for some business class travelers, sliding doors and 19-inch screens for standard United Polaris seats and improvements across classes of service in this “nose-to-tail transformation.” “This is just one more step, many more yet to go, to create something really special in the sky,” United CEO Scott Kirby said at a launch event for the new cabins…
CNN — One in five people in the Gaza Strip are facing starvation as the entire territory edges closer to famine, a new United Nations-backed report warns, after nearly three months of Israel’s blockade of critically needed humanitarian aid. The warning comes as the UN and several NGOs, as well as civilians in Gaza, say the situation has deteriorated since Israel launched its renewed assault on the enclave in March, as residents struggle to access food, medicine and clean water. The enclave’s entire population is experiencing “high levels of acute food security” and the territory is at “high risk” of…
When Israel and Iran struck each other last year in a series of escalatory steps involving air attacks and cruise missiles, every country in the region raised its alarm levels. Ankara encouraged calm for both countries, despite its severe criticism of Israel’s war on Gaza, which it describes as a full-blown genocide. However, the escalation seemingly pushed Ankara to address its decades-long problem with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which had waged a 40-year war against the Turkish state in Syria, Iraq and Turkey in the name of greater rights for the Kurds. For Turkish officials, the PKK, a left-wing armed…
How does he connect with the players? I think he has a good relationship with everybody. Of course, as a manager, it’s hard because you always have to choose your first 11 and then you have to choose your five subs and then you still have 20-25 guys in the squad. So, it is never easy for a coach, but I think as a group we can manage it quite well. Like I say, he has a good relationship with everyone, he’s honest with everyone and he will tell you if you are in a good way but he will…
“No need, Razan, for you to go to China – come to Huwara, China is here.” Though said jokingly by my friend Ahmad, who asked his full name be withheld for security reasons, these words carried a heavy truth. Huwara is a small Palestinian village near Nablus, surrounded by some of the most violent and ideologically extreme Zionist settlements in the country, including Yitzhar. When I asked what he meant, he told me: “Chinese workers are living and working in nearby settlements. I see them regularly in the village streets, shopping at local Palestinian stores.” That offhand remark a couple…
In May 2025, the Football Association confirmed that transgender women would no longer be able to play in women’s football from June 1. The Scottish FA have made the same decision, with their ban coming into effect from the beginning of the 2025/26 season. The decision followed a change in the law announced by the UK Supreme Court on April 16, which unanimously ruled that a woman is defined by biological sex under equality law.A statement from the FA called it a “complex subject” and said “our position has always been that if there was a material change in law,…