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Team newsAlisson Becker and Florian Wirtz returned from illness and injury respectively, while there was a first league start of 2025-26 for Joe Gomez.Isak came in for Hugo Ekitike, who began on the bench after his back complaint against PSV Eindhoven in midweek.Liverpool: Alisson, Gomez, Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez (Robertson, 85), Wirtz (Jones, 76), Szoboszlai, Isak (Ekitike, 68), Mac Allister, Gakpo, Gravenberch.Unused subs: Mamardashvili, Endo, Salah, Chiesa, Nyoni, Ngumoha.First halfA period of applause was held ahead of kick-off in memory of West Ham great Billy Bonds, following his passing at the age of 79 on Sunday morning.There was a relatively…

LONDON — It looked unlikely at halftime against Crystal Palace that either Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim or striker Joshua Zirkzee would leave Selhurst Park with any credit.Going a goal down thanks to a retaken Jean-Philippe Mateta penalty (after he accidentally touched the ball twice on the first kick), Amorim was left facing a second significant setback in a week following the embarrassing 1-0 home defeat to 10-man Everton on Monday. Zirkzee, meanwhile, failed to muster a meaningful touch during an anonymous first 45 minutes, let alone a shot to trouble Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson.It’s to their credit, then, that…

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — African leaders pushed Sunday to have colonial-era crimes recognized, criminalized and addressed through reparations.At a conference in Algiers, diplomats and leaders convened to advance an African Union resolution passed at a meeting earlier this year calling for justice and reparations for victims of colonialism.In his opening speech, Algerian Foreign Minister Ahmed Attaf said Algeria’s experience under French rule underscored the need to seek compensation and reclaim stolen property.A legal framework, he added, would ensure restitution is seen as “neither a gift nor a favor.”“Africa is entitled to demand the official and explicit recognition of the crimes…

Mourners gathered at a West Virginia high school this weekend remembered a National Guard member fatally shot last week as a caring and positive person who wanted to help others.U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom died after a Wednesday shooting in Washington, D.C., while her seriously injured colleague, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, remained in critical condition. In recent days, local vigils in West Virginia have honored the soldiers, including one Saturday evening at Webster County High School, where Beckstrom attended classes.“Sarah was the kind of student that teachers hoped for, she carried herself with quiet strength, a contagious…

Cat Goetze may be a tech founder, but she’s on a years’ long journey to reduce her reliance on devices.Two years ago Goetze, who goes by CatGPT on social media, wanted to swap her smartphone for something more low-tech.”I was kind of just sitting around [thinking] it’d be so cute if we still had landline phones and you could twirl the cord and talk with your friends,” she tells CNBC Make It. “That just felt nostalgic and chic to me.”Looking into it, she didn’t realize getting a landline for her apartment would require getting a new number and paying for…

This story is part of CNBC Make It’s Six-Figure Side Hustle series, where people with lucrative side hustles break down the routines and habits they’ve used to make money on top of their full-time jobs. Got a story to tell? Let us know! Email us at AskMakeIt@cnbc.com.When Tayo Lanlehin was planning her son’s first birthday party in April 2022, she bought yellow and blue signs, balloons and a cake with 3D planets. Every detail fit the “First Trip Around The Sun” theme, except the chairs.She only found one rental seating option near her home in Oakland, California, she says: adult-sized white plastic chairs.…

Despite slower job growth compared to the last decade, the U.S. economy is expected to add 5.2 million jobs from 2024 to 2034, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest employment projection report. Total employment is projected to grow by 3.1%.Based on the report, the top-growing industry sectors for 2034 are health care and social assistance and professional, scientific and technical services, which have projected growth rates of 8.4% and 7.5%, respectively.Within those sectors, the fastest-growing occupational groups are health-care support, which includes roles like nurse practitioner and physician assistant, and computer and mathematical roles, such as data scientist…

A UN report has accused Israel of having a “de facto” state policy of torture for Palestinian prisoners. The UN Committee Against Torture said on Friday that use of torture by the Israeli state was “organised and widespread” and had greatly increased since the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October 2023. The report noted that Israel had no legislation criminalising torture, and said its legislation allowed public officials to be exempted from criminal culpability under the principle of “necessity”. “The committee was deeply concerned about reports indicating a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture and…

“Zootopia 2” had a roaring and record-setting opening at the box office. The animated animal city sequel from the Walt Disney Company brought in $96 million in North America over the weekend, earned $156 million over the five-day Thanksgiving frame, and scored a staggering $556 million globally since its Wednesday opening, according to studio estimates Sunday. That made it the highest international opening ever for an animated movie, the fourth highest global debut of any kind, and the top international opener of 2025.“Wicked: For Good” stayed aloft in its second weekend for Universal Pictures, earning another $62.8 million domestically over…

Alexander Isak finally got off the mark in the Premier League as Liverpool battled to a 2-0 win at West Ham.The Sweden striker had just one Carabao Cup goal to show for his protracted £125 million ($165.6m) summer switch from Newcastle.But his well-taken strike in the second half, and Cody Gakpo’s stoppage-time goal, fired stuttering champions Liverpool — on a run of nine defeats in 12 matches in all competitions — to a much-needed victory.They were helped by West Ham who, as they so often do, rolled out the claret and blue carpet to a team in need, and by…