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Sheffield United moved out of the Championship’s relegation zone after a tense 3-2 victory at Leicester gave them their third win in six days.Chris Wilder’s side raced into a two-goal lead inside four minutes with goals from ex-Leicester striker Tom Cannon and Jairo Riedewald. A superb volley from Sydie Peck gave United a 3-0 lead at half-time. Leicester improved in the second half and pulled one back through Stephy Mavididi before Jordan James set up a thrilling finish with a spectacular long-range strike after 82 minutes.But they could not complete the comeback and Wilder saw his side win against the…

Joe Gelhardt’s last-gasp goal earned Hull a smash-and-grab 2-1 win at Stoke and saw them climb into the top six.Sorba Thomas scored a first-half wonder goal to give Mark Robins’ side a deserved lead at the break, but, facing a third successive defeat, the Tigers battled back after half-time. Defender Semi Ajayi scored a controversial 47th-minute equaliser before Gelhardt’s ninth goal of the season earned the visitors an unlikely three points. The final whistle sparked a brawl between rival players, with a number of objects thrown onto the pitch by home fans before calm was restored.Defeat was harsh on Thomas,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite wider economic uncertainty hovering above this year’s holiday season, shoppers turned out in big numbers for Black Friday — spending billions of dollars both in stores and online.Adobe Analytics, which tracks e-commerce, said U.S. consumers spent a record $11.8 billion online Friday, marking a 9.1% jump from last year. Traffic particularly piled up between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. local time nationwide, when $12.5 million passed through online shopping carts every minute.Consumers also spent a record $6.4 billion online on Thanksgiving Day, per Adobe. Top categories that saw an uptick in sales…

Charlie Munger at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Los Angeles California. May 1, 2021.Gerard Miller(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)’He never stopped learning’In an “exclusive” article headlined “The Untold Story of Charlie Munger’s Final Years,” The Wall Street Journal’s Gregory Zuckerman reveals the “Berkshire vice chair was making gutsy investments, forging unlikely friendships and facing new challenges to the end.”Munger died two years ago on Nov. 28, 2023, at the age of 99, just a bit over…

Governments at a wildlife trade conference have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays amid concerns that overfishing is driving some to the brink of extinction. The measures, approved Friday at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora in Uzbekistan, bans the trade in oceanic whitetip sharks, manta and devil rays as well as whale sharks. It would strengthen regulations for gulper sharks, smoothhound sharks and the tope shark, which means they can be traded, but there must be proof the sources are legal, sustainable and traceable.Governments also agreed to…

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The Winter Olympians who have signed up to stay in Cortina d’Ampezzo’s Athletes Village should not expect luxury accommodations or a cozy fire to snuggle up next to after a long day on the mountain.The temporary Village that will house up to 1,400 athletes and other team members during the Feb. 6-22 Milan Cortina Games consists of 377 rented mobile homes arranged in close proximity to one another on a humid valley floor.The Associated Press was the first international media outlet allowed in for an early look at the facility, which is in an unpopulated…

When Freddie Potts starts for West Ham in the Premier League, they don’t lose.Yes, the sample size is small, their last three games were against Newcastle, Burnley and Bournemouth, and many factors have contributed to West Ham’s turn in form, but Potts is certainly one of them. For Potts, one of those factors is more “fight”, and he’s certainly had to battle to get himself in the first team. Loans to Wycombe and Portsmouth in the previous two seasons have turned the academy product from more than just a tidy footballer, but a player ready to hack it physically at…

When Freddie Potts starts for West Ham in the Premier League, they don’t lose.Yes, the sample size is small, their last three games were against Newcastle, Burnley and Bournemouth, and many factors have contributed to West Ham’s turn in form, but Potts is certainly one of them. For Potts, one of those factors is more “fight”, and he’s certainly had to battle to get himself in the first team. Loans to Wycombe and Portsmouth in the previous two seasons have turned the academy product from more than just a tidy footballer, but a player ready to hack it physically at…

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Too often, Sudan is discussed as a case study, not a community. The suffering of our people becomes material for academic discourse, political theorising and strategic analysis, while those enduring the crisis are reduced to passive subjects. We are spoken about, but not spoken to. Our lived realities are footnotes in conversations that rarely seek our input or reflect our priorities.  This disconnect, I believe, is part of a deeper crisis of representation and trust – one that not only alienates people from political processes, but erodes the very possibility of solutions that are grounded in people’s lived experiences of…