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Waymo self-driving cars with roof-mounted sensor arrays traveling near palm trees and modern buildings along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, February 21, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s Waymo is bringing its driverless ride-hailing services to London, the first European market for its robotaxi.The company said in a release on Wednesday that it plans to start test drives on London’s roads in coming months, with human safety specialists at the wheel. It intends to open its robotaxi service next year, assuming it can get permissions from regulators as well as local and national leaders.London will mark the company’s…

Oct 15, 2025, 04:51 AM ETFormer Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has said “life owed me a World Cup” after guiding Qatar to next year’s top football tournament.Qatar won 2-1 against the United Arab Emirates in Al Rayyan on Tuesday to book their World Cup spot.”It seems like life owed me a World Cup, and fortunately, today I got it,” Lopetegui, 59, said.”It’s a reward that I’m grateful for.”As a player, Lopetegui was part of Spain’s squad at the 1994 World Cup squad but was third-choice goalkeeper and did not play.He was denied the chance to coach his national team at…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to regulate online ride-hailing services, requiring platforms like Uber, along with their vehicles and drivers, to be licensed, after years of backlash from the city’s taxi industry.The first licensed platforms are expected to start operating in late 2026 at the earliest, officials said.In granting a license, Hong Kong’s transport commissioner can consider the firm’s experience, financial capacity and intended investments in the region. Licensed companies will need to maintain “proper and efficient” services and ensure all vehicles and drivers on their platforms hold valid permits, according to the new…

The first foreign trip Joel Holsinger took in 2019 after joining the board of directors at the global health nonprofit PATH convinced him that he needed to do more to raise money for charities.The investment manager, who is now also a partner and co-head of alternative credit at Ares Management Corp., saw firsthand how a tuberculosis prevention program was helping residents of Dharavi, India’s largest slum. He also saw that the main hurdle to expanding the program’s success was simply a lack of funding.“I wanted to do something that has purpose,” Holsinger told The Associated Press. “I wanted a charitable…

Talking about success on the pitch, and they were fantastic moments for us all as Liverpool fans, there also seems this renewed sense of ambition off the pitch too…Yeah, we’ve been very, very public about the fact that we’re always working to run the club sustainably. And that ultimately means that we are focused on on-pitch success, and then we hopefully can drive off-pitch success to help to fund that, to help to drive the club forward. An amazing team of people that work incredibly hard off the pitch to make sure that we’re doing everything possible to support our…

CHISWICK, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves visits the Sipsmith Distillery on October 09, 2025 in Chiswick, United Kingdom. The Chancellor’s visit is intended to highlight how the UK-India free trade agreement is boosting British business, and comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in India promoting the new pact, alongside business leaders. (Photo by Paul Grover – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted that tax rises and spending cuts are being considered in the forthcoming budget, signaling the government could be prepared to sacrifice…

When we first became involved with Liverpool, we knew we were joining something extraordinary and we hoped we could restore such an incredibly storied institution to standards it had previously set – but we could never have imagined exactly how the next 15 years would unfold.From the outset, our primary aims were simple: to bring success back to Anfield and to ensure the long-term health and stability of this great club. We understood the responsibility that came with being its custodians, and we’ve tried to honour that every single day. We also understood the scale of the challenge but recognised…

Graham HunterOct 15, 2025, 03:38 AM ETCloseGraham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team.Georgia coach Willy Sagnol spoke for the managers of Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Germany, England and many others when he sighed with melancholy resignation and proclaimed: “Spain don’t just play on another world, they play from a different universe.”The Frenchman, who won the UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich and was a FIFA World Cup runner-up in 2006, had just seen Spain’s “C” team threaten to put eight or nine goals past Georgia. Then, days later, La…

“Do you know why we Palestinians are famous? Because you are our enemies. The interest in us stems from interest in the Jewish issue. The interest is in you, not in me,” Palestinian author Mahmoud Darwish once said in an interview. “We have the misfortune of having Israel as our enemy because it enjoys unlimited support. And we have the good fortune of having Israel as our enemy because the Jews are the centre of attention. You’ve brought us defeat and renown.” Darwish’s words offer Palestinians a mirror – not just to see ourselves, but to understand the brutal, absurd…

A pedestrian walks past the window display of a Louis Vuitton store, operated by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE.Ore Huiying | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesShares of LVMH popped 12% Wednesday after the French conglomerate posted growth for the first time this year.In an update after European trading hours on Tuesday, LVMH — the world’s biggest luxury conglomerate and one of Europe’s most valuable companies — said organic growth for the third quarter came in at 1% year-on-year, marking a recovery from two consecutive quarters of declines.Revenue for the three months to September came in at 18.3 billion euros ($21.3…