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You’re an aspiring young journalist and Liverpool-mad supporter chancing your arm for an interview by knocking unannounced on the door at the club’s training ground.Soon after pitching your request, the Reds manager himself invites you in for an exclusive, at-length chat.For Mark Platt, what feels like a fantasy tale truly was reality – and became a stepping stone to almost 25 years’ ongoing service with LFC itself.”I was always obsessed with football, everything to do with it. I used to read everything about it,” Mark, now the club’s curator/historian, tells Liverpoolfc.com.”I used to like English in school. So, that’s what…

BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Police intensified their search Wednesday for a suspect in the killing of professor Nuno F.G. Loureiro at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two days after he was shot to death at his home outside Boston.Loureiro, a 47-year-old physicist and fusion scientist, was killed Monday night at his apartment in Brookline, Massachusetts. He died at a local hospital on Tuesday, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.The prosecutor’s office said the homicide investigation was “active and ongoing” as of early afternoon Wednesday and had no update — earlier they had said no suspects were in…

Manchester City are monitoring Antoine Semenyo’s situation ahead of the January transfer window, sources have told ESPN, but believe they could face competition for his signature from a host of Premier League rivals.Semenyo has a release clause in his contract at Bournemouth which would allow the 25-year-old to move for £65 million ($86m) in the first two weeks of the January window.City are alert to the opportunity, but club bosses believe there could be a queue of clubs waiting to trigger the clause including Liverpool, Manchester United, Tottenham and Arsenal.Liverpool have been heavily linked with Semenyo, who has scored seven…

India was growing at 8.2% as of the third quarter, a figure of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s economic team rarely misses an opportunity to remind global investors. Yet as 2026 approaches, there’s a different number markets should prioritize: 6.35%. This is how much the rupee has declined against the US dollar this year, making it Asia’s worst-performing currency. And here’s another vital indicator: $1.3 billion. The reference here is to the magnitude of outflows to date in December by global funds withdrawing from Indian equities. This creates a significant split-screen with China, where policymakers are scrambling to keep the yuan from rising. Xi…

It puts an exclamation point on a wonderful 2024-25 for both players. Doué displaced Bradley Barcola for a starting spot in PSG’s starting XI, as they won the French title, and then produced a sensational display against Inter Milan in the Champions League final, scoring twice and assisting once in a 5-1 victory. While Agyemang starred for England in their successful Euro 2025 campaign and impressed on loan at Brighton before she suffered a season-ending ACL injury in October.Now, our attention turns to who might win the 2026 edition. We’ve gazed into the crystal ball and compiled a list of…

Ruben Amorim got Manchester United fans back onside with tactical flexibility against Bournemouth, but AFCON absences raise new problems, writes Dan Khan…As I go for walks around Manchester I constantly bump into United fans and we always end up chatting about how they feel their club is doing. After drab, lacklustre performances against Everton and West Ham, one gentleman in my barbers last week – a season ticket holder in the Stretford End – told me he just wants to see United ‘go for it’ and put on a performance. That’s all. Despite the draw against Bournemouth extending their run…

Business representatives staff a table at a career fair in Harlem hosted by Assemblymember Jordan Wright on Dec. 10, 2025, in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty Images The U.S. November jobs report has something for everybody. Those convinced of weakness will highlight the higher-than-expected unemployment rate as well as the number of jobs shrinking in October. On the other hand, proponents of a strong economy will focus on jobs growth in November beating estimates, and point out that the increase in the unemployment rate was mostly because the labor force grew, as CNBC’s Jeff Cox noted.Without any definitive judgment…

(L-R) Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s, partnered with MoveOn to hand out free ice cream at Franklin Square in Philadelphia during their Scoop The Vote tour to get-out-the-vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Democrats down the ballot on September 16, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Lisa Lake | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty ImagesBen & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen has slammed parent Magnum Ice Cream Company, saying it is “destroying” the brand, in an interview with CNBC.The world’s largest standalone ice cream business, Magnum, is only a week old but has already had a lifetime…

KUWAIT, Dec 17: 1967 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree demarcating width of the Kuwaiti territorial waters at 12 miles.1967 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree approving demarcation line of the neutral zone and border line with Saudi Arabia, as approved by the Technical Committees on June 27, 1966.1979 — Legendary singer Awadh Al-Dokhi died at the age of 47.1980 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah signed a decree-into-law setting number of the electoral constituencies at 25, each vote for two members of the parliament (the National Assembly).1995 — The Credit…

Shoppers walk past shops on Regent Street on the final weekday before Christmas in London on December 22, 2023.Henry Nicholls | Afp | Getty ImagesThe U.K.’s inflation rate cooled sharply to 3.2% in November, boosting the chances of the Bank of England cutting interest rates at its final meeting of the year on Thursday.Economists polled by Reuters had expected inflation to stand at 3.5% in the twelve months to November — the lowest annual rate since March — and down from 3.6% in October. Core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco, also rose by 3.2% in the year to…