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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Immigration authorities in Colombia have taken 17 children into protective custody after they were rescued from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose members have been accused of sexually abusing and kidnapping minors in several countries.Gloria Esperanza Arriero, the director of Colombia’s national immigration service, told The Associated Press on Monday that her agency questioned nine members of the Lev Tahor sector during a hotel inspection Sunday.“We will likely deport them,” Arriero said, “because there are no arrest orders for them in Colombia.”She said that the group of 17 children and nine adults arrived in Colombia during the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (not seen) and the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy speak during a joint press conference after their official meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkiye on November 19, 2025.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesUkrainian officials have spent the weekend scrambling to make up lost ground when it comes to talks with the U.S. over a peace plan to end the war with Russia, with Kyiv having to tread a fine line between showing the U.S. it’s willing to engage in discussions, while anxious to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.Talks between U.S. and Ukrainian…

Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty ImagesAs December approaches, some older Americans must soon take required withdrawals from retirement accounts — and mistakes can be costly, according to financial experts. Starting at age 73, most retirees must start required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from pretax accounts, based on your balances, age and an IRS “life expectancy factor.” Your first RMD is due by April 1 of the year after turning 73, and Dec. 31 is the deadline for future withdrawals. Waiting until April 1 after turning 73 means you would need two RMDs that year. Read more CNBC personal finance coverageMillions…

Liverpool spent £450 million on new signings this summer to cement their position as England’s dominant force after winning a 20th league championship last season. But after 12 games of their chaotic title defense, Arne Slot’s side is on course to be the Premier League’s worst-ever defending champions.Having been heralded as the perfect successor to Jürgen Klopp after gently steering Liverpool into a new era with minimal changes last season, Slot is facing a wholly different challenge this season. The 47-year-old is floundering, so much so that his team is threatening to make history for the wrong reasons.Mohamed Salah has…

Rangers have sacked chief executive Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell.The duo had come under pressure in recent months following a difficult start to the season, while questions were also raised over a number of summer signings. In June, Stewart and Thelwell appointed Russell Martin as head coach, but the club were forced to sack him after just 123 days – making him the shortest-serving boss in Rangers’ 153-year history. Image: Fans had protested against Stewart, Thelwell and former boss Russell Martin Thelwell also led Rangers’ summer recruitment drive, sanctioning a deal worth up to £10m for Youssef Chermiti,…

Ryan O’HanlonNov 24, 2025, 07:00 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”I’m old. In fact, I’m old enough to remember when the U.S. men’s national team crashed out against Mexico in the Gold Cup final without much of a fight.I’m old enough to remember when, earlier in that same tournament, a succession of wins from a mostly MLS-based roster had some commentators wondering whether these players just wanted it more than their fancy teammates over in the Champions League. I’m old enough to remember when…

Rangers have sacked chief executive Patrick Stewart and sporting director Kevin Thelwell.In an exclusive interview with Sky Sports News, chairman Andrew Cavenagh said the club “need something different” to help move forward. Stewart and Thelwell had come under pressure in recent months following a difficult start to the season, while questions were also raised over a number of summer signings. In June, the duo appointed Russell Martin as head coach, but the club were forced to sack him after just 123 days – making him the shortest-serving boss in Rangers’ 153-year history. Image: Fans had protested against Stewart, Thelwell and…

A view shows a Novo Nordisk sign outside its office in Bagsvaerd, on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 14, 2025.Tom Little | ReutersShares of Novo Nordisk on Monday fell to a four-year low after the Danish pharmaceutical company said a highly anticipated trial for Alzheimer’s disease failed to meet its main goal.The trial tested whether semaglutide — the active ingredient in Novo’s blockbuster diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy — helped slow progression for Alzheimer’s disease. While treatment with semaglutide resulted in improvement of Alzheimer’s disease-related biomarkers in two separate trials, this did not translate into a…

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves at a roundtable meeting during her visit to the British Steel site on April 17, 2025 in Scunthorpe, England.Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Autumn Budget is always a significant event in the calendar for financial markets, but that has never felt more true than this year, with investors having a laser focus on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ spending and taxation plans.Those self-imposed “fiscal rules” — which were set in stone by Reeves last year and which she has refused to tweak — have been accompanied by higher borrowing costs, lackluster…

Nov 24, 2025, 05:55 AM ETSpain international Jenni Hermoso achieved her dream of winning a title in Mexico, helping Tigres Femenil to the 2025 Apertura trophy on Sunday.Tigres Femenil edged America 1-0 to take the tie 4-3 on aggregate win to clinch the 2025 Apertura tournament.Hermoso, 35, the victim of the ‘Rubiales kiss scandal’ that rocked Spanish football after the country’s 2023 World Cup triumph, had previously lost Liga MX finals with Tigres and her former club, Pachuca.”Third time’s the charm, and you have no idea how happy this trophy makes me,” the former Barcelona star said after Sunday’s game.”Honestly,…