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ROME — Israel’s World Cup qualifying match at Italy next week is expected to attract more pro-Palestinian protesters outside the soccer stadium in Udine than ticket-holding spectators inside the arena.Protesters already approached the gates of Italy’s training center in Florence last week to demand that the match isn’t played because of the war in Gaza — part of a national strike that saw millions of activists take to the streets.”It’s not going to be a calm environment,” Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso acknowledged Tuesday from inside the Coverciano training center that was targeted. “There will be 10,000 people outside the stadium…

Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesThe Motion Picture Association on Monday urged OpenAI to “take immediate and decisive action” against its new video creation model Sora 2, which is being used to produce content that it says is infringing on copyrighted media.Following the Sora app’s rollout last week, users have been swarming the platform with AI-generated clips featuring characters from popular shows and brands.”Since Sora 2’s release, videos that infringe our members’ films, shows, and characters have proliferated on OpenAI’s service and across social media,” MPA CEO Charles Rivkin said in a statement. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman clarified in…

KUWAIT: The Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) celebrated its 65th anniversary on October 5, marking decades of achievements in refining, gas liquefaction, fuel supply, and petroleum marketing, CEO Wadha Al-Khateeb said in a statement to KUNA. Al-Khateeb highlighted KNPC’s success in enhancing its regional and global standing by adhering to the latest international professional, environmental, and technical standards. She noted the company’s operational excellence and capability to produce high-quality petroleum products, which has strengthened profits and opened new markets worldwide.She emphasized that the anniversary underscores KNPC’s vital role in supporting Kuwait’s national economy and development, with continuous patronage from His…

Beth LindopOct 7, 2025, 01:00 PM ETCloseBased in Liverpool, Beth Lindop is ESPN’s Liverpool correspondent and also covers the WSL and UWCL.Former Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard has admitted he would not have left the club for Real Madrid like Trent Alexander-Arnold did but has backed the England international to be a success in Spain.Alexander-Arnold left Liverpool in the summer after joining the club’s academy at the age of six. His decision not to renew his contract at Anfield earned him criticism from large sections of the Reds fanbase and Gerrard — who represented Liverpool from 1998 to 2015 — believes…

In 2000, Robert Pamphille’s position as a manager in the letter of credit department at J.P. Morgan Chase was relocated to Florida, forcing him to accept a severance package and unofficially retire. Though he was excited about having some free time, he quickly realized that his retirement wouldn’t go as he’d hoped.”After that, I just didn’t have a job. Given my age, I was discouraged because I couldn’t get back into what I used to do. I was doing nothing and there was no money coming in,” Pamphille tells CNBC Make It.In 2017, after over a decade of working odd…

Bank’s executive management, CEOs, companies’ representatives attend the event KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) celebrated the graduation of the second cohort of NBK RISE, the first-of-its-kind initiative dedicated to advancing women leaders by equipping them with the skills, opportunities, and support needed to realize their full potential and ascend to the highest leadership positions. The graduation ceremony held at the bank’s headquarters was attended by the bank’s executive management, along with CEOs and representatives from leading companies and banks, including Kuwait Banking Association, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, Abyat, Gulf Bank, and Kuwait Financial Centre Company (Markaz).The ceremony was also attended…

Thoma Bravo co-founder Orlando Bravo said valuations for artificial intelligence companies are “at a bubble,” comparing it to the dot-com era.But one key difference in the market now, he said, is that large companies with “healthy balance sheets” are financing AI businesses.Bravo’s private equity firm boasts more than $181 billion in assets under management as of June, and focuses on buying and selling enterprise tech companies, with a significant chunk of its portfolio invested in cybersecurity.Bravo told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” on Tuesday that investors can’t value a $50 million annual recurring revenue company at $10 billion.”That company is…

U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) speaks with Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), as Lori Chavez-DeRemer, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to be secretary of labor testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 19, 2025.Kent Nishimura | ReutersSen. Susan Collins is reportedly shopping around a potential off-ramp to the government shutdown that has paralyzed Washington, but the Maine Republican is not ready to give in on the primary demand by her Democratic colleagues.Collins has been circulating a “discussion draft” of a proposal that would include GOP pledges on a…

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Crew and former United States midfielder Darlington Nagbe plans to retire at the end of the Major League Soccer playoffs, the team announced Tuesday.The 35-year-old has won four league titles in 15 MLS seasons, with Portland (2015 ), Atlanta (2018) and Columbus ( 2020, 2023 ). He has been the Crew captain since 2020.- Spain great Alba to retire after Miami season- MLS Power Rankings: Philly wins Shield, red-hot LAFC rolling”After years of incredible memories, I’ll be finishing my career at the end of this season,” Nagbe said on social media. “I’m more than grateful for…

GLEN RIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Democrats say fallout from the Trump administration’s aggressive tactics during the shutdown of the federal government could give them a welcome boost in the only two governors’ races on the ballot this year.In Virginia, 175,000 people work for the federal government, according to the Congressional Research Service. In New Jersey, where federal workers number roughly 23,000 by the CRS’s estimate, the Republican administration has announced the freezing of $18 billion in funding for a rail tunnel connecting the state to New York City.The Nov. 4 elections in Virginia and New Jersey represent the next big…