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Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, 2025. NYSEThe S&P 500 closed at a record high on Wednesday as traders were hopeful that a U.S. federal government shutdown would be brief and possibly have little impact on the economy.The broad market index gained 0.34% to close at 6,711.20. Earlier, it had hit a new all-time intraday high. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.42% to settle at 22,755.16, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average traded up 43.21 points, or 0.09%, to finish at 46,441.10.It was a notable turnaround. At its low of the day, the S&P 500 was…

The goalkeeper was forced from the field in the second half of the Reds’ 1-0 defeat at RAMS Park after making a save from Victor Osimhen in a one-on-one situation.Arne Slot’s side also lost Hugo Ekitike to an issue soon after in the Champions League encounter, with the forward set to undergo assessment by the club’s medical staff.Regarding Alisson, the boss told his post-match press conference: “When he sprinted back he felt something. I cannot tell you [exactly] because I am not a physio, but normally when a player when he sprints back, feels something, goes to the floor and…

China has ordered domestic steel mills and trading firms to suspend all new purchases of BHP Group’s iron ore cargoes, escalating a pricing dispute that has unsettled commodity markets and placed fresh pressure on Australia’s mining sector. China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG), a state-owned Chinese company established in July 2022 to centralize the import of iron ore, has urged major steelmakers and traders in China to halt their purchases of BHP’s dollar-denominated seaborne iron ore cargoes, Bloomberg reported on Monday.  This means no new contracts can be signed. Shipments already departed from Australian ports are also affected. Only some BHP…

Team newsSlot made four changes to his starting XI, with Jeremie Frimpong, Cody Gakpo and Curtis Jones joining Ekitike in the line-up.Liverpool: Alisson (Mamardashvili, 56), Van Dijk, Konate, Kerkez, Wirtz, Szoboszlai, Jones, Gakpo (Isak, 62), Ekitike (Mac Allister, 69), Frimpong (Salah, 62), Gravenberch (Bradley, 62).Unused subs: Woodman, Gomez, Endo, Robertson, Ngumoha.First halfAlisson made a good early save from Baris Alper Yilmaz and Liverpool then settled into a rhythm of dominating possession amid the deafening whistles of the home crowd.A lovely move ended with Frimpong’s low cross – aimed for Ekitike – being cut out by Davinson Sanchez and the Reds’…

Jeff KassoufSep 30, 2025, 04:39 PM ETCloseJeff Kassouf covers women’s soccer for ESPN, focusing on the USWNT and NWSL. In 2009, he founded The Equalizer, a women’s soccer news outlet, and he previously won a Sports Emmy at NBC Sports and Olympics.The Portland Thorns have traded midfielder Hina Sugita to Angel City FC in exchange for defender M.A. Vignola and $600,000 in intra-league transfer funds, the teams confirmed Tuesday.In cash terms, the deal for Sugita matches the $600,000 that the Kansas City Current paid Utah Royals FC for USWNT forward Ally Sentnor in August but also includes a starting-caliber player.…

Kylian Mbappé insisted he “could have scored more” against Kairat Almaty after grabbing a hat trick in Real Madrid’s 5-0 away win on Tuesday.After a slow start from Madrid, Mbappé opened the scoring in the first half from the penalty spot, and added a second after half time.The France international scored a third in the 73rd minute, before Eduardo Camavinga and Brahim Diaz also got on the scoresheet to make it two Champions League wins out of two so far for Madrid.”A player like me, when I have five chances I should score five goals,” Mbappé told Movistar. “Today, I…

HOUSTON (AP) — With the first U.S. government shutdown in almost seven years looming, the Trump administration is using official government communications to blame Democrats and promote the president’s policies. At least one agency has posted a public warning blaming “the massive pain” of any shutdown on “The Radical Left,” provoking questions about potential violations of the Hatch Act, which restricts partisan political activity by U.S. federal employees. While furloughs of employees have been part of previous shutdowns, federal agencies under President Donald Trump have also been urged to consider more permanent reductions in force for programs “not consistent with…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Classes were canceled or moved online this week in more than half of the departments at Mexico ’s National Autonomous University over security concerns following the recent killing of a student at a university feeder school and a spate of threats.The rector of the country’s leading university committed Tuesday to strengthening security measures and bolstering emotional support available to students.The school has experienced cases of gender-based violence over the years, and is now investigating threats made against several female professors, in addition to last week’s killing of a 16-year-old student at the Sciences and Humanities School…

Egypt is angry that the Palestinian Authority is being sidelined by US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, one Arab official and one source briefed on the matter told Middle East Eye. Cairo said it would not send troops to partake in an international peace keeping force if there is not a clear pathway for the Palestinian Authority to govern the Gaza Strip as a step towards a Palestinian state, the source familiar with the Egyptian reaction to the plan said. “Cairo is pissed,” the Arab official added, noting that Trump’s plan specifically requires Egyptian “buy-in” but is too “weak”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is withdrawing the nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics, according to a White House official and an AP source who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the action, which has yet to be publicly announced.The White House official declined to say the reasons for withdrawing the nomination, only to say that Antoni was a talented economist and that President Donald Trump plans to announce a new nominee soon. The Senate received paperwork formally withdrawing Antoni’s nomination on Tuesday. From AP’s Standards and Stylebook teams: The AP is…