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TAN TAN, Morocco (AP) — The U.S. military is backing off its usual talk of good governance and countering insurgencies’ underlying causes, instead leaning into a message that its fragile allies in Africa must be ready to stand more on their own.At African Lion, its largest joint training exercise on the continent, that shift was clear: “We need to be able to get our partners to the level of independent operations,” Gen. Michael Langley said in an interview with The Associated Press.“There needs to be some burden sharing,” Langley, the U.S. military’s top official in Africa, said on Friday, the…

Bill ConnellyCloseBill ConnellyESPN Staff WriterBill Connelly is a writer for ESPN. He covers college football, soccer and tennis. He has been at ESPN since 2019.Alex KirklandMay 25, 2025, 06:30 AM ETFew players have a CV to match Xabi Alonso’s. Not only did he win multiple trophies at three of Europe’s biggest clubs — Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich — but he also anchored the midfield in Spain’s golden era, winning the FIFA World Cup and two UEFA European Championships.He was coached by some of this century’s elite managers: Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, José Mourinho and Rafa Benítez. Everybody loved…

CNN  —  A man was taken into police custody on Saturday after he broke the armrest off an ancient Vietnamese throne recognized as a ‘national treasure,’ Vietnamese state media reported. The throne dates back to the Nguyen Dynasty, the last royal dynasty of Vietnam, which lasted from 1802 to 1945. The Nguyen Dynasty established the city of Hue, in the center of the country, as the capital of Vietnam when it was in power, according to UNESCO. The city’s monuments, which include several royal palaces, ritual sites and tombs, have been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The throne that…

Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezMay 25, 2025, 06:25 AM ETXabi Alonso has been confirmed as Real Madrid’s new coach, taking over from Carlo Ancelotti for this summer’s Club World Cup.The 43-year-old, who made 236 appearances for Madrid as a player and began his coaching career at the club’s academy, joins Madrid after an impressive three-year spell at Bayer Leverkusen, where he won the Bundesliga.Having put pen to paper on a three-year deal until June 2028, he will take charge of the team starting with next month’s Club World Cup in the United States, ahead of the 2025-26 season and will be presented…

Algiers and Paris are locked in a familiar, almost ritualistic dance of diplomatic escalation.  Barely a week passes without a fresh contretemps, a new dispute injecting poison into their already volatile relationship.  The recent expulsion of French embassy staff by Algiers – a direct response to the arrest in Paris of an Algerian consulate official allegedly embroiled in a kidnapping case – is merely the latest step in this predictable tango.  France is expected to retaliate, prompting another counter-move from Algiers. This tempestuous je t’aime, moi non plus dynamic – a familiar love-hate relationship characterised by years of turbulence and…

Japan’s prime minister, Shigeru Ishiba.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJapanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Sunday said Tokyo aims to advance tariff talks with the United States, with the goal of achieving an outcome during the Group of Seven summit next month.Japan’s top tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa held a third round of Japan-U.S. talks in Washington on Friday.Speaking to reporters in Kyoto, Ishiba said there has been progress in negotiations, pointing to discussions on trade expansion, non-tariff measures and economic security.”We will continue to further refine our discussions with the G-7 summit in mind,” he said.Ishiba on Friday held a…

CNN  —  The bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier near the Swiss mountain of Rimpfischhorn, police announced on Sunday. The bodies were found after two other skiers raised the alarm, saying that they had seen skis at the foot of the summit of the mountain, but had not come across the owners of them, the police statement said. A rescue helicopter with medical professionals on board immediately flew over the area and the five bodies were “quickly discovered,” the statement continued. Three of the bodies were found some 500 meters (roughly 1640 ft) from where the…

A massive Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and other regions in the country for a second consecutive night, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens, officials said early Sunday.The scale of the onslaught was stunning — Russia hit Ukraine with 367 drones and missiles, making this the largest single aerial attack of the more than three-years-long war, according to Yuriy Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s Air Force.In all, Russia used 69 missiles of various types and 298 drones, including Iranian-designed Shahed drones, he told The Associated Press.It was “the most massive strike in terms of the number…

CNN  —  From day to day, Donald Trump’s second term often seems like a roman candle of grievance, with the administration spraying attacks in all directions on institutions and individuals the president considers hostile. Hardly a day goes by without Trump pressuring some new target: escalating his campaign against Harvard by trying to bar the university from enrolling foreign students; deriding musicians Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift on social media; and issuing barely veiled threats against Walmart and Apple around the companies’ responses to his tariffs. Trump’s panoramic belligerence may appear as to lack a more powerful unifying theme than…

Resilience to excellence.Arsenal’s journey to becoming Queens of Europe has been far from simple. A season of setbacks, especially in the Champions League, would be enough to break most teams, but not Arsenal. I’ve been lucky enough to be around the team all week and all season. When they said they believed they could beat the all-conquering Barcelona you could tell it was genuine.No side has gone from the start of the Champions League qualifying rounds to the final, never mind win the whole competition.They lost the first leg against Hacken during qualifying but made it through. They lost 5-2…