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ROME (AP) — Millions of tourists visit the Colosseum and Sistine Chapel each year, yet only a tiny fraction ever step inside the gilded halls of Rome’s most exclusive site: the Colonna Palace.The private home-museum hides in plain sight, spread out in four wings over an entire block in the city center. Its owners cling to their cloistered ways, keeping the baroque palace’s paintings, sculptures, busts, tapestries and 76-meter (249-foot) Great Hall far from most prying eyes. Doors open to small groups, 10 people at a time, guided by art historians for a few hours on Friday and Saturday mornings.“We…
HALVALA, Finland (AP) — A ceasefire in Ukraine is unlikely before the spring and European allies need to keep up support despite a corruption scandal that has engulfed Kyiv, President Alexander Stubb of Finland told The Associated Press. Europe, meanwhile, will require ‘’sisu,’’ a Finnish word meaning endurance, resilience and grit, to get through the winter months, he said, as Russia continues its hybrid attacks and information war across the continent.Stubb also needs that quality as one of the key European interlocutors between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As the leader of one of Europe’s smaller…
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos gathered Sunday in the capital in the largest rally so far to demand accountability for a flood-control corruption scandal that has implicated powerful members of Congress and top government officials.Various groups have protested in recent months following the discovery that thousands of flood defense projects across one of the world’s most typhoon-prone countries were substandard, incomplete or simply did not exist.Government engineers, public works officials and construction company executives have testified under oath in hearings by the Senate and a fact-finding commission that members of Congress and officials at the Department…
A goal and assist from Gio Reyna, who was making his first start since July 2024, led the U.S. men’s national team to a 2-1 win against Paraguay on Saturday at Chester, Pennsylvania’s Subaru Park.Kicking off with Reyna’s headed effort that found the back of the net in the fourth minute, the USMNT rapidly took charge before the South Americans found a response shortly afterward. In the 10th minute, Alex Arce leveled the scoreline through a headed effort of his own that made it 1-1.Despite more possession and shots in the first half, the U.S. entered the midway break with…
DUKOVANY NUCLEAR PLANT, Czech Republic (AP) — The eight huge cooling towers of the Dukovany power plant overlook a construction site for two more reactors as the Czech Republic pushes ahead with plans to expand its reliance on nuclear energy.Mobile drilling rigs have been extracting samples 140 meters below ground for a geological survey to make sure the site is suitable for a $19 billion project as part of the expansion that should eventually at least double the country’s nuclear output and cement its place among Europe’s most nuclear-dependent nations.South Korea’s KHNP beat France’s EDF in a tender to construct…
Scotland’s World Cup dream could be realised at Hampden Park next week. 1998 was the last time the Tartan Army partied at football’s biggest tournament – Steve Clarke has them believing the long absence is about to end. There is just one game left in Group C, with automatic qualification remaining a possibility. Clarke’s side have beaten Belarus twice, won against Greece at Hampden but fell to defeat in Piraeus and held Denmark to a goalless draw away from home.Now they will need to beat Denmark on November 18 to top their World Cup qualifying group for the first time…
Scotland’s World Cup dream could be realised at Hampden Park next week. 1998 was the last time the Tartan Army partied at football’s biggest tournament – Steve Clarke has them believing the long absence is about to end. There is just one game left in Group C, with automatic qualification remaining a possibility. Clarke’s side have beaten Belarus twice, won against Greece at Hampden but fell to defeat in Piraeus and held Denmark to a goalless draw away from home.Now they will need to beat Denmark on November 18 to top their World Cup qualifying group for the first time…
The top stories and transfer rumours from Sunday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueSir Alex Ferguson has lauded the impact of summer signing Senne Lammens as the legendary Manchester United boss expressed optimism at the club’s recent form – Mail on Sunday Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Take a look at some of the best bits from Manchester United’s 2025-26 summer signings Crystal Palace wing-back Daniel Munoz has admitted that playing for Manchester United would be a ‘dream come true’ – Mail on SundayManchester United are ramping up their interest in Nottingham Forest star Elliot Anderson next summer, reports…
Published 52 minutes ago By Sam WilliamsSee our round-up of Liverpool players’ involvement in Saturday’s international fixtures…Alexander Isak made his first appearance following injury in Sweden’s defeat by Switzerland in World Cup qualifying. The striker, who had not played since sustaining an issue during the Reds’ Champions League win at Eintracht Frankfurt three-and-a-half weeks ago, was brought off the bench just after the hour of his side’s 4-1 loss in Geneva. Andy Robertson and Giorgi Mamardashvili were also in World Cup qualifying action. Robertson provided an assist in Scotland’s 3-2 loss away to Greece, for whom Kostas Tsimikas started.However, Scotland…
Giovanni Reyna scored during his return to the starting lineup, and Folarin Balogun added a second goal late as the United States continued to ramp up preparations for next year’s World Cup with a 2-1 win over Paraguay in Chester, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.Reyna, who has dealt with a thigh injury and a lack of playing time at the club level, was reinserted into the starting lineup Saturday for the first time since July 1, 2024, against Uruguay in the Copa América. Playing two days after his 23rd birthday, Reyna scored in the fourth minute of his first start for club or…