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May 22, 2025, 03:05 AM ETFormer Tottenham Hotspur player Gareth Bale has joked that ‘Spursy’ — a term used for the club’s habit of getting to the brink of victory only to lose — will become “Unitedy” after their Europa League final win over Manchester United.Spurs beat United 1-0 in Bilbao on Wednesday to win their first trophy in 17 years. The north London club immediately took to social media, posting a picture of the trophy celebrations with the caption “Spursy.”Bale, who played for Tottenham for six years before joining Real Madrid, reacted by joking: “It could be a ‘Unitedy’…

London CNN  —  A judge temporarily blocked the British government’s plans to hand control of the strategically significant Chagos Islands to Mauritius on Thursday, an 11th-hour legal twist to an effort that has been intensely controversial in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Prime Minister Keir Starmer intends to return the islands to the African country, while maintaining control of the US-UK Diego Garcia military base, and it had been expected that the deal would be signed off on Thursday. But shortly after 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET on Wednesday), a judge blocked the government from…

Reuters  —  Manny Pacquiao will come out of retirement to face Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight championship on July 19 in Las Vegas, the 46-year-old Filipino boxer said on Wednesday. Pacquiao is the only boxer to win world championships in a record eight weight divisions while he was also the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40 in 2019. A Filipino senator from 2016 to 2022, Pacquiao had retired from boxing in 2021 while he also ran for president in 2022. “I’m back. On July 19, I return to the ring to face WBC Welterweight…

CNN  —  Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League final on Wednesday in Bilbao, Spain. The victory secured Spurs their first title in 17 years. Athletic Bilbao’s Estadio de San Mamés was full of tears of joy from Tottenham fans clad in white and players alike at the full-time whistle as the team abolished the reputation for not finishing big matches. It’s a major moment for Spurs as they win the club’s first trophy since 2008 and first continental silverware since the 1983-84 season. The north London club has struggled to shake off the reputation of…

Echoing Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” and reviving Cold War fears, US President Donald Trump’s US$175 billion Golden Dome missile defense initiative is being billed as America’s ultimate defense.But will Trump’s big-ticket plan offer real protection against Chinese, Russian and North Korean long-range missiles or is the Golden Dome more Trumpian political theater?Modeled loosely on Israel’s Iron Dome but far more ambitious, Golden Dome would integrate ground-based and space-based systems to detect and intercept missiles, including hypersonics, multiple media sources reported.The plan, initiated by executive order in January and formally unveiled by Trump this week, envisions a “system of systems” involving…

CNN  —  It’s the new Hunger Games of world politics — the televised Oval Office take-down by President Donald Trump. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was the latest leader to become a MAGA prop Wednesday, as Trump lectured him on false claims that White South African farmers are the victims of a genocide. Foreign leaders now enter the hallowed lair of the US president — who runs press conferences like they’re WWE cage matches — at their peril. Trump’s dressings-down are a metaphor for a US foreign policy that is erratic, politicized and awash in conspiracy theories. As Ukraine and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two staff members of the Israeli embassy in Washington were fatally shot Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested, police said.The attack was seen by officials in Israel and the U.S. as the latest in a growing wave of antisemitism as Israel ramps up its offensive in the Gaza Strip, and as food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless Israel’s blockade ends.Here’s what we know:What happened?The two victims, a man and a woman, were leaving an event at…

CNN  —  An Indian passenger jet that encountered a hailstorm mid-flight and left passengers terrified, made a safe landing, despite significant damage to the plane. The IndiGo plane was traveling from Indian capital New Delhi to Srinagar, the largest city in India-administered Kashmir on Wednesday – a flight that typically takes about an hour and a half – when it was met with “a sudden hailstorm en route,” according to a statement from IndiGo. “The flight and cabin crew followed established protocol, and the aircraft landed safely in Srinagar,” it said. The statement did not specify what damage the plane…

CNN  —  With the Knicks up 14 points with less than three minutes to go, the New York faithful had the “The World’s Most Famous Arena” buzzing. That was until, Aaron Nesmith and Tyrese Haliburton helped the Indiana Pacers pull off the unthinkable. The Indiana duo helped lead the Pacers to a miracle comeback, downing the Knicks 138-135 in overtime to take Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. The 25-year-old Nesmith, a former first round pick of the Boston Celtics, caught fire from long range, knocking down five 3-pointers in the final…

CNN  —  A key House committee voted late Wednesday evening to advance President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda to the House floor after marathon proceedings that lasted almost 22 hours, setting up a high-stakes vote in the chamber and a showdown between warring wings of the Republican conference. The vote came after House Republicans released a package of major changes to the sweeping domestic policy bill earlier in the evening that reflect days of negotiations from GOP leaders in an effort to win over key holdouts. House GOP leaders are racing to bring the bill to the floor for a full…