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Sep 18, 2025, 03:58 AM ETParis Saint-Germain coach Luis Enrique has said he “wouldn’t dare” watch from the stands his team play in their next two outings.The French giants visit bitter rivals Marseille in Sunday’s league game at the Stade Vélodrome and travel to Spain to take on Luis Enrique’s former club Barcelona on Oct. 1.Luis Enrique observed the first half of Wednesday’s Champions League 4-0 triumph against Atalanta from up in the stands rather than down on the sidelines to get a broader view of the game just as he had done in Sunday’s 2-0 league win against Lens.Asked…

Sep 18, 2025, 03:28 AM ETHarry Kane has said the Champions League offers more opportunities to score than the Bundesliga after bagging two goals in Bayern Munich’s 3-1 win over Chelsea on Wednesday.The England star tucked away a penalty after he was brought down by Moisés Caicedo, then capitalised on teammates’ pressure on Malo Gusto when the ball fell kindly for him to fire inside the far post.”I always feel like in the Champions League you create maybe more chances than the Bundesliga, the games are maybe a bit more open, and that suits me,” Kane told broadcaster DAZN.”Hopefully I…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators said Thursday that they have requested an arrest warrant for the leader of the Unification Church. The announcement came a day after they questioned her about allegations that the church bribed the wife of jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol and a conservative lawmaker.The church leader, Hak Ja Han, is the 82-year-old widow of the church’s South Korean founder, Sun Myung Moon. She and the church have denied allegations they bribed Yoon’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, and the lawmaker.Park Sang-jin, an investigator involved in the case, told The Associated Press that a…

Surprisingly, investors around the world have largely overlooked the positive mood music emerging from US–China trade negotiations. Markets everywhere have yet to price in the upside. This complacency is striking as the two largest economies inch toward a trade settlement that promises big gains on both sides of the Pacific. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer have spent months in on-again, off-again discussions with Beijing. This latest round, set for Spain this weekend, however, feels different.  A reciprocal-tariff truce now extends to November. Sensitive issues, including technology transfers, industrial overcapacity and data rules, are finally on the table…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian prosecutors said they uncovered a Russia-linked network of suspects who are alleged to have planned and organized arson attacks in various European countries.The prosecutor general’s office in Vilnius said in a statement Wednesday, the suspects are said to have sent packages containing homemade explosive devices to other European Union countries and the United Kingdom via courier services, on behalf of the Russian secret service. The highly flammable incendiary devices with timed detonators were hidden inside massage cushions and tubes of cosmetics.A total of 15 people — citizens of Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Ukraine —are…

TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — In Ghana’s coastal mangroves, women are making efforts to sustain oyster farming, a key livelihood in coastal mangroves. Hundreds of women in the West African nation were trained in eco-friendly farming methods for oysters, including mangrove planting and preservation, but one such program has ended amid U.S. aid cuts. Despite this, efforts to protect mangroves are showing results even as mangrove depletion forces the female farmers to dive deeper for oysters. Women harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey, Ghana, Aug. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu) Women harvest oysters in the Densu estuary in Tsokomey,…

TSOKOMEY, Ghana (AP) — Beatrice Nutekpor weaves through the mangroves in Tsokomey community, just outside of Ghana’s capital of Accra, every day to harvest oysters for sale. It’s a family tradition she’s been doing since she was 15. Now 45, she is struggling to sustain the practice and pass it to her daughter.In Ghana’s coastal mangroves, oyster farming has been a key source of livelihood dominated for ages by women. Hundreds of women were trained in eco-friendly farming methods for oysters, including mangrove planting and preservation, and selective oyster harvesting, to lessen the impact of climate change. Mangroves, trees or…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Exhaustion, despair and anger are grinding away at Ne’man Abu Jarad. Once again, for the 11th time, he and his family have been forced to uproot and move across the Gaza Strip.“It’s a renewal of the torture. We’re not being displaced, we’re dying,” Ne’man said last week as the family packed up their possessions and tents in Gaza City to escape escalating Israel bombardment ahead of a planned invasion of the city. Members of the Abu Jarad family unload their belongings from a truck in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sept. 10, 2025, after fleeing…

Sep 17, 2025, 08:24 PM ETThe Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled that former Barcelona and Brazil star Dani Alves must pay $2.2 million to Liga MX’s Pumas UNAM after the case over the club’s termination of his contract in 2023 went to arbitration.The decision overturns a ruling in May from FIFA’s Football Tribunal, which initially ruled against Pumas, deciding that the club’s claim against the player would only be “partially accepted” through a payment of “USD 159,677 as compensation for breach of contract, plus 5% interest” from Alves to the Liga MX team.Dani Alves won an appeal…

Lizzy BecheranoMoises LlorensSep 17, 2025, 08:21 PM ETLionel Messi and Inter Miami are close to finalizing a new multiyear contract for the club captain with just a few details left to be agreed upon, sources told ESPN.The two parties are in the final stages of the negotiation process, as sources confirm that the deal is expected to be done soon.Once agreed upon by Messi and Inter Miami, the contract will be sent to Major League Soccer for final approval.Despite previous reports linking Messi to clubs in other leagues, both Miami and the Argentina captain had said they remained interested in…