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Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault at Southwark Crown Court.The 32-year-old is accused of raping two women, as well as sexually assaulting a third woman.The alleged offences took place between 2021 and 2022, when he was an Arsenal player.Partey spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and his not guilty pleas during a short hearing on Wednesday.The Ghanaian midfielder, who now plays for Spanish club Villarreal, faces trial under a High Court judge at the same court on November 2 next year.Partey was first…

TOKYO — As Kazuo Ueda mulls whether to hike interest rates this week, a powerful constituency is staring back at the Bank of Japan governor: the “bond vigilantes.” Very few think Ueda’s BOJ will hike rates on Friday, despite Japanese policymakers going out of their way to claim the rate “normalization” process remains on track. The reason has less to do with tepid growth or lackluster consumer spending. Rather, it’s Tokyo’s titanically large public debt and the fact that investors are increasingly concerned about it. “Japan is much closer to a debt crisis than people think,” argues economist Robin Brooks…

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Bad Bunny’s world once again. The Puerto Rican superstar leads the 2025 Latin Grammy nominations this year.His 12 nominations mean that he’s dethroned producer and songwriter Édgar Barrera — known for his work with Bad Bunny as well as Madonna, Karol G, Peso Pluma, Shakira, Grupo Frontera and beyond — who previously topped the list in 2023 and 2024 with 13 and 9 nominations, respectively. Don’t cry for him, though: Barrera is tied with Argentinian hip-hop duo CA7RIEL & Paco Amoroso for the second most nominations. They have 10 each.The Latin Recording Academy announced this…

Spain’s refereeing committee has admitted that Dean Huijsen should not have been sent off in Real Madrid’s 2-1 win at Real Sociedad on Saturday.The centre-back was shown a straight red card in the 32nd minute of the LaLiga game at the Reale Arena for a challenge on forward Mikel Oyarzabal near the halfway line, with referee Jesus Gil interpreting that Huijsen was the last defender, denying a clear goalscoring opportunity.Coach Xabi Alonso said the official’s post-match explanation “didn’t convince me much,” while Real Madrid TV announced that the club was now “compiling a dossier” on refereeing errors over the last…

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday appointed a former rival as the new security minister following deadly protests that have been viewed as one of the toughest tests for his presidency.Subianto, a wealthy ex-general, designated retired Gen. Djamari Chaniago, 77, as the coordinating minister of politics and security to replace Budi Gunawan, who was removed from Subianto’s Cabinet earlier this month without a successor, ending days of speculation about a replacement.Gunawan was removed after violent protests swept across Indonesia and left 10 people dead in late August. Public outrage flared in the world’s third-largest democracy after…

Sep 17, 2025, 05:11 AM ETManchester United revealed record revenues of £666.5 million ($909m) for last season but still reported a loss of £33m for the financial year.United were without Champions League football in 2024-25 — which cost them just short of £50m — and stumbled to their lowest top-flight finish in 51 years.But United still saw revenue marginally increase by 0.7% to £666.5m, with the accounts for the year ending June 30, 2025, showing their operating loss fell from £69.3m to £18.4m compared to the previous 12 months.Overall losses dropped from £113.2m to £33m after co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe…

LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) — When Lena Astilli first bought her home outside of Denver, she had no interest in matching the wall-to-wall green lawns that dominated her block. She wanted native plants — the kind she remembered and loved as a child in New Mexico, that require far less water and have far more to offer insects and birds that are in decline.“A monoculture of Kentucky bluegrass is not helping anybody,” Astilli said. After checking several nurseries before finding one that had what she wanted, she has slowly been reintroducing those native plants to her yard.Though Astilli was replacing grass…

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump received a royal reception at Windsor Castle on Wednesday, but beyond the castle walls many others did not welcome his unprecedented second state visit.Several thousand people marched through central London to protest his trip, which includes a lavish banquet in his honor hosted by King Charles III and a meeting with Prime Minister Keir Starmer.Carrying banners reading “No to the racism, no to Trump,” the crowd, organized by the Stop Trump U.K. coalition, headed down Regent Street on their way to Parliament. Some carried small versions of the giant Trump baby blimp, an…

Robotaxi leader Waymo on Wednesday announced that its driverless vehicles will begin transporting passengers in Nashville, Tennessee, next year while heading in a new direction by teaming up with Lyft instead of its recent ride-hailing partner Uber.The Nashville plan calls for robotaxi ride requests to initially be limited to Waymo’s own mobile app before expanding on to Lyft’s app later next year.Waymo’s decision to work with Lyft in Tennessee’s biggest city means its robotaxis will now be available on the apps of the two largest ride-hailing services in the U.S.As part of earlier expansions, Waymo is already dispatching robotaxis through…

Sam MarsdenMoises LlorensSep 17, 2025, 04:43 AM ETLamine Yamal has been ruled out of Barcelona’s Champions League opener against Newcastle United on Thursday after failing to recover from a groin injury in time.Yamal, 18, went into the international break last week managing some pain and took painkillers to feature in Spain’s World Cup qualifiers against Bulgaria and Turkey.He was subsequently forced to miss Barça’s 6-0 LaLiga win against Valencia last weekend and has not trained this week.As a result, he has not been named in the squad which flies to Newcastle on Wednesday.”For me, it’s a shame he’s not playing,”…