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Are the warning lights flashing for Vinícius Junior?On top of his recent display of petulance at Real Madrid, are there grounds for the fear, expressed by leading Brazilian journalist Marcelo Barreto, that the star is caught up in a spiral of “Neymar-ization?”Brazil manager Carlo Ancelotti is unflustered. “His personal life is his own,” the former Madrid coach said as he called up the squad for the coming friendlies against Senegal and Tunisia.”I’m not his father. I’m not his brother. I just want to be his coach.”- Ballon d’Or favorite to Real Madrid bench: Vini Jr.’s tale of two years- 2026…

Howard Webb’s defence on Tuesday’s edition of Match Officials Mic’d Up for why Virgil van Dijk’s goal against Manchester City was disallowed is unlikely to have appeased Liverpool fans still aggrieved at the decision.But while focus has understandably shifted onto Webb’s description of the decision as “reasonable”, there was another altogether more standout insight into the match officials’ decision-making process during the programme. Namely, that the decision to rule out the goal was effectively made, contrary to Sky Sports’ previous reporting of the incident, by assistant referee Stuart Burt rather than referee Chris Kavanagh, VAR Michael Oliver or assistant VAR…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Wednesday’s newspapers…Premier LeagueRuben Amorim was brutal in his criticism of Manuel Ugarte in a now-infamous team meeting after Manchester United’s Europa League final loss to Tottenham – The Athletic Wayne Rooney has put the boot into Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk once again, saying “I don’t think he’s been at the level this season”. – The SunFormer Manchester United defender Axel Tuanzebe, now of Burnley, is pushing ahead with a £1m lawsuit as he sues the club for alleged ‘clinical negligence’ in relation to ‘medical advice’ he received – Daily MailRaheem Sterling was…

Qualification is secured – now the planning really starts. Thomas Tuchel’s first tournament with England is just seven months away, and there is work to do.The Three Lions secured their spot at the 2026 World Cup with two qualifying games to spare. Those matches are at home to Serbia in November and away to Albania on Sunday. Tuchel will then have international camps in March and June to decide his best England formula. But what places are still up for grabs?Sky Sports’ football writers have been deciding what team Tuchel should pick – and every writer picked the following six…

 KUWAIT, Nov 12: 1962 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed the election law, whereby a 21-year citizen would be entitled to vote in the country’s 10 constituencies, each represented by five members in the parliament.1964 — Kuwait Amir Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed a decree to supervise remittances.1989 — Peace and Friendship Games concluded in Kuwait with the participation of 44 Arab and Islamic countries. Kuwait won first place in the volleyball, basketball and handball competitions.1998 — Kuwait national soccer team won the 14th Gulf Cup, held in Bahrain. This was Kuwait’s ninth title in the tournament.2008 –…

Masayoshi Son’s sudden U-turn on chipmaking sensation Nvidia is fueling a bull market in questions about what, oh what, the SoftBank founder is thinking. The popular theory is that Japan’s richest man is selling his stake — savvily pocketing US$5.8 billion — to bankroll other artificial intelligence (AI) investments. It follows that Son isn’t making a statement about Nvidia’s future so much as reacting to SoftBank’s constraints. Son, the thinking goes, is merely freeing liquidity to go big on the next boom in the AI capital cycle. Yet it’s hard not to see Son’s exit as a statement on the super-pricey…

For the second time in two years, hundreds of mostly Western public intellectuals have published an open letter calling for a ban or moratorium on artificial superintelligence (ASI) until there is a broad scientific consensus that it can be done safely and controllably. Western concerns about AI’s trajectory stand in contrast to Chinese discourse, which assumes that technology must serve the collective common good through careful governance. AI is seen first and foremost as a tool for technological advancement. Between these two positions lies a third possibility: a cybernetic ethics of intention that integrates the ethical awareness of the West…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan opened a probe Wednesday into the suicide bombing outside an Islamabad district court that left 12 dead the day before, underscoring the challenges facing the government as it struggles with militant attacks, border tensions and a fragile ceasefire with Afghanistan. The attack at the court, located on the edge of the city and next to a residential area, also raised alarms that despite multiple operations by the security forces to crush the militants, they are still capable of mounting high-profile bombings in the Pakistani capital. Authorities have struggled with a surge in militant attacks in recent…

TOKYO (AP) — World shares have advanced, with markets in Europe and most of Asia higher after the Dow industrials hit a fresh record as technology shares appeared to recover from last week’s swoon over the future of artificial intelligence.France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.5% to 8,193.98, while the German DAX surged nearly 1.1% to 24,357.28. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.1% to 9,906.82. The future for the S&P 500 rose 0.4% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%.In Asian trading, Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.4% to finish at 51,063.31. SoftBank Group’s shares fell 3.5%, plunging as…

BEIJING (AP) — Spanish King Felipe VI and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed agreements on language exchanges and other areas Wednesday as both sides vowed to strengthen their cooperation. The monarch’s visit comes as Spain, the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy, continues its courtship of China and Chinese investment while the relationship with the United States is strained under President Donald Trump. In April, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, head of the country’s government, made his third visit to China in as many years. Spain is one of the more friendly countries to China relative to others in the European Union in…