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Nov 10, 2025, 05:09 AM ETKevin Mac Allister, the older brother of Liverpool midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, has received his first call-up to Argentina’s national team.The Union St.-Gilloise defender was named as a late replacement for Chelsea’s Enzo Fernández, who is out with a knee injury.He will join his brother and Argentina’s squad in training in Alicante, Spain, this week ahead of the team’s international friendly against Angola on Nov. 14 in Luanda.Kevin Mac Allister will be joined on Argentina duty by his brother Kevin. GettyKevin, 28, thanked his Union St.-Gilloise teammates for helping him achieve “a dream.””I just want to…

KUWAIT: Hawalli Governorate on Monday launched an awareness campaign at Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre under patronage and attendance of Acting Hawalli Governor and Governor of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Sheikh Sabah Bader Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah.In his opening speech, he said the campaign, branded “Hawalli is Safe”, represents a pioneering step to enhance community security and raise awareness on crime prevention and highlighting the importance of compliance with modern laws in an era of evolving threats including cybercrime.He added the initiative seeks to instill a proactive approach prioritizing awareness over punishment, noting panel discussions addressed traffic safety and consequences, key legal…

Hearts remain unbeaten in the Scottish Premiership but Derek McInnes pointed to a “lack of quality” as they dropped points again, while wins for Celtic and Rangers saw their lead at the top cut. Hearts head into the international break seven points ahead of the Hoops, with Rangers a further six points behind. Both Old Firm sides also have a game in hand. Celtic have won back-to-back league games since Martin O’Neill took interim charge and Rangers have made it three in a row under Danny Röhl. Yes, O’Neill could be gone tomorrow and Röhl is still finding his feet,…

Sky Sports columnist Laura Hunter analyses the big talking points from the latest Women’s Super League matches, bringing you closer to the key stories at the heart of the women’s game.Arsenal robbed, but implications are bigger”We sell our game short”, said Emma Hayes. “I feel like second-class citizens.” That was four years ago, when the former Chelsea boss – now head coach of the US national team – made a plea for technology to be introduced in the women’s game after falling foul of a controversial goal in a 3-2 loss to Arsenal back in 2021. The debate has rumbled…

BERLIN (AP) — A man under investigation in the 2007 disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann is allowed to leave Germany, a court said Monday, overturning one of the conditions under which he was released after serving a sentence in an unrelated case.The German national, who has been identified by media as Christian Brückner, was released in mid-September after serving a sentence that stemmed from his 2019 conviction for the rape of a 72-year-old American woman in Portugal. A court in Hildesheim at the time imposed conditions for a five-year period, including that he wear an electronic ankle monitor and…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed 20 Pakistani Taliban insurgents in raids on hideouts in the northwest region bordering Afghanistan, the military said Monday, as tensions between the two countries escalated. Pakistan and Afghanistan blamed each other for the collapse of a third round of peace talks in Istanbul over the weekend. The negotiations, facilitated by Qatar and Turkey, began last month following deadly border clashes that killed dozens of soldiers and civilians on both sides.Pakistan’s military described the slain militants as “Khwarij,” a term the government uses for the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP, which is designated as…

 KUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi affirmed Monday that the third expansion of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Specialized Hospital for Children stands as a distinguished model of cooperation between the public and private sectors.In a statement on the sidelines of the foundation- stone-laying ceremony at Sabah Medical Area, Dr. Al-Awadhi said the new expansion meets the latest international standards.It includes five floors with 66 beds in intensive care units, private rooms, emergency wards, and laboratories. The project observes infection-control measures and provides a child-friendly environment that supports both psychological and health needs, he noted. NBK Group Chief…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots, which have been a target of President Donald Trump.The justices took up an appeal from Mississippi after a panel of three judges nominated by the Republican president on the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year that the state law allowing ballots that arrive shortly after Election Day to be counted violated federal law. Mississippi is among 18 states and the District of Columbia that accept mailed ballots received after Election Day as long as the ballots are…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.The justices, without comment, turned away an appeal from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky court clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the high court’s 2015 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges. Davis had been trying to get the court to overturn a lower-court order for her to pay $360,000 in damages and attorney’s fees to a couple denied a marriage license.Her lawyers repeatedly invoked the words of Justice Clarence Thomas, who alone among the nine justices…

VENICE, Italy (AP) — The storied Venetian opera house La Fenice is locked in a dispute with its workers over the appointment of a young and telegenic music director with ties to Premier Giorgia Meloni but none with the musicians with whom she has been hired to construct the theater’s musical future.La Fenice’s general manager, Nicola Colabianchi, who joined the theater in March, has defended his choice of 35-year-old Beatrice Venezi, saying her youthful energy will bring a new audience to the theater where Giuseppe Verdi premiered “Rigoletto’’ and “La Traviata’’ more than 170 years ago.“She’s young and dynamic, she’s…