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Joshua Kimmich said Bayern Munich’s Champions League clash with Arsenal on Nov. 26 will be a true measure of Vincent Kompany’s team after a 2-1 win against Paris Saint-Germain extended their winning start to the season to 16 games.Two goals from Luis Díaz, who was sent off before halftime for a dangerous challenge on Achraf Hakimi, proved enough for Bayern to clam the win, despite a late PSG fight back sparked by a João Neves goal on 74 minutes.But Bayern’s victory in Paris consolidated top spot in the League Phase, ahead of Arsenal on goal difference following the Gunners’ 3-0…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that the harassment she suffered from a drunk man in the street near Mexico’s seat of government was an assault on all women and that’s why she decided to press charges against him.Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada had announced overnight that the man had been arrested.In a video circulating widely on social platforms, the man appeared to lean in for a kiss and touch the president’s body with his hands on Tuesday. She gently pushed his hands away, maintaining a stiff smile as she turned to face him. She could…

CUSCO, Peru (AP) — When Uriel plans his work schedule late in summer near his village in the Peruvian mountains, his first decision is usually which friend’s salt pond he will work that day. In keeping with “ayni,” an ancient Quechua word that means mutual aid, villagers take turns helping each other collect their salt once a month during dry season.“Today we worked on my ponds, and tomorrow we will work on my friends’ ponds,” said Uriel, whose family has been in the salt mining business for four generations.Uriel, who preferred to give only his first name, is among locals…

MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (AP) — On a sunny fall morning, children wearing helmets and backpacks gathered with their parents in Montclair, New Jersey, for a group bicycle ride to two local elementary schools. Volunteers in orange safety vests made sure everyone assembled in a neighborhood shopping area was ready before the riders set off on their 5-mile “bike bus” route.Every few blocks, more adults and kids on bikes joined in. Eventually, the group grew to over 350 people. Older students chatted with friends, while younger ones focused on pedaling. Cars along the way stopped to let the line of cyclists…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A week before what the Indigenous Krenak people now call “the death of the river,” they say they could feel it coming. The birds stopped singing, the air grew heavy, and an unusual silence settled over their village in Minas Gerais, a southeastern Brazilian state where forested hills give way to the winding Doce River.Then, on Nov. 5, 2015, the mud came.A mining dam owned by Samarco — a joint venture between Brazilian company Vale and Anglo-Australian giant BHP Billiton — burst upstream near the town of Mariana, unleashing a torrent of toxic iron ore waste.…

Google Maps is heading in a new direction with artificial intelligence sitting in the passenger’s seat.Fueled by Google’s Gemini AI technology, the world’s most popular navigation app will become a more conversational companion as part of a redesign announced Wednesday.The hands-free experience is meant to turn Google Maps into something more like an insightful passenger able to direct a driver to a destination while also providing nearby recommendations on places to eat, shop or sightsee, when asked for the advice.“No fumbling required — now you can just ask,” Google promised in a blog post about the app makeover.The AI features…

Bitcoin, ethereum and the stablecoin USDT are promoted at a cryptocurrency store in Hong Kong on July 29, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyAmerica’s AI competition with China is coming for cryptocurrencies.At least that’s what U.S. President Donald Trump suggested following his meeting last Thursday with Chinese President Xi Jinping — a trade negotiation closely watched around the world.”I wanna make crypto great for America,” Trump told CBS News.…

Cristiano Ronaldo told Piers Morgan his legacy will not be defined by whether or not he wins the FIFA World Cup.A five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Ronaldo has 952 career goals and is the all-time leading scorer in men’s international football with 143 goals.The World Cup is the only major trophy missing in his distinguished career.”If you ask me, Cristiano, is it a dream to win the World Cup? No, it’s not a dream,” Ronaldo, 40, said in a clip of the full interview that will be released later on Thursday.Cristiano Ronaldo said winning the 2026 World Cup doesn’t ‘define’ him. Photo…

LONDON — Unless you are the sort of person who wants to stand on the streets of Pamplona and feel the snort of a raging bull on your face as it passes within an inch of your precious flesh and bone, opportunities for real-life thrills in the modern world are increasingly hard to come by.The dulling effects of relentless scrolling mean we now experience these primal charges through, for example, 10-second clips of a mechanical crusher squashing various household items into smithereens. They’re good, but they’re not real.A fascination with displays of destructive power is, to varying degrees, a trait…

 NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait on Wednesday described the repeated violations against journalists and media institutions in the occupied Palestinian territories as a “blatant assault on press freedom”. This came in a statement delivered by Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of the State of Kuwait to the United Nations, Abdulrahman Al-Ajmi at the UN Fourth Committee on Media-related Matters.Al-Ajmi said that Kuwait strongly condemned the practices of the Israeli occupation, which aimed to silence the free Palestinian voice and erase the harsh humanitarian realities in the occupied territories.He noted to the sharp increase in such violations in recent…