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Azmanl | E+ | Getty ImagesAs a certified financial planner and personal finance reporter, I spend a lot of time thinking about saving money on rising medical expenses. Health insurance is a key employee benefit, and many workers don’t spend much time picking the right plan, surveys show.Nearly one-third of health insurance enrollees spent less than 30 minutes choosing a plan in 2024, according to an Employee Benefit Research Institute survey of more than 2,000 participants in fall 2024.Some 48% of millennials, my generation, admitted to “blindly” picking health plans because they didn’t understand them, a separate Justworks survey of nearly 4,200…

We are witnessing sanitascide, as Israel violently maims the host population while disabling the very infrastructure that supports life in the territorySince 7 October 2023, Gaza has experienced what Unrwa’s commissioner-general, Philippe Lazzarini, has described as a “pandemic of disabilities”, with thousands of Palestinians subjected to the horrors of limb amputation, spinal cord injury, life-changing burns and traumatic brain injury at the hands of Israeli occupying forces. There have been more than 4,500 documented amputations, and many thousands of cases of spinal and brain injuries, a disproportionate number afflicting children. A year ago, a World Health Organisation analysis estimated that between 13,455…

Palestine team members checked anxiously for news from home even while they were competing at the Para Cycling Road World Championships at the weekend. The two riders were part of the Gaza Sunbirds, a para cycling team established for Gaza residents who lost their limbs in conflicts with Israel. Mohammed Asfour nearly pulled out of Friday’s time trial in Ronse, Belgium, after being told his brother had just been killed. Frantic calls established the news wasn’t true.Team co-founder Alaa al-Dali also fears the worst every day having already lost family members in the almost 23-month war. Displaced from Rafah, al-Dali’s…

Emily KeoghSep 1, 2025, 06:28 AM ETCloseBased in London, Emily Keogh is ESPN’s women’s soccer correspondent, specializing in the WSL and UWCLAngel City forward Alyssa Thompson is set to miss Monday’s National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) meeting with Bay FC with an excused absence amid links with Women’s Super League (WSL) champions Chelsea.Disney+ becomes new home of Women’s Champions League in EuropeDisney+ will be the only place football fans can watch all 75 matches live each season. Visit the Disney+ website to get access. Reports surfaced last week that six-time domestic Champions Chelsea held interest in Thompson, 20, and that…

Bayer Leverkusen have sacked head coach Erik ten Hag after just three matches in charge.Ten Hag replaced Xabi Alonso as head coach in May and signed a two-year-contract. But Ten Hag’s stay at Leverkusen has been brief after a poor start to the 2025-26 season.Leverkusen won their DFB-Pokal first-round tie against fourth-tier SG Sonnenhof, but since that match on Aug. 15, the tenure of the former Manchester United manager tenure had turned sour. They lost their season opener against TSG Hoffenheim at home and then drew 3-3 with Werder Bremen on Saturday.The decision was made by the shareholders’ committee at…

XIt’s been a wild few days in football — not in terms of rumbling transfer sagas, VAR-related controversies or eyebrow-raising results, but in terms of a surprising amount of new music being released by active players.Monterrey defender Sergio Ramos has released a solo song entitled “Cibeles,” which appears to be a reference to the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid where Real famously celebrate all of their major trophies and titles, of which the 39-year-old veteran won many.Mi historia, mi música. // My story, my music. CIBELES 🎶 – August 3119h CEST 🇪🇸1PM ET 🇺🇸12PM CT 🇲🇽 pic.twitter.com/9anCsHpdzt— Sergio Ramos (@SergioRamos)…

Rob DawsonSep 1, 2025, 05:51 AM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsJadon Sancho is close to sealing a move to Aston Villa on a season-long loan from Manchester United, sources have told ESPN.Sources say that the agreement with Villa for Sancho is separate to negotiations around a possible deal for goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez.The 25-year-old will potentially be a free agent next summer, although United have an option to extend his contract by an additional 12 months until 2027.Sancho hasn’t featured for United since August 2023 following a fallout with then manager Erik ten Hag.Jadon Sancho is set to join Aston Villa on loan…

Picture taken on September 4, 2023 shows windmills at the Nysted Offshore Wind Farm constructed by Danish windpower giant Orsted in 2002-2003 in the Baltic Sea near Gedser in Denmark.Thomas Traasdahl | Afp | Getty ImagesNorwegian oil giant Equinor on Monday pledged to support Denmark’s Orsted with almost $1 billion of fresh capital, backing the beleaguered company amid sustained attacks on offshore wind projects from the Trump administration.In an apparent show of confidence in the world’s largest offshore wind developer, Equinor signaled its intention to participate in Orsted’s planned 60 billion Danish krone ($9.4 billion) rights issue and said it…

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin before a joint news conference following their meeting at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S., August 15, 2025. Gavriil Grigorov | Via ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he will punish Russia and President Vladimir Putin if Moscow doesn’t come to the table and agree to peace talks or a ceasefire with Ukraine.Russia has shown no signs of intending to do either, instead continuing and increasing its attacks on Ukraine as it looks to consolidate gains on the battlefield.And still, Trump is holding off on releasing a…

Manchester City are closing in on the signing of PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.The club are increasingly confident of agreeing terms with the player, with the framework of a deal between the clubs agreed in principle. There is still work to do, however, and anything can happen on Deadline Day.In turn, Fenerbahce are getting closer to agreeing a deal to sign Ederson.Man City will only sanction an exit for Ederson if they sign Donnarumma as his replacement before Monday’s 7pm deadline. Ederson joined Man City in the summer of 2017 for £35m from Portuguese club Benfica. He has made 372 appearances,…