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TILBURG, Netherlands (AP) — The southern Dutch city of Tilburg is seeing more color than usual this weekend, as thousands of redheads from all over the world gather in the Netherlands for a once-a-year festival to celebrate their flaming locks.The 2025 edition of the Redhead Days festival includes music, food trucks and workshops tailored to particular needs of redheads, from makeup explainers to skin cancer prevention. Organizers expect the three-day event to draw several thousand attendees from some 80 countries.Elounda Bakker, a Dutch festival veteran of 15 years, played cards with a group of redheaded friends from across the world…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It’s either a plan to save democracy from President Donald Trump’s attempts to rig elections or a power grab by Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Democrats.The race to define Newsom’s push to redraw California’s congressional map before the 2026 midterms is underway with about five weeks until voters can begin casting early ballots on Proposition 50. The prevailing narrative could determine which party controls the U.S. House for the last two years of Trump’s second term. Days into the campaign, supporters and opponents each brought in more than $10 million. That’s a fraction of the $100…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian president’s office on Saturday urged the U.S. government to reverse its unusual decision to revoke his visa, weeks before he was meant to appear at the U.N.’s main annual meeting and an international conference about creating a Palestinian state.The 27-nation European Union asked the Trump administration to reconsider the move, which drew broad criticism.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio rescinded the visas of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and 80 other officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, the State Department disclosed Friday, citing national security interests. Abbas…

Thoughts and prayers.The invocation appears like a litany after every mass shooting — and the backlash is just as inevitable.As if the slaughter of children amid screams and shattered stained glass wasn’t cause enough for grief, American opinion makers were convulsed once again this week in a debate over the role of prayer in the wake of a mass shooting, this time at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis.Those who support some legal restrictions on guns, often Democrats, say that Republican politicians who appeal to prayer are trying to distract from their own inaction on such things as red flag laws…

Bayern Munich have agreed a record loan deal of £13m for Chelsea striker Nicholas Jackson.Chelsea have accepted a loan with an option to buy in a deal that includes a €15m (£13m) upfront loan fee with an additional €65m (£56.2m) fixed fee and a sell-on clause. Jackson, who has agreed a contract with Bayern, was given permission by Chelsea to fly to Germany to have a medical and complete the deal.The 24-year-old had told Chelsea earlier this month that he wanted to consider his options during the transfer window after the club signed strikers Joao Pedro and Liam Delap this…

Addressing recent anti-government demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Israeli President Isaac Herzog accused the world of hypocrisy: pushing Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza while failing to pressure Hamas.  His words captured not only the opposition’s mood, but also the success of the current government in creating a new Zionist ethos – one that relies on raw force, without even the pretence of moral justification.  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed this sentiment in an i24 interview, when asked about the idea of “Greater Israel”. His reply was blunt: “We are here.” These statements reflect a broad Israeli consensus: military force…

Key PointsThe Saudi Pro League is looking at privatization to bring it to greater heights.Football is a core part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, a sweeping plan to diversify its economy away from oil revenues and reposition the kingdom as a global cultural and commercial hub.The country is looking to professionalize its domestic league so it can compete with the big leagues. The Saudi Pro League’s 2023 spending spree put it on the global football map . A host of stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo joined the league — enticed by mammoth transfer fees to leave European football. It spent…

Spotify, Reddit and X have all implemented age assurance systems to prevent children from being exposed to inappropriate content.STR | Nurphoto via Getty ImagesThe global online safety movement has paved the way for a number of artificial intelligence-powered products designed to keep kids away from potentially harmful things on the internet.In the U.K., a new piece of legislation called the Online Safety Act imposes a duty of care on tech companies to protect children from age-inappropriate material, hate speech, bullying, fraud, and child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Companies can face fines as high as 10% of their global annual revenue…

KUWAIT:  Kuwait Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden Mohammad Hayati spoke highly of the efforts of ArkDes – the Swedish national museum of architecture and design, in preserving the historical documents.During his visit to the museum, located on Skeppsholmen Island – the cultural hub of Stockholm, on Friday, the Kuwaiti diplomat lauded the deep-rooted relations between his country and Sweden notably in the cultural and architectural areas. Kuwait Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden Mohammad Hayati visits ArkDes museum Kuwait Ambassador to the Kingdom of Sweden Mohammad Hayati visits ArkDes museum Ambassador Hayati was accompanied by Secretary-General of the Swedish…

The US is banking on a long-delayed radar overhaul to give its venerable B-52 bomber sharper eyes and longer reach, a modernization hailed as essential for keeping the Cold War giant relevant in the Pacific. At the same time, questions swirl around spiraling costs, mounting delays and uncertain survivability against China’s growing reach. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US Air Force is preparing to begin long-delayed flight testing of the AN/APQ-188 radar system for its fleet of 76 B-52H bombers, following years of cost overruns and schedule slips. The cost overruns represent a Nunn-McCurdy breach, which…