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Oct 30, 2025, 03:59 AM ETArne Slot insisted his Liverpool team selection in the Carabao Cup defeat was about protecting key players, like Alexander Isak, from injury.Liverpool’s bad run of form extended to a sixth defeat in seven games when Crystal Palace ran out 3-0 winners at Anfield on Wednesday.Slot rotated his starting XI with 10 changes from their most recent Premier League match against Brentford. Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were notably absent from the squad.”Everybody can have [an] opinion about it, but with the squad we have — maybe 15, 16 first-team players available — this is…

The Google corporate office at The Hub building in Warsaw, Poland on Sept. 16th, 2025. Beata Zawrze | Nurphoto | Getty Images The news cycle barely stopped to breathe today.First, Trump meets Xi.U.S. President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday, during which he struck a 1-year rare earths agreement with China and lowered fentanyl-related tariffs on Beijing to 10% from 20%, effective immediately.China, in return, will resume buying soybeans and other agricultural products from America, Trump added.Second, interest rates.The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered rates by 25 basis points, as expected by traders. But Chair…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says 15-year-old Max Dowman feels ready to start in the Premier League and Champions League after he made history in the 2-0 victory over Brighton in the Carabao Cup fourth-round. The teenager, already the second-youngest player in the Premier League and Arsenal’s history, became the north London club’s youngest-ever starter at 15 years and 302 days at the Emirates, surpassing Jack Porter’s record set at the same stage of the Carabao Cup last season. Dowman, who started training with Arsenal’s first-team aged 14, put in an impressive performance, attempting nine dribbles and completing five of them…

The Shell gas station logo is displayed on February 13, 2025 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesBritish oil major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter profit, citing robust operational performance and higher trading contributions.Shell posted adjusted earnings of $5.4 billion for the quarter, beating analyst expectations of $5.05 billion, according to an LSEG-compiled consensus. A separate, company-provided analyst forecast had put Shell’s expected third-quarter profit at $5.09 billion.The London-headquartered firm reported adjusted earnings of $6 billion over the same period last year and $4.26 billion for this year’s April-June period.”Shell delivered another strong set of…

LONDON — European stocks were lower on Thursday, despite the latest figures showing the bloc’s economy grew more than expected and the European Central Bank’s decision to hold interest rates.The pan-European Stoxx 600 shed over 0.5% by 1:21 p.m. in London (9:15 a.m. ET), with most major bourses and sectors in the red.The U.K.’s FTSE 100 index was over 0.4% lower, France’s CAC 40 was down 0.9% and Italy’s FTSE MIB traded around 0.8% lower. Germany’s DAX was last seen down almost 0.3%.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconA graph showing updates from the Stoxx 600 index.It’s another busy day for earnings…

BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 30: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping emerged from a high-stakes meeting touting agreements on tariffs and export controls that amount to a tangible de-escalation of the contentious trade war between the two superpowers.But many details about what was achieved remain unclear, while other key sticking points in the U.S.-China trade relationship appear not to have come up at all.…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – MARCH 7: NewJeans attends the first court hearing for ADOR lawsuit at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho-gu on March 7, 2025 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Chosunilbo JNS/Imazins via Getty Images)The Chosunilbo Jns | Imazins | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s largest K-pop agency Hybe added about $644 million in market value Thursday after a court reportedly ruled that girl group NewJeans’ contract with its sublabel ADOR remains valid.Hybe shares gained as much as 7.12%, boosting its market capitalization by roughly 915 billion won ($644 million).The court ruling means that NewJeans are still contractually bound…

The Japanese national flag is seen at the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters in Tokyo on July 31, 2024. The Bank of Japan lifted its main interest rate on July 31 for just the second time in 17 years in another step away from its massive monetary easing programme.Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty ImagesJapan’s central bank on Thursday kept benchmark interest rates steady at 0.5% in its first meeting after Sanae Takaichi took power as the country’s prime minister earlier this month.The decision was in line with expectations from economists polled by Reuters, and comes even as inflation has…

File photo of a U.S. LGM-30G Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile inside a silo about 60 miles from Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.Universal History Archive | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday directed the Pentagon to restart nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis,” citing testing programs by other countries.Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One after meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea, Trump said the decision “had to do with others,” without naming specific countries.”They seem to all be nuclear testing. We have more nuclear weapons than anybody. We don’t…

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of a bilateral meeting at Gimhae Air Base on October 30, 2025 in Busan, South Korea. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that Beijing and Washington should be “partners and friends,” at his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on addressing trade and tariff concerns.The meeting concluded in about one hour and 40 minutes, according to Chinese state media, with the two leaders shaking hands before leaving the venue without making public comments. This is the first time the two leaders met…