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Newcastle have agreed a club-record £69m (€80m) deal for Stuttgart forward Nick Woltemade – increasing the likelihood of Alexander Isak leaving the club.The Magpies have agreed to pay £64.86m (€75m) plus £4.3m (€5m) in add-ons, taking the total package just north of £69m and surpassing the £63m they paid for Isak three years ago. Woltemade will travel to the North East on Thursday to undergo a medical on Friday.The Germany international’s arrival increases the chances of Isak leaving Newcastle ahead of Monday’s Deadline Day. Liverpool have already had one bid rejected for the striker, who is adamant he will not…

Over 100 engineers work across 950 schools, using digital reporting to track repairs KUWAIT: As students return to classrooms in Kuwait, some parents and teachers are raising concerns about school conditions, cleanliness, and safety – issues that persist despite the Ministry of Education’s annual summer maintenance across the country’s 950 schools.Sara Almesbah, a teacher, highlighted some of the challenges on X: “I hope attention is given to older schools, like Al-Faiha Intermediate Girls School. The schoolyard, where the morning assembly and daily radio programs take place, still has no shade. All corridors and classroom wings are open without doors or…

Manchester United are arguably at their lowest ebb after an embarrassing Carabao Cup exit to League Two Grimsby Town.Ruben Amorim’s side were very much second-best against their fourth-tier opponents, falling 2-0 down at half-time. And while Bryan Mbeumo and Harry Maguire rescued a 2-2 draw, they then crashed out after a marathon penalty shoot-out. After the game Amorim made some concerning comments, insisting his players “spoke really loud to him” and that “something has to change” – but adding he cannot change 22 players again. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Highlights from the second-round Carabao…

KUWAIT: Over 1,200 young Kuwaitis have pursued their ambitions across 15 different fields this year through the Public Authority for Youth’s “Our Initiatives” project, which provides financial support and training to youth-led initiatives.Dr. Mosaed Al-Kuraibani, Acting Deputy Director-General of the Youth Authority for the Projects Sector, told KUNA on Thursday that the project offers direct support to initiatives by individuals, public benefit associations, and government entities, with funding of up to KD 25,000 per project. Additional allocations include KD 5,000 for exhibitions, KD 10,000 for youth forums and KD 15,000 for conferences.The program has supported young men and women in…

MLS clubs spent a record total of around $336 million on transfers in 2025, nearly doubling the previous record spend in a calendar year of $188 million in 2024, the league said on Thursday.According to MLS, the $336 million tally makes it the eighth-highest spending league in the world compared to last year’s figures and is around double the current mark of Mexico’s Liga MX.While MLS’ secondary transfer window closed last week, the transfer windows in much of Europe don’t close until Sept. 1, while in Liga MX it is open until Sept. 11.Still, the increase in spending has been…

A member of the U.S. rail regulatory board said he discovered that he had been fired by the Trump administration after returning home from an Amtrak event to unveil new high-speed Acela trains.”I was just as surprised as anyone else,” former Surface Transportation Board member Robert Primus told CNBC’s Eamon Javers on Thursday in his first broadcast interview since being removed.Primus said he will fight his ouster.”I tell people, I’m from Jersey and Jersey folks know how to fight,” said Primus, a Democrat whom President Donald Trump nominated to the STB in 2020 during his first White House term.The shake-up, which…

KUWAIT: Starting this month, school canteens across Kuwait must follow updated regulations designed to improve food quality, promote healthy eating and strengthen oversight. The rules were developed by the Public Authority for Food and Nutrition and endorsed by the Ministry of Health.“The measure comes as part of the authority’s leading role in protecting public health and promoting healthy lifestyles, and in line with its commitment to developing food services in schools in accordance with the state’s developmental goals and the ‘New Kuwait 2035’ vision,” said Dr Shaimaa Al-Asfour, spokesperson for the authority, in comments to KUNA on Thursday.The regulations replace…

The Reds discovered their eight opponents for the first stage of the competition proper during UEFA proceedings in Monaco on Thursday afternoon.It will see the Premier League champions play host to Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven and Qarabag at Anfield, and travel to face Internazionale, Eintracht Frankfurt, Marseille and Galatasaray.Shortly after the draw had taken place, Slot told Liverpoolfc.com: “I think the first thing to say is that like last season, it is a very challenging draw, but we knew that it would be because in the Champions League, especially with the new format, there is no such thing…

KUWAIT: talabat, the leading on-demand online ordering platform in the MENA region, launched its “Back to School” campaign, enabling parents across Kuwait to shop for all school essentials – from groceries and stationery to retail and lifestyle items – with exclusive discounts and home delivery. This campaign, which runs from mid-August till the first week of October, aligns with the platform’s yearlong efforts to strengthen Kuwait’s e-commerce industry and digital economy by expanding its network of local and international partners to meet the market’s evolving needs. It also reaffirms talabat’s core brand promise of making customers’ preferred products easily accessible.Groceries…

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s lawsuit against Donald Trump challenges his ability to remove her from office, but only briefly addresses the central accusations that she committed mortgage fraud.One part of the documents filed in the suit suggests that the issue at hand regarding documents Cook submitted for home loans may have been caused by a “clerical error” on her part and asserts that even if a mistake was made it does not rise to an offense that would justify removing her from office.The complaint mostly focuses on rules outlined in the Federal Reserve Act that state Fed officials can…