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Kim Hellberg’s perfect start to life as Middlesbrough head coach continued as his high-flying side earned a 3-1 Championship victory over QPR at the Riverside.Hellberg has now won his first four matches since replacing Rob Edwards on Teesside, following in the footsteps of Bryan Robson to become only the second Boro boss to achieve the feat. His side’s latest success was thoroughly deserved and came courtesy of first-half goals from David Strelec and Morgan Whittaker and a second-half penalty from Tommy Conway. Image: Middlesbrough have won all four Championship games under new boss Kim Hellberg Nicolas Madsen also scored from…

Championship leaders Coventry got back to winning ways as a 1-0 victory against Bristol City kept them five points clear at the top.Ephron Mason-Clark scored the winner in the second half as the Sky Blues maintained their advantage over second-placed Middlesbrough. It was Coventry’s seventh successive home victory – they last had a longer home winning run between May and October 2021. Image: Ephron Mason-Clark scored Coventry’s winner Frank Lampard’s team started on the front foot and came within a whisker of breaking the deadlock in the 18th minute.Key man Jack Rudoni fed Haji Wright, whose fierce shot struck a…

Tareq al-Suwaidan was born in Kuwait in 1953, a decade before the modern state formally emerged. His roots in the country predate its political formation, and his identity has long been intertwined with its social and cultural fabric. The decision this week to revoke his citizenship severs a bond older than the state itself, one built on knowledge, civic contribution and public engagement. For decades, Suwaidan has been a prominent figure in the Arab and Muslim intellectual sphere. His books, lectures and leadership programmes have influenced students, professionals and thinkers across the region. Through this work, he has consistently promoted…

A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused their ovarian cancer.The giant health care company said it would appeal the jury’s liability verdict and compensatory damages.The verdict is the latest development in a longstanding legal battle over claims that talc in Johnson’s Baby Powder and Shower to Shower body power was connected to ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, a cancer that strikes the lungs and other organs. Johnson & Johnson stopped selling powder made with talc worldwide in 2023.In October, another California jury ordered J&J to…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Saturday freed 123 prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figures Maria Kolesnikova and Viktar Babaryka, as part of a deal with Washington that lifted U.S. sanctions on the country’s vital fertilizer exports.A close ally of Russia, Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, has ruled the nation of 9.5 million with an iron fist for more than three decades. Belarus has been repeatedly sanctioned by the West for its rampant crackdown on dissent and for allowing Moscow to use its territory in the invasion of Ukraine. Belarus has released hundreds…

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 9, 2021.Mikhail Voskresensky | Kremlin Sputnik | via ReutersBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed 123 prisoners on Saturday including Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava after two days of talks with an envoy for U.S. President Donald Trump.In return, the U.S. agreed to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash. Potash is a key component in fertilisers, and the former Soviet state is a leading global producer.The prisoner release was by far the biggest by Lukashenko since…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ‘s main challenger on Saturday led tens of thousands of demonstrators through the streets of Budapest in a protest over alleged child abuse in state-run juvenile institutions, an issue that has already shaken Orbán’s government following a scandal last year. The demonstration, called by Orbán’s top rival, Péter Magyar, came in response to videos published this week depicting employees of a juvenile correction facility in Budapest physically abusing children housed there. The former head of the facility, who is in police custody on suspicion of operating a prostitution ring among other…

Xabi Alonso said Kylian Mbappé is “fine to play” for Real Madrid at Alavés on Sunday and insisted he isn’t surprised by growing speculation over his own future at the club.Alonso’s position as coach has faced further scrutiny after Madrid’s 2-1 home Champions League defeat to Manchester City on Wednesday — a game which Mbappé missed with a short-term injury.ESPN has reported that club executives met earlier this week to discuss Alonso’s future after a run of one win in five LaLiga matches, and the team were whistled by the Bernabéu crowd after the City loss, which came with eight…

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has unveiled the final tally for her 2025 charitable donations, which totaled $7.17 billion in gifts to roughly 225 organizations, she wrote in a blog post published on Tuesday.”This dollar total will likely be reported in the news, but any dollar amount is a vanishingly tiny fraction of the personal expressions of care being shared into communities this year,” Scott wrote.Scott’s 2025 giving brings her total donation amount since 2019 to $26.3 billion, based on her past public announcements of her charitable giving. This year’s donations went to a wide range of nonprofits including several historically…

(This is the Warren Buffett Watch newsletter, news and analysis on all things Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway. You can sign up here to receive it every Friday evening in your inbox.)Todd Combs’ surprise departure from Berkshire Hathaway got most of the attention when it was announced this week.There were also, however, several additional personnel changes in Monday’s three-page news release that signal the company is moving toward a more conventional structure as Warren Buffett prepares to transfer his CEO title to Greg Abel in less than three weeks.Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwardsTodd Combs in 2014 CNBC interviewCombs is going to JPMorgan Chase next month to…