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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — On a warm evening in Johannesburg, the news spread like wildfire among sex workers: Within 24 hours, several nonprofit clinics providing free HIV services would be closing as President Donald Trump announced the United States was slashing foreign aid.Some South Africans living with, or at risk of, HIV secured supplies of life-saving drugs just in time. Others did not.Half a year later, the country with more people living with HIV than any other is struggling to treat its most vulnerable. Over 63,000 people were being treated in the 12 clinics across the nation that shut down. Up…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles, state media said Sunday, displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills.The North’s official Korean Central News Agency said the test Saturday proved the missiles effective in countering aerial threats such as drones and cruise missiles, and that Kim assigned unspecified “important” tasks to defense scientists ahead of a major political conference expected early next year. The report did not specify the missiles that were tested or where the event took…

Part of the justification for Arsenal’s £260 million spending spree was to add squad depth so they could avoid a repeat of last season’s injury-ravaged campaign. Saturday’s 5-0 demolition of Leeds United was a demonstration of the feel-good factor that outlay has created, but it also served as a warning that this deeper pool of options could be tested much sooner than the club hoped.The positives at Emirates Stadium were numerous and began before a ball was kicked. Eberechi Eze was unveiled 15 minutes before the start as Arsenal’s seventh summer signing after joining the club he supported as a…

Aug 23, 2025, 04:48 PM ETOrlando Pride star Barbra Banda has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a hip abductor injury, the NWSL club announced Saturday.Banda, the 2024 NWSL Championship MVP, suffered the injury in a draw with the Kansas City Current on Aug. 16.The Pride said in a statement that the Zambia international had “a full thickness avulsion of her right adductor longus tendon.”Orlando Pride forward Barbra Banda will not play again this season. Robert Edwards-Imagn Images”We are devastated to announce Barbra Banda has been placed on the Season Ending Injury list following the soft-tissue injury…

LONDON — Mikel Arteta has confirmed that Eberechi Eze rang him to explore whether Arsenal were interested in signing him as he stood on the brink of finalising a move to north London rivals Tottenham.Eze was unveiled to a joyous Emirates Stadium crowd minutes before Saturday’s 5-0 win over Leeds United having completed his £67.5 million ($91m) move from Crystal Palace earlier in the day.Spurs had agreed a deal to sign Eze following extensive talks between the two clubs but a report suggested the 27-year-old spoke with Arteta, triggering a board meeting at which Arsenal decided to go for the…

Aug 23, 2025, 03:39 PM ETHoffenheim spoiled Erik ten Hag’s Bundesliga debut as Bayer Leverkusen coach by coming from behind to defeat his team 2-1 in Leverkusen on Saturday.Tim Lemperle scored the visitors’ winner early in the second half to get a new-look Leverkusen after a summer of change off to a disappointing start.Ten Hag, who took over from the Real Madrid-bound Xabi Alonso, had three new signings in his starting lineup including goalkeeper Mark Flekken, young forward Ibrahim Maza, and defender Jarell Quansah.The latter headed Leverkusen into an early lead, but Fisnik Asllani leveled in the 25th and turned…

Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., participates in a subcommittee hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2025.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersRep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., in a statement on Saturday criticized the release of the first trove of documents related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein as incomplete and predominately “recycled content already made available to the public.”Lee, a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, last month filed the motion to compel President Donald Trump’s Justice Department to release files related to Epstein.The Justice Department gave Congress…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Ballerinas perform outside Romania’s National History Museum as part of Dance Night, a festival that brings a mix of dance styles to Bucharest’s Calea Victoriei iconic avenue. Children of the Romanian National Opera’s Ballet Studio outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night, an event featuring a wide variety of dance styles performed on the Calea Victoriei avenue in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru) Children of the Romanian National Opera’s Ballet Studio outside the National History Museum of Romania during Dance Night, an event featuring a wide variety of dance…

Arsenal’s injury concerns deepened further on Saturday Night Football as Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard were taken off against Leeds.Gunners captain Odegaard went down under a challenge in the first half and suffered a shoulder injury, coming off having initially played on. Image: Martin Odegaard was eventually replaced against Leeds after picking up a shoulder injury Arsenal’s woes worsened in the second half when Saka – who had scored Arsenal’s second goal on the stroke of half-time – went down with an issue in his left hamstring.The England international missed four months of last season with a serious hamstring injury,…

Wafra’s launch positions Kuwait to meet peak demand, potentially export electricity: Official KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Wafra power station, the country’s largest electricity interconnection project, has started initial operations and is expected to be fully integrated into the national grid by early 2026, government officials said.The power plant is Kuwait’s second connection to the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) regional grid, after the Al-Zour facility, which has been in operation since 2009.Rashed Al-Buraiki, Head of Overhead Line Construction at the ministry’s Transmission Networks Sector, told state television that the station began operating this month with a capacity of 3,000 megawatts — more than…