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“He got brought off on Friday night and probably was not at his absolute best but he still had some silky, lovely touches and when you watch him play, there is something there. I am already looking forward to seeing him next Monday.”Jamie Carragher’s verdict on Florian Wirtz’s Premier League debut reflected the fact that Liverpool’s record signing did not register a goal or an assist in their chaotic 4-2 win over Bournemouth at Anfield. The champions entertained but looked vulnerable too. It raised concerns about Liverpool being too open, both in the full-back positions and due to the inclusion…

As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year’s elections, they’re potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in American politics.The 220-215 majority that Republicans won over Democrats in last year’s elections almost perfectly aligns with the share of the vote the two parties received in districts across the U.S., according to an Associated Press analysis. Although the overall outcome was close to neutral, the AP’s analysis shows that Democrats and Republicans each benefited from advantages in particular states.The AP used a mathematical analysis designed to measure how many more U.S. House seats…

KUWAIT:  The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) reaffirmed its commitment to enhancing students’ scientific knowledge through various programs, training courses, and field visits to specialized scientific centers.”Journey through Time” program is an initiative aiming to spread scientific culture and strengthen the capabilities of Kuwaiti youth, Dr. Sarah Al-Dosari, a researcher at KISR, told KUNA on Thursday.As part of art of the 46th summer training course, a field visit was organized for students to the Al-Ajari Scientific Center – one of the most significant scientific centers in the country, Dr. Al-Dosari noted.During the visit, students received a detailed explanation of…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks to the media at a hotel in Beijing, China July 16, 2025. Alessandro Diviggiano | ReutersNvidia is in talks with the U.S. government about shipping a new, more advanced chip to China, CEO Jensen Huang said on Friday.Earlier this week, Reuters reported the U.S. tech giant is developing a new artificial intelligence chip for China, dubbed the B30A, that will be more powerful than the H20 — the only semiconductor Nvidia is allowed to sell in the country at present. The U.S. has grown concerned in the past few years that advanced American chips could…

Ruben Dias has committed his long-term future to Manchester City by signing a new deal contract to keep him at the Etihad until at least 2029.The new deal will see the Portugal international extend his stay at that club to nine years after signing for City from Benfica in 2020. Since making the switch, Dias has enjoyed a trophy-laden five-year spell at the club, winning 10 trophies, including a treble and an unprecedented four Premier League titles in a row.In his first season at the Etihad, Dias was named the 2020/21 Premier League Player of the Season and the Football…

NEW YORK (AP) — In the decade since she published her acclaimed debut novel, “The Turner House,” Angela Flournoy has confronted a few delays, welcome and otherwise, en route to completing her second book: her first child, a pandemic, speaking engagements, the occasional essay and, throughout, the challenges of creating a work of imagination.“With nonfiction, you’re usually doing it on a deadline, there’s a constraint of time, and when it’s over, it’s over,” says Flournoy, whose novel “The Wilderness” is out this fall. “When you’re working with facts, they’re not really malleable. But with novels I create the reality. And…

U.S. Treasury yields fell on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signaled that interest rate cuts could be on the horizon.The 10-year Treasury yield slid more than 7.5 basis points to 4.256%. The 2-year yield dropped 10 basis points to 3.69%.One basis point is equal to 0.01%, and yields and prices move in opposite directions.Powell said during a speech at the Fed’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that financial conditions “may warrant” interest rate decreases. He also said that the central bank was moving “carefully” when it comes to monetary policy.Powell also noted that while U.S. unemployment remains low, “with policy in…

Anthony Kwan | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesChinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek has hinted that China will soon have homegrown “next generation” chips to support its AI models, while announcing an update to one of its large language models. In a comment under a post on its official WeChat account, DeepSeek said the “UE8M0 FP8” precision format of its newly released model V3.1 is tailored for the next-generation domestically built chips that will be launched soon.FP8, or 8-bit floating point, is a data processing format that can boost the computational efficiency for training and inference of large deep learning models.DeepSeek’s…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After three decades in Hollywood, Daniel Dae Kim has done spy thrillers, sci-fi epics and medical dramas. But there’s one role that’s eluded the Korean American actor: romantic leading man. “I’m still waiting to play a romantic lead after all these years,” Kim says with a laugh.His latest project, “Butterfly,” which features a star-studded cast including top Korean actors Kim Tae-hee and Park Hae-soo (“Squid Game”), follows a former U.S. intelligence operative in South Korea whose past catches up with him. It premiered on Amazon Prime in the U.S. and elsewhere earlier this month, but…

Ryan O’HanlonAug 22, 2025, 05:04 AM ETCloseRyan O’Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN.com. He’s also the author of “Net Gains: Inside the Beautiful Game’s Analytics Revolution.”Let’s say that the average Premier League team makes around five major transfers per season. So, that’s 100 transfers in the league per year, and 1,000 transfers per decade. Research has shown that only about 50% of new players start at least 50% of matches for their new clubs. If we use that low threshold as the standard for success, then over 10 years, about 500 new players succeed and 500 fail.Though there are…