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The opening weekend of the Premier League season is a momentous event and teams spend months preparing for it, yet they still largely turn up undercooked. Preseason friendlies are useful, of course, but nothing can replicate the sheer intensity of a competitive game with points on the line.We’re not expecting perfection after a single matchday, but some of the country’s best clubs struggled over the weekend and likely left their managers walking away with their brains full of possible tweaks and solutions.And rightly so. Some of what happened needs fixing fast, so let’s take a look at the issues that…

U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Tuesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve July meeting minutes and its annual Jackson Hole symposium later in the week.The 2-year Treasury yield fell 2 basis points to 3.75%. The benchmark 10-year note yield dipped 2 basis points to 4.32%.The Fed will release minutes from its July 29-30 policy meeting, where rates were left unchanged, at 2 p.m. ET on Wednesday.Investors are also looking to Fed Chair Jerome Powell for signals on the path of monetary policy, as global central bankers gather in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for the Fed’s annual economic symposium from Thursday to…

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, amid negotiations to end the Russian war in Ukraine, in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 18, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | ReutersOn the face of it, talks on Monday between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders went well.The U.S. and Ukrainian leaders were pictured looking jovial and smiling together — a far cry from the extraordinary shouting match and public humiliation inflicted on Zelenskyy during his last trip to the White House in February.Monday’s talks, which involved a raft of European leaders, appeared…

JERUSALEM (AP) — A key mediator on Tuesday stressed the urgency of brokering a ceasefire in Gaza after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal, but Israel has yet to weigh in as its military prepares an offensive on some of the territory’s most populated areas.The prospect of an expanded assault on areas sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians has sparked condemnation inside Israel and abroad. Most war-weary Palestinians see no place in Gaza as safe, not even declared humanitarian zones, after 22 months of war.Many Israelis, who rallied in the hundreds of thousands on Sunday, fear the offensive…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest and restored 70% of the region’s electricity after flash floods there killed more than 300 people, officials said Tuesday, as a downpour continued to lash several flood-hit regions.Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told a news conference that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.Most roads have been cleared, facilitating the supply of food and other essential items to flood-affected areas, he said. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered authorities to accelerate recovery efforts in Buner, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…

Aug 19, 2025, 03:00 AM ETManchester United could look to Antwerp goalkeeper Senne Lammens as Inter Milan consider a reunion with André Onana, while striker Joshua Zirkzee is on the radar of Napoli. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors, and gossip from around the globe.Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s grades | Women’s gradesTOP STORIES- Source: Lizbeth Ovalle nears NWSL move for world-record $1.5m fee- Source: Vinícius Júnior contract talks stall with Real Madrid- Liverpool pass £200m in outgoing player revenue after Doak exit- FIFA hit with $76m claim after Diarra transfer case rulingMan United goalkeeper André…

Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks during the Federal Reserve Integrated Review of the Capital Framework for Large Banks Conference in Washington, D.C, U.S., on July 22, 2025.Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s a bubble forming in the artificial intelligence industry, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.”Are we in a phase where investors as a whole are overexcited about AI? My opinion is yes. Is AI the most important thing to happen in a very long time? My opinion is also yes,” Altman said.”I’m sure someone’s gonna write some sensational headline about that. I wish you wouldn’t, but…

With Al-Aqsa Mosque effectively divided between Muslims and Jews, Palestinians fear Israel’s next move Jewish prayers recited loudly in groups. Singing and dancing. Men prostrating themselves, faces pressed to the ground. Israeli flags held aloft. That was the scene inside Al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, during an Israeli raid earlier this month.  A few years ago, such a display would have been unimaginable. But since 7 October 2023, everything has changed, say Palestinians.  “There were terrifying numbers of people [Israeli settlers] present and some were important figures,” Aouni Bazbaz, the director of international affairs at the Islamic Waqf, the organisation that…

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesOpenAI on Tuesday launched a subscription plan in India priced at 399 rupees ($4.57) a month, the ChatGPT maker’s most affordable offering yet, as it looks to grow in its second-largest market by user base. The new plan, called ChatGPT Go, provides expanded access to the latest model GPT‑5, and other features at a lower cost, the Microsoft-backed firm said in a statement on its website. Nick Turley, who leads ChatGPT, said in a social media post that the plan provides 10 times more message limits, image generations and file uploads, plus double the memory compared to the…

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesShein is considering moving its base back to China from Singapore in a bid to convince Beijing authorities to approve the e-commerce company’s Hong Kong initial public offering, according to a Bloomberg report on Tuesday. The report said that Shein had gone so far as to consult lawyers about setting up a parent company in mainland China, citing people familiar with the matter. However, it added that there was no guarantee that Shein would act upon the preliminary discussions.Shein, which sources a significant amount of its goods from China, confidentially filed for an initial public…