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Mullin’s fresh chapter at Wigan Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Mullin tells Sky Sports about his fresh chapter with Wigan Athletic after moving on loan from Wrexham, as he supported the Wigan Athletic Community Trust’s ‘Every Player Counts’ Programme Paul Mullin has undergone a fresh start this season as he has moved on loan from Wrexham to Wigan Athletic. He spoke to the Sky Sports Essential EFL podcast about finally getting a proper pre-season in after previous setbacks and their aims for the campaign. “This year has been much smoother for me,” he said. “My…

Tourists are booking cooler, quieter and less crowded vacations this year, pivoting away from Europe’s traditional summer hotspots amid growing concerns over blistering heat and raging wildfires.The trend reaffirms the phenomenon of so-called “coolcations” — a portmanteau of “cool” and “vacation,” which refers to tourists seeking cooler climes instead of a hot, peak-summer destination.Record-breaking heat has swept across Europe in recent days, pushing temperatures in some areas well above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and fueling regional wildfires.Jenny Southan, CEO of travel trend forecasting agency Globetrender, described the summer of 2025 as “a turning point for European tourism, underscoring that…

Kobbie Mainoo of Manchester United during the Premier League match between Manchester United FC and Aston Villa FC at Old Trafford on May 25, 2025 in Manchester, England. Alex Livesey | Getty ImagesEuropean soccer is a bigger business than ever, with clubs in the continent’s five top leagues raking in 20.4 billion euros ($23.7 billion) in revenue in the 2023-2024 season — and American investors have been eyeing a piece of that pie.U.S. investors now own, fully or in part, the majority of soccer teams in England’s Premier League. That now includes four of the traditional Big Six clubs, with…

Young professionals are going to networking events to strike up friendships. Getty ImagesFatigued by everything virtual, the youngest generation at work are now leaning into in-person networking events to find their tribe.A large number of Generation Z — born between 1997 and 2012 — entered the workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic and were forced to tune in remotely. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy even declared a loneliness epidemic in the U.S. in 2023, saying it was especially affecting young people.Some Gen Z workers are even returning to the office in a bid to expand their network. One recent Freeman survey…

Defense stocks were among the worst performers in the index during early trade, as investors digested the news of talks in Washington. The Stoxx Europe Aerospace and Defense index was last seen trading 2.2% lower.German tank parts manufacturer Renk was 6.7% lower, Italian defense giant Leonardo shed 6.6%, Germany’s Hensoldt lost 6% and Sweden’s Saab was down 5.5%.At the closely watched talks on Monday, Trump said peace negotiations can take place while both countries are still fighting, dropping his earlier calls for a ceasefire. He also said security guarantees for Ukraine would be “provided” by European countries with “coordination with the…

Mexico star international Lizbeth Ovalle is in “advanced talks” to join an NWSL club for a world-record transfer fee in women’s soccer, a source told ESPN on Monday night.Another source told ESPN that the Orlando Pride, the league’s defending champion, have finished the transfer with Liga MX’s Femenil Tigres for the winger.A source told ESPN that the fee will be $1.5M. Multiple reports emerged out of Mexico earlier on Monday saying that the deal for Ovalle could be as high as $2M.The current transfer record is held by Canadian international Olivia Smith after signing with Arsenal last month for a…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand soldier who tried to spy for a foreign power has admitted to attempted espionage in a military court.Monday’s conviction was the first for spying in New Zealand’s history. The soldier’s name was suppressed, as was what country he sought to pass secrets to.Military court documents said the man believed he was engaged with a foreign agent in 2019 when he tried to communicate military information including base telephone directories and maps, assessments of security weaknesses, his own identity card and log-in details for a military network. The wording of the charge said…

BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were mixed on Tuesday after Wall Street held near its records, with traders awaiting fresh cues about interest rates from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Germany’s DAX gained 0.2% to 24,896.79. In Paris, the CAC 40 advanced 0.5% to 7,924.30. Britain’s FTSE edged 0.2% higher to 9,173.55.The future for the S&P 500 was 0.1% lower while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was barely changed. In Asian trading, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.2% to 43,546.29 as market heavyweight SoftBank Group Corp. fell 4% after it announced it was taking a $2 billion stake in…

Holly Andrzejewski hadn’t yet welcomed her and her family’s first guests to the Atlantic Inn on Hatteras Island when she had to start rescheduling them, as Hurricane Erin neared North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Tuesday and threatened to whip up wild waves and tropical force winds.Although the monster storm is expected to stay offshore, evacuations were ordered on such barrier islands along the Carolina coast as Hatteras as authorities warned the storm could churn up dangerous rip currents and swamp roads with waves of 15 feet (4.6 meters). Watch live view of a weather map tracking Hurricane Erin. Andrzejewski and…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s Ventina glacier, one of the biggest in northern Lombardy, has melted so much due to climate change that geologists can no longer measure it the way they have for the past 130 years.After this year’s hot summer, geologists discovered that the simple stakes used as benchmarks to measure the glacier’s retraction each year are now buried under rockslides and debris that have made the terrain too unsteady for future in-person visits.The Lombardy Glaciological Service said Monday that it will now use drone imagery and remote sensing to keep track of the ongoing shrinkage. Geologists say that…