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ATHENS (AP) — Riot police scuffled with medical staff at an Athens public hospital on Wednesday during a protest over the state of public health services held during a visit to the facility by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.Police in riot gear fired volleys of pepper spray and used shields and batons to push away doctors at the University General Hospital Attikon who were demanding to meet with Mitsotakis, local media reported. The health workers were protesting staff shortages, low pay and poor working conditions.Mitsotakis, accompanied by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, was visiting the hospital in western Athens to attend the…

This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here.The big storyWhile tensions flare with the U.S., China is charting its course for the next five years.Chinese President Xi Jinping and the country’s top leaders, known as the Central Committee, will meet next week from Monday to Thursday for a planning meeting called the “Fourth Plenum.”The gathering reminds the U.S. government, on the verge of possibly its longest shutdown in history, that China is a big believer in planning. Beijing has held the strategy-setting meeting…

Waymo self-driving cars with roof-mounted sensor arrays traveling near palm trees and modern buildings along the Embarcadero, San Francisco, California, February 21, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty ImagesAlphabet’s Waymo is bringing its driverless ride-hailing services to London, the first European market for its robotaxi.The company said in a release on Wednesday that it plans to start test drives on London’s roads in coming months, with human safety specialists at the wheel. It intends to open its robotaxi service next year, assuming it can get permissions from regulators as well as local and national leaders.London will mark the company’s…

Oct 15, 2025, 04:51 AM ETFormer Spain coach Julen Lopetegui has said “life owed me a World Cup” after guiding Qatar to next year’s top football tournament.Qatar won 2-1 against the United Arab Emirates in Al Rayyan on Tuesday to book their World Cup spot.”It seems like life owed me a World Cup, and fortunately, today I got it,” Lopetegui, 59, said.”It’s a reward that I’m grateful for.”As a player, Lopetegui was part of Spain’s squad at the 1994 World Cup squad but was third-choice goalkeeper and did not play.He was denied the chance to coach his national team at…

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong lawmakers passed a bill Wednesday to regulate online ride-hailing services, requiring platforms like Uber, along with their vehicles and drivers, to be licensed, after years of backlash from the city’s taxi industry.The first licensed platforms are expected to start operating in late 2026 at the earliest, officials said.In granting a license, Hong Kong’s transport commissioner can consider the firm’s experience, financial capacity and intended investments in the region. Licensed companies will need to maintain “proper and efficient” services and ensure all vehicles and drivers on their platforms hold valid permits, according to the new…

The first foreign trip Joel Holsinger took in 2019 after joining the board of directors at the global health nonprofit PATH convinced him that he needed to do more to raise money for charities.The investment manager, who is now also a partner and co-head of alternative credit at Ares Management Corp., saw firsthand how a tuberculosis prevention program was helping residents of Dharavi, India’s largest slum. He also saw that the main hurdle to expanding the program’s success was simply a lack of funding.“I wanted to do something that has purpose,” Holsinger told The Associated Press. “I wanted a charitable…

Talking about success on the pitch, and they were fantastic moments for us all as Liverpool fans, there also seems this renewed sense of ambition off the pitch too…Yeah, we’ve been very, very public about the fact that we’re always working to run the club sustainably. And that ultimately means that we are focused on on-pitch success, and then we hopefully can drive off-pitch success to help to fund that, to help to drive the club forward. An amazing team of people that work incredibly hard off the pitch to make sure that we’re doing everything possible to support our…

CHISWICK, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 09: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves visits the Sipsmith Distillery on October 09, 2025 in Chiswick, United Kingdom. The Chancellor’s visit is intended to highlight how the UK-India free trade agreement is boosting British business, and comes as Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in India promoting the new pact, alongside business leaders. (Photo by Paul Grover – WPA Pool/Getty Images)Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesU.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has admitted that tax rises and spending cuts are being considered in the forthcoming budget, signaling the government could be prepared to sacrifice…

When we first became involved with Liverpool, we knew we were joining something extraordinary and we hoped we could restore such an incredibly storied institution to standards it had previously set – but we could never have imagined exactly how the next 15 years would unfold.From the outset, our primary aims were simple: to bring success back to Anfield and to ensure the long-term health and stability of this great club. We understood the responsibility that came with being its custodians, and we’ve tried to honour that every single day. We also understood the scale of the challenge but recognised…

Graham HunterOct 15, 2025, 03:38 AM ETCloseGraham Hunter is a Barcelona-based freelance writer for ESPN.com who specializes in La Liga and the Spanish national team.Georgia coach Willy Sagnol spoke for the managers of Turkey, Bulgaria, France, Germany, England and many others when he sighed with melancholy resignation and proclaimed: “Spain don’t just play on another world, they play from a different universe.”The Frenchman, who won the UEFA Champions League with Bayern Munich and was a FIFA World Cup runner-up in 2006, had just seen Spain’s “C” team threaten to put eight or nine goals past Georgia. Then, days later, La…