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Viktor Gyokeres scored his first goal for Arsenal as the Gunners finished their pre-season campaign with a 3-0 victory against Athletic Club.Gyokeres’ first Arsenal start against Villarreal ended without a goal and in defeat in midweek, but Arsenal’s new £63.5m striker was all smiles on his second Emirates appearance. Teed up by the impressive Martin Zubimendi, Gyokeres emphatically headed an inch-perfect cross past Simon before pulling out his trademark celebration for the first time in Arsenal colours, much to the delight of the home fans. Twitter This content is provided by Twitter, which may be using cookies and other technologies.…

HONOLULU (AP) — Commercial fishing that recently resumed in a vast protected area of the Pacific Ocean must halt once again, after a judge in Hawaii sided this week with environmentalists challenging a Trump administration rollback of federal ocean protections. The remote Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument is home to turtles, marine mammals and seabirds, which environmental groups say will get snagged by longline fishing, an industrial method involving baited hooks from lines 60 miles (about 100 kilometers) or longer.President Donald Trump’s executive order to allow this and other types of commercial fishing in part of the monument changed…

Rangers’ Jekyll and Hyde start under Russell Martin continued as they needed a late penalty to rescue a draw at home to Dundee, just days after impressing in Europe.The head coach stuck with the same starting XI that beat Viktoria Plzen in Champions League qualifying, but while they dominated, the same energy was not on show. Dundee, out of the League Cup and defeated in their opening Premiership match, had the best chances and stunned Ibrox into silence just after the break when Ryan Astley headed into the net. Image: Ryan Astley put Dundee ahead at Rangers Frustrations began to…

Sheffield United boss Ruben Selles endured a miserable start to life at Bramall Lane as they began the season with a 4-1 thumping at the hands of Bristol City.Stepping in for club legend Chris Wilder in the summer, it was an opening-day nightmare for the Blades – but a dream for new Bristol City head coach Gerhard Struber on his return to the Championship. A stunning Scott Twine free-kick and a superb Ross McCrorie netted either side of Tyrese Campbell’s equaliser in the first half, while Anis Mehmeti and Twine’s deflected second sealed an emphatic win.The result was a far…

ROME (AP) — Thousands of people marched in the Sicilian city of Messina on Saturday to protest a government plan to build a bridge that would connect the Italian mainland with Sicily in a massive 13.5-billion-euro ($15.5 billion) infrastructure project.Protesters staunchly oppose the Strait of Messina Bridge project over its scale, earthquake threats, environmental impact and the specter of mafia interference. The idea to build a bridge to connect Sicily to the rest of Italy has been debated off and on for decades but always delayed due to these concerns. The project, however, took a major step forward when a…

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he departs the White House on August 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Saturday that he will hold a press availability at the White House next week to address violent crime in Washington, D.C., days after the White House announced it was increasing federal law enforcement across the city.”On Monday a Press Conference will be held at the White House which will, essentially, stop violent crime in Washington, D.C,” he wrote on social media.Trump, who has frequently criticized the Democratic-led city, claimed that D.C. will…

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe Turbay, who was shot in June during a campaign rally in Bogotá and remains hospitalized, experienced a hemorrhage in his nervous system and is once again in critical condition, authorities said Saturday.The Fundación Santa Fe clinic that is treating him said in a statement that Uribe Turbay required “urgent neurosurgical procedures” to stabilize him, adding that he was placed under deep sedation to aid his recovery.Uribe Turbay was shot three times, twice in the head, while giving a campaign speech in a park on June 7. Since then, he has remained in…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A group of masked thieves stole about $7,000 worth of Labubu dolls from a Los Angeles-area store this week, authorities said.The incident took place early Wednesday morning at a store in La Puente, a city about 18 miles (29 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, the LA County Sheriff’s Department said. The department said the suspects used a stolen Toyota Tacoma in the incident, which was recovered shortly afterward. The agency said it was investigating the case and did not have additional information.Labubu dolls, created by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung, have become a popular collectible item…

When Matt Linde and Udi Kore were first approached to develop the old site of St. John’s College’s campus in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it was a dream come true for the two men who grew up in the area.Linde, CEO of People Restoring Communities, and Kore, Founding Partner at Avenue Realty Capital, first walked through the property in the summer of 2017.The building has had many names over the years since the cornerstone was laid in 1869. It has been known as the College of St. John the Baptist, St. John’s College, and St. John’s University, New York, before relocating to…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government announced Saturday that it is implementing a three-month state of emergency in the country’s central region as gang violence surges.The measure will cover Haiti’s West, Artibonite and Center departments “to continue the fight against insecurity and respond to the agricultural and food crisis,” according to a government statement.The region — known as Haiti’s rice basket — has been under attack in recent years, with gangs killing farmers or forcing them to abandon their fields as they raze nearby communities.The United Nations’ human rights office noted that from October 2024 to the end…