Author: Alex Maschino
CONMEBOL president makes official proposal to FIFA to expand men’s 2030 World Cup on the continent to 64 teams.Alejandro Dominguez, the president of South American football’s ruling body CONMEBOL, has made an official proposal to expand the men’s 2030 World Cup to 64 teams. The proposal was first introduced last month by a delegate from Uruguay during an online meeting of FIFA’s ruling council chaired by its president, Gianni Infantino, that blindsided officials from Europe. “We are convinced that the centennial celebration will be unique because 100 years are celebrated only once,” Dominguez said during his opening speech at CONMEBOL’s…
YouTube is rolling out a new feature that allows creators to instantaneously generate custom (and copyright-free) instrumental backing tracks through AI technology.The update to YouTube’s Creator Music marketplace enables video creators to produce AI-generated music via text prompts.This free “Music Assistant” feature is being gradually introduced to creators who participate in the YouTube Partner Program in the US and have access to Creator Music, the platform’s commercial music licensing resource launched in 2023.Creators with access to the tool will see a dedicated “Music Assistant” tab within Creator Music, as announced via YouTube’s Creator Insider program this week (watch from 1.00 mins…
Ms. Rachel may just be the busiest mom around. The well-known children’s YouTuber, real name Rachel Griffin Accurso, is not only making educational videos for babies, toddlers and kids to enjoy under “Songs for Littles,” she recently became a mom of two. Ms. Rachel revealed the surprising news via Instagram in April 2025, writing alongside a photo of her newborn daughter, “We welcomed sweet baby Susannah into the world! 💕 We are so in love!” She also shares a son, Thomas, with husband and “Song for Littles” collaborator Aron Accurso. “Thank you for being the best husband and dada!,” she…
The New York Rangers did not have a good season, but where could things go this offseason? Vince Z. Mercogliano: Peter Laviolette, when asked if he has a message for the team at this stage of the season: “I don’t have a message right now. I don’t go into the locker room after the game.” Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman when asked about the future of the New York Rangers after their disappointing season. They’re going to have some cap room, but big moves are going to be out there to be made. ** NHLRumors.com transcription Matt Marchese: “We’ve talked a lot…
More than 20,000 people are now known to have been killed in the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria, making it one of the deadliest disasters in a decade.View Entire Post ›
US stocks and the dollar fell sharply on Thursday, giving back some of their huge gains in the previous session, as traders continued to fixate on Donald Trump’s tariffs and their potential hit to global growth.Wall Street’s blue-chip S&P 500 index, which on Wednesday soared 9.5 per cent in its best session since 2008, was down 3.2 per cent in afternoon trading. It has fallen almost 7 per cent this month. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite — which on Wednesday surged more than 12 per cent for its best day since 2001 — was down 3.7 per cent on Thursday. In…
Chrissy Metz counts herself a fan of This Is Us years after playing Kate Pearson, though there are still scenes she cannot bear to rewatch. “I mean, as a fan, obviously when William passed away,” Metz, 44, exclusively told Us Weekly on Wednesday, April 9, while promoting her children’s book When I Talk to God, I Talk About Feelings. “And then, now knowing that Ron [Cephas Jones] has transitioned, it’s like, ‘I can’t watch that.’” During the debut season of This Is Us, Randall (Sterling K. Brown) reunited with his biological father (played by Cephas Jones) amid William’s private cancer…
Unai Emery insists his Aston Villa side still have belief despite falling to a 3-1 defeat to PSG in their Champions League quarter-final first leg in Paris on Wednesday.Morgan Rogers had given Villa a surprise lead at a raucous Parc des Princes after 35-minutes, but sublime goals from Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes completed the comeback for the dominant Ligue 1 champions.The result means Emery’s side have a monumental task on their hands in the second leg if they are to have any hope of progressing to the last four of Europe’s elite club competition.Defeat in Paris —…
For days, Donald Trump and his White House team had insisted they were fully committed to their decision to impose sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of countries. They even derided a report on Tuesday that said the president was considering a 90-day pause – news that triggered a brief stock market surge.But now that pause on higher tariff rates, with a few notable exceptions, is a reality. The reordering of the global economic order is on hold, and Trump’s promise of a golden age of American manufacturing will have to wait.The White House has said that going big on tariffs…
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