Author: Alex Maschino
United States crashed out of their home World Cup in the last 16 as Folarin Balogun proved a peripheral figure in a comfortable 4-1 Belgium win in Seattle. Balogun, controversially sent off in the USA’s win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in the round of 32, was cleared to play against Belgium, with FIFA suspending his automatic one-game ban by a year. US president Donald Trump confirmed reports he had called FIFA president Gianni Infantino to request for the incident to be reviewed. Infantino insisted the decision was made autonomously by the independent FIFA Disciplinary Committee. The decision has prompted a furious response…
This appeal verdict will decide Le Pen’s political future and in effect fire the starting pistol on the presidential race. The first round is on 18 April 2027, and the run-off is on 2 May.She was barred from holding public office for five years on 31 March 2025 when a court found her guilty of embezzling €1.4m (£1.2m) in European Parliament (EP) funds to pay her own party employees from 2004-16 instead of parliamentary assistants. Le Pen was a member of the EP (MEP) from 2004-17.She was also given a four-year jail term, two suspended and two to be served…
CVC Capital Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in DistroKid, the independent music distribution platform.The private markets investment firm will make the investment via its CVC Capital Partners IX fund, DistroKid confirmed on Monday (July 6).Insight Partners, a longtime DistroKid backer, will retain a “significant minority stake” in the company, according to an announcement.Phil Bauer will continue to lead DistroKid as President, alongside the company’s existing leadership team.The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions. Terms were not disclosed.MBW revealed in January that DistroKid was exploring a sale, with…
Karlie Kloss grinned for the cameras ahead of former BFF Taylor Swift’s wedding to Travis Kelce — but she’s staying tight-lipped in its aftermath. In an Instagram video shared by DeuxMoi on Sunday, July 5, the model, 33, was seen dodging a question about the couple’s nuptials, staged inside New York City’s Madison Square Garden two days prior. “How was Taylor’s wedding?” a photographer was heard asking Kloss as he followed her down a Paris street. “How’s Paris treating you?” she said in response as she kept walking with dark sunglasses shielding her eyes. Prior to her arrival in the…
Half a million people are trapped in the Sudanese city of el-Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan state, as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group tries to enforce its dominance over the Kordofan and Darfur regions during a civil war that has wrought devastation on the country for three years.The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has warned of an impending humanitarian “catastrophe” as el-Obeid is expected to be the next site for major ground clashes between the RSF and Sudanese military. Many countries have also raised the alarm about atrocities being carried out in…
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Sullivan’s Crossing has gone through numerous surprise cast changes so is the hit show coming back for season 5? Based on a book series by Robyn Carr, Sullivan’s Crossing follows neurosurgeon Maggie (Morgan Kohan) as she returns to her hometown in rural Nova Scotia. She finds herself reconnecting with estranged father, Sully (Scott Patterson), newcomer Cal (Chad Michael Murray) and more members of the community. Sullivan’s Crossing was previously renewed for a fifth season, which is expected to premiere in 2027 on CTV. After airing in Canada, the hit show will follow up with episodes on The CW and then…
Is there a fit with the Anaheim Ducks for Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly? The Chris Johnston Show: Johnston thinks there are going to be more trades this offseason, and that Morgan Rielly could be one of the players moved. ** NHLRumors.com transcription “I really do believe, Julian, that we’re going to see a much more active summer in terms of trade activity and meaningful trade activity than, than you normally get in July and August. There’s just too many, too many unanswered questions out there. You know, I even look at Morgan Rielly with the Leafs. You know,…
Celebrating his seizure of Crimea in 2014, President Vladimir V. Putin later called the peninsula an “unsinkable aircraft carrier,” hailing Russia’s return there as a symbol of revanchist ambition.Now the Ukrainian military is hammering Crimea with swarming drone attacks, seeking to transform it from a Russian-occupied fortress into a nightmare for the Kremlin to manage.All of this has shaken life in Crimea to the greatest extent since Russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014. It has also caused some Russian forces along the southern front to shift into defensive operations, according to Kostiantyn Mashovets, a Ukrainian military analyst.Overnight Wednesday into…
This week’s $29 billion US stock-market listing for SK Hynix Inc. may be the biggest-ever first-time share sale by a foreign company, but it isn’t just about raising cash. It’s also about competing in the hottest corner of the global stock market — memory chips used in AI computing. For years, the South Korea-based semiconductor manufacturer has traded at a discount to its chief US-based rival, Micron Technology Inc. Tapping into the world’s deepest equity market and its frenzy for all things related to artificial intelligence could help change that at a time when the companies that make memory chips and other equipment used…