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Enzo Maresca has dismissed suggestions the Community Shield is a glorified friendly and is targeting silverware in his first game in charge when FA Cup winners Manchester City take on Premier League champions Arsenal on Sunday. Maresca succeeded Pep Guardiola in the City hotseat over the summer and is already planning to follow in the Spaniard’s footsteps by landing a domestic cup. “For me personally it is a trophy,” Maresca explained in his pre-match press conference. “When trophies and a final are there, you always try to win the game. So, no friendly game at all. It’s a trophy that…
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused India of illegally suspending the Indus Waters Treaty and called Pakistan’s water resources a “red line.” He also said Pakistan would respond to any future challenge, referencing the May 2025 war with India.Published On 14 Aug 202614 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music.This week, Suno announced a global licensing deal with BMG, establishing a strategic framework covering BMG’s recorded music and music publishing repertoire.Meanwhile, after striking deals with Universal Music Group and Merlin, Spotify signed an agreement with Kobalt to power AI-generated, fan-made covers and remixes.Also this week, Suno…
UPDATE 8/13/26 at 9:42 — Roseanne Barr’s son, Jake Pentland, has addressed actor Michael Fishman’s claims that the Roseanne reboot was unjustly canceled. Speaking to TMZ, Pentland agreed that harm was done but alleged his mom was the individual who suffered the most. He claimed that the cast conspired to take the show away from her after her social media post was taken out of context. Still, Pentland has no ill will toward Fishman. “I wish him good luck in finding work one day,” Pentland told the outlet. “Hopefully selling the woman responsible for his career out was worth it…
Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe.The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania’s electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next 10 days.Earlier this week, authorities tried to increase the water flow to the plant – which uses the Danube for cooling – by sinking barges loaded with rocks in the river.Neighbouring Hungary has so far avoided a shutdown of its only nuclear plant in Paks, which also uses the Danube. The waters…
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Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their home on December 14, 2025. TMZ reported at the time that the Los Angeles Fire Department had been called to the scene in the afternoon to administer “medical aid.” It was later reported that a 78-year-old man and 70-year-old woman had been killed in Rob and Michele’s Brentwood, California home. A spokesperson for the family subsequently confirmed that Rob and Michele, who wed in 1989, were the deceased. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the tragic passing of Michele and Rob Reiner,” the statement, shared…
Should the Vancouver Canucks be trying to get Zeev Buium extended long-term? Sekeres and Price: Frank Corrado, when asked if the Vancouver Canucks should be looking to sign defenseman Zeev Buium to an eight-year contract extension this offseason. Matt Sekeres: “Zeev Buium, is he worthy of an eight-year extension before you lose the opportunity next month? Corrado: “I would, yeah, yeah, I absolutely would on, on a number of different levels. First of all, like he’s a good player. He was, he was drafted high enough that he’s got some significant pedigree. Like you can see the ability. Several Factors…
Erling Haaland’s name and image turned up on hundreds of cocaine bricks seized by Ecuadorian police near the Colombian border. Officers found 469 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a truck and arrested a Colombian woman.Published On 13 Aug 202613 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo
Canva has spent years proving that it can do something many high-growth startups struggle to achieve: grow rapidly while making money. Then came generative AI. The design-software company cut its expected revenue growth rate by a third to 20% after the unexpectedly high cost of delivering AI features prompted it to slow its rollout. Canva CEO and co-founder Melanie Perkins told Fortune users’ demand for new AI features “significantly exceeded” the company’s expectations, “This validated the demand, but also showed us we needed to reduce the cost of completing an AI task to support a broad rollout,” Perkins said over…