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Newcastle dealt a blow to Arsenal’s title hopes on Saturday, securing a 1-0 victory that opens the door for Manchester City to potentially stretch their lead at the top of the Premier League to eight points. Alexander Isak’s 12th-minute header, set up by a precise cross from Anthony Gordon, proved decisive. Despite controlling possession, Arsenal struggled to create chances, managing …

Manchester City’s unbeaten Premier League run since last December came to an end on Saturday as Bournemouth shocked the defending champions, while Newcastle dealt a blow to Arsenal and Liverpool took advantage to claim the top spot. City’s streak of 32 league matches without a loss, dating back to their last defeat at Aston Villa, was halted with a 2-1 …

Aryna Sabalenka launched her bid to secure the year-end No. 1 ranking with a commanding 6-3, 6-4 win over China’s Zheng Qinwen in her opening round-robin match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Saturday. Sabalenka, the reigning Australian and U.S. Open champion, brought her power game to the first women’s professional tennis tournament held in Saudi Arabia, handling Zheng …

An international team of archaeologists, led by Antonis Bartsiokas from Democritus University of Thrace, has made an extraordinary discovery in the Royal Tombs at Vergina, Greece, unearthing a piece of cloth believed to be Alexander the Great’s tunic. In a study published in the Journal of Field Archaeology, Bartsiokas details the findings around this purple and white tunic. His team …

Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable 4,000-year-old Bronze Age town in the Arabian Peninsula that once housed nearly 500 residents, revealing insights into how ancient communities transitioned from a nomadic lifestyle to more urbanized living. French archaeologist Guillaume Charloux, along with a team of Saudi researchers, located the al-Natah settlement near the Khaybar Oasis. Spanning around 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres), the …

In the Christian town of Deir al-Ahmar, Hassan Noun has set up a tent in a church courtyard, seeking refuge after escaping Israeli airstrikes in Baalbek, eastern Lebanon. “We need proper shelter,” he said, expressing concern over the approaching winter, “the children need a place safe from the rain and snow.” Noun and his family are among around 30,000 others …

U.N. refugee chief Filippo Grandi reported that an Israeli airstrike targeted “humanitarian structures” on Saturday at a border crossing between Lebanon and Syria. The crossing, known as Jousieh in Syria, has been an essential route for those escaping the Israel-Hezbollah conflict since the primary crossing was hit last month. Late in October, a prior Israeli strike created a large crater …

Israeli naval commandos detained a trainee mariner, identified by an Israeli military official as a “senior operative” of Hezbollah, during a raid in Lebanon, bringing him to Israel for questioning. In response, Lebanon’s Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati instructed the foreign ministry to file a complaint with the U.N. Security Council over the raid in Batroun, a coastal town south …