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Erling Haaland marked a significant personal achievement on Thursday by netting the 300th goal of his professional career during Manchester City’s 5-2 win over Juventus at the FIFA Club World Cup. The match was held at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, where City completed a perfect group stage performance. The 24-year-old striker reached the milestone in the 52nd minute, …

Former President Donald Trump has indicated plans to reveal his choice for the next Federal Reserve chair well in advance of the end of Jerome Powell’s term, which does not expire until May 2026. This early announcement would break with longstanding norms and could mark the first time in the Federal Reserve’s 111-year history that a successor is named so …

Following the overwhelming success of Top Gun: Maverick, released in 2022, the franchise is set to continue with a third installment currently in development. Director Joseph Kosinski has confirmed that work is underway on Top Gun 3, indicating the creative team has found a compelling direction for the story. The sequel to the high-grossing film will again feature Tom Cruise …

More than three decades after the bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires claimed 85 lives, an Argentine federal judge has authorized the trial in absentia of ten suspects accused of orchestrating and executing the attack. This legal decision marks a significant shift in Argentina’s approach to long-standing terrorism cases involving foreign nationals who have evaded justice for …

An Israeli airstrike struck a street in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza on Thursday, killing 18 individuals and wounding others, according to hospital officials. The area targeted was a location where, eyewitnesses reported, local residents had gathered to receive flour and other basic goods. These supplies had been reclaimed by Palestinian police from criminal groups accused of looting humanitarian convoys. …

On Friday, a series of Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon led to the death of one civilian woman and injuries to eleven others, despite an existing ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah. The attacks, focused on areas in and around Nabatieh al-Fawqa and the Iqlim al-Tuffah heights, marked one of the most intense escalations since the truce came into effect in late …

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Mexico and Saudi Arabia are preparing to meet in the quarter-finals of the 2025 Gold Cup, with kickoff scheduled for Sunday, June 29 at 03:15. The clash brings together two teams with markedly different trajectories in the tournament, led respectively by experienced coaches Javier Aguirre and Roberto Mancini. Mexico Overview Mexico advanced to this stage as group leaders after collecting …