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Lamine Yamal must work hard to top Messi – Barcelona’s Flick

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens May 2, 2025, 08:07 AM ET Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said on Friday that Lamine Yamal must work hard and continue to replicate his performance against Inter Milan to reach the level of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Yamal, 17, scored Barça’s first goal as they fought back to draw 3-3 […]

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Shell shock: Elche ban sunflower seeds to clean up stadium

Spanish side Elche have decided to break with tradition by banning the sale and consumption of sunflower seeds at their home ground as cleaning up the shells spit out by fans led to increased costs and unhygienic conditions. Elche play their home games at the 31,388-capacity Estadio Martinez Valero but the highly popular Spanish snack […]

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Trump budget would slash federal rental aid by 40% : NPR

The proposed White House budget calls for cutting Housing and Urban Development rental aid and sending that smaller pot of money to states “to design their own rental assistance programs based on their unique needs and preferences.” The plan also would impose a two-year cap on rental assistance for able-bodied adults. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide […]

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Sandeel fishing ban in North Sea to remain

Paul Murphy Environment Correspondent Getty Images Sandeels are an important source of food for many seabirds A challenge to Britain’s ban on commercial fishing for sandeels in the North Sea has been dismissed by a European court. Sandeels are a vital source of food for seabirds that live along the UK coastline. A closure order […]

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AfD classified as extreme-right by German intelligence

Paul Kirby Europe digital editor Reuters Alice Weidel, joint AfD leader, said the decision was a “severe blow against German democracy” Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has been designated as right-wing extremist by the country’s federal office for the protection of the constitution. “The ethnicity- and ancestry-based understanding of the people prevailing within the […]

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What Australia’s Vote Means for Climate in a Major Coal Economy

Few voters have as much power over climate change as an Australian citizen. Among democracies, only the United States and Canada come close to Australia in terms of per capita greenhouse gas emissions. The country is also one of the world’s biggest exporters of planet-warming fossil fuels, selling coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, as […]

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Trump Ends Chinese Tariff Loophole, Raising the Cost of Online Goods

The Trump administration on Friday officially eliminated a loophole that had allowed American shoppers to buy cheap goods from China without paying tariffs. The move will help U.S. manufacturers that have struggled to compete with a wave of low-cost Chinese products, but it has already resulted in higher prices for Americans who shop online. The […]

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Maternity care at North Tees Hospital ‘traumatic’

Tom Burgess BBC News, North East and Cumbria Niki Cotson More than 700 people have signed Niki’s petition to have the North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust put into special measures A mum who says she has been left in chronic pain a year after giving birth has called for an NHS trust to be […]

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Iconic Spain national team superfan ‘Manolo el del Bombo’ dies at 76

Manuel Caceres, the drum-pounding Spanish football superfan known worldwide as “Manolo el del Bombo”, died on Thursday at the age of 76, silencing the rhythmic heartbeat that had accompanied Spain national team for over four decades. With his trademark oversized Basque beret and red number 12 shirt, Caceres became as much a fixture at Spanish […]

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