Politics
Regulator would quit over Man City interference
The head of English football's independent regulator says he will resign if he encounters any political interference over Manchester City's future.
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Majority of clubs on edge of 'financial disaster' - regulator
English football's finances are "dangerously exposed, with the majority of clubs living on the edge of financial disaster", a new report says.
World
Belgium: Greener schools thanks to European funding
🇧🇪 In Ganshoren, in Belgium, a new school replaces run-down buildings. But the need for renovations remains enormous.👉🏻 Find the whole reporting on France 24 English.
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Poetry book promotes Chabacano, Asia’s only Spanish-based creole language
"The project highlights not only the continued vitality of Chavacano as a language, but also the efforts of its speakers to create new literature and preserve the language through writing.”
Health
Cut screen time in classrooms to avoid long-term health issues, clinicians urge
A group of clinicians warns technology use in English schools is driving a rise in health problems like short-sightedness.
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Bangladesh-Malaysia recruitment reforms revive old questions over the cost of migration
Bangladesh and Malaysia have made several government-level agreements for labour migration over the years, but problems such as syndication, excessive recruitment costs and human rights abuses remain unresolved.
Sports
Northampton outgun Bath in 119-point thriller
Northampton win a high-octane 18-try thriller at home to Bath, the second highest-scoring game in English top-flight history.
World
How Ecuador is fighting to keep industrial trans fats off the food shelf
As health advocates push for tighter controls, Ecuador confronts the gap between regulating trans fats and enforcing those rules.
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Entertainment
Why did Dolly Parton record a song in Welsh?
The cover of smash-hit Jolene, with Welsh and English lyrics, is released on Friday.
World
Subsea cables and oil pipelines: The infrastructure linking AI, empire, and occupation
The growing importance of subsea cables in military and economic policy offers an entrypoint into understanding the corrosive, yet dependent, relationship between AI and oil infrastructure
World
Alibaba sues Pentagon to denounce being classified as a Chinese military affiliate
DoD’s public document describes Alibaba as indirectly affiliated with China State Council's supervision body, and a “military-civil fusion contributor to the Chinese defense industrial base”.
World
‘War lives in me’: Gaza playwright Ali Abu Yasin wins English PEN award
Honoured for his artistic resilience, Ali Abu Yasin continued writing for theatre amid the rubble.
World
El Niño speeds climate crisis and tests Latin America’s food security
From droughts to floods and fires, El Niño is exposing vulnerabilities in Latin America’s food systems by putting farmers, food supplies and household budgets under growing pressure across the region.
Politics
Africa’s governments already treat the internet as protest infrastructure. Its courts have not caught up
In 2024 the African Commission itself adopted a resolution on internet shutdowns during elections. The resolution treats a shutdown as a harm to expression and access to information...
Sports
Senior figures worried about Man City being in next season's Champions League
Senior figures within the English game are concerned that Manchester City could play in the Champions League next season even if they are relegated for breaching financial regulations.
World
Digital hopes, real power: From connection to collective action
If the Arab Spring was defined by optimism about what the internet could do, the years since have been marked by a more sober understanding of what it takes to defend it
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Young people are bridging the climate divide for Oceania and the Caribbean
“The lack of strong and consistent climate policy means that every year, families lose loved ones, homes, and entire livelihoods because of climate-related disasters.”
World
Too young to run, old enough to protest: West Africa’s unfinished democratic bargain
Young people are old enough to vote and old enough to protest but are often told they need experience before they can hold political office.
World
How a farmers’ protest in Bucharest was inflated online, then hijacked
Over 1,180 Facebook posts and 100 TikTok videos analyzed showed how a genuine farmers’ protest was inflated by clusters of accounts sharing identical messages, then folded into anti-government, anti-EU and pro-Kremlin narratives.
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Manchester City appeal judgement that club breached Premier League financial rules
Manchester City on Friday appealed an independent commission's findings that the club had seriously breached the Premier League's financial rules for more than a decade. The commission found the 10-time English champions had arranged phoney commercial deals with a number of its sponsors as part of a "disguised funding scheme".