Serious unrest has rocked Olympique de Marseille. The French club's official store, located in the heart of the city, has been violently looted and vandalized amid a wave of street disturbances. The incident has left the club facing significant financial losses and sent shockwaves through French football.
The incident began when an unknown number of ******* ailants forced their way into the club's store. Once inside, they ransacked the premises: official shirts, training gear and various other merchandise disappeared from the displays within minutes, prompting a swift police response.
According to a statement, after ******* sing the scale of the raid, local authorities sealed off the store to begin investigating the scene and collecting evidence. The club, meanwhile, has been forced to order the temporary suspension of in-store sales until safe conditions can be restored.
Olympique de Marseille's board has issued a statement unequivocally condemning these acts of vandalism, stressing that surveillance footage has already been handed over to police to identify those responsible. Club sources emphasize that this attack does not tarnish the fans' commitment or the club's image.
Police investigators are keeping all lines of inquiry open, and arrests are expected in the coming hours following a review of the footage. The store will remain closed to the public indefinitely while repairs are carried out and a final ******* sment is made of the financial damage suffered by the club.

#official #forced

Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: $COIN) has filed for regulatory approval to list perpetual futures tied to individual large-cap U.S. stocks, opening the door to 24/7 leveraged trading of shares such as Apple, Microsoft, Tesla and Nvidia on a regulated U.S. platform.
The exchange plans to offer contracts linked to roughly 50 to 60 major stocks, with trading potentially starting later this year if regulators approve the products, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Perpetual futures, commonly known as perps, are derivatives that do not have an expiration date. Traders can keep positions open indefinitely, while leverage can magnify both gains and losses.
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#perpetual #global #coin

Two former Robinhood engineers were charged with fraud on Tuesday in a Hyperliquid insider trading case, accused of buying futures contracts before their employer announced new token listings.
Hefu Chai, 36, and Huaisong Xiang, 30, each face one count of violating the Commodity Exchange Act and one count of wire fraud. Prosecutors say the pair made more than $50,000 apiece.
"Robinhood takes market integrity seriously and has zero tolerance for insider trading. We have robust insider trading policies and procedures in place, including for new crypto listings. We immediately investigated and reported this matter to law enforcement and regulators, and will continue to cooperate with the investigations," a Robinhood spokesperson told BeInCrypto.
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Hyperliquid runs a decentralized exchange built around perpetual futures. These are leveraged bets on a token's price that never expire, so a trader can hold the position indefinitely.

#robinhood #exchange #tuesday

Besides the artificial intelligence trade, investors have been obsessed with any macroeconomic news that hits headlines. And it's hard to find a story in recent weeks that captured the market's attention like the U.S surpassing $40 trillion in gross federal debt. By any measure, this is an absolutely mind-boggling number.
The debt balance has expanded by 377% in the past two decades. And it currently represents 123% of the country's total GDP figure. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that it will continue climbing, reaching $64 trillion by 2036.
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Investors had better get used to hearing more about the U.S. national debt problem. Here's what this macro trend means for your portfolio in 2026 and beyond.
The U.S. has the world's largest and most advanced economy, driven by dominance in the technology sector. It controls the global reserve currency in the dollar. And it has the most robust and liquid capital markets. These advantageous traits support the argument that the nation can keep borrowing indefinitely.

#NVIDIA #signal #debt #investors

We all know that the level of fitness achieved by celebrities we see on television isn't attainable for many, if not most everyday people. And yet, when their sculpted bodies grace our screens, it can still activate a little voice that says "clearly you're not doing enough."
That's why it's so helpful and grounding when a celebrity is actually transparent about the work it takes to achieve their physique, so that it might quiet that self deprecating narrative and help us get a little more realistic about achieving whatever fitness goals we might have. Jessica Biel's recent response to a fan who asked her to share her workout routine is a perfect example of that.
It all started with a clip from her Prime Video thriller series, The Better Sister, where she plays a super fit character …as is evident by how clearly toned s he looks in a backless white dress worn during the show's opening.
Several women have shared the clip on TikTok, while muttering something along the lines of "I need to get back to the gym." One person even asked Biel to share the workout routine she does in order to get that toned. Biel saw the request, and acquiesced…but not without delivering a truth bomb or two.
"Everyone is talking…about the white dress…and I just wanted to share that that peak shape in that show is not maintainable unless you are living the strictest, most rigid lifestyle with your nutrition and with your fitness," she said, admitting that not even she, someone who's been notably lean and athletic their entire adult life, who has access to the best foods, best gym equipment, etc. etc., can sustain that look indefinitely.

#biel #little #workout #clip

(This Sept 2 story has been republished, with no changes to text.)
By David Shepardson
WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - A judge in Washington on Wednesday blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from sending landmark ‌California vehicle emissions rules for a potential repeal to the Republican-controlled Congress.
The four waivers sent by ‌the EPA to Congress for review granted California authority to enact its own emission standards for cars and trucks as well as lawn-and-garden equipment. The Trump administration has mounted a multi-pronged effort to deny California the ability to require cleaner and more electric vehicles. The EPA and Congress have also enacted rules making it easier for automakers to sell more gas-powered cars and trucks, while making it more expensive to buy EVs.
If the Trump administration is successful, it would bar California indefinitely from ‌regulating tailpipe emissions and a future ⁠Democratic president would be unable to easily reinstate its regulatory powers.

#sept #cars

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Coinbase has filed registration documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange ‌Commission to offer equity perpetuals, the ‌crypto exchange's chief policy officer said in a social media post on Thursday.
Here are some details:
• Perpetuals, also called "perps" are derivative contracts that track underlying ****** ets and do not expire, allowing traders ‌to hold positions ⁠indefinitely without the need for a roll-over.
• The product will need a ⁠Commodity Futures Trading Commission approval next, Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad said in a post on X.
• "Equity perps have proven demand internationally, and we're ‌excited at the prospect of a regulated pathway for U.S. investors," Shirzad said.

#commission

There is always a winner in any major global oil crisis. In 1973/74, it was Saudi Arabia and its OPEC brothers who shifted the balance of power in the market away from the previous arrangement dominated by the West's 'Seven Sisters' to the oil producers of the Middle East. After the 2014-2016 Oil Price War, it was the U.S. whose earlier nascent shale oil sector resisted the threat to its very existence from Saudi Arabia and OPEC, reorganising into a meaner, leaner, lower-cost oil production machine. The U.S. was the winner again in the short-lived 2020 Oil Price War, and this, along with all the other major crises mentioned, is ****** ysed in full in my latest book on the global oil markets. The latest rupture in the global oil market order that followed the U.S.'s 'Operation Epic Fury' against Iran that began on 28 February has also produced a clear winner. It is neither the U.S., Saudi Arabia, nor the other OPEC states -- it is China. So, how inclined will Beijing be to heed Washington's newly announced sanctions on Iran ahead of the meeting of its President Xi Jinping with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump on 24 September at the White House?
The sanctions in question were announced on 20 August by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who stated they would be "the ‌toughest sanctions in history" on Iran, under the umbrella of 'Economic D-Day' for the country. The direct sanctions on Iran aim for the complete financial isolation and economic shutdown of the regime by cutting off all domestic and international revenue streams. To this end, the U.S. Treasury blacklisted five core sectors of Iran's economy -- Digital ****** ets/Crypto, Technology, Gold, Aviation, and Shipping -- making any business operating within them subject to immediate ****** et freezes. At the same time, all longstanding humanitarian, academic, athletic, and personal remittance exemptions were indefinitely suspended, including a complete ban on non-commercial family money transfers and joint research collaborations. In parallel with this, the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and commercial aviation fleets were put under a strict operational embargo, cutting off access to foreign ports, refuelling, and aircraft spare parts. Immediate ****** et freezes were also levied against procurement networks, cyber warfare units, and business syndicates tied to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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In tandem with this, the U.S. Treasury, along with sister organisations, will fully utilise secondary sanctions to force foreign governments and companies to choose between trading with Iran or trading with the U.S., under the umbrella of 'Operation Economic Outcast'. This aims to target the complete financial isolation of Tehran by cutting off its remaining economic lifelines. To that end, the U.S. Treasury has already blacklisted nearly 60 entities, individuals, and vessels, focusing heavily on thir

Tony Romo has issued his first public statement following his OWI arrest in Wisconsin this July.
The arrest shocked the football world as Romo was in the area for a golf tournament. He was arrested after failing his field sobriety test and reportedly had an open container in his vehicle. Soon after the news made the rounds, bodycam footage was also released to the public showing the entire episode.
Soon after the story broke, CBS made the stunning decision to suspend Romo indefinitely. But as the network is preparing for its new NFL season and Romo was a major topic of conversation at the company's media day event, we have now finally heard from the former Dallas Cowboys star himself.
In a post on Instagram, Romo shared that he pled no contest to a civil offense and took full responsibility for his actions. He also shared his personal struggles and admitted to struggling with alcohol after trying to get off of pain medication following the injuries sustained during his NFL career. And he states that he is looking forward to eventually returning to his CBS duties.
Romo's statement reads in full:

#romo #following

Napco Security Technologies (NASDAQ:NSSC) held its fiscal fourth quarter 2026 earnings call on August 24, and the numbers it reported were close to a best-case scenario in the company's own history. Net revenue hit a quarterly record of $55.8 million, full-year revenue crossed the $200 million mark for the first time, and the company raised its dividend while sitting on $138 million in cash and zero debt. Buried in the same call, though, is a $16 million litigation charge still working its way through the income statement.
The engine under all of this is Napco's StarLink radio business, which reports monitoring fees the way a cable company reports subscriptions. Recurring service revenue reached $25.3 million in the quarter, up 12.9%, and carried a gross margin of 90.1%. Based on July 2026 activity, the company said its annualized recurring revenue run rate is now around $103 million. Starlink radio sales grew 40% year over year and 30% sequentially in the quarter, which CEO Kevin S. Buchel called one of the highest growth rates in company history, adding, "Radio sold today becomes recurring revenue tomorrow." That growth has a long runway attached, since Buchel said the shift away from copper phone lines will keep running until the end of the decade across more than 2 million buildings still needing to switch to cellular communicators.
The rest of the business held up its end too. Intrusion and access control sales rose 20.9% in the quarter, powered by a 35.8% jump in intrusion products including StarLink radios, and door locking revenue climbed 11.1% for the full year on a 19.7% increase in Alarm Lock sales. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter grew 44.3% to $20.6 million, and full-year non-GAAP diluted EPS rose 34.5% to $1.60. Free cash flow reached $59.2 million for the year, funding a dividend increase to $0.17 per share, a 13.3% raise payable Oct. 2, 2026, while the balance sheet carried $138 million in cash and marketable securities as of June 30, 2026, and no debt at all.
The headline profit numbers hide a rougher full-year picture in one spot. A $16 million litigation settlement recorded in the fiscal third quarter pulled full-year operating income down 1.3% to $45.6 million, even though quarterly operating income jumped 52.5%. Some of the quarter's gross margin expansion to 61.3% also came from a source that will not repeat indefinitely, since about 600 basis points of it was tariff refunds tied to the American Infrastructure and Industrial Power Act. CFO Andrew J. Vuono also flagged that data center expansion is pushing up the cost of electronic parts, even as the company says it can still ship on time.

#year

If jurors find Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible for strangling her three children, her civil commitment to a mental institution could come up for review every year — making it difficult to predict how long she could remain hospitalized, according to a retired judge.
Clancy would not face "a 'life sentence in a public mental hospital,'" Carol Erskine, a retired Massachusetts judge and child welfare advocate, wrote in a post on X. "She could remain hospitalized for many years — even indefinitely — but only as long as the legal criteria for civil commitment continue to be met."
The first move is in the trial judge's hands, Erskine later told Fox News Digital.
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"The initial aspect of what happens is an order by the judge," she said. "If the judge so orders it, a 40-day evaluation in a locked unit."

#civil #long #remain #hospitalized

Alter said Freedom is not allowed back into Wintrust Arena "unless sometime in the future, he's able to prove to us that he's able to abide by our rules without being a potential threat." A Sky spokesperson confirmed Freedom is banned indefinitely from the team's home games. A league source with knowledge of the situation told Front Office Sports that the WNBA does not intend to impose a league-wide ban on Freedom.
This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: A league source with knowledge of the situation told …

#freedom #league #able #source

Enes Kanter Freedom is banned from Chicago Sky games at Wintrust Arena.
In a rare interview with Chicago-based media members, Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter denounced the actions of former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who attended Sunday's game at Wintrust Arena between the Sky and Indiana Fever.
"It was pretty clear to us that his purpose of coming here was trying to be provocative and just see how much attention he could get," Alter told reporters.
Freedom was removed from the third quarter of Sunday's game after an altercation with Sky guard Natasha Cloud. Weeks before Sunday's game, Freedom, an 11-year NBA veteran who last played in 2022, declared for the 2027 WNBA draft, claiming he identifies as a woman.
Alter said Freedom is not allowed back into Wintrust Arena "unless sometime in the future, he's able to prove to us that he's able to abide by our rules without being a potential threat." A Sky spokesperson confirmed Freedom is banned indefinitely from the team's home games.

#freedom

UTMA custodial accounts irrevocably transfer to the grandchild at age 21, giving them full legal control to spend the money however they choose.
A 529 keeps the owner in control indefinitely and allows penalty-free beneficiary reassignments or a $35,000 Roth IRA rollover under SECURE 2.0.
California and a few states let donors extend UTMA control to age 25, but once the account opens, the termination age in the paperwork is locked.
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A custodial account opened for a grandchild under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act transfers to the beneficiary at the state's age of termination, typically 21. At that point, the new adult owner controls how the funds are spent, and the former custodian has no legal authority over the account. A 529 college savings plan operates differently, with the account owner retaining control indefinitely. The distinction between a UTMA custodial account and a 529 plan matters for grandparents evaluating how to structure gifts to minors.

#Legal #indefinitely

Clemson football defensive tackle Vic Burley was found by police on Aug. 22 asleep in his truck with the engine running at 2:15 a.m. and showed signs of impairment that led to his arrest, according to an incident report posted by Tigers Illustrated, Clemson's On3 website.
Burley was charged with public disorderly conduct and then suspended indefinitely by the Tigers and coach Dabo Swinney.
According to the report, a Clemson Police officer stopped at the scene when he noticed another person, identified as a male Clemson student, lying in the grass next to the truck on Calhoun Drive. The student stated he was waiting for a friend to give him a ride with his fiancée because they both had been drinking. The student said the truck was his friend's.
The police officer knocked on the windows of the car, received no response, but noticed the shoulder of a person asleep in the driver's seat. A second officer arrived, and they opened the driver's side door, where Burley was found asleep. A "strong odor" of marijuana was detected.
The report said Burley did not initially wake up when the door opened, nor when the truck was turned off. But after Burley woke up, he was unsteady on his feet as he got out of the truck, slurred his speech and "seemed disoriented." His eyes were also drooping, he struggled to remove his identification from his wallet and was slow to respond and did not directly answer questions.

#student

In the months before her death at age 36, Hayden Panettiere took serious steps to protect herself from her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson, including hiring private security to keep him away.
The "Heroes" actress was found unresponsive on August 16 but had reportedly reconnected with Hickerson earlier this year when he claimed he needed a place to stay.
A close source has now shared that what began as a temporary arrangement escalated when Brian Hickerson allegedly tried to stay indefinitely and was found to be surveilling Hayden Panettiere.
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The late actress, according to an insider, was forced to employ private security to remove Hickerson from her Los Angeles home after he re-entered her life earlier this year and refused to leave.

#hickerson #actress

The individual who tossed a green **** toy onto the court during a game between the Los Angeles Sparks and Atlanta Dream on Thursday has been arrested and indefinitely banned from all WNBA, NBA and affiliated league games and events, a league source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Athletic.
The person hurled the toy during the third quarter of the Dream's 124-88 win, a theme that began last season when objects were thrown onto the court at various games. The **** toy was tossed in front of the Sparks bench as Los Angeles forward Jihyun Park was at the free-throw line.
Before Park attempted her free throw, a referee blew her whistle to stop play. Dream forward Angel Reese quickly pointed out the perpetrator from her seat on the bench; security removed the toy, and arena security apprehended the spectator. In video footage that surfaced on social media, the perpetrator tried to flee the arena after being accused, but police quickly detained the individual.
The WNBA plans to work closely with law enforcement authorities to hold individuals accountable for throwing objects onto the court, according to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly.
Sex toys being thrown onto the court became an issue last season in July, when an object was thrown onto the court across six games, including in Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Phoenix and Los Angeles. Police arrested two people — 18-year-old Kaden Lopez in Phoenix and 23-year-old Delbert Carver in Georgia — as they were behind a group money scheme with cryptocurrency.

#WNBA

NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights agency accused of halting a ***** ual harassment case filed on behalf of female prison guards is now blaming an administrative judge for doing so in error.
A labor union and two female prison guards sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces employment anti-discrimination laws, for indefinitely suspending proceedings in their case as part of a wider effort to halt all federal-sector class claims pending before the agency's administrative judges.
The lawsuit cited an administrative judge's order dated Dec. 10, 2025, stating that the ***** ual harassment case had been paused and that the "notification applies to all class cases in the federal sector."
But in a court document filed Thursday evening, EEOC Chief Operating Officer Sharon Rose said the judge in the case issued the notification "in error" and that it was an "isolated incident." Rose also told the court that the EEOC has transferred the case to another administrative judge, who on Monday issued an order scheduling further proceedings.
The court document also included a letter sent by Justice Department attorney James Harlow to the plaintiffs on Monday, offering the same explanation and asking them to drop their motion for a preliminary injunction.

#judge

Longtime NBA referee Joey Crawford, who is being inducted into the Naismith Basketball of Fame on Saturday, Aug. 15, officiated 2,561 regular-season games over 39 seasons, including a record 374 postseason games and 50 NBA Finals games. He worked in 23 consecutive NBA Finals.
Officiating with an iron fist and known for his quick whistle and quicker temper, Crawford got on the nerves of NBA players and fans, including an infamous incident in 2007 when he ejected Spurs star Tim Duncan for laughing from the bench.
Crawford was suspended indefinitely for the incident and sat out the rest of the regular season and playoffs that season.
He retired in 2016 at the age of 63.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: NBA referee Joey Crawford inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame

#joey #fame #regular

As the clichéd warning goes, "past performance is no guarantee of future results." Nevertheless, past performance is usually a pretty good indication of what the future likely holds.
To this end, while continued dividend growth is never guaranteed, once a stock's achieved the ******* le of Dividend King by virtue of at least 50 consecutive years of annual dividend increases, it's clear the underlying company's got some serious staying power.
Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »
And there's one such name right now that's a particularly compelling prospect, and not just for its dividend pedigree. That company is brick-and-mortar retailing ******* an Walmart (NASDAQ: WMT). Here are the top three reasons to buy it right now with plans on holding onto it indefinitely, and one ironic reason not to.
With 53 consecutive annual dividend increases under its belt, Walmart's got nothing left to prove in terms of being a reliable dividend payer and grower.

#past

Newcastle United chief executive David Hopkinson has insisted the club's dramatic summer represents the beginning of a new era rather than the end of the Magpies' ambitions.
Speaking to The Athletic following Eddie Howe's departure and Matthias Jaissle's appointment, along with a flurry of important changes to the squad, Hopkinson unveiled what he called "Newcastle United 2.0" and argued the club is building for sustained success despite losing several of its biggest names.
"We're going forwards, in a way that is built to last," Hopkinson said. "We are pivoting in line with our reality, but we will surge forward from here and get into a position where we can win consistently. This Newcastle 2.0 team will be young, hungry, ambitious, relentless. They want to be here and they will fight for everything. This is exciting. This is transformational. This is intentional. Let's go."
Hopkinson also admitted the club's previous approach could not continue indefinitely.
"There's no Newcastle 2.0 without Newcastle 1.0," Hopkinson said. "It ignited this community and allowed us to dream. It brought us spectacular nights here, it brought us a trophy and a parade. It was a great chapter, but we were living beyond our means. And, at some point, you've got to pay the credit card bill."

#hopkinson #united #magpies #Athletic

Steve Belichick is taking time away from UNC football
Bill Belichick's son was placed on medical leave, the head coach said on Wednesday
Steve, the Tar Heels' defensive coordinator, also was on his father's Patriots staff
Steve Belichick is taking a medical leave of absence and will be away from the University of North Carolina's sidelines indefinitely, his father Bill Belichick announced on Wednesday.
Belichick, 74, did not offer further details about his son's sudden absence from the team or say whether the 39-year-old defensive coordinator would be ready in three weeks, when the Tar Heels take on TCU in Dublin, Ireland on Saturday, Aug. 29.

#medical

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Donald formally worked out for the Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday, presumably taking one of the final steps before the superstar defensive tackle decides whether to end his 2 1/2-year retirement.
The 35-year-old Donald participated in a hosted workout with the Rams, according to the league's official transaction wire, which records such workouts with free agents before their possible signings to NFL rosters.
Donald has been working out at the Rams' Woodland Hills training complex and at home for several weeks in his attempt to return to NFL shape. While the Rams have emphasized their willingness to wait indefinitely for Donald to decide, coach Sean McVay has expressed cautious optimism in the past week about the prospect of lining up Donald and Myles Garrett together this season on a remarkable defensive line.
"If there's an arrow, it's trending upwards," McVay said last Friday.
McVay indicated that the Rams didn't expect a decision until after they wrap up training camp at Loyola Marymount University this week. The Rams are planning to reconvene in Woodland Hills on Saturday for their first post-camp practice.

#woodland #defensive

WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella revealed that she suffered a broken scapula during her SummerSlam 2026 match and will be sidelined from the ring indefinitely as she recovers.
Bella announced the injury update in a Monday, Aug. 3 Instagram post and noted she will be out "for a bit" without specifying an exact time frame. She was injured during a six-person tag team match featuring her sister, Nikki, and Paige against Fatal Influence during the first night of SummerSlam on Saturday, Aug. 1.
After the event, WWE chief content officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque initially said the injury "seems pretty bad" and Bella had been taken to a local hospital for more examination.
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"I wanted to thank you all for sending me all the love, warm wishes and prayers. When I was sitting in the hospital, I was reading everything you guys were sending my way, love you all!!!," Bella wrote via social media. "... If there's one thing I know about my sister and I is that we don't let broken bones stop us. Not sure how I finished that match, but I do believe between the adrenaline, passion for the business and the love for all the women I work with, it gave me the drive to finish. Now my new journey starts!!"

#sister #sending

Arsenal and Barcelona are the two main clubs competing to sign Julian Alvarez this summer, and both teams are determined to win the race for his signature.
Alvarez prefers a move to Barcelona, but their approach has frustrated Atletico Madrid. Several reports suggest that Atletico would rather sell him to a club outside Spain if the Argentine pushes to leave the club.
Atletico Madrid are doing everything possible to keep Alvarez for another season, and it remains unclear whether the forward would take drastic action to force through a move away from the club.
Since the end of last season, Barcelona have been working to add Alvarez to their squad and even saw an offer rejected. They have invested significant time in their pursuit, but their position could now change because they have identified another option.
According to Fussball Daten, Barcelona would move for Vangelis Pavlidis if they fail to sign Alvarez this summer. The report claims that the Catalan club are close to stepping away from the race for the Argentine because they will not wait indefinitely for him.

#atletico #sign #race

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Donald Trump said late Saturday that he would halt new planned attacks on Iran pending renewed talks to wind down the war and revive stalled cargo traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
It was the latest in a pattern of announcements the U.S. president has made to first threaten massive strikes and then later call them off. The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring — and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.
Here is a look at some of Trump's past major announcements about pausing strikes against Iran:
The United States and Iran agree to a two-week ceasefire to end the intense fighting that began on Feb. 28 with Israeli and U.S. attacks. Trump makes the announcement less than two hours before a deadline he had set for Tehran to capitulate or face attacks on bridges and power plants — strikes he said would mean "a whole civilization will die."
Trump announces that the U.S. is indefinitely extending its ceasefire with Iran a day before it was to expire. He adds that he has been asked by mediators to hold off on attacks to give Iranian leaders time to come up with additional proposals. The fragile ceasefire lasts until May 8, when the U.S. carried out strikes on Iranian tankers.

#Iran #ceasefire

Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), OpenAI and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) now appear on the same policy letter supporting open-weight AI. Anthropic does not. The letter published on July 24 asks U.S. policymakers to avoid broad restrictions on models whose weights can be downloaded, modified and run privately. OpenAI and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) joined after the initial publication, Axios reported on July 27.
Nvidia sells the hardware and software used to train and run AI models. A larger field of model developers, more local deployments, and cheaper inference can all expand demand for its products. Nvidia can benefit even if the models themselves become difficult to monetize.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META) has another reason to favor open weights. Its models can enter products and corporate systems that might otherwise rely on OpenAI or Anthropic. Outside developers improve the tools, hosting services and integrations around them. Meta can benefit through its applications, advertising business and infrastructure without charging for every model call.
Closed frontier labs can still justify their prices through better performance, enterprise support, reliability and safety. But every task an open model can perform well enough becomes harder to sell through an expensive proprietary API. Customers can also host a model themselves instead of sending data to one provider indefinitely. OpenAI and Anthropic could consequently lose some pricing power and customer lock-in.

#openai #NVIDIA #anthropic #open

FC Barcelona's pursuit of Julian Alvarez has reached a crucial stage after club president Joan Laporta confirmed that the offer made for the Atletico Madrid striker would not remain valid indefinitely.
Shortly after beginning his latest presidential term, Laporta made Barcelona's position clear.
"We have made an offer, but this offer is not unlimited in time."
Later, while in New York supporting the Spanish national team during the final stages of the World Cup, he narrowed the timeframe even further.
"The deadline for the offer is between the last week of July and the first week of August," he added.

#made #laporta #alvarez #atletico

Taco Bell has narrowed down its focus on ingredients linked to an ongoing cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people nationwide. The suspected culprit: lettuce.
The fast-food chain said July 16 it had removed lettuce from one of its suppliers in select states after reports linked the ingredient to the growing cases of the stomach-churning parasitic infection that causes diarrhea and nausea across several states.
"Based on ongoing conversations with public health officials, and out of an abundance of caution, Taco Bell has taken immediate action to voluntarily remove potentially impacted lettuce from a supplier in select states," the company said in a statement.
The lettuce supplied by the vendor would be "indefinitely removed" from its supply chain nationwide and replaced within 24 hours in affected states, according to Taco Bell. The company did not identify the supplier or specify which states were affected by the removal.

A teacher has been banned from the profession indefinitely for smacking a young boy on his bare bottom after he urinated in a school ball pit.
A tribunal panel found Tsvetelina Kaliszan, 44, who worked at Elm Tree Primary Academy in Wednesbury, intended to physically chastise the pupil.
The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) added she did not report her actions to the school on the day of the incident in May 2024.
Kaliszan claimed she "tapped" the pupil and his trousers had not been down at the time, but after hearing from witnesses, the panel found that she had struck his bottom, "specifically two smacks", and that on the balance of probability his bottom was bare.
Kaliszan, who started working at the academy as a class teacher in 2023, was supervising pupils in a soft play area alongside other members of staff in the afternoon, the TRA said.