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Fifa rallies behind Infantino as severance payment questions grow
Fifa has issued a statement rallying behind president Gianni Infantino as scrutiny grew over a severance payment made by Uefa to a female employee during his tenure as the governing body’s general secretary. Rather than addressing the specifics of the payment, Fifa characterised the media coverage and criticism as part of a deliberate campaign to…
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Fifa criticises campaign to oust president Infantino
Fifa has strongly criticised what it describes as a “concerted and ongoing effort” to undermine the organisation and its president, Gianni Infantino, following a Daily Telegraph report alleging that Infantino’s alleged lover received a severance payment from Uefa after an affair while he was its general secretary. The row comes as Infantino faces mounting pressure…
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Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.
Amazon is planning a data centre in Pecos County, Texas, supported by an on-site natural-gas power plant that could become the United States’ largest single source of climate pollution. The proposal highlights the growing tension between technology companies’ expanding AI infrastructure and their public climate commitments, as data centres require increasingly large amounts of electricity.…
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Live results: Progressives seek another upset in Hawaii’s congressional races
Both the article text you provided and my own attempt to fetch the page returned only an access-denied/403 response (the site is blocking automated access) — no actual article content was retrievable. I can’t produce an accurate summary without the real text. If you can paste the article body directly, or provide an alternative link…
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El-Sayed faces ‘risky bet’ with Michigan’s Black voters
The article’s full text was unavailable because access to the page was denied. Based on its title, it appears to examine Abdul El-Sayed’s potentially risky effort to win support from Black voters in Michigan during a Senate campaign. No specific claims, events, polling figures or campaign details can be verified from the material provided. The…
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Fauci in the congressional wringer: a test for Trump’s newly-minted Attorney General
A Senate committee has held former US infectious-disease official Dr Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress after he invoked the Fifth Amendment 111 times during questioning. The move is significant because it refers the matter to the Justice Department and tests whether President Trump’s newly appointed Attorney General will pursue a politically sensitive case involving…
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Graham replacement hopefuls make final pitches before special election: Iran war, DSA, Flock cams and more
Nine Republican candidates seeking to fill the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s South Carolina seat made final appeals to voters at a Florence County event before the special election. They discussed the war with Iran, the Democratic Socialists of America and privacy concerns over Flock camera systems, illustrating the range of national and local issues shaping…
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New IRA terrorists plan to drive migrants out of Ireland with campaign of violence, intelligence officials reveal
Intelligence officials have reportedly warned that the New IRA is planning a violent campaign intended to intimidate migrants and drive them out of Ireland. The allegation is significant because it suggests dissident republican militants may be seeking to exploit anti-immigration tensions and broaden their targets beyond traditional political or security interests. The report says the…
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Premier League managers have never been less English, title-winning or secure in their jobs
Nine Premier League clubs will begin the 2026-27 season with a different manager from the one who finished the previous campaign, underlining an unprecedented lack of job security. With 11 coaches having been in post for less than a year, the division’s median managerial tenure is at its lowest at the start of a season,…
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An Amazon data center could have the worst polluting power plant in the country
Amazon is backing a new gas-fired power plant in Pecos County, Texas, intended primarily to supply a nearby data centre rather than the state grid. The project could become one of the United States’ largest individual sources of greenhouse-gas emissions, highlighting the growing environmental cost of powering AI infrastructure and challenging Amazon’s climate commitments. The…