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FIFA backs off World Cup private equity pitch after global fury: 5 things to know
FIFA has abandoned a proposal to bring private investors into a new commercial company managing revenues from the World Cup and other major tournaments, following strong opposition across football. The retreat matters because the plan had raised concerns about governance, the future ownership of football’s most valuable competitions and FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s leadership. -…
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OMB’s proposed grantmaking rule will destabilize biomedical research, experts warn
Biomedical research groups have warned that a proposed US Office of Management and Budget rule could make federal research funding less predictable by increasing political control over grant decisions and allowing grants to be ended more easily. They argue this could disrupt long-term studies, discourage scientific collaboration and slow the development of treatments, while supporters…
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Hegseth struggles to sell Senate on Iran war funding
The article’s full text was unavailable because access was denied, so its specific claims cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing difficulty persuading senators to support funding for a potential or ongoing conflict involving Iran. The headline indicates the dispute concerns using the Senate’s budget reconciliation process for…
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Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice under investigation over allegations he failed to declare an interest
Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice is being investigated by parliament’s standards commissioner over allegations that he failed to declare an interest. Daniel Greenberg confirmed the probe was opened last week, and Tice has said it relates to a complaint about whether he should have referenced his register of interests before a Commons debate on…
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Todd Blanche formally withdraws Trump’s ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund plan
Acting US Attorney General Todd Blanche has formally and in writing withdrawn President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.8bn “anti-weaponisation” fund, a move designed to clear the way for his own confirmation as permanent attorney general. The fund would have compensated Trump allies who claimed to have been politically prosecuted, including some involved in the 6 January…
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This lawyer believes in second chances. Now AI is providing a boost
Noella Sudbury, a former public defender in Utah, has founded Rasa Legal, a nonprofit that uses artificial intelligence to help people with criminal records get them expunged, opening the door to better job prospects. The initiative targets what is described as the “second chance expungement gap”: an estimated 20 million Americans are legally eligible to…
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Rare photos of ex-Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi give her family hope
Rare photographs of detained former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi have been released by the country’s military government, marking her first publicly documented contact with a foreign representative since the 2021 coup that removed her from power. The images, showing the 81-year-old Nobel laureate meeting an International Committee of the Red Cross official, matter…
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Can the Royal Navy legally stop the boats?
Reform UK has proposed “Operation Fortress”, a plan to deploy the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, RAF and British Army in the Channel to intercept migrant boats and return them to France or Belgium, which the party describes as the largest such military operation since the Second World War. Labour has dismissed the announcement as “reheated”…
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Putin’s hell as Ukraine unleashes its most intense bombardment of the war, igniting fires across Russia and destroying drone factory
Ukraine has carried out what is believed to be its most intense bombardment of Russia since the war began, sparking fires and destroying a drone factory in an overnight assault. Russian forces reported downing or intercepting 1,165 drones, bombs and missiles, underlining the scale of the strikes and Kyiv’s growing capacity to hit targets deep…
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Labour’s early release of prisoners ‘will lead to cuts to neighbourhood policing’ and ‘cost forces hundreds of millions’, warns top officer
A senior police officer has warned that Labour’s early prisoner release scheme, intended to ease overcrowding in jails, will force cuts to neighbourhood policing and cost forces hundreds of millions of pounds. The intervention comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces mounting pressure over the policy, having already delayed its planned September start pending an…