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Jun 22, 2025, 10:01 AM ETThree spectators died and more than 70 others were injured after falling from the upper stand of a stadium following MC Alger’s second straight Algerian top-flight title win, the Algerian ministry of health said on Sunday.”The Beni Messous University Hospital received 38 injured people, while three deaths were recorded,” the Algerian ministry of health said in a statement via Facebook, adding: “Ben Aknoun Hospital also received 27 injured people, while Bab El Oued Hospital received 16.”Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune offered his condolences and wished a speedy recovery for the injured.”It is with great sadness and…

Spain’s Costa Brava has long been a magnet for the jet set, its pebbled calas and charming fishing villages luring everyone from Truman Capote and Marcel Duchamp to Ava Gardner. While you could easily follow in their footsteps, spending your vacation hopping from one rocky playa to the next, that would mean missing out on the wider charms of Empordà, the storied region stretching inland from the Mediterranean Sea and north toward the French border.Once home to the first Greek settlement on the Iberian Peninsula, this picturesque corner of Spain, just an hour and a half north of Barcelona, encompasses…

With diplomatic efforts between Ukraine and Russia at a halt, a new “massive” drone attack rocked Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person and hospitalising two more, after Ukraine said it would increase the “scale and depth” of its operations against Russian energy and military infrastructure.

Reform UK are to offer wealthy foreigners and returning British expats a bespoke tax regime in exchange for a one-off payment of £250,000 with all funds collected redistributed to Britain’s lowest-paid workers, the party claims.The proposal, dubbed the Britannia Card, is due to be unveiled by party leader Nigel Farage later this week. It promises a 10-year residence permit and a return to the controversial “remittance basis” of taxation, allowing cardholders to shield overseas income from UK tax and avoid inheritance tax entirely.In return, high-net-worth applicants would pay an upfront “entry contribution” of £250,000, which Reform UK said would be…

OpenAI has pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page. Does that suggest something is amiss with the acquisition, or with plans for Ive to lead design work at OpenAI? Not exactly, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who reports that the “deal is on track and has NOT dissolved or anything of the sort.” Instead, he said a judge has issued a restraining order over the io name, forcing the company…

and 73 more ballots from the over 500 voters who determined our list of the century’s best movies The Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar’s movies include “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” “The Room Next Door” and “Talk to Her,” for which he won an Oscar for best screenplay. The actress Pamela Anderson most recently earned acclaim for her lead performance in the drama “The Last Showgirl.” Elizabeth Banks is a producer, director and actress who has starred in the “Hunger Games” franchise. She also directed the comedies “Cocaine Bear” and “Pitch Perfect 2,” among others. Mike Birbiglia is…

“You can embrace somebody in a platonic sense, but you can also embrace somebody in a romantic sense. And I think this collection really looked at the lines between the two.” Saul Nash spoke immediately after his show this afternoon at Teatro Principe, a space that in its long history has been a boxing gym, a nightclub, and, back in the 1950s, a regular fashion venue. This was Nash’s second show in Milan, and the collection suggested that he is embracing some of the codes of Italian menswear. His hooded shirting was matched with a tie and pants in a…

Thousands of patients in England will be able to access weight-loss jabs via their GP from Monday for the first time.The mass rollout on the NHS means family doctors will be allowed to prescribe the drugs for the first time. About 220,000 people with “greatest need” are expected to receive Mounjaro, also known as tirzepatide and made by Eli Lilly, on the NHS over the next three years.The drug works by lowering blood sugar levels and slows down how quickly food is digested.From Monday, GPs in England will be allowed to prescribe Mounjaro to severely obese people living with a…

The Marie Kondo method can be applied to your summer vacation packing list, too. In addition to “does it spark joy?” ask yourself, “does it make me want to sip an Aperol spritz in the sun?” If the answer is yes, then by all means bring it along. Following the clicks of seasoned Amazon trendspotters, we found a matching set that evokes that very feeling. Reviewers say this cute two-piece strikes the perfect balance between being airy and elegant, yet as comfortable as pajamas. Now, that is the holy grail of vacation outfits—and it’s under $45. Automet Two-piece Shorts Set…

The government is to slash green levies on thousands of businesses, in an effort to bring down sky-high energy costs for firms and boost the manufacturing sector in Labour heartlands.The measure is a key plank of the long-awaited industrial strategy, a 10-year plan to boost sectors ranging from the creative industries to manufacturing.More than 7,000 businesses could have their energy bills reduced as the government removes levies such as the renewables obligation, which funds continuing commitments to earlier renewable electricity generation projects.It will come alongside a parallel policy, reported in the Guardian last week, aimed at helping particularly electricity-intensive industries…