Projecting the College Football Playoff top 25 after Week 13 Brian Bahr/Getty Images Heather Dinich, ESPN Senior WriterNov 23, 2024, 11:45 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of Indiana University Follow on X Email Print The arguments about a three-loss SEC team in the 12-team College Football Playoff began even…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ security council will verify an alleged assassination threat by Vice President Sara Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a top official said on Sunday, describing it as a “matter of national security”. Duterte, in a strongly-worded morning briefing on Saturday, said she had spoken with an assassin and instructed them…
(Reuters) – The United States is using Taiwan to provoke a serious crisis in Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told TASS news agency in remarks published on Sunday, reiterating Moscow’s backing of China’s stance on Taiwan. “We see that Washington, in violation of the ‘one China’ principle that it recognises, is strengthening military-political…
AMMAN (Reuters) -A gunman was dead and three policemen injured after a shooting near the Israeli embassy in neighbouring Jordan, a security source and state media said on Sunday. Police shot a gunman who had fired at a police patrol in the Rabiah neighbourhood of Amman, state news agency Petra reported, citing public security, adding…
By Katy Daigle BAKU, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – This year’s U.N. climate summit delivered a deal on climate finance two days past deadline, after two weeks of tense negotiations. Here are some of the takeaways from the COP29 summit held in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku: CASH (TSX:CASH) FOR CLIMATE REMAINS TIGHT The summit’s main agenda item…
By Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanians vote on Sunday in the first round of a presidential election that may give a shot at victory to hard-right politician George Simion, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, admires Donald Trump and wants to emulate Giorgia Meloni’s Italy. Outgoing two-term president Klaus Iohannis, 65, had cemented Romania’s…
(Reuters) -Jay Bhattacharya is now the presumptive favorite to be selected by President-elect Donald Trump as the next director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The Stanford-trained physician and economist met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, Trump’s pick to lead HHS…
By Nia Williams (Reuters) – The government of Canada on Saturday apologized to the Inuit of northern Quebec for the mass killing of sled dogs in the 1950s and 1960s, which devastated communities by depriving them of the ability to hunt and travel. Federal Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Gary Anandasangaree travelled to Kangiqsujuaq in the…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s government said on Sunday it had dropped plans to fine internet platforms up to 5% of their global revenue for failing to prevent the spread of misinformation online. The bill was part of a wide-ranging regulatory crackdown by Australia, where leaders have complained that foreign-domiciled tech platforms are overriding the country’s…
NWSL Championship: Will Washington Spirit or Orlando Pride win? play How Michele Kang is ‘changing the landscape’ of the women’s game (2:37) Sebastian Salazar reacts to Michele Kang’s $30 million donation to U.S. Soccer. (2:37) Jeff Kassouf and Megan Swanick Nov 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Email Print The NWSL season has led up to…
