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Those players include Kalidou Koulibaly, with the Senegal defender, 31, also wanted by Inter Milan.Manchester City will resist loan offers for 20-year-old English midfielder James McAtee, who they want to be involved in their squad next season.Chelsea are prepared to match any bid Arsenal make for Brighton's Moises Caicedo, while Bayern Munich are also eyeing up a potential move for the Ecuador midfielder, 21.

Rishi Sunak will raise concerns about Joe Biden's flagship package of green technology subsidies when the pair meet in Washington on Thursday.The Prime Minister arrived late on Tuesday night for two days of meetings with business leaders and senior figures in Congress, culminating in discussions with the US President at the White House.

Here's a look at the life of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States.Birth date: July 6, 1946 Birth place: New Haven, Connecticut Birth name: George Walker Bush Father: George Herbert Walker Bush, 41st President of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Laura (Welch) Bush (November 5, 1977-present) Children: Barbara and Jenna (November 25, 1981) Education: Yale University, B.A., 1968; Harvard Business School, M.B.A., 1975 Military: Texas Air National Guard, F-102 fighter pilot, 1968-1970 Religion: Methodist After John Quincy Adams, George W. Bush is the second president to be the son of a previous president.

When the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama's congressional map had diluted the power of Black voters, it was a long-sought victory for voting rights activists, who had grown increasingly alarmed at the court's previous decisions that have hollowed out the Voting Rights Act.The decision also is likely to reverberate across the South, and could force multiple states with pending Voting Rights Act challenges to redraw their own maps.

Following years of consternation about whether Cook County's two main pension funds would fulfill its obligations to its 39,000 employees and retirees, county leaders are saying they are on track to reform.A pair of moves within the past year has freed up access to more pools of cash to help shore up the county's long-underfunded pensions, though fiscal experts say the county will have to be careful not to overcorrect and tie their hands on spending for other needs.

The United States will rejoin UNESCO, the United Nations cultural organization, in July, the agency announced on Monday, after years of turbulent relations that culminated in 2017 with a full withdrawal by the U.S. government.The move, which comes over a decade after the United States had cut off key funding to the agency, will give its budget a much-needed boost.

Recently, a surprising name popped up in a Washingtonian editor's inbox.It was none other than America's biggest pop star, Taylor Swift.Even more unexpectedly, the email concerned working conditions for staffers on Capitol Hill.Obviously, we were curious to hear the singer's thoughts on this, so we decided to call her up.

By ERIC TUCKER (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON (AP) - A former top aide to Donald Trump appeared Wednesday in federal court in Miami for testimony to a grand jury investigating potential classified-document mishandling and obstruction at the ex-president's Palm Beach property, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Staatliches Bauhaus originated as a German school of arts in the early 20th century and transformed into one of the most influential art schools in the history of the world.Bauhaus, meaning 'building a house in German,' was established six months after the First World War in 1919 and aimed to build a new society after the ravages and destruction of the war.

There is just one month left to enter our Future Luxury Retail Design Competition, which calls for innovative concepts that reimagine the future of luxury retail.Enter now before the contest closes for entries on 7 July.Announced last month, Dezeen and Bentley have teamed up to launch a global contest that invites architects and designers to envisage what luxury retail could look like in 2030 and beyond.

Hours after pleading not guilty in a federal court in Miami to charges related to his handling of classified documents, former President Donald J. Trump defended his conduct on Tuesday with a string of familiar falsehoods.Appearing at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., Mr. Trump drew misleading comparisons to other political figures, misconstrued the classification process and leveled inaccurate attacks at officials.

The co-signers on a $500,000 bond connected to Republican Rep. George Santos' federal indictment are family members, his lawyer said in a new court filing, though their names will remain unknown to the public while an appeals process plays out.Attorneys for Santos filed the appeal Friday, continuing his fight to keep the names of the bond co-signers under seal after a federal judge ordered earlier this week that the names must be made public.

I am writing regarding the police torture scandal involving former Chicago Cmdr.Jon Burge.Because of the things many African American men suffered, I ask for a memorial to be built to remember the victims, and it would also educate those who do not know about the scandal.For those who are not aware, Burge was accused of participating in or approving the torture of more than 100 African American men from 1972 to 1991.

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 by Chad Swiatecki
The Austin Chamber of Commerce has parted ways with Opportunity Austin, the job creation and economic development arm of the organization since 2004.The now-separate groups announced the split Tuesday while naming new leaders and explaining the move will allow each to focus on its core mission.

BRUSSELS As optimism that Sweden will soon be able to join NATO rises, the Swedish government says it will allow the alliance to base troops on its territory even before formally joining the group.The government has decided that the Swedish Armed Forces may undertake preparations with NATO and NATO countries to enable future joint operations, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Defense Minister Pal Jonson said in an article for the Dagens Nyheter newspaper this week.

The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB) declared its support this week for a bill introduced by Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives that would reinstate the Loan Level Price Adjustment (LLPA) structure that was in place prior to May 1, 2023.Lawmakers proposed similar legislation in April.

The storm overflows taskforce set up by the government to tackle raw sewage discharges by water companies in England has only met once in the last year, a freedom of information request has revealed.The group, which was promoted by ministers as evidence that they were taking the issue of raw sewage discharges by water companies seriously, is supposed to meet fortnightly, according to its mission statement.

YOUNG AND RESTLESS: The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions, by Mattie Kahn American girls are in crisis on that much we can all agree.In a 2021 study of young women's mental health, a vast number of respondents between ages 12 and 19 answered that they had felt persistently sad or hopeless; rates of sexual assault and violence in the same population are alarmingly high.

Ever since the city of Portland granted a land use permit to oil transport company Zenith Energy last fall, backpedaling on its August 2021 decision to deny the permit on the grounds that Zenith's operations were in conflict with the city's climate goals, climate activists have called on the city to reverse course once again.

When Alf-Inge Haaland made his Nottingham Forest debut in February 1994, featuring in a resounding win over Leicester, it was the latest step in a quiet revolution that helped define the Premier League's course.Haaland and his compatriot Lars Bohinen were heavily involved in Forest's return to the top flight that spring and, back then, neither player could have predicted where Norway's influence on English football would lead.

A version of this story appears in CNN's What Matters newsletter.To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.Pat Robertson, the quintessential televangelist who died Thursday at 93, fused media, religion and politics into a potent force during a time when American political parties realigned.He gave religious conservatives a powerful broadcasting platform, pushed Christians toward the Republican Party and spoke out against gay rights, feminism, abortion rights and anything else he thought might be likely to draw God's wrath.

Crave is making room for commercial breaks on its streaming service.After years as an exclusively advertisement-free subscription platform, Bell Media says it plans to launch new Crave tiers sometime this summer that include commercials during programming.Shows that will be offered in the ad tiers include classic sitcoms Friends and The Big Bang Theory, the Canadian comedy Letterkenny and some of its HBO programming.

Here's a look at the life of former US House speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.Birth date: June 17, 1943 Birth place: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Birth name: Newton Leroy McPherson; adopted at a young age by stepfather Robert Gingrich and took his last name Father: Newton C. McPherson, mechanic Mother: Kathleen (Daugherty) McPherson Gingrich Marriages: Callista (Bisek) Gingrich, (August 18, 2000-present); Marianne (Ginther) Gingrich, (August 8, 1981-April 6, 2000, divorced); Jackie (Battley) Gingrich (June 19, 1962-February 1981, divorced) Children: with Jackie (Battley) Gingrich: Jacqueline and Linda Kathleen Kathy Education: Emory University, B.A., 1965; Tulane University, M.A., 1968; Tulane University, Ph.D. in European History, 1971 Religion: Roman Catholic Is the first speaker of the House to be punished by the House for ethics violations, on January 21, 1997.