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Toni Kroos has sounded a note of caution over Real Madrid's €103 million ($111.67m)signing of Jude Bellingham, hinting at Eden Hazard as a big-money transfer that didn't turn out as planned.Madrid confirmed the deal with Borussia Dortmund for England star Bellingham, 19, on Wednesday on a six-year contract.

MELBOURNE, Australia The tennis breakthroughs keep coming for Tommy Paul and his American friends.Taylor Fritz became the first of their peer group to win a Masters 1000 title last year at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.A few months later, Frances Tiafoe became the first of their group to reach a Grand Slam semifinal in singles, pushing eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz to five sets.

Everest Curry King, 24 Loampit Hill, London SE13 7SW (020 8691 2233).Rolls and patties 1-2.50, curries, stir fries and filled dosa 7.95-11.95,sweets (six pieces) 6.95-8.95At Everest Curry King in Lewisham, they serve a beetroot curry that should silence even the most intimate of conversations.It's not just the colour which, courtesy of the star ingredient, suggests a busy day down the abattoir, a neat trick for a vegetable rightly beloved of vegans.

Long Play has been around only since last year, but it is already the most important classical music festival in New York City.And, based on the 15 concerts I attended during its second edition, which unfolded and overlapped in spaces around Brooklyn from Friday through Sunday, this festival by the Bang on a Can collective could even stand to get a little bigger.

Todd Sand was always the strongest guy on the ice.As an elite pair figure skater, he was muscular enough to smoothly lift his partner skyward or fling her through the air to fly and twist until gravity reclaimed her.But his real strength goes beyond the physical gifts that helped the Burbank native become a three-time Olympian, four-time U.S. champion and two-time world medalist, first with Natasha Kuchiki and later with partner-turned-wife Jenni Meno.

With just over a week on the Capitals roster under his belt, defenseman Rasmus Sandin has made quick friends with fellow Swede Nicklas Backstrom.Sandin has had nothing but praise for Backstrom since his first interview as a Capital."I think he's one of the best Swedes that we have and has had a terrific career," Sandin said at the time, "I'm very excited to be teammates with him now."

A delivery van converted into a synagogue that is touring through Germany: That's the idea behind the project "Mizwa Mobil" (mobile mitzvah).The first synagogue of its kind in Germany, the van took off from Berlin on Sunday.In the coming months, it will roll across the country and make Jewish culture accessible.

Hours after Toronto Mayor John Tory said he'll be stepping down from the role, recent mayoral candidates are announcing their bids to take over his post.The announcements come after the Toronto Star reported on Tory's relationship with a former employee in his office Friday something Tory called a "serious error in judgment" that risked "tarnishing" the city's top job.

International rugby league is facing an uncertain future after France announced its decision to withdraw from hosting the 2025 World Cup, citing its inability to meet financial guarantees required by the French government.The move, which affects the men's, women's and wheelchair tournaments, has left the international game's governing body, the IRL, scrabbling to consider other contingency options in order to ensure the continuation of the event.

Last season, right-handed pitcher Bryan Hoeing made his major league debut as an emergency starter for the Miami Marlins.Flown across the country on short notice to replace an injured Braxton Garrett, he had the challenge of facing the dominant Los Angeles Dodgers on the road.Although the story of his call-up was nice, Hoeing's debut went as badly as feared.

Zulie Rane makes six figures as a content creator after being fired from her job at a tech company.Being fired was difficult, but it was a blessing in disguise and now she loves her job.Rane said she had to figure out what she was good at to succeed in a new industry.Today, I'm a six-figure content creator.

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The well-worn lines surface every April: What an unpredictable draft!There's no consensus!Good luck with those mocks set in sand!

A Toronto condo owner is demanding changes to how the City of Toronto grants short-term rental licences after learning someone other than her approved tenant was able to obtain one for her unit.Allison Rasquinha, a real estate agent, says the licence was used to rent out her downtown studio on Adelaide Street West to multiple guests on Airbnb.com

The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California's largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents.When is the next free zoo day for SF residents?The free days are often the first or second Wednesday of the month.But dates often announced on VERY short notice as little as 24 hours in advance and sometimes months are skipped altogether.

Guest post from Bike East Bay encourages people to get involved in the return of Slow Streets to Oakland



One of Oakland's 'slow streets,' at Shafter and 42nd, seen two years ago.These treatments were abandoned.Photo: OakDOT
Oakland's Slow Streets program closed residential streets to through car traffic starting in April 2020, and opened them to all people walking and rolling ( see our previous coverage here).

The San Francisco Zoo, Northern California's largest zoological park and conservation center, periodically offers free admission for San Francisco residents.When is the next free zoo day for SF residents?The free days are often the first or second Wednesday of the month.But dates often announced on VERY short notice as little as 24 hours in advance and sometimes months are skipped altogether.

MPs and charities have condemned the Home Office for shunting young Afghan refugees around the UK like cattle, as new evidence emerges of children being moved out of London hotels weeks before their GCSEs.The Observer has uncovered a growing number of cases of Afghan families being compulsorily relocated out of London by the Home Office despite being about to start their exams on 15 May.

Dozens of asylum seekers have staged a protest inside a Greenwich hotel where they have been for 18 months, after being given just a few hours' notice that they were due to be moved to Bedfordshire.Four police cars, a police van and an ambulance arrived at the scene of the protest and some officers entered the hotel.

The stark regional divide in railway reliability across Britain has been laid bare, with figures showing 20% of TransPennine Express (TPE) trains were cancelled in November, compared with 2.3% on one commuter line in and out of London and 4.5% on the London Overground.Exclusive figures obtained by the Guardian show the true level of disruption suffered by passengers because they include pre-emptive cancellations made by 10pm the night before, which are not counted in government statistics.

A mayor in north-east England who was due to attend a meeting with the transport secretary to discuss train cancellations in the region has said he will have to take part by Zoom  because he cannot be certain he will be able to get there by train.The Labour mayors from West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Manchester and Liverpool are due to meet Mark Harper in Manchester on Wednesday, but Jamie Driscoll, the north of Tyne mayor, said he would not attend in person.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in Paris on Sunday to mark 60 years since the signing of the Elysee Treaty.Speaking at the Sorbonne University, Germany's Scholz said the future of Europe rested on the "driving force" of Paris and Berlin."The German-French engine is a machine for compromise well oiled, but from time to time also loud and marked by hard work," the German chancellor said.

The disco ball glitters above revelers at the Owl Room.(Mykl Wu)For citizens of D.C.'s musical nightlife, the pandemic forced a painful spate of sudden goodbyes.No more getting your dancing shoes dirty at Velvet Lounge.No more getting your mind blown clean at Twins Jazz.No more higher-plane human communion on the dance floor of U Street Music Hall, one of the greatest music rooms the city will ever know.

Bosses of northern train operators conceded their companies were letting passengers and businesses down when they appeared before a parliamentary hearing examining this year's rail meltdown in northern England.Thousands of trains have been cancelled at short notice in recent months and if passengers do get on a service it has often been unbearably crowded, unduly expensive or both.

The Transport Secretary has said he is under no illusions about the real problem blighting northern England's railways as regional leaders demanded he step in to clear up the mess wreaking havoc for passengers.Five metro mayors said talks with Mark Harper on Wednesday had been positive, but stressed they needed more than warm words to fix the disruption causing misery for millions.

Rishi Sunak has slammed the unacceptable deterioration in northern England's rail services, ahead of a meeting between mayors from the region and the Transport Secretary aimed at ending the chaos.The Prime Minister criticised Avanti West Coast as he faced pressure over its service from his own benches in the Commons.

Northern mayors will meet Transport Secretary Mark Harper to demand he takes action to end the chaos on the region's railways.Labour mayors from West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool and North Tyneside will urge the Cabinet minister to improve services on Wednesday.Thousands of trains have been cancelled across northern England at short notice in recent weeks, with TransPennine Express, Avanti West Coast and Northern all affected.

AUSTIN, Texas For more than 20 years, the Salvation Army's shelter in Downtown Austin has provided shelter to those experiencing homelessness.But now, it will close its doors for good.People like Carolyn Williams, a resident of the downtown shelter, have no clear steps on where to go following the closure.

Former Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka is already drawing interest from other teams following the C's organizational decision to promote interim head coach Joe Mazzulla to permanent HC and hand him a multi-year extension - with the Hawks, fresh off of firing Nate McMillan, hot on his trail according to a tweet from Marc Stein on February 22.
Udoka was suspended by the team a week before training camp in September due to an inappropriate intimate affair with a female member of the organization, who was allegedly a Danny Ainge hire.

The Toronto Raptors were supposed to preview their brand new 2022-23 lineup against the New Orleans Pelicans.After trading for Jakob Poeltl at the deadline, Nick Nurse was expected to start him at center, Scottie Barnes and All-Star Pascal Siakam at forward, and Fred VanVleet and OG Anunoby in the backcourt.

The airport warned passengers to check before travelling as flights could be cancelled or delayed at short notice.According to departures data from the airport's website, only four of the eleven flights scheduled before 9.10am Tuesday morning took off.The others were cancelled, although there does not appear to be any cancellations after mid-morning.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Germany said Wednesday that it is expelling two Iranian diplomats over the death sentence imposed in Iran against one of its citizens.Authorities in Iran announced Tuesday that Jamshid Sharmahd, a 67-year-old Iranian-German national and U.S. resident, was sentenced to death after being convicted of terrorist activities.

Zana Gankhuyag, center left, as the Beast and Irina Kavsadze as Belle in Synetic Theater's new production of "Beauty and the Beast," co-directed by Vato Tsikurishvili and Ben Cunis.(Yassine El Mansouri/Elman Studio)Vato Tsikurishvili clearly recalls the early-morning hours of Nov. 30 last year, when his father, Synetic Theater co-founder Paata Tsikurishvili, suffered life-threatening injuries in a collision involving multiple cars on Route 66.

The new Rocket Lab launchpad at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.(Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post)Rocket Lab, one of the most successful space start-ups since SpaceX, launched its Electron rocket for the first time Tuesday evening from NASA's Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va.The Electron rocket blasted off from a refurbished launchpad at about 6 p.m. and could be seen from the Washington metropolitan area.

If you think high-yield savings accounts offer juicy rates to park some cash, wait until you see what money-market funds are paying.Yields paid by the typically staid mutual funds, which invest mostly in short-term government bonds, spiked from 0.02% earlier this year to more than 3.6% as of early December, according to Crane Data's 100 money-market fund index.

A former MP accused of fraud was "non-existent" in his constituency office and attended a staff meeting "on some sort of substance", a court has heard.Jared O'Mara, 41, who represented Sheffield Hallam from 2017-2019, is accused of making fraudulent expenses claims totalling nearly £30,000.

A high-profile trip by two senior UK parliamentarians to Kazakhstan to examine its human rights record has almost immediately run into trouble as they were denied access to a jailed opposition leader who is the focus of the visit.The former director of public prosecutions Ken Macdonald and the former justice secretary Robert Buckland were not permitted to meet the head of the unregistered Democratic party of Kazakhstan, Zhanbolat Mamai, or senior Kazakh diplomats.

The government has said it wants to reduce its reliance on the armed forces to fill gaps in emergency situations.A planning document says the use of military staff should be a "last resort" and in future it wanted to make greater use of reservists.It comes as troops prepare to cover striking border staff and paramedics.

Plans to force voters to present photo ID at polling stations for the first time in May risk damaging access to democracy and must be delayed, senior local government figures have warned ministers.Amid concerns about voters being turned away and polling station workers being confronted, the body representing councils told the Observer there was simply not enough time to deal with all the risks that will be created by the new system.

Cleaners will become the latest set of rail staff to strike over pay, after more than 1,000 who are members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) voted in support of taking industrial action.The RMT is asking for pay to rise to 15 an hour with improved pensions, company sick pay and holiday entitlement from private contractors including Churchill, Atalian Servest and Mitie.

Peterborough United have offered to pay for more than 30 coaches to transport Charlton fans to the rearranged League One game between the two clubs.The initial fixture was called off just 90 minutes before kick-off on Saturday with the pitch deemed "unplayable".Posh chairman Darragh McAnthony later issued an apology on social media for the short notice of the postponement.

"Frustrated" Dundee United head coach Liam Fox wants answers after his side's match at Livingston was called off after a second pitch inspection less than two hours before kick-off.Referee Matthew MacDermid deemed the pitch unplayable because of a frozen goalmouth just after 18:00 GMT.That came three hours after another official had given the surface the all clear for the Scottish Premiership tie.

Germany's players placed hands over their mouths and wore rainbow stripes on their warm-up tops and boots in a powerful statement of defiance against Fifa before their Group E match against Japan.Their message was reinforced by the German interior minister, Nancy Faeser, who also wore a OneLove armband, which promotes tolerance, diversity and LGBTQ+ rights, as she sat next to Fifa's president, Gianni Infantino.

There are only a few ways for an NFL kicker to become truly memorable, and on Monday night Brett Maher hit on one of the bad ones.During the Cowboys' 31-14 playoff victory against the Buccaneers, Maher became the first player in NFL history to miss four extra points in a single game.He missed four in a row before finally making his last attempt of the game.

Only weeks after a Southwest Airlines meltdown led to thousands of canceled flights and stranded passengers, the nation's air travel system was briefly interrupted Wednesday due to an outage in the computer system used by the Federal Aviation Administration to give pilots vital information before they take off.

The Leafs host the Predators with a new lineup tonight.Auston Matthews and TJ Brodie and out, and Bobby McMann makes his debut.First Period
Awwww, Bobby McMann's dad got to fly in to join the Dad's trip.William Nylander tries the wraparound jam for the first fun chance of the night.Matt Murray!Two saves on a breakaway and then he has to get waaaay over there to get the rebound shot.

L ondoners were hit with fresh travel disruption on Thursday as the first strike on the Elizabeth line paralysed services.No trains are running throughout the day in the central section of the line between Abbey Wood and Paddington a result of Thursday's walkout by members of the Transport Salaried Staffs Association (TSSA) and Prospect.

Passengers arriving from China wait in front of a COVID-19 testing area set at the Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, north of Paris, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023.France says it will require negative COVID-19 tests of all passengers arriving from China and is urging French citizens to avoid nonessential travel to China.

EU health ministers reached a consensus over how to handle travelers from China, as the country is gripped by a surge of COVID-19 infections.Following a meeting Tuesday in Brussels, the European Commission said that the "overwhelming majority" of the 27-member states of the EU want passengers arriving from China to receive systematic testing for COVID-19 prior to their arrival in the EU.

BRUSSELS  The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some E.U. nations have started to impose that could be expanded in coming days.An E.U. offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as good as slapped down, with Beijing insisting the situation was under control and medical provisions in adequate supply, government spokesperson Mao Ning said.

This felt like it was brewing behind the scenes, but today we have all but final confirmation - Alexander Nubel doesn't want to come back to Bayern Munich.Speaking to Bild's Tobias Altschaffl, the AS Monaco keeper (currently on loan from his parent club) said he expects Manuel Neuer to be fit again by next season, and therefore it doesn't make sense for him to return.

Manuel Neuer's recent leg injury has shocked Bayern Munich fans all over the world.Some are calling out the goalkeeper for being irresponsible and taking risky ski vacations, while others are asking whether it is time to move on from arguably the greatest goalkeeper to grace the sport.To answer the questions of the fans, Bild summed it up quite nicely.

(WASHINGTON)  Congressional leaders unveiled a government-wide $1.7 trillion spending package early Tuesday that includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billion to assist communities across the country recovering from drought, hurricanes and other natural disasters.

Unsold theatre tickets are to be given to people struggling with the cost of living in a cultural variation on food banks.A London scheme, to be launched in the new year, will make about 1,000 tickets available each week to those who cannot afford to pay for cultural activities.As well as theatre, the Ticket Bank will offer access to music, comedy and dance.

Mayors in the north of England have called for immediate government action to tackle continuing rail misery, warning time is running out to avoid a Christmas of chaos.The five metro mayors for Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire and North of Tyne met Mark Harper, the transport secretary, in offices near to Manchester Piccadilly station on Wednesday.

S everal bus routes and major Tube stations are disrupted on Friday morning as strike action by RMT and Unite union members causes headaches for Londoners.There is no service between Northfields and Heathrow Airport on the Piccadilly Line, with Tube stations at Heathrow Terminals 2,3,4 and 5 likely to be affected, Transport for London (TfL) said.

Note: This week's "What's missing from the 2022-23 New York Rangers" episode was recorded on Tuesday evening.The Ryan Reaves trade happened on Wednesday afternoon, so any discussion of Reaves may be slightly out of date, though we all pretty much knew a move was coming!On this week's episode of Live from the Blue Seats, Becky and Rob are joined by Russ Hartman who filled in for Dave on short notice.

Seeking better protection for jobs, services, safety, and working conditions and pensions, Tube workers will strike next week, with the action affecting a few key Tube stations.The lead-up to Christmas will also see widespread bus strikes, with more than 1,000 drivers expected to strike between now and the end of December.

Bill McGovern's absence has left UCLA 's remaining defensive assistants to devise and carry out the game plan for nearly a month.How does it work?For much of the time, it's been a struggle.Two of the Bruins' last three opponents exceeded their average scoring totals, resulting in an upset loss to Arizona and a harrowing escape against Arizona State.

In 2005, the then chancellor Gordon Brown launched child trust funds.Every baby born in the UK would receive a lump sum of 250 from the government, which would be automatically invested if parents did not do this themselves.The beneficiaries would be able to withdraw these savings when they were 18.