Three months in and it has already been a season of highs and lows for Liverpool. A run of five straight wins to start the team’s Premier League title defense. Then a streak of four consecutive losses. Before the international break, an impressive 1-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League was celebrated as…
MANILA, Philippines — Most Asian shares surged on Thursday after Nvidia reported stronger than expected quarterly earnings, soothing worries that AI-driven stock prices may have shot too high. U.S. futures and oil prices were higher. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index initially surged as much as 4.2% before giving up some early gains. By early afternoon, it…
Record eight-time champion OL Lyonnes rallied from three goals down at halftime to salvage a 3-3 draw at Juventus in the Women’s Champions League on Wednesday. Veteran defender Wendie Renard, who has scored more than 150 goals for Lyon, equalized with a well-taken penalty in the 90th minute following a handball by Juve captain Cecilia…
BEIJING — Japan raised objections Saturday after China advised its citizens to avoid visiting Japan, as a feud over the new Japanese leader’s remarks on Taiwan showed no signs of dying down. The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara, urged China to take “appropriate measures,” Japan’s…
NEW YORK — When Kristen Wiig steps out of a vintage Rolls-Royce in the opening scene of Season 2 of “Palm Royale,” she’s sporting a tall, yellow, fringed hat, gold platform sandals and sunny bell bottoms, with fabric petals that sway with every determined step. It’s the first clue that the costumes on the female-driven…
For Cindy Zhong, like many young Chinese women, a relaxing night used to mean curling up with a steamy story about two men in love. Then her favorite authors, and their tales, started disappearing. Fans of the popular Danmei same-sex romance genre, written and read mainly by straight women, say the Chinese government is carrying…
WOLVERHAMPTON, England — Rob Edwards has been tasked with performing the great escape for Wolverhampton in the Premier League. Wolves hired Edwards as manager on Wednesday as the replacement for Vitor Pereira, who was fired on Nov. 2 with the team in last place in the Premier League and still without a win. That remains…
BERGAMO, Italy — Former Monza and Fiorentina coach Raffaele Palladino was named Atalanta’s new manager on Tuesday. Palladino replaces Ivan Jurić, who was fired on Monday amid a seven-match winless streak in Serie A that has left Atalanta in 13th place. The sacking came two days after a 3-0 loss at home to promoted Sassuolo….
BEIJING — China is likely to overdeliver on the modest goals the government has set to cut carbon pollution, experts say. The question is whether that will be enough to help the world curb warming? That’s important ahead of the annual United Nations climate conference, known as COP30, which is being hosted in Brazil and…
MANCHESTER, England — Thomas Tuchel, are you watching? Phil Foden sent an emphatic reminder to England’s head coach with two brilliantly taken goals in Manchester City’s 4-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Wednesday. Tuchel will name his latest England squad this week after overlooking Foden so far this season and with…