3 h. ago Dogg among the Swans: American rapper Snoop Dogg buys stake in Swansea City

Championship club under majority American ownershipLuka Modric joined as investor and co-owner in AprilThe American rapper Snoop Dogg has bought a minority stake in the Championship club Swansea. The deal was announced three months after the Croatia international Luka Modric joined as an investor and co-owner.Snoop Dogg helped to launch Swansea’s new home shirt on Monday. The 53-year-old is a keen sports fan and has described Celtic as his favourite football club in Scotland. He said last month he would love to open a burger van at Celtic Park. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago An American city is becoming overrun by ground squirrels. Residents are fighting back

The number of Richardson's ground squirrels in North Dakota's fourth-largest city likely nears the city's population

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17 h. ago Syrian president condemns Israel’s attacks on Damascus and vows to protect Druze community

Ahmed al-Sharaa thanks American, Arab and Turkish mediators as efforts to restore order in city of Sweida continueSyria’s interim president has condemned Israel for “wide-scale targeting of civilian and government facilities” after the Israeli military struck Damascus on Wednesday as it sought to intervene in clashes between the Syrian army and Druze fighters.Israel’s strikes would have pushed “matters to a large-scale escalation, except for the effective intervention of American, Arab, and Turkish mediation, which saved the region from an unknown fate”, Ahmed al-Sharaa said in his first televised statement since the attacks. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago American chain Popeyes to open another city centre site at Manchester Arndale

American fried chicken giant Popeyes is opening its third Greater Manchester restaurant

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8 d. ago American names England's 'most overlooked city' after visit leaves her stunned

Cara, who runs The Magic Geekdom channel, said she was "blown away" after her first ever visit to Leeds and she believes the Yorkshire city is extremely overlooked by outsiders

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8 d. ago A Mexican court sentences 10 men to 141 years each in a cartel

A Mexican court has sentenced 10 men to 141-year terms each for their involvement in a ranch in the western Mexican state of Jalisco that was used by a feared cartel to recruit members, kill and disappear victims

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1 week ago American tourist visits 'tiny city' in UK – and one thing baffles him

An American man who is travelling around the UK recently shared a video of his visit to a 'tiny' town in England - but locals were quick to correct him about his misunderstanding and confusion

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2 w. ago Mexican banks face cascading consequences following US sanctions

Three Mexican financial institutions sanctioned by the Trump administration last week have felt a cascade of economic consequences following the allegations that they helped launder millions of dollars for drug cartels

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2 w. ago American floored by 'insane' difference when visiting popular UK city

An American living in the UK has taken to TikTok to share his amazement at the shopping centres in the country, and he said that they're "so much better" than the ones they have back home

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2 w. ago 'I went to Lana Del Rey in Liverpool and can see why she's a diva in demand'

The American singer-songwriter performed at the city's Anfield Stadium

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4 w. ago ‘This isn’t a gimmick’: the New Yorkers trying to restore the American chestnut

More than 120 years after billions of the trees were wiped out, blight-proof seeds are being plantedIt was in New York City that a mysterious fungus was first spotted on an American chestnut, a blight that was to rapidly sweep across the eastern US, wiping out billions of the cherished trees. Now, 120 years later, there is fresh hope of a comeback for chestnuts, spurred not only by scientists but also eager New Yorkers planting blight-proof seeds in their back yards and local parks.The American chestnut was once found in vast numbers from Maine to Mississippi and known as the redwoods of the east due to its prodigious size. But 4bn trees were killed off in the first half of last century by a blight introduced from Asia to which it had little defense, spread by spores carried by the wind, rain and animals. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Rampaging raccoons: how the American mammals took over a German city – and are heading across Europe

Many in Kassel have embraced the animal but the EU classes it as an invasive species and ecologists are divided about what to do nextIn Kassel, everyone has a story about raccoons. Some struggle with a family of them that moved into their roof and simply will not leave. Others recount how a picnic in the park turned into an ambush as gangs of the black and white animals, known in Germany as Waschbären, raided the food. Almost everyone seems to have a neighbour who feeds them, to the annoyance of the entire street.“We are the raccoon city. They are everywhere,” says Lars, a Kassel resident, as he tends his allotment by Karlsaue park in the fading light. Continue reading...

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