38 h. ago Man City hoped Rodri would change everything but now need to ask a new question

Manchester City slumped to a second straight defeat as Brighton came from behind to win 2-1 at the Amex Stadium.

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4 d. ago Titanic: Hagen review | Ammar Kalia's global album of the month

(Unheard of Hope)On their second collaborative album, the couple based in Mexico City add pop shimmer and thundering blastbeats to their unique, always-surprising soundIn just five years, Guatemalan cellist Mabe Fratti has become one of experimental music’s biggest names. In addition to her spellbinding solo releases, she is an eager collaborator, working with the likes of Efterklang, the improv quartet Amor Muere – which she co-founded in her adopted home of Mexico City – and with her romantic partner, guitarist Hector Tosta, as Titanic. On the latter’s superb 2023 debut, Vidrio, they pioneered a genre-agnosticism that veered from squealing free-jazz saxophone to hammering drum grooves and aggressively processed cello, always anchored in Fratti’s soaring falsetto. It heralded the arrival of a group who embraced experimentation as much as earwormy melodies.On Hagen, the duo double down on their convictions, complementing their unusual arrangements with a newfound pop shimmer. Opener...

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5 d. ago ‘A perfect symbiosis’: planting vines and other ways hot cities are creating cool spaces

Living – or crocheted – canopies and a 3,000-year-old Persian technique are among methods being used to cope as temperatures soarAs Spain takes a breath after yet another brutal summer heatwave, with temperatures above 40C in many parts of the country, the residents of the sherry-making town of Jerez de la Frontera have come up with a novel way to keep the streets cool.Green canopies of grapevines festoon the town, reducing street-level temperatures by as much as 8C. “We’re planting vines in the old city because we hope that in two or three years we’ll be able to brag that this has put an end to stifling temperatures,” said Jesús Rodríguez, president of Los Emparrados, a group of residents who aim to beautify and green the city’s streets. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago UN official says 'all hope is gone' if Israeli offensive on famine

A United Nations official tells The Associated Press that if Israel’s military goes ahead with a planned offensive in Gaza City, then “all hope is gone that we’re ever going to see the end to this."

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1 week ago Fox & Friends host keeps urging Trump to use federal force to take over NYC: ‘I hope our city is next’

‘If they had National Guard troops in Times Square, it would make me feel safer,’ Ainsley Earhardt said last week.

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2 w. ago Grealish never conformed as Guardiola’s ‘obedient little schoolboy’ but glorious third act beckons | Jonathan Wilson

Midfielder’s time at Man City has been turbulent but there is hope Everton can help him rediscover sense of joy on the pitchA figure toils alone at Bodymoor Heath. The light fades, but against the setting sun his silhouette is distinctive: the floppy hair, the hunched gait, the vast calves. Jack Grealish is working, honing and polishing, inventing, striving at the limits of technical excellence.He has inspired Aston Villa to promotion. He has helped them avoid relegation, establish themselves as a Premier League side. He is enormously popular. Even opposing fans admire his ability, warm to the sense he is still in some way the impish kid in the playground, revelling in his ability, having fun. That summer at the Euros he had become a cause célèbre, the figure behind whom the clamour for Gareth Southgate to release the handbrake rallied, the poster boy for the sort of pundit who wished England would just believe in talent. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Finances behind Jack Grealish Manchester City exit as '£50m' figure explained

Jack Grealish has made the loan switch to Everton where Manchester City will hope he can re-ignite his career

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2 w. ago Man City have £50million reasons to hope they were wrong about Jack Grealish

Jack Grealish has the chance to take centre stage at Everton and show what people have been saying about him for years

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3 w. ago Jack Grealish to end his Manchester City nightmare with a loan move boost World Cup hopes

Manchester City look to be in the market for a new winger as Jack Grealish looks set for a loan move to Everton to help gain some form ahead of next years World Cup

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3 w. ago Manchester City’s Rodri unlikely to be fit until after September break, says Pep Guardiola

Midfielder suffered groin issue at Club World Cup‘Hopefully after the international break, he will be fit’Manchester City’s Rodri, who missed most of last season after rupturing anterior cruciate ligament injury last September, is unlikely to be “really fit” until after this September’s international break, says Pep Guardiola.The midfielder’s fitful comeback was interrupted at the Club World Cup in the United States when a substitute appearance at the last-16 stage against Al-Hilal was curtailed in extra time by a groin problem. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Man City training plan for Rodri after Club World Cup injury setback

Rodri has not been training fully with the Manchester City squad as the club hope to have him fit for the Premier League opener

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