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McDonald’s decline to take up option as fifa sponsor to sell products at World Cup Fan Fest
Sources cite concerns about expected footfall/return on investment. McDonald’s deny, say “focusing efforts where can make biggest impact”
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FIFA has cut over $100m from its operating budget for this summer’s World Cup, with multiple departments at the organisation’s U.S. headquarters in Miami asked to make “efficiencies”.
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Irish unicorn Intercom has raised $250m in debt for its AI agents. The company also plans to make 650 new hires across offices in Dublin, London, Berlin, Sydney, Chicago and San Francisco this year.
Justice for Cricket!
Breaking: The Olympic gold-winning U.S. women's hockey team DECLINES Trump's invitation to his State of the Union address after he was caught on video mocking them.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
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Thank you Bad Bunny for taking the California stage and using your voice at Super Bowl LX. A beautiful moment!
Together, we are America.
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Bad Bunny, take a bow......Brilliant !!!!
Best HT show in living memory #SBLX
Died #Onthisday 1958 #Dublin born Liam Whelan, one of eight Manchester United players who were killed in the Munich air disaster
Premier League edges into a stronger position in the race for the extra Champions League places.
Big move from Portugal up into second.
Keep an eye on Serie A, though. Five Italian teams in action in February and it could pick up bumper points.
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is taking on the likes of SpaceX and Amazon by joining the satellite internet service race. The new network, called TeraWave is expected to deliver speeds of up to 6Tbps.
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He's just called it Iceland 😂
What a real leader sounds like !!
In an era of great power rivalry, Canada is choosing to be principled and pragmatic. To name reality, to act together, and to build what we claim to believe in.
>> @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom to world leaders and billionaires at Davos: It’s time to buck up. Stop being complicit. Have a backbone. Trump will play you for fools.
This is astonishing, really
21 per cent of the Premier League’s history has had the City case hanging over it
That extends to 48.4 per cent if you go back to 2009-10 and the first season the charges relate to.
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...
As a one-off gesture in the name of transparency and to perhaps help some City fans see what their club have done, I've un-paywalled this article. Skip to the point where you can download and read a set of documents that tell you what happened.
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Guehi takes City to almost half a billion net spend since Dec 2024, when 115/130 hearing ended
Sources say it could take at least another year - with no one knowing when the 3 judges will have the initial judgment - provoking core Qs about this process
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For the record: as of right now, the Grok app is still doing all the things they’ve said it is stopping, for users with free/unpaid accounts.
Boycott #FIFAWORLDCUP in the USA
