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• De Los Angeles Dodgers verloren dinsdag met 6-2 van de San Francisco Giants in het Dodger Stadium, wat hun vierde opeenvolgende nederlaag markeert te midden van een zorgwekkende vormcrisis. • Dit laatste verlies benadrukt de aanhoudende worstelingen van de Dodgers, die nu vier wedstrijden op rij hebben verloren tegen divisierivals. • De reeks roept zorgen op voor Los Angeles in de competitieve NL West, wat mogelijk hun positie voor de play-offs beïnvloedt naarmate het seizoen vordert.

• Het nationale gemiddelde van de benzineprijzen is sinds eind februari met ruim een dollar per gallon gestegen • Donald Trump beloofde de federale benzinebelasting van de VS op te schorten in een poging de druk op Amerikanen te verminderen, nadat de VS-Israël oorlog tegen Iran leidde tot een scherpe stijging van de brandstofprijzen. • De Amerikaanse president vertelde verslaggevers op maandag dat zijn regering zou streven naar het pauzeren van de belasting "totdat het passend is", terwijl automobilisten de kosten tellen van de stijging van de olieprijzen in de twee maanden sinds de Amerikaanse en Israëlische troepen Iran aanvielen.

Countries such as US and Mexico that have longer hours also have higher obesity rates, research findsThose who work longer hours are more likely to be obese and cutting how much time you spend working could help you keep the weight off, research suggests.International research presented at the European Congress on Obesity in Istanbul compared working patterns and obesity prevalence for 33 OECD countries from 1990 to 2022. The study found that countries such as the US, Mexico and Colombia, which have longer annual working hours, also had higher obesity rates, even though northern European countries consume more energy and fat on average than those in Latin America. Continue reading...

Replacing a leader is difficult, as Jeremy Corbyn proved – but MPs can apply pressure, publicly or privatelyMany Labour MPs believe Keir Starmer will not survive as Labour leader for long enough to fight the next election. What they cannot agree on, however – even after a disastrous set of results in this week’s elections – is how his departure might come about.The Labour rulebook makes it notoriously difficult to unseat a party leader: none has been formally ejected in the postwar period, though some, including Tony Blair, have resigned under pressure from their own MPs. Continue reading...

Men were convicted in Miami federal court for plotting to kill Jovenel Moise at his Port-au-Prince home in 2021Four south Florida men were convicted on Friday of plotting to kill Haitian president Jovenel Moise in 2021 by hiring mercenaries to assassinate him at his Port-au-Prince home, court records show.Prosecutors argued during the nine-week trial in a Miami federal court that the men assembled two dozen former Colombian soldiers and supplied them with money, guns, ammunition and tactical vests in a conspiracy to kill Moise. The 53-year-old president was shot dead in July 2021 at his private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince, a killing that left a gaping political vacuum in the Caribbean nation and emboldened powerful gangs. Continue reading...

• Federal officials are investigating at least four suspicious trades potentially tied to insider knowledge of U.S.-Iran developments. • Sources confirm the trades involved large positions in oil futures ahead of recent Strait of Hormuz tensions. • This probe highlights risks of market manipulation during global conflicts, with implications for financial regulations.

• The ILeague3 group stage final points table confirmed four group winners and two best runners-up qualifying for the playoffs due to Group C's four-team format. • Results against the fifth-placed team in Group C were disregarded in standings calculations. • This structure sets up an exciting knockout phase for lower-tier Indian football clubs.