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Aug 16, 2026, 05:32 AM ETParis Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola is the subject of renewed interest from Liverpool, while AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit is on the radar of Real Madrid. Join us for the latest transfer news and rumors from around the globe.Transfers home page | Men’s summer grades | Women’s gradesTrending rumorsParis Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola is set to move on this summer. Image Photo Agency/Getty Images- Liverpool are ready to make another move for Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola, after the French club signed Ajax’s Mika Godts for €45 million, says The Standard. Barcola, 23, has slipped down…

Music is a blessing, but maybe it can also be a curse – especially if you are a famous musician who gets remembered mostly for drugs and other negative narratives. Too Much Music, one of the works-in-progress showcased at the 2026 edition of Open Doors, the Locarno Film Festival‘s co-production platform and talent development program for filmmakers from equity-seeking communities and regions where artistic expression is at risk, wants to explore all these issues. It comes from director Aseye Fiagbe (short The Gentleman, episode 7 of Bad Mama) and puts a spotlight on a famous keyboardist from Ghana, Kiki Gyan. The director is…

A UK university spinout behind a rapid bacterial water testing kit is planning to launch live water quality maps, as scores of beachgoers report falling ill after swimming.Molendotech, a spinout from the University of Plymouth, sells a portable test that detects E coli and other bacteria in water and delivers results on the spot, without waiting for days to get laboratory results.Molendotech is now working on an app that will map water quality across Britain and the US, collating data from daily water tests with rain flow and tidal flows and using artificial intelligence to create predictive models. A launch…

A video livestream captured the moment gunfire erupted at a park in Lexington, in the US state of Kentucky. One person was killed and four others were injured in the shooting, including two children, according to the local station WKYT.Published On 16 Aug 202616 Aug 2026Click here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharegoogleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo

No surprises on inflation and new financing developments in the artificial intelligence trade drove the record-breaking action on Wall Street last week. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq both dropped modestly Friday but managed to post their third straight winning weeks. The S & P 500 rose above 7,800 during Thursday’s session for the first time ever. It closed at a record. The Dow bucked the trend, falling nearly 0.6% for the week. Here’s a closer look at what drove the market. Cooler inflation gives the Fed room to wait Two closely watched inflation reports helped fuel the week’s…

Smartphone cameras are convenient, but they lack the charm of analog instant cameras. If you’re trying to relive the nostalgia of waiting for an instant photo to develop, Amazon is selling the second-generation Polaroid Go instant camera with a 16-photo film pack for $71.99 (usually $109.99). That’s the lowest price we’ve seen for the bundle, with a pack of film usually costing $21.99 on its own. Plus, it’s four dollars cheaper to buy the bundle than to buy just the camera on its own.With its more compact footprint, the Polaroid Go 2 shoots on smaller film to match. Where classic…

Nigel Farage is a rattled, embattled politician. Perhaps he feels buoyed up by securing slightly more votes in a byelection boycotted by all the main parties than he did in the general election two years ago. That was despite 10,000 fewer people turning out to vote. But there was never any question that he was going to win a byelection he called purely to deflect scrutiny of his undeclared £5m personal gift from a Thai-based crypto-billionaire and donations from a convicted fraudster.Farage chose Clacton as his parliamentary launchpad for a reason. It was here that his previous outfit, Ukip, secured…

An MP has called on ministers to change export controls so that significant fossils can be classed as national treasures after one of the UK’s best collections, unearthed on Dorset beaches, was sold overseas.Last week, a Guardian investigation revealed that an unparalleled collection of fossils from the UK’s Jurassic Coast, comprising hundreds of specimens including ichthyosaurs, had been sold to the Natural History Museum in Abu Dhabi for what one source described as an “eight-figure sum”.The fossils, which belonged to the Dorset-based private collector Chris Moore, were initially offered to the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London and Amgueddfa Cymru…

PHILADELPHIA — In a night filled with surprising upsets up and down the card, Islam Makhachev was narrowly able to avoid one in the main event as he held off the defensive-minded Ian Machado Garry to retain his welterweight title in the main event of UFC 330.The 34-year-old Makhachev (29-1) also etched his name even further into the history books by breaking Anderson Silva’s record for consecutive wins inside the Octagon with 17. Women’s strawweight champion Mackenzie Dern (17-5) also looked strong in the co-headliner by dominating Gillian Robertson to make the first defense of her 115-pound title. Let’s take a…

The first song I fell in love withMy dad gave me California Dreamin’ by the Mamas & the Papas on vinyl for my fifth birthday. I said: “Oh thanks, Dad,” but really, I thought: “Who is this weird bunch of people?” Obviously, the present was really for him.The first single I boughtI remember begging my mum to buy me Beat It by Michael Jackson at a record shop in the ’burbs of Sydney. I mean – he’s Michael Jackson.The song I do at karaokeWhen you’re a singer, it’s really awkward: you don’t want to throw a tantrum, sound too good or show off,…