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There’s entertainment in abundance any given weekend in MLS, but week three of the regular season delivered some eye-popping individual performances as the picture clears up on which teams might be long-term contenders in 2025. Albert Rusnak is arguably the top contender for Player of the Week thanks to his one goal, two assist game in the Seattle Sounders’ astounding …

TOPSHOT – Customers enter an electronics shop in the Akihabara district of Tokyo on January 12, 2024.  Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s economic growth slowed to 2.2% on an annualized basis in the fourth quarter, complicating the central bank’s case for a further interest rate hike in the near term. The revised data came in lower …

Introduction One of Nikon’s most famous lenses is the AF Micro-Nikkor 200mm f/4D. This macro lens was released more than 30 years ago, yet it remains in demand today. Part of this demand is simply because there has never been a true replacement for this lens – it is (by far) Nikon’s longest native 1:1 macro lens, and it also …

Another consequential week of UEFA Champions League action awaits as the round of 16 comes to a close and eight teams will book a spot in the quarterfinals. Arsenal and Bayern Munich are amongst the European heavyweights who carry major first leg advantages and may already have a foot in the last eight, but things are still up in the …

DOGE chief Elon Musk said Monday that he is running his businesses “with great difficulty,” as shares of his automotive firm Tesla suffered their worst drop in a half-decade, and as his social media company X experienced several outages. Musk also said during an interview on Fox Business that he expected to remain in the Trump administration for another year. …

Getty Images The UEFA Champions League is back on Tuesday and Wednesday for the regularly-scheduled follow-up to last week’s round of 16 first leg matches, but the start time of proceedings will feel a little different for U.S. audiences. All of this week’s games will kick off an hour later in the U.S. thanks to daylight savings time, which began …

Anna Barclay | Getty Images Shares of Trump Media dropped more than 10% in intraday trading Monday, accelerating the company’s downward slide since President Donald Trump took office. The company behind Trump’s preferred social media app Truth Social was trading below $20 per share around 3:00 p.m. ET, down about 50% from its closing price on Jan. 20, the day Trump was sworn in. …

It’s elimination week in the Champions League, 16 set to become eight as the quarterfinals beckon. Last week brought high drama in Paris, a decisive result in Munich and a performance of defensive nous from Barcelona in Lisbon. It is those games and their second legs that we’ll look ahead to this week. As always you can catch coverage of …

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the White House Crypto Summit at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 7, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Global market volatility and geopolitical turbulence in the wake of President Donald Trump’s return to the White House have led to warnings that the U.S. economy could be heading for a recession — but economists …

The Champions League round of 16 is halfway over, and while a few ties may be completely over after one leg like PSV losing 7-1 to Arsenal, plenty will hang in the balance entering the second legs on Tuesday and Wednesday. But what teams should be worried about entering those second legs? Some like Bayer Leverkusen didn’t show up to …