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Getty Images Real Madrid face another stiff test in their quest to defend their UEFA Champions League title, facing crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid in the round of 16. The reigning champions are in the last 16 after knocking out 2023 winners Manchester City in a 6-3 aggregate win in the knockout phase playoffs, though their path to advance will not …

Europe’s struggling economy has economists worried — and senior European Central Bank policymaker Mário Centeno, echoes that view. “I am very concerned about the European economy,” Centeno, who is also governor of the Bank of Portugal, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” on Friday. On Thursday, the ECB revised its gross domestic product expectations for the euro area to 0.9% growth …

Real Madrid were able to take care of business at home in the round of 16 of the Champions League, seeing off Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday in the first leg. Excellent finishes took hold all around but Brahim Diaz and Rodrygo took center stage to Julian Alvarez’s goal leading to the final result in this …

A general view of the container terminal in Qianwan of Qingdao Port, a port in Shandong Province, China, March 17, 2023.  CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s exports growth slowed more than expected at the start of the year while imports plunged, as lackluster domestic demand and U.S. tariffs challenge Beijing’s bid to bolster sluggish growth. Exports in …

Getty Images The 2026 World Cup Final at MetLife Stadium will be the first in the competition’s history to include a half time show, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has announced. Coldplay’s Chris Martin will help FIFA “finalize the list of artists” who will perform on July 19, 2026, when New York New Jersey will play host to the biggest game …

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office, on the day he signs executive orders, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 6, 2025.  Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump expanded his tariff pause to goods coming in from Canada and Mexico, so long as they satisfy terms of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, a trade …

Real Sociedad and Manchester United will face off in the first leg of a UEFA Europa League Round of 16 showdown on Thursday on Paramount+. The Premier League side is currently third in the Europa League table after going 5-3-0 in its first eight matches of the tournament and outscoring opponents 16-9 over that span. Meanwhile, the Spanish hosts are …

Toru Nishikawa (right), co-founder and chief executive officer of Preferred Networks, and Daisuke Okanohara, co-founder and chief executive researcher, with a Fanuc Corp. robotic arm at their company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2018. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Preferred Networks is a little-known name outside of Japan, but the Toyota-backed artificial intelligence unicorn has big plans to use …

USATSI It was a closer game than expected on Thursday but Tadeo Allende was Inter Miami’s savior in a 2-0 victory over Cavalier SC in the Conacacaf Champions Cup round of 16. The first leg took place at Chase Stadium with Lionel Messi missing his second straight game due to load management but the other Herons were able to pick …

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies fell Thursday night after President Donald Trump signed an executive order creating a strategic bitcoin reserve for the United States and, separately, a “digital asset stockpile.” The price of bitcoin was last lower by 3% at $87,586.86, according to Coin Metrics. Shortly after the news broke, it fell to as low as …