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The Premier League announced seven players who were impressive for their clubs for the best player award for January 2025.The list of players was announced on the official website of the Premier League on Thursday, January 30, 2025. Bournemouth’s fantastic form in the league earned them two spots in the top seven players with Dean Huijsen and Justin Kluivert representing the Cherries.Huijsen was a rock at the heart of Bournemouth’s defence, helping them to wins over Everton, Newcastle United, and Nottingham Forest, and a draw at Chelsea, which saw them go unbeaten in January. On the other hand, Kluivert was…

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Standing behind heaping piles of drugs stacked in clear plastic bags and storage boxes, Toronto’s police chief last week announced the force’s largest-ever cocaine seizure, intercepted at the border in a truck entering from the United States. A few hours later, President Trump also addressed cross-border drug trafficking — but in his case to lay blame on Canada, at least in part, for a deadly fentanyl scourge. “The fentanyl coming through Canada is massive,” Mr. Trump told reporters the day after his inauguration. “The fentanyl coming through Mexico is massive. And people are getting killed and families are being destroyed.”It…

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Shortly after it was reported Tuesday night that New York Mets owner Steve Cohen “was back in conversation with” representatives for free-agent first baseman Pete Alonso regarding a potential reunion in part because “it feels like Alonso desperately hopes to return” to the organization, media personalities such as WFAN’s Evan Roberts suggested Alonso had instructed agent Scott Boras to get a deal done with what’s been the 30-year-old’s only MLB home.Whether or not that’s the case may never be known, but Sportsnet’s Ben Nicholson-Smith revealed on Wednesday that anybody believing Alonso is considering parting ways with Boras because of how the slugger’s free-agency journey has…

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United States President Donald Trump has seemingly formed an alliance with some of the country’s most notable tech billionaires. Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Google CEO Sundar Pichai are some of the tech tycoons who attended his inauguration. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has jumped on the bandwagon, praising him in a recent post following a proposed $500bn investment in artificial intelligence technology. The lavish praise may seem like a shift in the allegiance of tech leaders who have historically been seen as more supportive of Democrats than Republicans. That shift may be a result of Democrats under former President…

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NYPD vehicle pursuits have dropped by two-thirds in the two weeks since Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced a policy to restrict their use, she said yesterday.The revised policy, announced Jan. 15 but not set to be fully implemented until Saturday, limits pursuits to cases of suspected felonies or violent misdemeanors. Traffic violations are no longer grounds for officers to pursue fleeing vehicles.The reversal followed reporting by THE CITY that found vehicle pursuits were connected to more than a crash per day in 2024, and that deaths and injuries had mounted since a more aggressive policy of chasing vehicles was instituted in…

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Four managers were shortlisted by the Premier League body for the best manager of the month award in January 2025.The list of managers was announced on the official website of the Premier League on Thursday, January 30, 2025. They were selected based on their impressive performance for their respective clubs in January.Who are the shortlisted candidates for the best manager for January 2025?(1) Mikel Arteta:Mikel Arteta led his team to securing 11 points from a possible 15, this effort saw him keep the pressure on the league leaders, Liverpool. Arsenal took seven out of nine points on the road with…

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Three people have been arrested in connection with a brazen heist at a museum in the Netherlands over the weekend in which thieves stole ancient artifacts, including a prized golden helmet on loan from Romania, the authorities said on Wednesday.The three people were arrested in Heerhugowaard, a city about 30 miles north of Amsterdam and more than 100 miles west of the Drents Museum in Assen, where the theft took place. The police identified two of them as Douglas Chesley Wendersteyt and Bernhard Zeeman, both from Heerhugowaard. The police identified the third person who was arrested as a woman, also…

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It was reported Wednesday that Las Vegas Raiders minority owner Tom Brady had “zero interest in hiring” Bill Belichick as the club’s next head coach even though the two spoke at some point after Belichick became the head coach of the North Carolina football program and before Las Vegas hired Pete Carroll.On Thursday, NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk shared how Belichick allegedly feels about not being seriously considered for the Raiders opening. “The talk in league circles is that Belichick wasn’t pleased, to say the least, that Brady’s Raiders went with Carroll,” Florio explained. “…Belichick can never say that because it conflicts with the narrative…

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that, if the United States imposes tariffs on his country, he will respond in kind. Speaking at a news conference in the capital Brasilia, on Thursday, Lula said his country seeks a relationship based on mutual respect. His comments came in response to US President Donald Trump’s threat of heightened tariffs. “It is very simple: If he taxes Brazilian products, there will be reciprocity,” Lula told reporters. “Trump was elected to run the US, and I was elected to run Brazil. I will respect the US and want Trump to respect…

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This article is adapted from our Jan. 30 edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter. Click here to sign up.Dear New Yorkers,Hello and welcome to the first edition of RANKED CHOICES, THE CITY’s weekly election newsletter! I’m excited to take you all along as we embark on covering local elections in 2025, when so many significant seats are up for grabs. Among them: the mayor. It’s been a weird week for Mayor Eric Adams, who kept a low profile while his team said he “hasn’t been feeling his best.” He made public appearances Thursday after allegedly working from Gracie…

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