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Raphinha brace sends Barcelona seven clear as Atletico keep pace; Mallorca climb, Girona stun Real Sociedad FC Barcelona opened up a seven-point lead over Real Madrid in La Liga with a 2-0 win against Osasuna on Saturday night, a result powered by a late Raphinha burst and framed by slips and surges elsewhere in the league. Atletico Madrid stayed in the title conversation with a gritty home win over Valencia, Mallorca eased relegation fears at Elche’s expense, and Viktor Tsygankov’s dramatic double lifted Girona out of the…

Wednesday December 3, 2025 Barcelona beat Atletico Madrid 3-1 on Tuesday to open a four-point cushion at the top of La Liga, a measured, resilient performance punctuated by timely goals and late composure at the Olympic Stadium. The result adds breathing room in the title race ahead of Real Madrid’s visit to injury-hit Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday night. Atletico struck first, forcing Barcelona to chase a game that had already tilted on a first-half turning point. Robert Lewandowski missed a penalty before the interval, a…

Manchester United's head honcho, Erik ten Hag, voiced frustration over what he sees as an "unfair and unjust" ending. A contentious penalty toward the game's close led to a 2-1 loss at West Ham.

AXADLE, Somalia — Ilyas Osman Lugatoor, the Vice President of Northeastern State, has issued a sobering alert about Somalia's trajectory, deeming President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and his administration as "the most perilous faction in politics." During a poignant address in Garowe—Northeastern State's capital—Lugatoor expressed dire concerns about Somalia's potential downfall under the existing leadership, citing constitutional violations as the crux of the issue. These violations, he argued, undermine the foundational…

The Congolese head of state, Félix Tshisekedi, continues his stay in the eastern DRC. According to him, the persistence of insecurity in this region also depends on "shenanigans" in the army. On Thursday, the head of state met with various delegates from civil society, business and students. On this occasion, he reiterated his desire to end the uncertainty in this part of the country. He justified the establishment of the siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri. In October 2019, Félix Tshisekedi launched…

The World Health Organization warns of a possible third wave of Covid-19 in Africa as pollution begins to rise again in 14 countries on the continent, and only 0.54% of the African population is currently fully protected by a vaccine. The WHO acknowledges that the continent was poorly prepared for this vaccine phase and overly dependent on the rest of the world. Almost 99% of vaccine production takes…

Felix Tshisekedi expresses his willingness to renegotiate sure contracts within the mining sector with a view to get pleasure from the DRC's pure sources. Throughout his transient keep in Kolwezi, the world's cobalt capital, the Congolese president stated he was bored with seeing international buyers get wealthy on the expense of the Congolese, however civil society organizations anticipate extra from…

In Paris, the Court of Auditors on Thursday morning delivered a report on France's civilian and military actions in the G5 Sahel and their relationship to official development assistance. Conclusions: there are gaps in the monitoring of development assistance in the Sahel and security and development measures suffer from a lack of coordination…

France made possible the genocide against Tutsi, a genocide that was nevertheless predictable: here is the main conclusion of the report on the role that France ordered in 2017 by the Rwandan government from a US law firm and was published on Monday 19 April in Kigali. A report which, like that of the Ducler Commission, concludes that the French state has a heavy responsibility, but not that it is…

French Defense Minister Florence Parly ended a two-day visit to Mali on Thursday. She met with the Malian authorities, especially the president of the transition, Ba N'Daw. A UN report says 19 civilians were killed in French strikes in early January in the Malian village of Bounti. But for Paris, it is really terrorists who have been targeted.…