(Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur manager Nuno Espirito Santo said he does not follow the Premier League's guidance on heading restrictions in training even as soccer governing bodies look to reduce the risk of players developing neurodegenerative diseases. The League said it was "essential that club staff monitor each player's heading practice" but with no clear rules in place to enforce the recommendations, Nuno said he does not keep count. "Good question, that's why we have training sessions without nobody seeing us," Nuno told a news conference ahead of Sunday's North London derby against Arsenal. "I agree (with the limitations), I'm concerned with the situation of dementia and what heading the ball can cause. Maybe I'll get myself in trouble for this but football is jumping, heading -- it's part of the game."

(Reuters) - Brazil defender Dani Alves has decided not to join any club until the end of the year, the 38-year-old said after terminating his contract with Sao Paulo following a dispute over unpaid salaries. Sao Paulo said this month Alves would no longer play for them after he refused to return to training and told the club he wanted to be paid. Neither Alves nor the club cited a figure, but Brazilian newspaper O Globo said the club owed him around 11 million reais ($2 million). After his exit from Sao Paulo, Alves had been linked in local media with a host of leading Brazilian clubs, including Fluminense and Flamengo. Alves, who led Brazil to an Olympic gold medal in Tokyo last month, was left out of coach Tite's squad for next month's World Cup qualifiers.

About an hour after Meng’s plane left Canada for China, Trudeau revealed that Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were also on their way home. The men were arrested in China in December 2018, shortly after Canada arrested Meng on a US extradition request. The indictment came amid a broader Trump administration crackdown against Huawei over US government concerns that the company’s products could facilitate Chinese spying. “Michael Kovrig is free. To the inimitable, indefatigable, and inspiring Michael Kovrig, welcome home!” Ero said in a statement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul has deepened the mutual distrust between the US and Pakistan, two putative allies who have tangled over Afghanistan. With the Biden administration looking for new ways to stop terrorist threats in Afghanistan, it will likely look again to Pakistan, which remains critical to US intelligence and national security because of its proximity to Afghanistan and connections to the Taliban leaders now in charge. And Pakistan wants US military aid and good relations with Washington, even as its leaders openly celebrate the Taliban’s rise to power. Burns and Hameed have also separately visited Kabul in recent weeks to meet with Taliban leaders. The CIA sent weapons and money into Afghanistan through Pakistan.

Nearly 60% of the profiles were explicitly aimed at making money, displaying prominent links to online shops or photos promoting merchandise. The Facebook feed of OPOS Records promotes new music and merchandise, including “True Aggression,” “Pride & Dignity,” and “One Family” T-shirts. A number of Battle of Nibelungs alums have landed in prison, including for manslaughter, assault and attacks on migrants. He said kicking extremist music groups off Facebook is unlikely to hit sales too hard, as there are other platforms they can turn to, like Telegram and Gab, to reach their followers. “Starting today you can also dress your smallest ones with us,” reads a June post on their Facebook feed.

A Republican party-backed review of the 2020 US presidential election results in Arizona’s largest country reaffirmed on Friday that Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden. Everything else is just noise.”The Arizona review was part of a larger effort by Trump and his allies to dispute the 2020 election results. Shows how corrupt the election was,” Trump claimed in a statement. The Arizona review was marked by “bias and incompetence,” said Trey Grayson, a Republican and the former top election official in Kentucky. Although Trump won the state, Biden won three of those counties.

The central bank’s abrupt move on Thursday to ease monetary policy as Erdogan has sought, despite a run-up in inflation, sparked an almost 3% drop in the currency this week. Foreign investors fleeing the currency drove the fall, but local bargain hunting mitigated the effect, traders said. “The central bank’s decision put the lira under serious selling pressure. Locals also bought lira in March when it plunged after Erdogan fired a hawkish central bank chief and installed Sahap Kavcioglu as governor. Reuters GraphicsForeign investors hold just over five percent of Turkish government bonds, down from more than 20 percent five years ago.

Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood speaks to 60 Minutes program on Extra NewsCAIRO – 24 September 2021: Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Joey Hood said on Friday the US looks forward to holding a high-level strategic dialogue in the coming months with Egypt. In TV remarks to 60 Minutes program on Extra News, Hood hailed the US relations with Egypt as strategic, important and have extended for decades. Shoukry and Blinken discussed the most prominent political, security and economic aspects of bilateral relations within the framework of the strong, historical and complex relations between Egypt and the US. According to US Department Spokesperson Ned Price, Shoukry’s meeting with Blinken also discussed Israeli-Palestinian relations, diplomatic efforts on Libya, and the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum. The ministers also discussed their countries’ keenness to strengthen and deepen their partnership, Price added.

Throughout the year, national and international hopes have been pinned to the date of the Libyan national elections on December 24. This week, the Tobruk-based lower chamber of the Libyan parliament, also called the House of Representatives, withdrew its support for the Tripoli-based unity government. So far, the parliament has passed a law only for the presidential election but not yet for the parliamentary election, which is scheduled for the same day. Since the presidential election law stipulates that state employees have to suspend their posts three months before the election date, he would have to step down now to join the race. “The two main potential candidates so far are both very contested figures; this doesn’t bode well for the future of the political transition,” Collombier told DW.

LA PALMA, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Intensifying volcanic explosions on the Spanish island of La Palma forced firefighters to retreat and authorities to evacuate three more towns on Friday, while airlines cancelled flights due to a cloud of gas and ash, the biggest since the volcano erupted. A Reuters witness saw a huge grey cloud billowing from the top of the volcano on Friday afternoon, the largest since the eruption began on Sunday. “The volcano is in a newly explosive phase … Firefighters will not operate anymore today,” tweeted the Tenerife fire service, which has been deployed to help on La Palma. Binter said it was forced to halt operations to and from La Palma as the ash cloud had worsened considerably in the last few hours. The airline, which had initially only cancelled night flights, could not say when it would resume operations.

(Reuters) - Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has backed forward Karim Benzema to win the Ballon D'Or, comparing the Frenchman to a wine that gets better with age. He will look to add to that tally and keep his side flying high when Villarreal visit the Bernabeu on Saturday. "For what he's doing and for what he's done, he has to be in the list of possible winners," Ancelotti said of Benzema. I somehow doubt this is his final season - he's like a fine wine; the older he gets the better he is." "Players who haven't been playing will have the chance to play in the next games because they're fresher," he said.

The Global Fire Power website, which specializes in military affairs, published its ranking of the total available active military manpower of countries, where Egypt ranked first in the Arab world and 13th globally. The US ranked first in the world, followed by Russia and China. The report showed that Turkey ranked 11th, Iran 14th, and Israel 20th. As for the Arab countries, after Egypt, Saudi Arabia ranked second in the Arab world and 17th globally, and Algeria ranked third in the Arab world and 27th globally. The report stated that the formula used allowed smaller and more technologically advanced countries to compete with larger and less developed countries.

A recent Egyptian scientific study warned of the dangers of the collapse of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the downstream countries, Egypt and Sudan, after it detected a drop in the project site amid doubts about the dam’s safety, Shorouk news website reported. The study confirmed that the filling of the Renaissance Dam is taking place at a rapid rate and lacks sufficient analysis on its potential consequences. Askary refused to talk about the Renaissance Dam negotiations – which are expected to resume soon – in light of the results of the study, saying that the Egyptian state is fully aware of the study and its results. The collapse of the Renaissance Dam could cause catastrophic repercussions on Sudan mainly, he warned. In July, the Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel Aaty, warned of serious defects in the Renaissance Dam.

The European Union on Friday threatened to take action against Russia over alleged complicity in a cyberattack campaign known as “Ghostwriter” against a number of member states. The EU “strongly denounced” and the attacks and described them as a threat to security, democratic values and the “core functioning” of societies. Germany probes Russia’s involvementGermany has accused Russia of carrying out cyberattacks targeting German lawmakers, and slammed attempts to influence the upcoming German election. According to a 2020 report by US-based cyber intelligence firm Mandiant, the Ghostwriter campaign has been ongoing since 2017. They allegedly fabricated news articles and designed documents to appear as though public officials published them, the report said.

The center said in a statement that it has been communicating with the Egyptian Food Safety Authority, which refuted such reports as "baseless." The authority said all foodstuffs circulated in markets, including cooking salt are safe and fit for consumption,Food commodities are all matching required criteria and specifications, it added. The products are regularly monitored during different phases of production, distribution and display, according to it. Such reports are meant to disrupt public order and trigger off outrage, the center said. It urged all citizens not to be deceived by such reports and to immediately contact the authority if they have any query.