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The new tents popped up — one, two, three — on Columbia’s campus. If university officials thought that getting rid of the encampment, or arresting more than 100 protesters, would persuade students to give up, they may have been very wrong. By Thursday night, the tents had disappeared. But scores of students took over a campus lawn. Planning to stay all night, they were in a rather upbeat mood, noshing on donated pizza and snacks.

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☆ Harry Kane: ‘He was happy to be here’: Bayern Munich striker returns to the Emirates to haunt Arsenal once again
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Some Arsenal fans might have been forgiven for waking up in a cold sweat in the nights leading up to Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg against Bayern Munich. The 30-year-old became the fastest player to score 20 Bundesliga goals, reaching the landmark in just 14 matches, well ahead of Uwe Seeler’s previous record of 21. He also has four hat-tricks to his name, something no player had previously achieved in their first Bundesliga season. Arsenal fans thought Kane should have been shown a red card in the second half. With Bayern fans banned from the match due as punishment for throwing flares onto the pitch during their side’s win against Lazio in the previous round, you could hear a pin drop inside the Emirates.

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☆ Arsenal rescues draw against Bayern Munich in Champions League quarterfinals on night of high security
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Emirates Stadium, London CNN —Arsenal rescued a draw in the first leg of its Champions League quarterfinal against Bayern Munich at the Emirates Stadium on Tuesday, on a night which saw a heightened security presence at matches across Europe. Leandro Trossard celebrates after scoring the equalizer against Bayern Munich. The striker celebrated the goal with his trademark celebration in front of the Arsenal fans. With almost the last attack of the game, Saka went down in the box after colliding with Neuer. Speaking to reporters after the game, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said he hadn’t seen the incident and was not keen to dwell on what could have been.

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☆ Arsenal edges past Porto on penalties to reach Champions League quarterfinals for first time in 14 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Emirates Stadium, London CNN —If Arsenal fans had forgotten just how tense and grueling the Champions League knockout stages can be, their memories will now certainly be refreshed after a thrilling 4-2 penalty shootout victory over Porto in the round of 16. On a raucous night, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said this was probably the best atmosphere he’d experienced at the Emirates Stadium since taking over as manager in 2019. It was a reminder of the threat this Porto team possessed – if Arsenal still needed one after Galeno’s late, long-range sucker punch in the first leg. That strike propelled Arsenal forward in the second half, though Porto looked increasingly content with sitting back and absorbing the pressure. After a riveting 90 minutes, extra time was largely a non-event, with the highlight coming when Kai Havertz pushed Porto manager Sergio Conceição to spark a tussle on the touchline.

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☆ Arsenal players ‘living the dream’ after underlining title credentials with impressive win
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Arsenal underlined its place in this year’s English Premier League title race with a statement 4-1 win against Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday. But when the chips were down, Arsenal’s players stepped up to produce one of the best performances from any team in the league this year. “We are all living the dream, we have all been dreaming of being here on the biggest stage in the best league in the world,” Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard told TNT Sports after the match. Many fans are therefore rightly cautious about their team’s chances of winning a league title for the first time since 2004, but things do look slightly different this season. “We want the best club in the world, and to be the best club in the world we have to have the best stadium and best atmosphere in the world, that’s for sure,” Arteta said.

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A record win for Arsenal. After Arsenal hammered West Ham 6-0 for its biggest ever Premier League away victory, United beat Aston Villa 2-1 in a huge result in the race for Champions League qualification. Bukayo Saka scored twice and Declan Rice — a former West Ham favorite — added the sixth goal almost apologetically. Rasmus Hojlund opened the scoring for United and has now netted in five straight league matches. Signed in July for 105 million pounds (then $138 million), it is looking like money well spent by Arsenal.

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☆ Arsenal win to move level with Man City, Spurs slip up at Wolves
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Lori Ewing | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Nov 11 (Reuters) - Arsenal beat struggling Burnley 3-1 to move level on points with leaders Manchester City at the top of the Premier League table on Saturday after Tottenham Hotspur slipped to a last-gasp loss at Wolverhampton Wanderers. Leandro Trossard, William Saliba and Oleksandr Zinchenko scored in Arsenal's victory which lifted them above Spurs to second in the table, level on 29 points with Manchester City, who have a game in hand. Arsenal's afternoon was slightly soured by substitute Fabio Vieira being shown a straight red card but manager Mikel Arteta, who blasted officials after the loss to Newcastle United a week earlier, gave the referees high marks. A goal in the 59th minute from defender Victor Lindelof earned United a 1-0 win over Luton and secure a second successive league victory. Idrissa Gueye scored four minutes from time to earn Everton a breathless win at Selhurst Park.

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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erik ten Hag can breathe a sigh of relief after Manchester United ended another difficult week on a winning note. Victor Lindelof's goal secured a 1-0 win against Luton in the Premier League on Saturday that should hold back further speculation about Ten Hag's future for now. It wasn't the most convincing performance from a United team that had lost 4-3 against Copenhagen in the Champions League in midweek. It was vital Ten Hag secured a win ahead of the upcoming international break, with questions raised about his position in recent weeks. GOAL DROUGHTLife would be a lot easier for Ten Hag if striker Rasmus Hojlund could emulate his Champions League form in the Premier League.

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☆ He Took On the World’s Most Valuable Company—and Won
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ben Cohen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The elections of the smallest country in the European Union aren’t supposed to matter to billions of people around the world. But it wasn’t long after Malta sent a young politician named Alex Agius Saliba to Brussels that he began to exert his influence. The first thing he did once he got there was voice his concern that Tunisian boats were illegally catching fish that rightfully belonged to the Maltese fleet.

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☆ He Took on the World’s Most Valuable Company—And Won
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ben Cohen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The elections of the smallest country in the European Union are not supposed to matter to billions of people around the world. But it wasn’t long after Malta sent a young politician named Alex Agius Saliba to Brussels that he began to exert his influence. The first thing he did once he got there was voice his concern that Tunisian boats were illegally catching fish that rightfully belonged to the Maltese fleet.

Persons: Alex Agius Saliba Organizations: Maltese Locations: European Union, Malta, Brussels

☆ Arsenal, Newcastle up and running, but reality bites for Luton
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

But Forest grabbed a goal back in the 83rd minute through Taiwo Awoniyi and pressed for an unlikely point. ANXIOUS FINISH"Welcome to the Premier League!" Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said of the anxious finish. "Running the clock down, in this league, that's a very dangerous thing to do but overall I'm very happy." Sheffield United's defeat by Palace completed a poor opening weekend for the promoted clubs after Burnley's loss on Friday.

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☆ An American Airlines pilot launched a $23.5 million lawsuit, claiming airport staff racially profiled him after he failed to wear a mask
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

He says he was racially profiled by security officers at Spokane International Airport. An American Airlines pilot is suing Spokane International Airport in Washington state, as well as three security officers over a 2021 incident which saw him indefinitely suspended without pay. Bahig Saliba filed the lawsuit in a Washington district court on August 1, seeking over $23.5 million in damages. The pilot says that one of the security officers stood "in a threatening posture," and the defendants berated him while not listening to his attempts to explain the exemption. American Airlines and Spokane International Airport did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, sent outside US working hours.

Persons: Bahig Saliba, Saliba Organizations: Spokane International Airport, Morning, American Airlines, Dallas Fort Worth Airport, Spokane International Locations: Washington

☆ Fuelled by Rice, Arsenal ready for next step in title race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( Martyn Herman | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Those three signings were all completed early in the close4 season meaning Arsenal should be ready to hit the ground running when they kick off at home to Nottingham Forest next Saturday. While Rice's price tag appears over-inflated, he looks capable of giving Arsenal the drive their midfield began to lack in the closing months of the campaign. Timber offers the sort of defensive depth Arsenal sadly lacked after France's William Saliba was injured in March. "The players will have learned a hell of a lot with that title run, and this year is about going that one step ahead. ($1 = 0.7843 pounds)($1 = 0.9112 euros)Reporting by Martyn Herman; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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loadingWhile Arteta and his players dismissed talk of "bottling" the title race, for their fans there is a crushing sense of what could have been. Arsenal were eight points clear two months ago and appeared to be heading towards bagging their first league title since Arsene Wenger's 2003-04 'Invincibles'. GUARDIOLA MIND GAMESBut the eight-point gap was an illusion as City always had games in hand while Guardiola played mind games, effusive in his praise of Arsenal and Arteta, his former assistant at City. Guardiola has seen his fair share of tense title races and even when Arsenal had three games to go, he gently applied more pressure. The master had outshone the apprentice as Guardiola's side marched to their fifth league title in six seasons.

☆ Arsenal's Arteta wary of 'well-coached' Newcastle's record at St James' Park
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A 2-0 defeat at St James' Park last season saw Arsenal eventually finish fifth in the league while Newcastle finished 11th when relegation was a possibility midway through the season before Eddie Howe took over. We're going to have to play much better than we did last year, that's for sure," Arteta told reporters ahead of Sunday's trip. "We know it's going to be a really tough game because especially at home they've been really, really good." "They're a really good side, they are well coached, good players, the right environment around the club right now. Pain-wise and the things he (Saliba) can do now off the pitch, he's in a good place," Arteta said.

☆ Arsenal players still have fire in their bellies, says Arteta
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

May 1 (Reuters) - Arsenal are still fired up after their defeat by rivals Manchester City, manager Mikel Arteta said, but added that his side clearly need to improve if they hope to keep their Premier League title hopes alive with a win over Chelsea on Tuesday. Arsenal are in second place on 75 points, one behind leaders City who have a game in hand. They can briefly return to the top of the league with victory over Chelsea, who are 12th in the table following a disappointing campaign. Asked about the title race, Arteta told reporters, "you have to recognise there is still work to do. "I have not had to pick up the mood of the players, they keep the fire in the belly for tomorrow.

☆ We suffered tonight, says Arsenal's Arteta, after Man City mauling
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Reigning champions City will go top with a game in hand if they beat Fulham at the weekend having trailed Arsenal for more or less the whole season. "For sure we have to lift the players up first because they suffered tonight. "The first 30 minutes all the basic things you have to do against a top team we didn't do it and we got punished," Arteta told reporters. "The stats at the start of the season said we'd finish sixth or seventh and we are where we are," Arteta said. The fact we are competing toe to toe with this City team is incredible."

☆ Manchester City now looks likelier than ever to win elusive Treble
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Manchester City comfortably beat Sheffield United 3-0 in the FA Cup semifinals. “I’ll talk to you about it after we have won the FA Cup and Premier League,” he told reporters after the FA Cup semifinal, per the BBC. “Before the final of the Champions League we will start to talk of the Treble. Can any team stop Manchester City this season? “One year you can do it – I don’t want to win one Champions League and after be in the bottom,” he aded.

☆ Saliba struggling to return to Arsenal title fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Defender William Saliba is struggling to return to Arsenal's Premier League title run-in because of a back injury while Oleksandr Zinchenko is also a doubt for Friday's crucial home game against bottom club Southampton. Frenchman Saliba, who has impressed this season after returning from a loan spell with Marseille, has not played for a month and manager Mikel Arteta is concerned. Regarding William, we still have to wait a little bit more," Arteta told reporters on Thursday. Zinchenko has a groin injury and Arteta says the former Manchester City player "needs some more time to heal". "The rewards maybe haven't been there in terms of results in some games but they are a really good team."

☆ Lebanese MP is staging a sit-in until a president is elected
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLebanese MP is staging a sit-in until a president is electedNajat Saliba, Lebanese MP, speaks to CNBC live from Parliament, where she is staging a sit-in.

☆ Lebanon blast investigator charges public prosecutor, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BEIRUT, Jan 24 (Reuters) - The judge investigating the 2020 Beirut port explosion has charged Lebanon's top public prosecutor and three other judges in connection with the catastrophic blast, two judicial sources said on Tuesday. Judicial sources said interrogations had been scheduled for February for 15 people, including the top security officials, Oweidat, two former ministers, and Hassan Diab, who was the prime minister at the time of the blast. Bitar met French judges visiting Beirut last week as part of a French investigation into the explosion, whose victims included two French nationals. Bitar resumed work on the basis of a legal interpretation challenging the reasons for its suspension, the judicial sources said. Hezbollah has campaigned against Bitar as he sought to question its allies and accused Washington of meddling in the probe.

☆ Euro exit lesson learned, says Griezmann before Poland clash
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Julien Pretot | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Les Bleus were 3-1 up against the Swiss but conceded two goals in the last 10 minutes before going out on penalties. "I think we were too relaxed against Switzerland," attacking midfielder Antoine Griezmann told a news conference on Friday. In big competitions you realise that there are no easy opponents, it's going to be the same against Poland. Poland have two major assets - striker Robert Lewandowski, and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, who has already stopped two penalties in three games here. The winner of the France v Poland clash will face either England or Senegal in the quarter-finals.

☆ Every World Cup 2022 squad announced: USMNT, Germany, Belgium and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —‘Tis the season for wall charts and fans gathering around to pick their starting teams for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. “It’s always difficult when a guy helps you get to the World Cup, he scores three goals in World Cup qualifying and isn’t going to be a part of the program. Again, it’s more about who we did add that we felt good about.”All but one of the 26 will be making their World Cup debut at this year’s tournament and, according to the USMNT, it will be the youngest team to qualify for the World Cup. Octavio Passos/Getty Images Europe/Getty ImagesGhanaManager: Otto AddoThe final squad has not been announced yet. READ: Meet Otto Addo, the coach responsible for guiding some of Europe’s brightest young talents (2021)—–PortugalManager: Fernando SantosThe final squad has not been announced yet.

☆ There's still a bull case for the stock market even as inflation runs hot and rates rise
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Today we're also looking at one firm's view that there's still a bull case to be made for stocks, but its sitting on increasingly shaky ground. The upside case for stocks rests largely on two things: inflation and rates. DataTrek Research co-founder Nicholas Colas told clients this week that investors could propel stocks up heading into 2023. "TIPS and Fed Funds Futures prices do currently support the idea that in six months inflation will be dropping and Fed policy will be moving into neutral," Colas said. Individual investors have reduced net purchases of stocks in recent days following the September inflation shock.

☆ A legendary options trader who banked 70 consecutive months of profits above 6 figures shares the spread he would use in the current stock market environment and explains why it's optimal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In the current stock market, Tony Saliba says he would trade bull call spreads. Options trading grabbed the then 23-year-old's attention because it had nonlinear payout opportunities. His cautious approach to options trading came from a lesson learned early on when he blew up his trading account. Many people may be bearish on the stock market. Initial Investment Profit Potential when Stock at $170 Risk exposure Trading 100 shares of CVX Stock $16,000 $1,000 (6.25%) $16,000 (or $1600 with a 10% stop loss) Trading CVX spread $1,760 $2,240 (127%) $1,760On October 13, CVX stock reached $165 and the spread went up to about $5.50.

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