Atletico aim to show Alvarez their ambition in Arsenal semi
For Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez, the consequences of Tuesday's Champions League semi-final clash at Arsenal may go beyond booking a ticket to Budapest at the end of May.
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Seoul, Taipei hit records as Asian stocks track Wall St tech rally
Tech firms led a rally across most Asian markets Monday following another healthy day on Wall Street fuelled by more strong earnings, while investors were also cheered by news that Iran had submitted fresh proposals to end its war with the United States.
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Boeing faces civil trial over 737 MAX crash
Boeing is scheduled to return to court Monday to face its latest lawsuit over a deadly 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia, brought by the family of a young American NGO worker.
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North Korean club to play rare football match in South
A North Korean women's football club will become the first sports team from the country to play in South Korea since 2018 when they visit this month, Seoul's unification ministry said Monday.
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Pistons rout Magic to cap comeback, book NBA playoff clash with Cavaliers
The Detroit Pistons routed the Orlando Magic 116-94 on Sunday to cap a remarkable NBA playoff comeback and book an Eastern Conference semi-final clash with Cleveland.
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GameStop makes $56 billion takeover bid for eBay
US video game retailer GameStop made a takeover bid on Sunday to buy eBay for about $55.5 billion in an attempt to turn the online marketplace into a competitor to e-commerce giant Amazon.
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'No pilgrims': regional war hushes Iraq's holy cities
In Iraq's holy city of Najaf, the majestic shrine of Imam Ali stands quiet, its vast courtyards no longer echoing with the multilingual whispers of pilgrims from before the Middle East war.
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Players keep up battle with tennis majors as they decry Roland Garros prize money
Top players including world number ones Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka kept up the pressure on the Grand Slam tournaments with a letter to Roland Garros on Monday expressing "deep disappointment" over the French major's 2026 prize money.
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ZOQQ Approaches Breakeven on a Bootstrapped Path - Bucking the Burn-First Fintech Playbook
Rare profitable-track fintech demonstrates strong unit economics and a path to breakeven without external venture capital.
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Pacific Avenue Capital Partners Enters into Exclusive Negotiations to Acquire ESE World, Amcor's European Waste Container Business
LOS ANGELES, CA AND PARIS, FR / ACCESS Newswire / May 4, 2026 / Pacific Avenue Capital Partners ("Pacific Avenue"), a global private equity firm focused on corporate carve-outs and other complex transactions in the middle market, announced today that an affiliate of Pacific Avenue has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire ESE World (the "Company" or "ESE") from Amcor, one of the world's leading global packaging companies.
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