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May 19, 2025, 10:58 AM ETThe 2025 MLS season is now firmly underway, which means it’s time for ESPN’s Power Rankings.Who’s climbing the table? Who’s in free fall? Our writers studied the action from across Matchday 14 to come up with this week’s order of all 30 teams in the league. Let’s dive in.Previous ranking: 1The Caps made the trip to Texas and came back with a point after a 0-0 draw with Austin. With just two shots on target, it wasn’t a performance that screamed “best team in the league,” but Vancouver has been good enough this year to…

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates LP, speaks during the Greenwich Economic Forum in Greenwich, Connecticut, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBridgewater Associates founder and billionaire Ray Dalio warned Monday that Moody’s downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating understates the threat to U.S. Treasurys, saying the credit agency isn’t taking into account the risk of the federal government simply printing money to pay its debt.”You should know that credit ratings understate credit risks because they only rate the risk of the government not paying its debt,” Dalio said in a post on social media…

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, China’s International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Li Chenggang, and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, prepare to discuss on the day of a bilateral meeting between the U.S. and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10, 2025.Keystone/eda/martial Trezzini | Via ReutersChina on Monday accused the U.S. of undermining the two countries’ preliminary trade agreement after the U.S. issued an industry warning against using Chinese chips that singled out Huawei.Beijing has “demanded” that the Trump administration “correct its mistakes,” a spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Commerce told a…

Manchester City are backing away from the race to sign Florian Wirtz, a source has told ESPN.The Germany midfielder had been earmarked as a possible replacement for Kevin De Bruyne, who will leave the Etihad Stadium at the end of the season.But after conversations with Wirtz’s club, Bayer Leverkusen, and his representatives in Manchester last week, City are turning their attention to other targets.A source has told ESPN that club bosses believe the finances that would be involved are not workable and that Wirtz is destined for a summer move to Bayern Munich.City have other options to strengthen their midfield…

CNN  —  France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” starring Steve McQueen. Speaking on Sunday during a visit to French Guiana, a French territory that borders Suriname and Brazil, Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said the facility would house drug kingpins and radical Islamists. The prison will be built in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, on French Guiana’s border with Suriname, with space for 500 inmates, including 60 maximum-security prisoners. Speaking to journalists, Darmanin said the new jail would help to ease…

Chelsea Women claimed another treble on Sunday, adding the Women’s FA Cup to their WSL and Women’s League Cup titles. The Blues also went the entire domestic season unbeaten, and have not lost since May 1, 2024 when Emma Hayes – prematurely, as it turned out – conceded the league title to Manchester City Women after a 4-3 defeat to Liverpool Women. The sight of another trophy lift will have been an irritant to not only Marc Skinner’s Manchester United Women – beaten 3-0 at Wembley – but also the likes of Arsenal Women and Man City.All three have chased…

A view of the 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, on March 25, 2025.Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty ImagesRegeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday announced it will acquire “substantially all” of 23andMe’s assets for $256 million.The drugmaker participated in a bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, a once high-flying genetic testing company that filed for for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March. Regeneron is buying 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service, Total Health and Research Services business lines, according to a release.”We believe we can help 23andMe deliver and build upon its mission to help people learn about their own DNA and how to improve their…

The European soccer weekend is over, and there’s a lot to unpack this Monday. Let’s begin, shall we? The English FA Cup was settled on Saturday at Wembley as Crystal Palace rode their luck (and VAR) to defeat mighty Manchester City for their first-ever major trophy. Barcelona celebrated their latest LaLiga title with a 3-2 defeat to Villarreal that doesn’t take away from one of their most impressive league campaigns of the modern era.In Italy, we got drama as the Serie A title will go down to the final day, with Napoli and Inter Milan separated by just a point…

May 19, 2025, 09:53 AM ETManchester City head coach Pep Guardiola said on Monday that he was “absolutely” confident his side can seal one of the top five spots in the Premier League that will guarantee them Champions League football for next season.While the Premier League title has been long-wrapped up by Liverpool, and Arsenal assured themselves a top-five finish on Sunday, the race to secure the other three remaining places is wide open.Newcastle United, Chelsea and Aston Villa all have 66 points after 37 matches, while City are sixth with 65 and have a game in hand over the…

Imaginima | E+ | Getty ImagesLogistics startup Stord said Monday that it is buying UPS subsidiary Ware2Go as it looks to expand its footprint in the e-commerce space.The company declined to provide specifics on the purchase price of the deal.The Atlanta-based company founded by former Thiel fellow Sean Henry said the acquisition will boost Stord’s competitive edge as it looks to chip away at the e-commerce space dominated by the likes of Amazon.Ware2Go is a third-party delivery company that looks to make quick delivery more accessible for merchants, according to its website.Henry told CNBC the acquisition builds on the company’s…