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Barcelona bid farewell to Robert Lewandowski last weekend, and this Saturday they will also see two members of their coaching staff depart. After uncertainty over his future, it seems that Thiago Alcantara will leave the club this summer.The 35-year-old began Hansi Flick’s first preseason as part of the coaching staff, working to aid the transition for Flick, and work as a translator across languages. However before Barcelona’s first game of the season, he returned to England for tax reasons. Last summer he returned as an ‘official’ member of the coaching staff, where he has taken on a key role mentoring…

The Indian Premier League (IPL) has long been regarded as a paradise for batters, where packed stadiums, flat pitches, and short boundaries often combine to create high-scoring spectacles. While the tournament has showcased several world-class bowlers over the years, even the best have found themselves under immense pressure in the shortest format.In T20 cricket, one bad over can change the course of a match, and bowlers frequently end up on the receiving end of brutal power-hitting. The ongoing IPL 2026 season has once again highlighted how unforgiving the format can be, with Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pacer Anshul Kamboj entering an…

22/05/2026 – CANNES 2026: The director talks to us about his film, which draws on the documentary-style realism of its characters, about two sisters fighting against their fate in Lebanon(© 2026 Fabrizio de Gennaro for Cineuropa – fadege.it, @fadege.it)Rakan Mayasi, a Brussels-based Palestinian director, unveiled his debut feature film, Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, in the Un Certain Regard section of the 79th Cannes Film Festival. It is a unique cinematic experience, telling the story of two sisters battling against their fate in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, a land torn apart by man-made violence. Cineuropa: How did the project come about?Rakan…

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When it comes to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Tourism Nanaimo is playing to its strength, with what it describes as a “measured strategy that has stayed focused on realistic travel patterns rather than broad event-driven demand.” In fact, in a update to local operators, Tourism Nanaimo said that it had not forecast FIFA-level compression for Nanaimo; instead, focusing its FIFA-related work on the audiences most likely to align with the destination during the tournament period — including Vancouver residents looking for breathing room during peak event periods; visitors exploring beyond the host city; and travellers considering Vancouver Island before…

Post Malone confirmed Australia and New Zealand as October 2026 stops on his Big Ass World Tour, and he’s bringing Don Toliver along for the Southern Hemisphere leg. The announcement landed on Instagram this week. He kept it direct: “I’m bringing THE BIG ASS WORLD TOUR to you this October with @dontoliver and we can’t wait to see y’all.” No teaser, no slow build. He put it out there and let the excitement do the rest. Fans in Sydney, Melbourne, and Auckland saw the announcement land like a signal flare. The rest of the region took notice too. Specific venues…

Things are only getting better for Michael, the musical biopic focused on the beginnings and solo career of musical legend Michael ‘The King of Pop’ Jackson. Antoine Fuqua directs the film, working from a Joe Logan script, and directs a star-studded cast led by Jackson’s own nephew Jaafar Jackson, alongside Juliano Valdi, Nia Long, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo. The narrative charts Jackson’s beginning in Motown’s Jackson 5, before breaking away from the group and his father’s grip to become a record-smashing, godly artistic household name who would shake up music and culture, such as releasing the…

According to new date from IATA, European air connectivity essentially flatlined in 2025 with a net 1% growth in the total number of routes connecting the continent (both internally and with other parts of the world) – and that’s below the compound annual growth of 1.5% over the last decade. Thomas Reynaert, IATA’s Senior Vice President External Relations, said of the findings: “The growth of airline route networks reflects both developments in demand and the operating environment. That the European Union (EU)’s air connectivity virtually flatlined in 2025 is no surprise. The regulatory burden is onerous, costs are high, and…

Expedia Group B2B unveiled a new set of AI-powered products and partnerships that make it easier for companies in any sector to build travel into their customer experiences. Alfonso Paredes, President B2B & Chief Commercial Officer Expedia Group, said that: “For decades we’ve built the plumbing behind the scenes that makes travel work more connected, seamless, and trusted, the supply, the pricing, the payments, and service. Now we’re making that infrastructure even easier for partners to plug into. With one connection, partners can build more complete travel experiences for their customers, capture more the trip, and do it with less complexity.” Expedia Group B2B today serves 75,000 partners across…

You spent hours researching the company, rehearsed your answers, and asked smart questions. You walked out of the interview feeling like you nailed it. Then you sent a thank-you email. Something like: “It was great to meet you. I’m very excited about the opportunity and look forward to next steps.” And just like that, you missed a huge opportunity to close the deal. Too many executives treat the follow-up as a courtesy to signal interest and show you know the social script. Here’s the uncomfortable truth: at the senior level, everyone who makes it to the final round is prepared,…