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Real Madrid and midfielder Luka Modric — the most decorated player in the club's history — have agreed to part ways after the Club World Cup.
The 39-year-old Modric will leave after an "unforgettable time as a player at our club," the club said in Thursday's announcement.
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Real Madrid made it official on Friday that Carlo Ancelotti is leaving the club after the end of the Spanish league this weekend.
Ancelotti had already been announced as the next Brazil coach but the Spanish club had yet to make any announcement about his departure. Ancelotti had another year left on his contract.
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Here what's to look out for heading into the final round of the Premier League on Sunday:
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Newcastle striker Alexander Isak has made "good progress" and could be available Sunday when Eddie Howe's team can clinch Champions League qualification with a victory against Everton in the final game of the Premier League season.
Isak had a groin injury that forced him to miss last week's 1-0 loss to Arsenal, leaving Newcastle in fourth place but tied on points with Chelsea and Aston Villa below them and one point ahead of Nottingham Forest. The top five will qualify for the Champions League.
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Ivan Toney has received his first call-up by England since moving to play his club soccer in Saudi Arabia.
The 29-year-old striker was in England's squad at last year's European Championship and secured a move to Al-Ahli in the Saudi Pro League a few weeks later.
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An unusual May nor'easter was pulling away from New England on Friday after soaking the region and setting some record cold temperatures.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island received the most rain, getting at least several inches. The coastal town of Kingston, Massachusetts, received 7.13 inches (18.1 centimeters) of rain in a 24-hour period ending early Friday, the National Weather Service said.
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Iran has multiple major sites associated with its rapidly advancing nuclear program, now the subject of several rounds of negotiations with the United States.
The sites across the country, including one in the heart of Tehran, the capital, show the breadth and history of the program. One in particular, Iran's Natanz enrichment site, has been targeted several times in suspected sabotage attacks by Israel amid tensions between the two Mideast rivals.
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The Trump administration says making cents doesn't make sense anymore.
The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run out, a Treasury Department official confirmed Thursday. This move comes as the cost of making pennies has increased markedly, by upward of 20% in 2024, according to the Treasury.
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President Donald Trump rewarded top investors in one of his cryptocurrency projects with a swanky dinner on Thursday night, an event that showed the ascendance of an emerging financial industry — and also the president's willingness to mix public office with personal profit.
Some 220 of the biggest investors in the $TRUMP meme coin were invited to Trump's luxury golf club in Northern Virginia, where they dined on filet mignon and halibut. According to participants' posts on social media, Trump spoke for about half an hour before dancing to the song "YMCA."
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Record floodwaters on Australia's east coast have left four people dead and one missing, officials said Friday as rain eased over the disaster area.
Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state north of Sydney after days of heavy rain. The low-pressure weather system that brought the deluge had moved further south to Sydney and its surrounds Friday.
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