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Alexis Sánchez has seemed disillusioned at times this season with life at Arsenal and is out of contract in 2018. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the Guardian

‘Disappointed’ Alexis Sánchez at the Heart of Arsenal’s Pivotal Summer

by Amy Lawrence | May 12, 2017 | Sports

London – As usual the vast majority of the punters in the Club Level seats that ring all the way round the prime view at the Emirates Stadium took their time to re-emerge into the sunshine after half-time of Arsenal’s game with Manchester United on Sunday. It is...

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Municipal workers spray insecticide at Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

Brazil Announces End of Zika-Linked Health Emergency

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 12, 2017 | Health

Brazil announced on Thursday an end to the state of emergency that was forced due to the outbreak of the Zika virus. The country imposed the public health emergency for 18 months after the outbreak created a global scare. The mosquito-borne virus was not considered a...

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A unthinkable cost — even decades later. Photographer: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP — Getty Images

A Message to Putin From 42 Million Dead

by Leonid Bershidsky | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

According to official data, more than 800,000 people in Moscow alone, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, took part in Tuesday’s march to commemorate their ancestors’ participation in World War II. This memory is the basis of the Putin school of...

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Vincent Kompany says the Manchester City player had had to work to adapt to Pep Guardiola’s ‘unique style’. Photograph: Nigel Roddis/EPA

Manchester City Taking Time to Adjust to Guardiola’s Methods, says Kompany

by Ed Aarons | May 12, 2017 | Sports

London – Vincent Kompany said Manchester City’s players have taken time to adapt to Pep Guardiola’s approach since his arrival last summer but expects them to end the season strongly and secure Champions League qualification for the eighth consecutive season....

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President-elect Emmanuel Macron of France waving to supporters on Sunday. Credit Patrick Kovarik/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Macron and the Revival of Europe

by Roger Cohen | May 12, 2017 | Opinion

It’s not just that Emmanuel Macron won and will become, at the age of 39, France’s youngest president. It’s not merely that he defeated, in Marine Le Pen, the forces of xenophobic nationalism exploited by President Donald Trump. It’s that he won with a bold stand for...