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Arsenal have everything they need to repeat as Premier League champions | Jonathan Wilson

Sunday’s win at Liverpool showed the Gunners are deeper, more experienced, and are playing against a weaker class of contenders than last season

Arsenal are three points clear at the top of the Premier League table. But given the team in second are Manchester City, who are likely to be facing at the very least a major points deduction, perhaps more significant is that they are five clear of Brighton in third. The season of domination that many anticipated from the champions appears to be coming to pass.

Liverpool challenged them on Sunday. There was a 20-minute spell before half-time when they swarmed all over Arsenal, and Anfield felt at least like it did in the golden years of Jürgen Klopp, when it buzzed with an energy that could overwhelm visitors. But Arsenal got through that, reset at half-time, and navigated the second half with relative comfort. For the second league game running, they denied Liverpool a shot on target.

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Led by Liam Rosenior and backed by billionaires, Paris FC are now a force in Ligue 1 | Luke Entwistle

After a huge summer and with PSG’s other rivals falling away, their city rivals are aiming to ‘be one of the biggest clubs in Europe’

By Get French Football News

It is hard to know what Pierre Ferracci found stranger: the fact that he was fully suited among a set of bare-chested Paris FC ultras singing his name or that, behind him, in what was the final game of his presidency, his side were playing Monaco off the park. “I didn’t see any of the first 15 minutes of the game because I was with the ultras,” he admitted. On the pitch as well as in the stands was evidence of how far his side has come since he joined back in 2006.

At that time, Les Parisiens were in the amateur third tier of French football. He initially arrived in an administrative function before becoming owner and president in 2012. It wasn’t until 2016 that his side reached Ligue 2.

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Slavernijmuseum van John Leerdam pas in 2033 open, mag kritiekloos leeglopen in Trouw

John Leerdam, nazaat van plantage-eigenaren, mocht leeglopen in Trouw. De aan de staatsruif verslaafde Leerdam heeft namelijk meer tijd nodig voor het slavernijmuseum. Zou 2030 worden, wordt nu 2033. U vindt 7 jaar nog een behoorlijke periode voor een museum? Trouw niet. Interviewer du jour vraagt er niet naar. Althans, de vraag 'Waarom is het slavernijmuseum uitgesteld?' wordt beantwoord met: "Je kunt niet door dit dossier heen rennen." Hier doelt John Leerdam hoogstwaarschijnlijk op zichzelf. Daarna weeïg gebabbel over zware gesprekken (doelt John weer op John). 

De gemeente Amsterdam zelf heeft wel semi-tekst en uitleg gegeven over de vertraging. Het lukt niet vanwege zo'n beetje elke denkbare reden ooit: "Het gaat onder meer om het ontwerp, vergunningen, inspraak, aanbestedingen en de inrichting van het gebouw." Maar, 'onder meer', dus. Met John Leerdam aan het roer gaat er precies niets over één dag vanilleijs: "De internationale architectenselectie is in volle gang. Een vakjury heeft uit ruim 100 inzendingen unaniem 10 ontwerpteams geselecteerd." Daar komt een selectie van 5 teams uit. In de zomer van 2027 wordt een architect gekozen die het definitieve ontwerp eind 2028 klaar moet hebben. En dan maar hopen dat die architect de juiste kleur heeft.

Voor de bouw en oprichting van het museum heeft het Rijk 32,2 miljoen euro beschikbaar gesteld. De gemeente Amsterdam doet ook een aardige duit in het obesitasje van Leerdam: "Wij dragen zelf 48,8 miljoen euro bij." Het hele circus is echter begroot op 110 miljoen. Leerdam legt in Trouw uit dat dat eigenlijk onhaalbaar is. Interviewer vindt het prima en vraagt er niet naar.

Niet getreurd: er komt een tijdelijk museum. John mikt op 2027/2028. Divers als we zijn, sluiten wij 2029 niet uit. En dat is in principe al 2030, dus dan kun je net zo goed wachten op het niet-tijdelijke museum.

Wie van de drie: wie is de echte John Leerdam?

China onthult hoe het de eerste ‘taikonauten’ vóór 2030 op de maan wil zetten

Het Chinese ruimtevaartagentschap presenteerde dit weekend de plannen voor de eerste bemenste Chinese maanmissie ooit. Ook de VS willen snel weer astronauten op de maan zetten. Beide landen azen op grondstoffen die daar opgeslagen liggen.


De crisis in België gaat over de fundamentele vraag: wie betaalt de rekening van een steeds duurdere welvaartsstaat?

Zondagnacht onderhandelde de Belgische premier Bart De Wever tot diep in de nacht met zijn kabinet over de Belgische begroting. Zonder resultaat.

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Omzet AI-bedrijf Anthropic schiet omhoog, verlies verdubbelt

SAN FRANCISCO (ANP/BLOOMBERG) - Het Amerikaanse AI-bedrijf Anthropic behaalde over het afgelopen kwartaal een omzet van bijna 17 miljard dollar. Dat is ruim twaalf keer zoveel als in dezelfde periode een jaar eerder.

De groeispurt versterkt de verwachting dat Anthropic een recordbedrag kan ophalen met zijn geplande beursgang. Het concern achter AI-platform Claude diende eind vorige maand een aanvraag in voor een beursgang in New York, die naar verwachting voor de Amerikaanse feestdag Thanksgiving op 26 november plaatsvindt.

Het bedrijf leed afgelopen kwartaal een nettoverlies van 23,3 miljard dollar, vergeleken met een verlies van 12,1 miljard dollar in dezelfde periode vorig jaar. De kosten schoten omhoog tot 17,5 miljard dollar ten opzichte van een jaar eerder.


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Faceted Faces and Surreal Still Lifes Fill GaHee Park’s Dreamy Paintings

Faceted Faces and Surreal Still Lifes Fill GaHee Park’s Dreamy Paintings

An eye peers from a goblet. A disembodied finger creeps from beneath a curtain. A supine figure, lost in a dream, envisions an uncanny array of game and fruit. For GaHee Park, landscapes, figures, and still lifes merge into seamless, surreal tableaux. Her signature glassy-eyed female characters move through spaces where the boundary between reality and fantasy blurs.

Park’s new solo exhibition, Soft Shell at Jessica Silverman, delves into a realm where protection and a sense of security are nebulous. Although she nods to domestic spaces and symbols of comfort and sustenance, such as bowls laden with fruit, there is always something… else.

a surreal oil painting on linen of a woman with her head on her arms, and her face can be seen in shadow through her arm
“Woman and Moth in Eclipse” (2026), oil on linen, 35 x 40 x 1 1/2 inches

At first glance, many of the scenes in Park’s oil paintings appear relaxed and calm, but something soon feels “off.” A dark cloud moves in above “Woman on the Beach with a Bird,” and an interloping digit advances toward a flower arrangement in “Bouquet with a Visitor.” Sometimes the strangeness is apparent right away, such as in “Soft Shell,” in which Park juxtaposes hard, distinct lines with supple, fuzzy shapes, and the whole scene appears to both expand and shrink.

The inspiration for this new body of work, along with the show’s title, is inspired by what the artist describes as “the containers of life that we inhabit to feel safe, but which do not protect us completely.” The artist explores the nature of consciousness and relationships between landscapes and interiors, beauty and the grotesque, and strength and vulnerability. Through a prism of dark humor, Park also infuses her works with subtle, quirky narratives.

In “Eating Angel,” for example, a white t-shirt and halo have been cast onto the floor, and a gleaming wing appears to have been picked clean by the curious cat. The nude female form, plus numerous anatomical hints in the shapes of fruit—or in this case, the breast-like cover on a food platter being presented from out of frame—Park also nods to the Surrealists. She turns the table on the early 20th-century works made predominantly by men, positioning women in roles of empowerment and directness. “Refusing to be conquered, these heroines are sly exhibitionists who draw the viewer into a ‘ping pong’ of gazes,” the gallery says.

Soft Shell continues through December 19 in San Francisco. Keep up with updates on Park’s Instagram.

a surreal oil painting on linen of a woman's face beneath a sky, with a martini glass and an eye seen through it
“Soft Shell” (2026), oil on linen, 16 x 20 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a nude woman holding a gossamer white fabric over her head as a tray of food is being served to her on a platter
“Eating Angel” (2026), oil on linen, 90 x 72 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a still life floral scene, with fish on the table surface and a disembodied finger emerging from a curtain
“Bouquet with a Visitor” (2026), oil on linen, 48 x 39 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a still life featuring a dead bird and fruits, with the torso of a nude, sleeping woman in the foreground as if she is dreaming the scene
“Dream of a Bird” (2026), oil on linen, 45 x 60 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a vase with motifs of fish, eyes, and other objects
“Fish Bowl with Fruits” (2026), oil on linen, 25 x 20 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a woman's face, with closed eyes, seemingly floating on the surface of water, with a mirrored face below the surface facing down with eyes open
“Faces with Frog and Tadpoles” (2026), oil on linen, 30 x 25 x 1 1/2 inches
a surreal oil painting on linen of a half-nude woman seated at a table with fish and a goblet that has an eye on it
“Landscape in Eyes” (2026), oil on linen, 40 x 35 x 1 1/2 inches

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Kimi Antonelli’s race engineer Pete Bonnington has shared his highlights from the Italian’s title-winning season.

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Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming out to sea

Boater rescues tired wallaby swimming out to sea more than 100 metres [328 feet] offshore. When seagulls started madly squawking near the Portland marina in western Victoria, Matt Smith thought they'd found a dog in the water. He was in for a surprise. Wallabies, being much shorter, more compact, and more densely-furred than kangaroos are much poorer swimmers than kangaroos.