Textile group Albini marks its 150th anniversary, launching ‘The Legacy Series’- a capsule collection of seven fabrics- and unveiling its Albini Campus training platform. Revenue posts single-digit growth in H1 2026. Read More
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What exactly happened between the White House and FIFA over Folarin Balogun’s red-card suspension? I break it down in a TikTok video. Watch here: Follow us on TikTok at @politiconews. Politics
Belgium recognizes three official languages: Dutch, which is dominant in Flanders; French, spoken in Wallonia; and German, spoken by a distinct community of around 70,000 people along the country’s eastern border. Much of Belgian public life, including education, health care and the media, is organized separately along these linguistic lines. International sport is a notable…
The leaders of Maine’s Democratic Party are calling on Senate candidate Graham Platner to withdraw from the race, after POLITICO reported Monday that a woman who he dated said he forced her to have sex with him. Their call for Platner’s exit is notable, given the state party has the ability to replace him on…
American forward Folarin Balogun will start tonight for the USMNT against Belgium in the World Cup last-16 knockout match. Balogun was sent off in the previous round against Bosnia and Herzegovina and was due to serve a one-match suspension tonight — before world football governing body FIFA unusually lifted the ban following an effort from…
FIFA’s disciplinary committee, the body that lifted American striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension ahead of Monday’s U.S.-Belgium game, defended its decision in a statement released hours before kickoff in Seattle — but didn’t explain the rationale for making it. In the 13-paragraph statement, the committee explained the body’s rationale for reconsidering Balogun’s suspension. The review…
FIFA’s leading critic in the European Parliament told POLITICO that the decision to lift a key American player’s one-game suspension was the latest example of an “unbroken pattern” of nontransparent governance in world football’s governing body. Last week, centrist Irish MEP Barry Andrews penned a letter urging FIFA to investigate its president, Gianni Infantino, over…
GORHAM, Maine — The dam has broken on Graham Platner’s candidacy. Democratic leaders in Maine and Washington, along with a growing pack of Platner’s close supporters, abandoned his Senate campaign on Monday after POLITICO reported that a woman who dated him said he forced her to have sex with him. Platner called the allegation false….
The news that Folarin Balogun would be eligible to suit up against Belgium Monday night was met with near-universal celebration across the United States. Just don’t ask Belgian fans in the seat of U.S. power. POLITICO caught up with several of them at the Belgian embassy’s watch party at Wunder Garten, a trendy bar in…
