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Saudi Arabia is set to put €50 million ($52.6 million) toward the €262 million restoration and expansion of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, per a ten-accord package agreed to in a partnership established between the Gulf state and France. The news was announced earlier this month by French culture minister Rachida Dati and her Saudi counterpart, Prince Bader bin Abdullah bin Farhan Al Saud. The Pompidou, which revealed its refurbishment plans back in May 2023, will continue to mount exhibitions off-site while remaining closed for construction between 2025 and 2030. Nine other cultural agreements were announced. Among them were the French promise to help Saudi Arabia develop several museum and heritage projects, including a new photography museum in Riyadh that will be connected to programs at the National School of Photography in Arles. France has also said that its appropriate cultural bodies will help restore Saudi heritage sites, including royal palaces, while its national library will aid in the digitization, conservation, and promotion of Saudi collections. The French National Institute for Archaeological Research will help inaugurate archaeological projects in the planned city of Qiddiya. The cultural accord between France and Saudi Arabia arrives on the heels of a 2018 agreement between the French government of Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that led to the establishment of AlUla—a northwestern Saudi desert region along the historic Silk Road—as a cultural and tourism hub. That agreement resulted in the formation of the Paris-based Afalula agency, which places “French know-how” in the service of AlUla’s development . The recently announced partnership and the 2018 accord are both part of a broader initiative known as Vision 2030, which bin Salman launched in 2016 in an effort to diversify the Saudi economy away from oil and develop a more progressive cultural profile for the country, which has an execrable record of human rights abuses.

Lionel Messi wins MLS MVP award, the latest trophy on a long list of honors for the Inter Miami star FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi is the MVP of Major League Soccer for 2024. The award comes after a season where he missed 15 of Inter Miami’s 34 regular-season matches with injuries or commitments to Argentina’s national team. He still factored into a league-high 36 goals by scoring 20 and assisting on 16 others. His 2.1 goal contributions per 90 minutes played is the best by any player in any season in MLS history. MLS revealed the voting results Friday. Messi edged out Columbus Crew forward Cucho Hernández for the award, which is determined by a poll of players, club technical staff and select media members. NFL ends investigation into sexual assault allegations against Browns QB Deshaun Watson CLEVELAND (AP) — The NFL has closed an investigation into sexual assault allegations against Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson. The league has been reviewing the case for months, trying to determine whether Watson should be punished. League spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email that "there was insufficient evidence to support a finding of a violation of the personal conduct policy.” Watson, who served an 11-game suspension in 2022, was accused of assault by a woman in September. She was seeking more than $1 million in damage before the sides reached a confidential settlement. Watson has played in just 19 games over three seasons for the Browns. NBA returning to China for pair of Suns-Nets preseason games in 2025 The NBA is returning to China next season. The league has struck a deal to play preseason games there more than five years after the league was effectively banned for Commissioner Adam Silver not punishing Daryl Morey for tweeting support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. Brooklyn and Phoenix will play games in China’s gambling hub of Macao on Oct. 10, 2025, and again two days later. 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Home | UNGA overwhelmingly demands immediate Gaza ceasefire SABC © 2024No. 7 Tennessee outscored UT Martin by 28 points in the second half in routing the visiting Skyhawks 78-35 on Friday afternoon in Knoxville. Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 18 points for the Volunteers (7-0), who expanded on a 35-20 halftime lead with a 43-15 second half. Felix Okpara had 10 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks, helping Tennessee command the paint along with Igor Milicic, who added nine points and 13 rebounds. Zakai Zeigler nearly had a double-double with 11 points and nine assists. The Volunteers used their size to their advantage, outscoring UT Martin 36-10 in the paint and out rebounding the Skyhawks 49-24. That included 20 offensive rebounds for Tennessee, which led to 19 second-chance points. UT Martin (2-5) was cold coming out of the locker room after halftime, missing its first eight shots. Conversely, the Vols started the second half with a nine-point run to extend their lead to 24 points. The Vols never let the Skyhawks score consecutive baskets in the first half, holding UT Martin to 25 percent shooting (4 of 16) from beyond the arc and allowing a total of only three points from the starting five. For the game, guard Josue Grullon led UT Martin with 15 points. The leading scorer in the Ohio Valley Conference entering Friday at 18.2 points per game, Grullon has not started any game for head coach Jeremy Shulman. Most of the Skyhawks' points -- 28 of 35 -- came from their reserves. The starting five combined to score seven points -- six points from Matija Zuzic and a free throw for Lamine Niag. The starters went a combined 2 of 18 from the floor, while UT Martin as a team shot 22.6 percent (12 of 53) from the field. The Skyhawks made 5 of 7 free-throw attempts and made 18 turnovers. The Volunteers, who got 23 points off the bench, were 8-for-10 and had 11 turnovers. Tennessee improved to 6-0 all-time against UT Martin since 1993. --Field Level Media

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