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• Arsenal join Man City at Premier League summit, Spurs shock Chelsea 2-0

  Arsenal's win over Manchester City and Tottenham's upset of Chelsea have put the Gunners level with Manchester City on 21 points, putting pressure on the leaders in the title race. Tottenham's victory has also moved the club closer to the top of the table, while Chelsea and Everton remain in the relegation zone.

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• Israeli artillery shells town in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district

  Israeli forces have launched artillery strikes on the town of al-Mansouri in the Tyre district of southern Lebanon. This incident has resulted in the displacement of thousands of residents, according to reports from the Lebanese National News Agency. The Israeli military has not yet provided a statement on the situation.

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• 1856 portrait of New York's first licensed Black lawyer sold for $230,400

  The photograph, originally listed as a portrait of an unknown man wearing spectacles, was identified as Vashon after experts discovered the photographer's name and the year of the photograph. The portrait, a sixth-plate daguerreotype, was originally offered by Christie's as part of the Maillet Daguerreotype Collection and sold for $882 at Christie's in 2025. Following the identification, Sotheby's sold the same portrait for $230,400, more than two and a half times its upper estimate of $90,000.

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