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The United States advanced to the World Cup knockout rounds with a game to spare following an impressive 2-0 win over Australia Friday, stoking the hopes of an already hyped host nation.The US join fellow tournament co-hosts Mexico as the first teams to progress, and could be assured top spot in Group D if Turkey fail to beat Paraguay later Friday.Excitement had been running high from last week's US thrashing of Paraguay.And a glorious day in the Pacific Northwest did not disappoint the red-and-white-clad fans who packed Seattle's Lumen Field and its surrounding streets and bars.Even before kickoff, chants of "USA" rocked a stadium best known as the raucous home of the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks, but also a US soccer hotbed that hosts the local Sounders.Without injured talisman attacker Christian Pulisic, who failed to recover from a calf issue in time, coach Mauricio Pochettino switched to a 4-4-2 formation, bringing in second striker Ricardo Pepi.For the second game running, the US were gifted an early lead, thanks to an own goal in the 11th minute.Playing slightly wider than usual, star striker Folarin Balogun raced down the left and cut the ball back from the byline.Under pressure from a lurking Pepi, Aussie defender Cameron Burgess steered the ball into his own net.TOOTHLESS AUSTRALIAHaving surprisingly dropped both goalscorers from their impressive opening win over Turkey, Australia looked toothless.The US controlled possession and were lively and dynamic on the attack, Weston McKennie and Sergino Dest combining well down the right flank.Alex Freeman doubled the US lead in the 44th minute from what was surprisingly his team's first shot on target.Taking a free kick from the right byline, Antonee Robinson ignored the scrum in the box and played the ball to Sergino Dest, wide open in the D, whose blocked shot looped up into the air.Freeman -- son of Super Bowl-winning NFL wide receiver Antonio Freeman -- was first to the ball, heading it past Patrick Beach. The offside flag went up. But it was overturned by VAR, and the stadium rocked for a second a time.Australia made three changes at the break -- sending on Connor Metcalfe and Nestory Irankunda, the goalscorers against Turkey -- and pushed higher up the field.They were nearly caught out immediately. Balogun raced onto a through ball for a one-on-one chance, but his shot was blocked after a heavy touch.Australia's best chance so far came in the 62nd minute. The dangerous Cristian Volpato -- who switched allegiance from Italy to Australia on the eve of the tournament -- skied his shot from Irankunda's cut-back pass.With the US sitting back, Metcalfe had a shot saved, a rampaging Irankunda was brought down by Richards, and Jason Geria's close-range effort was blocked in a nervy final phase for the hosts.But despite late-flaring tensions between the teams, the Americans held on for the clean sheet and will have the luxury of playing Turkey next Thursday, knowing their spot in the round of 32 is secured.With home advantage and sparkling form so far, US fans will be dreaming of a run to the quarter-finals, which they last reached in 2002, and even beyond. Related Story
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Former Greater Manchester Mayor and newly elected Makerfield MP Andy Burnham addresses members and supporters of the Labour Party after he won the Makerfield by-election, at the Bartons Group Stadium in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Friday. (Reuters) Veteran UK Labour politician Andy Burnham vowed to put Britain on a new path after winning a crunch by-election Friday as Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to fight any bid to oust him from office. Burnham, a former government minister who has been Greater Manchester mayor since 2017, ensured his return to parliament by easily beating the far-right Reform UK party’s candidate in the Makerfield constituency in northwest England. The 56-year-old stalwart of Labour’s centre-left is seeking to replace Starmer as party leader and prime minister, and needed to win the high-stakes vote to be in a position to trigger such a contest. “I do say to my own party, this is a final chance to change,” Burnham said in his acceptance speech after securing nearly 55 % of the vote, beating Reform’s Robert Kenyon by more than 9,000 ballots. “We’ve been on path for 40 years that simply hasn’t worked for people and places in this part of the world,” Burnham told cheering crowds Friday. “This is the change moment, we have an opportunity to turn the tide,” he said, adding: “We’re going to lay out a new path for Britain.” Starmer congratulated Burnham, but pledged to fight any leadership challenge during a public appearance in London Friday morning. “If there is a contest then yes I will run, I will stand. I’ve said repeatedly, I’m not going to walk away from that,” he told reporters. The 63-year-old ex-lawyer has repeatedly refused to quit despite dozens of calls from his own MPs and several ministerial resignations. He insists his landslide election victory over the Conservatives in July 2024 gave him a five-year mandate to govern. The Times daily reported that ministers were meeting Starmer Friday afternoon to tell him his “time is up” and he should set out a timetable for “orderly transition”. They reportedly included interior minister Shabana Mahmood and energy minister Ed Miliband. If Starmer does leave office this year, then Britain will get its seventh prime minister in 10 years. Burnham is due to be sworn in as a member of parliament on Monday. Under Labour party rules, any leadership candidate must be an MP. From the so-called soft-left wing of the party, Burnham has been an outspoken critic of Starmer’s more centrist rule. He will easily muster the support of 81 of Labour’s 400-plus MPs — the minimum needed to kickstart a contest. The Daily Telegraph reported Friday that Burnham’s backers were calling Labour MPs, seeking support from 200 — almost half — to deter Starmer from fighting on. Former health minister Wes Streeting, from Labour’s right-wing, has vowed to join any race, but could end up striking a deal with Burnham to avoid a divisive fight. With Burnham back in parliament a replacement will need to be elected to fill his old job of mayor of Greater Manchester in northwest England, which city officials have confirmed will be on July 30. Labour will face another fight against Reform and the Greens, which have both performed well in other recent polls. In a speech Friday to his team and constituents, Burnham outlined policy goals to “make people feel hope again”, focusing on the cost of living crisis and unemployment. He pledged to “bring down water bills, energy bills, rail fares” and urged “a new drive of re-industrialisation” in the north of England and other regions, fuelled by public procurement. Young people need clear paths into industry such as guaranteed work placements or apprenticeships, he added. In a nod to migration concerns, Burnham slammed the practice of accommodating large numbers of asylum seekers in “houses of multiple occupation” (HMOs), which he said meant “areas like this can end up like HMO Britain”. Thursday’s vote for the Makerfield seat was seen as a test of whether Burnham could defeat Reform, led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage, in a national ballot. Opinion polls suggest Reform could win the next general elections, not expected until 2029. Farage said in a video on X that he was “disappointed” by Reform’s result, but argued that people had voted primarily to get Starmer out. The fringe far-right Restore Britain party dented Reform’s vote by snagging nearly seven % of the ballot. Starmer has been clinging to power since Labour suffered a drubbing in local polls in England, Scotland and Wales last month.
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Global forecasters say a strong El Nino weather pattern is increasingly likely to develop in the second half of the year, boosting temperatures, disrupting rainfall and posing risks to crops the world over. What is El Niño and why are commodities grown in tropical regions, known as soft commodities, especially exposed? El Nino is a periodic warming of sea surface temperatures in the eastern Pacific caused by weakening trade winds. It occurs naturally every two to seven years and tends to last between nine and 12 months. The weather pattern typically results in warmer temperatures across the globe, drought in regions including South and Southeast Asia, Australia and Southern Africa, and heavy rainfall in others including the southern parts of South America and the United States. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared the arrival of El Nino last week. Moreover, it said the weather pattern is likely to intensify, with a 63% probability of a very strong or “super El Nino” heading into 2027. El Nino-driven dryness, heat or excess rains are a blow for farmers already grappling this year with the fertiliser and diesel price shocks spurred by the US-Israeli war on Iran. Soft commodities have consistently seen strong price gains during past El Nino episodes. Every strong El Nino in the past 55 years has reduced cocoa output, according to investment firm WisdomTree. During the last El Niño, which ran from mid-2023 to mid-2024 and was considered moderate-to-strong, top grower West Africa was initially hit by double its normal rainfall, which left cocoa trees exposed to a fungal disease. In 2024, the weather pattern flipped and West Africa was hit by intense heat and by Harmattan winds that were unseasonably dry and strong, causing the disease-weakened trees to drop their flowers. “Everyone thinks El Nino is only associated with droughts in West Africa. This is not necessarily true. Due to climate change ... the result, at times, (is) too much (initial) rain. Right now, this is my biggest concern,” said Jim Roemer of consultancy Best Weather. About half the world’s cocoa is grown in Ivory Coast and Ghana, the world’s first- and second-largest bean growers. Ecuador is the world’s third-largest, and typically sees excess rains during El Nino episodes. Cocoa prices nearly tripled in 2024 after the West African harvest failed. They rose to record levels above $12,000 a metric tonne by late 2024, making the chocolate ingredient more expensive than many industrial metals. El Nino is especially problematic for robusta coffee as it typically brings higher temperatures and reduced rainfall to top grower Vietnam and No. 3 grower Indonesia from the middle of the year onwards. The adverse weather hits the two countries, which jointly account for some 50% of the world’s robusta output, during the crop development phase. Its impacts are then felt from the fourth quarter, during the harvest. “Dryness in Vietnam and Indonesia could significantly trim yields for robusta coffee,” said analysts at Citi. For arabica coffee, nearly half of which is grown in Brazil, the El Nino impact is more nuanced. Carlos Santana, commercial director at trader ECOM’s subsidiary EISA, said El Nino could initially be positive for the crop Brazil is currently harvesting, as higher temperatures could prevent harmful winter frosts. Longer term, however, El Nino typically brings dryness and heat to Brazil’s coffee regions in the fourth quarter when the next crop is developing, putting it on course to hurt output in 2027. SUGARFor sugar, one of the most widely traded soft commodities, El Nino typically brings excess rain in the second half of the year, which can disrupt and reduce the quality of the harvest in top grower Brazil. In No 2 sugar grower India and No 2 exporter Thailand, by contrast, the weather pattern typically reduces rainfall during the summer monsoon. India expects the 2026 monsoon will bring the lowest rainfall in 11 years, with showers during the June to September crop development period seen at 90% of average. Broker Hedgepoint’s head of sugar, Carlos de Mello, estimates that even a moderate El Nino could cut India’s output by about 1mn metric tonnes. Longer term, the above-average rains that El Nino typically brings to Brazil’s sugar regions could help next year’s crop. Hedgepoint’s de Mello said overall, it is “hard to have a bull market scenario on El Niño” because of its potential benefits for Brazil’s 2027 sugar crop. Brazil accounts for about half of the world’s sugar exports.
