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It has stopped criminal prosecutions of people who install “defeat devices,” which make diesel trucks faster and more efficient but also dirtier. [TheTopNews] Read More.45 mins ago - Lionel Messi Breaks All-Time FIFA Men’s World Cup Scoring Record Against A...
History has been rewritten. Lionel Messi has cemented his legacy as the greatest to ever play the game, adding the ultimate goal-scoring crown to an already legendary résumé. After scoring against Austria on Monday afternoon, Messi recorded his 17th FIFA World Cup goal to become the all-time scoring leader in the men's tournament. He’s officially surpassed the record held by Germany’s Miroslav Klose. The record for most goals scored at a World Cup tournament is held by Brazil women's team legend Marta with 18. Messi has played in every World Cup since 2006 and has scored in all but one edition, missing the scoresheet only in 2010. He scored seven goals during Argentina’s 2022 World Cup title run and has already added four more in 2026, continuing to build on his record. On top of making World Cup history, Messi is Argentina’s all-time leading goalscorer with 122 goals. He also holds the record for the most World Cup appearances, with 27, and will look to add to that total by the end of the tournament. Could Mbappé Also Join Messi? After making history, Messi has firmly established himself as the undisputed GOAT of the sport, while another rising star is slowly but surely building an impressive World Cup resume behind him in France star Kylian Mbappé. At just 27 years old, Mbappé already ranks fourth on the tournament's all-time scoring list with 14 career goals. He is also on track to surpass Klose's mark, potentially as early as this year's World Cup. Mbappé has already scored 14 goals in just 15 World Cup matches, including four as a 19-year-old during France’s 2018 title run. He followed that performance by scoring eight goals in 2022, the most in the tournament, highlighted by a hat trick in the World Cup final against Argentina. Mbappé made his impact known after recording the second hat trick ever recorded in a World Cup final. Messi may hold the record today, but Mbappé is rapidly closing the gap and appears destined to challenge it in the years ahead. The race for World Cup history is far from over and could take center stage again if France and Argentina meet in another World Cup final. [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago - Housing affordability unlikely to return to more favorable levels of the past, e...
The affordability of the U.S. housing market may not improve significantly over time for would-be homebuyers, with a new report suggesting that they shouldn't wait in the hopes of affordability measures returning to their pre-2022 levels.Sarah Wolfe, a senior economist and strategist at Morgan Stanley, said in a report that while housing affordability could improve modestly over time, it is "unlikely to return to more favorable levels of the past, as the market adjusts to a higher-cost, tighter-supply environment."Wolfe noted that there was a brief period of optimism in February when mortgage rates briefly dipped below 6%, but it was short-lived as they returned to around 6.5% and have remained over 6% since then – which sapped the potential momentum for the housing market before it could gather steam."That recent episode is telling. In today's market, small changes in rates have outsized effects on affordability, which remains historically strained, due in part to this rate-sensitivity," Wolfe wrote.INCOME NEEDED TO AFFORD A MEDIAN-PRICED HOME HAS NEARLY DOUBLED SINCE 2020, REPORT FINDSShe said that in looking at the housing market from 1990 to 2021, it was less affordable than it currently is about 15% of the time. That implies that even modest improvements in the affordability of the current housing market would be considered tight in comparison to prior cycles in the last few decades.To illustrate the present affordability challenges, an estimate by Morgan Stanley Research found that the buyer of a median-priced home faces a monthly payment of about $2,000 – which is roughly double the carrying cost from five years ago.MIDWEST AND SOUTHERN STATES DOMINATE HOUSING REPORT CARDS: SEE HOW YOURS SCOREDHomeowners who have lower interest rates on their mortgages have been reluctant to sell and take on a new mortgage with a higher interest rate, which has exacerbated affordability for new buyers."The jump in financing costs is also freezing sellers. Of existing homeowners, about 70% have mortgage rates below 5%, and one-half have rates below 4%. These homeowners often find it too costly to move and take on a new mortgage at current higher rates. The result is a collapse in housing turnover to the lowest level in roughly 40 years," Wolfe said.Due to the lack of turnover in the market for existing homes, new construction has played an increasingly important role on the supply side of the housing market. The report notes that the pace of price appreciation has… [TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago - Zendaya flashes her abs in a black leather co-ord as she towers over husband Tom...
The couple, who confirmed last week they are married after months of speculation, are in the midst of the promotional tour for Spider-Man: Brand New Day. [TheTopNews] Read More.48 mins ago - U.S. strike on alleged drug boat kills 2, leaves 6 survivors, in the Caribbean
The U.S. military has conducted another strike against a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean, killing two and leaving six survivors, the U.S. Southern Command said. [TheTopNews] Read More.49 mins ago - Job scams are growing and getting tougher to spot: ‘That’s the reality of th...
Swindlers now use AI to send out floods of fraudulent messages to gain the personal information of job seekersAmericans are seeing more employment scams than ever as job seekers, facing a tough job market, report a bombardment of messages from swindlers try to lure them into giving sensitive information.Experts say the technology behind these scams has only gotten better over time, allowing fraudsters to easily impersonate employers and send out huge floods of direct messages and emails to job seekers. Continue reading... [TheTopNews] Read More.49 mins ago
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