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HEARTBROKEN Andriy Yarmolenko admits he cannot focus on football as he faces up to the horrors of the war in Ukraine. Click Here: The West Ham ace has started playing again after being given compassionate leave as he desperately tried to keep his family and friends safe from danger. But in a harrowing interview, the frightened …
GARETH BALE is one of three Wales big-hitters being nursed ahead of Thursday’s World Cup date with destiny. The Dragons captain took part in training on Tuesday in a major boost before the play-off semi- final tie with Austria in Cardiff. But Bale, as well as Aaron Ramsey and Ethan Ampadu, had their workload carefully …
RAHEEM STERLING got the royal seal of approval on Tuesday — now England fans should start treating him like a king. Shaun Wright-Phillips believes Sterling is underappreciated by supporters because he is unfairly judged against world-class strikers, when he is actually a winger. Manchester City star Sterling spent time with Prince William in the Caribbean …
Norway’s trillion-dollar sovereign wealth fund has sold the last of its portfolio of oil and gas companies in a major step away from the country’s reliance on its petroleum industry. Trond Grande, deputy CEO of the fund, made the announcement of the final sale, which occurred at the end of last year, in a phone …
Armenia and Azerbaijan have reignited their 32-year struggle over Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous territory of 150,000 people about the size of Delaware. The latest round of fighting has killed over 350 people, and may soon encourage world powers to enter the fray. The territory is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but it’s claimed and governed …
Read More “Armenia and Azerbaijan’s fight over Nagorno-Karabakh, explained in 500 words”
The first meeting during the new administration between US and Chinese officials was always going to be a tense affair. But few predicted it would be as combustible as it turned out to be. Secretary of State Tony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan met Thursday in Anchorage, Alaska, with Yang Jiechi, China’s top …
Read More “The combative opening to the first US-China meeting signals a “rough start” to relations”
After months of earthquakes, a long-dormant volcano in the southwest of Iceland erupted on Friday night, leading to dramatic videos and splendid red skies near the country’s capital city. According to the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the eruption near Mount Fagradalsfjall, about 20 miles southwest of Reykjavik, took place at 8:45 pm. Though considered small, the …
Read More “A 6,000-year-dormant Icelandic volcano just erupted — and it’s awesome”
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas repeatedly argued on Sunday that the United States’ border with Mexico is “closed,” amid a marked increase in immigrant arrivals, particularly of unaccompanied minors. Reports emerged Sunday that the administration has at least 15,500 unaccompanied minors in custody — 10,500 in the care of the Department of Health and Human …
Read More “As Biden’s immigration policy faces scrutiny, the DHS chief says the border is “closed””
As lawmakers consider how to prevent future violence in the vein of January’s attack on the US Capitol, the debate has largely turned on one point: whether the US should create a new criminal law penalizing acts of domestic terrorism. There are existing federal laws that criminalize domestic terrorism. The Patriot Act, which was enacted …
Read More “Why progressives are lining up against new criminal penalties for domestic terrorism”
If the first meeting between the Biden administration and Chinese officials last week underscored anything, it’s that the US and China are unlikely to be friendly in the years to come. The two sides’ views of how the world should run are diametrically opposed — and competition more than cooperation will guide how Washington and …
Read More “Don’t expect the US and China to be friendly anytime soon”
