Arsenal clear favourites to re-resign old boy Serge Gnabry as Bayern Munich, Madrid cool interest
Real Madrid has no interest in signing Bayern Munich contract rebel Serge Gnabry, according to reports. Gnabry has just one year remaining on his current deal at the Allianz, but has thus far failed to come to any agreement over an extension. Bayern president Herbert Hainer offered a glimpse into...
‘I’ll return to Emirates to play, prove that I’m good,’ Arsenal’s want-away centre-back warns manager Arteta
William Saliba has vowed to prove his mettle at Arsenal in a declaration that suggests he has softened his hard-line stance on returning to his parent club this summer. The defender, 21, enjoyed a brilliant season on loan at Olympic Marseille and was crowned the Young Player of the Season...
‘Great resignation’ hits academia following wave of departures by mid-career scientists at leading universities
On March 4, Christopher Jackson tweeted that he was leaving the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom to work at Jacobs, a scientific-consulting firm with headquarters in Dallas, Texas, USA. Jackson, a prominent geoscientist, is part of a growing wave of researchers using the #leavingacademia hashtag when announcing their...
Covid: Withdrawing masks, social-distancing puts more people at risk as vaccines protect only 15 per cent of vulnerable people
Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 lowers the risk of long Covid after infection by only about 15 per cent, according to a study of more than 13 million people. That’s the largest cohort that has yet been used to examine how much vaccines protect against the condition, but it is unlikely to...
US enacts law to punish Africa countries for lack of support for the Washington-led efforts to punish Russia
A United States bill that would oblige Washington to punish African governments that abet Russian “malign” activities on the continent is sailing through Congress. The Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act passed the House of Representatives on April 27 by a huge, bipartisan 419-9 majority and is now sure...
Protesters back in the streets on third anniversary of the deadly 2019 crackdown in Sudan
Khartoum residents took to the streets again last week to protest the Sudanese military regime and demand justice for the victims of a 2019 deadly sit-in Demonstrators in the eastern and southern neighbourhoods of the city blocked main roads, determined to voice their opposition. The fresh rally also came ahead...
