In times marked by mass extinction, global pandemics and climate change, the future isn’t what it used to be
Between 2019 and 2028, the United States is on track to spend at least $494 billion or about $50 billion a year on its nuclear forces, according to a Congressional Budget Office assessment
Another Man City boss Guardialo ‘pupil’ Vincent Kompany set for EPL return as Burnley manager
Burnley have sealed an instant return to the Premier League at the first time of asking after beating Middlesbrough 2-1 at the Riverside Stadium. Vincent Kompany‘s side have been a class above the rest in the Championship this season, with the Clarets sealing promotion with a record seven games to...
Trump is back with supercharged battery as his sleazy financial and political past rock America
Whatever attributes Donald Trump may have, a reputation for keeping calm is not something he carries with him. This week, hours after he made a new entry in the book of firsts for an American president when he was charged with 34 felony counts, he returned to the arms of...
Premier League’s ‘poor’ clubs show flops Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs big money can’t buy success
Brentford are the Premier League club overachieving the most while Chelsea and Liverpool are getting very little value for money, according to their wage bills in the latest accounts released for the past financial year. Top flight teams had until the end of March to file accounts for the previous...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta confident of maximum points at Liverpool’s Ainfield ‘jungle’
Mikel Arteta has backed his Arsenal side to embrace Anfield’s “jungle” atmosphere and end their 11-year wait for a win there. Arsenal face Liverpool on Sunday looking to maintain their eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League over Manchester City. The Gunners have a miserable record at Anfield,...
Premier League’s top stars’ addiction to tobacco stirs professional body’s fears of players’ health
English Premier League aces are seeking help after becoming addicted to tobacco product snus, it has been revealed. The pouches are put in the mouth like old-fashioned chewing tobacco and are seen as less harmful than cigarettes. But with many players hooked and struggling to cope, the Professional Footballers’ Association...
While some Tunisians help destitute African migrants, their leaders want more rigid law to lock them out
Without jobs, their property gone, migrants from Sub-Saharan African countries – mainly from West and North Africa – camped outside the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and UNHCR offices in Tunis, Tunisia, have struggled to feed themselves. There is limited access to medical care and no ablution facilities. This new...
Stranded African migrants draw world attention to rising xenophobia in Tunisia after president’s incendiary speech
Six weeks after an incendiary speech by Tunisian President Kais Saied triggered a surge in racist violence against sub-Saharan migrants, hundreds of its victims are still camped on a cobblestone lane outside the headquarters of the UN’s migration agency, IOM, asking for emergency evacuation. “Our lives are under threat,” said...
Human rights activist and scion of the Kennedy family Robert F. Kennedy plots to succeed Biden
Human rights activists and a member of a prominent family in American politics Robert F Kennedy Jr is on course to seeking Democratic Party nomination to succeed President Joe Biden in 1924 elections. Kennedy, founder of Children’s Health Defense (CHD), on Wednesday moved a step closer to seeking the Democratic...
With Premier League out of reach of Liverpool and Chelsea, they can only play for pride
Liverpool and Chelsea players have more than pride to play for in the remaining weeks. Unless they buck up, the classes of 2023 will record their club’s worst seasons this century – and in Liverpool’s case since the 1960s. Jurgen Klopp’s side currently sit eighth in the Premier League table...
