Canadian bank censured for investing in Israeli company whose weapons have caused countless civilian deaths
Scotiabank’s gigantic stake in Elbit Systems, estimated to be about $500 million, dwarfs that of its two larger domestic competitors, TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada. The two other banks hold around $3 million in shares, combined, in the company.
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...
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...
Hush money: Voter rating of ex-US President Trump soar as son admits he signed cheque for porn star
Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in a Manhattan court – and looked “vulnerable”, a former ambassador has said. But a pollster says the case is “helping” him electorally, and it is now “almost inevitable” he will win the Republican nomination. Donald Trump...
Republicans jittery about Trump’s felonies, as California court orders porn star Stormy Daniels’ lawyers his $122,000
The judge overseeing former President Trump’s criminal case in New York City has set the next in-person hearing for December 4, roughly two months before the official start of the 2024 Republican presidential primary calendar. Trump was arraigned in Manhattan in front of Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday, where he...
