Arsenal manager reveals how he rescued Gunners’ lost soul, kicked off a revolution at Emirates

Arsenal manager reveals how he rescued Gunners’ lost soul, kicked off a revolution at Emirates

Nevertheless, there is huge optimism growing at the Emirates after a season that they can look back on with a lot of pride. Arteta has top, young and hungry players putting on some breathtaking football. And the Spaniard has revealed how he helped change the culture at Arsenal after arriving in 2019.

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Pope prays for family of ‘Vatican girl’ who vanished 40 years ago, a gangster alleged was brought into the Vatican to be molested

Pope prays for family of ‘Vatican girl’ who vanished 40 years ago, a gangster alleged was brought into the Vatican to be molested

Theories about Orlandi’s disappearance have run the gamut from speculation it was linked to a plot to kill Pope John Paul II, to suggestions that she was kidnapped by the Rome underworld, to accusations she was the victim of a priestly paedophile group.

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Prigozhin: Onetime felon, hot-dog vendor and ally of Putin turns guns on him in his ‘march to justice’

Prigozhin: Onetime felon, hot-dog vendor and ally of Putin turns guns on him in his ‘march to justice’

Prigozhin and Putin go way back, with both born in Leningrad, what is now known as St Petersburg. During the final years of the Soviet Union, Prigozhin served time in prison – 10 years by his own admission – although he does not say what it was for. Afterward, he owned a hot dog stand and then fancy restaurants that drew interest from Putin. In his first term, the Russian leader took then-French President Jacques Chirac to dine at one of them.

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Russian President Putin flees Moscow as Wagner mercenaries advance to capital, reservists join insurrection

Russian President Putin flees Moscow as Wagner mercenaries advance to capital, reservists join insurrection

In Moscow, there was an increased security presence on the streets. Red Square was blocked off by metal barriers. In a series of hectic messages overnight, Prigozhin demanded that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and the chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov should come to see him in Rostov.

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Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters as US faces another campaign riddled with lies

Trump’s war on truth confronts another test with voters as US faces another campaign riddled with lies

As a candidate, Trump made misinformation a major campaign tactic, routinely using falsehoods to demean his rivals, as he did when he bizarrely asserted that Ted Cruz’s father may have played a role in the Kennedy assassination. Cruz is now an unapologetic Trump supporter.

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American intelligence clear Chinese Wuhan Institute lab of direct link to origins of Covid

American intelligence clear Chinese Wuhan Institute lab of direct link to origins of Covid

The origins of the coronavirus pandemic have been a matter of furious debate in the United States almost since the first human cases were reported in Wuhan in late 2019. US President Joe Biden in March signed a bill declassifying information related to the origins of the pandemic.

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Wagner mercenary lord claims Russian Southern Military District capture as Putin vows to crush ‘mutiny’

Wagner mercenary lord claims Russian Southern Military District capture as Putin vows to crush ‘mutiny’

In Russia’s first armed insurrection since the Chechen wars 20 years ago, heavily armed fighters from Prigozhin’s Wagner militia were in control of the streets of Rostov-on-Don, a city of more than a million people close to the border with Ukraine.

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Russian Wagner mercenary chief warns President Putin: This is not a military coup, but a march of justice

Russian Wagner mercenary chief warns President Putin: This is not a military coup, but a march of justice

Yeveny Prigozhin posted a video of himself in Rostov-on-Don at the Russian military headquarters that oversees the fighting in Ukraine. He claimed that his forces had military facilities in the city under their control, including the airfield. Other videos posted on social media showed military vehicles, including tanks, on the streets outside.

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Fear rises in Moscow as Russian mercenary head plots ouster of army chiefs and…President Putin

Fear rises in Moscow as Russian mercenary head plots ouster of army chiefs and…President Putin

Yeveny Prigozhin posted a video of himself in Rostov-on-Don at the Russian military headquarters that oversees the fighting in Ukraine. He claimed that his forces had military facilities in the city under their control, including the airfield. Other videos posted on social media showed military vehicles, including tanks, on the streets outside.

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US President Biden looks to boost reelection numbers by signing order that grants right to abortion

US President Biden looks to boost reelection numbers by signing order that grants right to abortion

Biden’s executive order aims to strengthen access to contraception, a growing concern for Democrats after some conservatives have signalled a willingness to push beyond abortion into regulation of contraception. In 2017, nearly 65 perc cent or 46.9 million of the 72.2 million girls and women age 15 to 49 in the US used a form of contraception.

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