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The events came on the back of Saturday’s incident at Stamford Bridge which saw England star Raheem Sterling abused during the 2-0 win. Four fans were identified and suspended by the Blues who are likely to slap similar punishments on fans found guilty of any wrongdoing in Budapest. Chelsea and the Metropolitan Police opened investigations […]
At least 1,600 signatures have been submitted to a letter protesting a sexist talk given by physicist Alessandro Strumia at CERN last week. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bb7d1a5f8a2e62d0bd5c537/master/pass/cern-472001669-(1).jpg
Thomson Reuters Theresa May refuses to condemn Boris Johnson after the former foreign secretary compared Muslim women who wear the burqa to “letter boxes” and “bank robbers.” Johnson wrote in a newspaper column: “It is absolutely ridiculous that people should choose to go around looking like letter boxes.” A spokesperson for Prime Minister May refused […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Theresa May urged to “act decisively” against President Trump amid escalating trade war. Trump is going ahead with plans to slap large tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU, Canada and Mexico. Emmanuel Macron, Justin Trudeau, Angela Merkel and Jean-Claude Juncker have all spoken out against the move. However, May has decided […]
Thomson Reuters The UN Security Council did not adopt a resolution from Russia on Saturday that would have condemned the US and its allies for a joint military strike on Syrian chemical weapons facilities. Russia, China, and Bolivia voted in favor of the draft resolution, eight countries voted against it, and four abstained. Russia, which […]
FRANKFURT — German carmakers Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen on Saturday denounced a scientific experiment that exposed monkeys to toxic diesel fumes, the latest aftershock from an exhaust-rigging scandal rocking the auto industry. The New York Times on Friday said German carmakers had used the European Research Group on Environment and Health in the Transport Sector, […]
REUTERS/Mike Segar US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley invited countries that didn’t vote to condemn the US’s decision on Jerusalem to a “friendship” party. A total of 65 countries did not vote for the resolution, with most of these either abstaining or failing to cast a ballot. Haley, together with President Donald Trump, […]
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have expressed their grief after the terror attack in Barcelona AFPAFP Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Email a friend FOOTBALL icons and longtime rivals Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo joined Spanish sports stars around the world in expressing their grief after the […]
REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Politicians across the spectrum are condemning the violent clashes between neo-Nazis and white nationalists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe sharply denounced the violence, tweeting, “The acts and rhetoric in #Charlottesville over past 24 hours are unacceptable & must stop. A right to speech is not a right to violence.” McAuliffe declared […]
Leaders of a national Southern Baptist conference voted to repudiate white supremacy and the growing “alt-right” movement Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision that had caused uproar internally. “We had people outside this convention hall from the alt-right handing out flyers of why we should hate African Americans,” Charles Hedman, a pastoral assistant from Capitol Hills […]
