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Arsenal news LIVE updates: Man Utd, Barca want Ozil; Chelsea dig, Maitland-Niles praise
Arsenal news LIVE updates: Follow below for all the latest from the Emirates Thursday December 14 Man Utd lead Barca in chase for Ozil 05.30: Mesut Ozil would prefer a move to Manchester United over Barcelona, if Arsenal cannot meet his extortionate contract demands, according to reports. It is said the Gunners have offered Ozil […]
Tories praise Brexit deal, but Nigel Farage says it is ‘humiliating’
Brexiteer Nigel Farage has attacked Theresa May’s EU deal, stating it allows the UK to “move on to the next stage of humiliation.” Business leaders, however, said they were “breathing a huge sigh of relief.” Farage, the former leader of UKIP, took to Twitter following Friday morning’s announcement of a deal struck allowing negotiations in […]
‘Stop this drift toward war’: Outrage & praise from US lawmakers for Trump on Iran deal
US lawmakers jumped at the chance to give their opinions about President Donald Trump’s decision to decertify the Iran nuclear deal. Some were delighted with Trump’s stance on the deal, while others see the decision as the first step to war with Iran. On Friday, many high-level Democratic lawmakers vehemently disagreed with Trump’s decision to […]
Beijing doles out praise and promises to win over entrepreneurs
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images The guideline – issued by the Central Committee and State Council – praises China’s businesspeople for boosting national economic growth. “Lots of entrepreneurs … have made a great contribution to the accumulation of social wealth, to job creation, economic and social development,” the directive says. “The entrepreneurial spirit will play an important […]
Trump doesn’t deserve any praise for letting the Afghan girls’ robotics team into the US
Thomson Reuters Even by Trump standards, the optics were bad. Six Afghan girls and their chaperone were denied entry to the United States—twice!—where they were scheduled to take part in the FIRST Robotics Challenge in Washington. Denying this team of teenagers the opportunity to participate in a robotics competition seemed indefensible, making them poster girls […]
Reno entrepreneurs praise low costs, but cite capital and talent challenges
Starting a tech company in Silicon Valley is very, very hard, and conventional wisdom holds that doing so elsewhere would be even more difficult. But is it? While founders everywhere confront such challenges as determining product-to-market fit, developing supply chain management, and establishing reliable, recurring revenue streams, those outside Silicon Valley — or New York […]
UNDER ARMOUR CEO: It was ‘unfortunate’ that my words seen as praise of Trump were ‘divisive’ (UA)
Getty/Brad Barket In a new interview, Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank explained the comments he made that ignited a firestorm earlier this year after they were widely seen as praising President Donald Trump. “It was unfortunate that my words got characterized in a way that were meant to be divisive in some way, shape, or form,” […]
Early reviews praise Megyn Kelly’s controversial interview with far-right provocateur Alex Jones
NBC anchor Megyn Kelly faced more than a week of withering backlash over her decision to interview Alex Jones, the far-right founder of Infowars.com, a site that has perpetuated conspiracy theories about 9/11 and the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Kelly was uninvited as a guest at a gala hosted by relatives of the victims of […]
BBC weather: Carol Kirkwood flaunts curves as fans praise her hairstyle – 'Look amazing!'
The 54-year-old showed off her curves in a figure-hugging number as she told fans of BBC Breakfast that it will be a breezy day for many. To start of her forecast, Carol told viewers pollen levels will be very high during the week across most of the UK. She said there will be showers coming […]
