The Visit Rwanda campaign has successfully raised the east African country’s profile but Rwanda’s government has been accused of investing in sport to enhance its global image – a strategy labelled by critics as ‘sportswashing’. A sleeve partnership with Arsenal began in 2018, with the latest sponsorship reported to be worth more than £10m ($12.39 […]
In his first week in office, President Trump tried to browbeat governments across the world into ending the flow of drugs into America, accepting planes full of deported migrants, halting wars and ceding territory to the United States. For all of them, he deployed a common threat: Countries that did not meet his demands would […]
Oleksandr Zinchenko had failed to read the room. Last summer, on vacation in the south of France, the Arsenal left-back had nowhere to run. Not in a metaphorical sense: he needed to find a pitch to maintain his fitness for a couple of hours a day before returning to Premier League duty. Fortunately, he thought, […]
This summer, Bill Gates huddled in London with representatives of some of the world’s wealthiest people, including the Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos, the SoftBank founder, Masayoshi Son, and Prince al-Waleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia. They were evaluating their joint investments in companies that could help the world combat climate change. Among the businesses in […]
Here are the key developments on the 1,074th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Sunday, February 2: Fighting Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine, killing 15 people and damaging dozens of residential buildings as well as energy infrastructure across the country, Ukrainian officials said. At […]
Almost all automakers are going to feel a pinch from the new tariffs imposed by President Trump on Saturday on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China. Auto manufacturers ship tens of billions of dollars worth of finished automobiles, engines, transmissions and other components each week across the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico. Billions […]
Unai Emery wants two deals sealed ahead of Deadline Day with Marco Asensio and Marcus Rashford potentially headed to Aston Villa, while Juventus are plotting a summer move for Victor Osimhen. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | […]
Westbourne School, Penarth Illia and his mother fled Ukraine in May 2022 and live with a host family in south Wales When war broke out in Ukraine 15-year-old Illia Mitiushnikov was forced to flee his home and family and claim asylum in Wales. Almost three years on, he is about to follow in the footsteps […]
This photo provided by U.S. Africa Command, the U.S. military conducts coordinated airstrikes against Islamic State operatives in Somalia on Saturday. AP/U.S. Africa Command hide caption toggle caption AP/U.S. Africa Command President Trump said he ordered airstrikes against ISIS operatives in the Golis Mountains in Somalia this morning in a strike coordinated with the Somali […]
It was soon to become 19-9 when Allan’s unerring boot lashed over another penalty, and then another early in the second half to make it a just a seven-point game. Allan’s boot kept Italy in the game and their confidence started to soar as a consequence. The game began to take on shades of Rome […]