Oct 20, 2024, 10:44 AM ET Victor Boniface has scored seven times for Bayer Leverkusen this season. Jörg Schüler/Bayer 04 Leverkusen via Getty Images) Bayer Leverkusen striker Victor Boniface was involved in a car accident following the club’s 2-1 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt, German media reported on Sunday. Boniface, who scored a 72nd-minute winner in Saturday’s […]
Getty Images Sir Chris Hoy performed the baton ceremony before the men’s cycling sprint finals at this year’s Paris Olympics Six-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy has announced that his cancer is terminal. In an interview with the Sunday Times, he says doctors have told him he has between two and four years to […]
Getty Images Pakistani officials are preparing to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign for children under five Health authorities in Pakistan say they have confirmed six more cases of polio, taking the number of infected children to 39 this year. The new cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) included three in Balochistan, two in Sindh […]
BBC / Jon Parker Lee George and Mandy are among the residents who refused to sign an NDA agreement and can speak about the Runcorn incinerator “We have been inundated with flies, rats, smell, noise. It’s just been horrendous,” says Mandy Royle, who lives in the closest home to the UK’s biggest waste incinerator at […]
Reuters Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to depict the environmental devastation caused by the illegal gold mining that has spread like wildfire in the resource-rich West African state. Mercury is increasingly being used to extract gold by miners […]
Newsportu’s Scott Simon talks with University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald about the high turnout in early voting this election cycle. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over 10 million ballots have already been cast in the 2024 election, two and a half weeks before what we still call Election Day. Early voting is underway in many states, […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying “dangerous” and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medically. The head of the Church of England was speaking with the BBC ahead of the first reading in Parliament of a bill […]
There is a danger that Labour will suffer the Macron effect when the budget is unveiled at the end of the month. Emmanuel Macron, who was first elected president of France in 2017, put business investment and building a culture of entrepreneurialism at the top of his to-do list – only to be condemned later […]
Getty Images Large waves and coastal overtopping are possible with Storm Ashley Power cuts, travel disruption and possible damage to buildings are expected this weekend as Storm Ashley sweeps across Scotland, bringing high winds and rain. The Met Office has issued an amber high wind warning for some western areas on Sunday, with gusts of […]
Boohoo is planning a major restructure that could see the break-up of the struggling online fashion firm whose brands include Debenhams, Karen Millen and PrettyLittleThing. The company said it was reviewing options after concluding that its business remained “fundamentally undervalued”. While Boohoo benefited from the surge to online shopping during the pandemic, it has subsequently […]