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Isco jokes crowdfunding is needed to keep Antony at Betis

Mar 31, 2025, 05:21 AM ET Real Betis midfielder Isco has joked that crowdfunding will be needed to keep Manchester United’s loanee Antony at the club for at least next season. Antony has been a big hit in Spain since joining on loan from United after a difficult first half of the campaign at Old […]

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Benefit and Pip changes could be ‘life or death’

BBC Shannon Doulis said her life changed dramatically after she contracted long Covid Planned cuts to the benefit system could be a matter of life or death for some people, a claimant has said. The government plans to tighten the eligibility criteria for the Personal Independent Payment (Pip), which is paid to about 3.6m people […]

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Primark boss resigns after ‘error of judgement’

Primark boss Paul Marchant has resigned following an allegation by a woman about “his behaviour towards her in a social environment”. Associated British Foods (ABF), which owns Primark, said following an investigation by external lawyers, Mr Marchant “acknowledged his error of judgement and accepts that his actions fell below the standards expected” by the business. […]

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Why China Is Wary of a Trump-Xi Summit

In Washington, President Trump has said he is willing to meet with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader. In Beijing, Chinese officials and experts agree that a meeting between the heads of state must precede any broad reset of relations with the United States amid Mr. Trump’s aggressive approach to trade and foreign policy. But arranging […]

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Morning-after pill to be made free at pharmacies in England

Women across England will be able to get the morning-after pill for free from pharmacies from later this year, the government has said. Emergency contraception is already free of charge from most GPs and sexual health clinics. But ministers say getting it in pharmacies is a “postcode lottery” – with some councils funding free prescriptions, […]

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Agriculture is centre stage US-India trade showdown

AFP India’s journey from scarcity to surplus is a triumph of its agriculture sector Why won’t India buy even a single bushel of American corn? That’s the question US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised recently while criticising India’s trade policies, taking a swipe at its market restrictions. In another interview, Lutnick accused India of blocking […]

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New tariffs this week will hit all countries, Trump says

President Donald Trump says new tariffs he is set to announce this week will hit all countries, not just those that have the biggest trade imbalances with the US. The comments come as he prepares to unveil a massive slate of import taxes on Wednesday, in what he has called America’s “Liberation Day”. The measures […]

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Protests postponed after pharmacy funding boost

The government has agreed a new funding package with pharmacy negotiators in England, leading some pharmacies to call off protests that were planned for later this week. One group representing thousands of local pharmacies was preparing to take action involving cuts to opening hours from Tuesday, but they say that will be delayed while they […]

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