After an unsuccessful bid to become Fifa president in 2002, the beginning of the end of Hayatou’s Caf reign came in 2016 when elections to replace Blatter were held by Fifa. The Cameroonian instructed Caf’s 54 members to back Bahraini candidate Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim al-Khalifa, yet Gianni Infantino assumed the crown instead. The Swiss-Italian […]
Parliament is facing a once-in-a-generation chance to hand the terminally ill a choice over ending their life, the Labour peer championing a change in the law has said. Charlie Falconer, the former lord chancellor whose bill was introduced into the House of Lords last month, revealed he had been reassured by Downing Street that it […]
NOC Boaty McBoatface spent 55 days at sea before coming ashore in Scotland Battling choppy waves and high winds, three engineers pulled ashore a yellow submarine in Scotland this week. With sheets of water pouring from its body, the UK’s most famous robot – Boaty McBoatface – was winched up after 55 days at sea. […]
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Aug 9, 2024, 09:07 AM ET Barcelona have completed the signing of RB Leipzig’s versatile forward Dani Olmo, the Catalan club confirmed on Friday. Sources have told ESPN that the deal is worth an initial €55 million ($60m), with an additional €7m due in potential add-ons. The Spain international has signed […]
Gaza’s civil defence agency said three Israeli rockets hit the school in the Palestinian territory’s al-Daraj district. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, according to Palestinians officials in Gaza. “The occupation army directly bombed the displaced people while they were […]
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Carini abandoned in Khelif’s opening bout after 46 seconds, saying she had to “preserve” her life. The Algerian followed that with convincing, unanimous-decision victories to reach this stage. This was expected to be a tougher bout – Yang represented a step-up in class – but it proved to be another clear victory. Yang was due […]
Getty Images Asda is going to put more staff on checkouts after admitting it has reached a limit with self-service tills. The supermarket said while self-checkouts work well for customers, it wants to invest additional hours into having manned checkouts. It claimed that the decision was not about shoppers’ preference for a human to help […]
Is Keir Starmer eyeing Elon Musk as a useful villain for his season one? If so, I can’t help feeling the prime minister’s chances of getting a season two will diminish. “Let me also say to large social-media companies and those who run them,” Starmer intoned this week, “violent disorder clearly whipped up online: that […]
BBC Visitors are confronted with scenes such as models of prisoners staring out of cells Researchers exploring so-called “dark tourism” are analysing the reactions of visitors to the most gruesome parts of Peterhead Prison Museum. The prison closed its doors more than 10 years ago and then later reopened as a museum. It remains largely […]