A military spokesperson said Gallagher’s comments do not warrant further investigation, telling media outlets on Tuesday that the Navy was unable to substantiate his claims. “After a review conducted by the Navy, it was determined that Gallagher’s statements were not corroborated and no substantive information was found to merit an …
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It used to be that going to the football was a simple affair. Meet up at a pub near the home or away ground for a few pints before kickoff. Enjoy the game. Pie at half time. Enjoy the game some more. Go home. Now, attending a match in the …
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The Thursday ruling by the San Francisco Superior Court Judge Andrew Cheng, certifying a class-action status to the 2017 gender pay gap suit, was celebrated as a major victory by the plaintiffs. “This is HUGE,” Kelly Ellis, one of the women behind Ellis et al v. Google Inc. tweeted. A …
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Tom Tugendhat, a Tory MP and chair of the foreign affairs committee in Westminster, also said the existing “Yamato” (sic) energy pipeline “must be frozen” in response to the arrest of Roman Protasevich in Minsk over the weekend. The most likely autocorrected name was a reference to the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which supplies …
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European officials told Reuters that the new legal action, launched on Tuesday by the European Commission, concerned the merits of the case against AstraZeneca and would allow the European Union to pursue financial penalties. Yesterday, a spokesman for the European Commission said “the merits [of the proposed lawsuit] will be …
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Saturday marked Trump’s planned withdrawal date from Afghanistan, which the former US leader announced last year. With Biden pledging to withdraw American troops by September 11, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid declared that all bets are off between now and then. “As withdrawal of foreign forces from #Afghanistan by agreed upon …
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Representatives of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation accused the new administration of talking the talk but not walking the walk on Friday, after the US Army Corps of Engineers refused to intervene in the long-running row between the Native American activists and the operating company behind the Dakota Access pipeline …
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After at least 90 people were reportedly killed on Saturday – as the military celebrated its annual Armed Forces Day – the leader of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) Yawd Serk said, “(It) isn’t an armed forces day, it’s more like the day they killed people.” “The ethnic …
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Dear Mr. (Andrey) Lipov, A year ago, I couldn’t even imagine that I would be writing this letter with my own hand. Back then, I would not have believed that it could be true. I’d have assumed it was all just propaganda targeting a ‘free’ Western company. Unfortunately, after spending …
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Sick fans created and shared a photograph showing a victim of domestic abuse alongside Reds manager Klopp, accompanied by the “beaten at home” caption. The tasteless joke came days after the English Premier League champions suffered their sixth successive home defeat of the Premier League campaign against Fulham on Sunday. Katie Walker, …
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