Operation Pitting has now come to an end, with British military forces evacuating more than 15,000 British nationals and Afghan allies, including over 2000 children. Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the end of Britain’s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan in a statement released through Twitter. “I want to thank everyone involved …
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The world of Azeroth has survived many attempts to destroy it, but it may have finally met its match. Blizzard’s World of Warcraft has been the king of the massive multiplayer online (MMO) genre for almost two decades, but the head that wears the crown is starting to grow heavy. …
Read More »Germany Olympic footballers walk off in final warm-up after ace suffers racial abuse in game behind closed doors against Honduras
As confirmed by the German FA, the incident occured after Felix Udokhai equalized for the 2016 finalists. With the score tied at 1-1, Stefan Kuntz’s men then exited five minutes before full-time in solidarity with their team-mate. Thrust in Group D with their Rio conquerers Brazil, the Ivory Coast and Saudi …
Read More »Haaland backs Sancho as England star breaks his silence over Euro final penalty miss, tells society to ‘do better’ on racial abuse
Livewire Sancho came on alongside new Manchester United team-mate Marcus Rashford in the dying seconds of extra time against Italy, with manager Gareth Southgate introducing the pair in the hope that they would convert from the spot in the looming shoot-out that could have made England Euro champions for the …
Read More »Euro 2020 final ‘could have been abandoned’, say Met Police chiefs as they defend response to chaotic Wembley scenes
Hordes of ticketless England fans, later described by The FA as “drunken yobs“, stormed the home of English football prior to their side’s penalty shoot-out loss to Italy, with many engaging in violence inside and outside the stadium as well as public drug-taking. There were also reports that those supporters …
Read More »Spot-on Italy sink Spain in shootout to book place in Euro 2020 final after high-class heavyweight showdown at Wembley
A goal on 60 minutes from Federico Chiesa had looked like giving Italy a brilliant smash-and-grab win, but substitute Alvaro Morata emerged to equalize for Spain with 10 minutes of normal time remaining to send a pulsating game in London into extra time. The teams could not be separated, meaning …
Read More »Four-goal Three Lions rout Ukraine in Rome as Kane hits double and England march on to Euro 2020 semi-final
“Football’s coming home” is a refrain often sung in knowing self-defeatism, but England are at least now returning to Wembley for a first European Championship semi-final since 1996 after blowing away Ukraine at the start of each half at the Stadio Olimpico. Continuing to put aside his early tournament woes, …
Read More »Germany’s CureVac jab shows only 48% effectiveness against Covid-19 in final stage of trial, driving stock plunge
CureVac announced the second- and third-phase trial results for its CVnCoV vaccine on Wednesday, in its final analysis for a 40,000-subject study that drew participants from 10 countries across Europe and Latin America. “In the unprecedented context of 15 strains circulating within the study population at the time of final …
Read More »The late, late show: Ukraine see off 10-man Sweden at the death to book Euro 2020 quarter-final against England
Dovbyk headed in a cross from Oleksandr Zinchenko to give his team the lead in the 121st minute after Emil Forsberg had earlier equalized following Zinchenko’s opening goal at Hampden Park. Ukraine boss Andriy Shevchenko was ecstatic at the final whistle as he led his nation into a meeting with …
Read More »Black holes are racist? Space is the final frontier for the woke on their mission to redefine the universe
Almost all space is black. ‘Space’, you see: the name is a bit of a giveaway. Scientists say 99.9999999% of everything is, physically…empty. Black. ‘Black’, meaning the absence of light, the absence of color, the absence of matter. Empty. To us mere mortals, that is, to us humans with our …
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