The iconic number 10 is currently on international duty in Brazil, where La Albiceleste top Group A after a 1-0 win over Paraguay in their last match, when Messi won the Man of the Match award. Preparing for their encounter with Bolivia on Monday, Messi’s teammates are said to have disturbed the birthday …
Read More »Embattled Armenian leader Pashinyan declares his party’s victory in snap elections after early results show heavy lead
The snap elections took place on Sunday amid a political turmoil that has gripped Armenia after last year’s Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, that saw it handing over areas of the disputed region to Azerbaijan as part of a peace agreement with Baku, brokered by Moscow. The deal sparked mass protests, with opposition …
Read More »As the Communist Party of China hits its centenary, those predicting its demise will find themselves waiting a long while yet
Within less than 30 years, the party would assume power in a civil war and has governed the country ever since. Despite reaching its centennial, some believe its days are numbered. Minxin Pei recently authored a Project Syndicate article saying why he believes Communist Party rule in China is facing …
Read More »India strips Twitter of legal immunity for ‘3rd party content’ amid row over new regulation – reports
The social network became the first American platform to lose the legal protections on Wednesday, with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology claiming the site had not yet come in line with new social media rules implemented in late May, according to several local media outlets. “Due to their …
Read More »Netanyahu’s party MPs heckle rival Bennett as he delivers speech at Knesset session to confirm new Israeli govt (VIDEO)
Bennett, the leader of the Yamina alliance and a key figure in the coalition of eight parties looking to oust Netanyahu, was first to deliver his speech during the crucial Knesset sitting on Sunday. But when he took to the stage, he could barely speak, as deputies from Netanyahu’s Likud …
Read More »‘Wow, good friends ehhh?’: Britons shocked as none of 30 ‘friends’ at party where BLM activist was shot talk to police
In an interview with the Evening Standard on Monday, Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard revealed that none of the 30 or so individuals present at a party on May 23, where Sasha Johnson received gunshots to the head, have spoken to police. Leonard’s remarks, which were accompanied by a plea …
Read More »‘Inappropriate & grotesque’: German Green Party leader slammed after posing for photo ‘near Russian border’ wearing military gear
“For a German party leader to be photographed donning a steel helmet near the Russian border is inappropriate, in view of our history, and downright grotesque for a Green party leader,” Dietmar Bartsch told Dusseldorf newspaper the Rheinische Post. Last month, amid ever-growing tensions in the Donbass, Robert Habeck went …
Read More »‘Anti-Muslim sentiment remains a problem’ within the UK Conservative Party, independent report finds
The damning findings, laid out in a 44,000-word independent report by Professor Swaran Singh, a former human rights commissioner, were made after analysing 1,418 complaints made within the Conservative Party from 2015 to 2020. Two-thirds of complaints reported to officials at the Conservative Party’s headquarters were related to allegations of …
Read More »George Galloway: The newly woke Labour Party hates its voters too much – it’s right to fear they will pick me instead
Being unwilling to pay Mr Murdoch to see over his wall, I have no idea what photographs of me Labour councillors in the Batley and Spen constituency are circulating on WhatsApp, but they’re unlikely to be happy snaps in the eyes of Sir Keir Starmer, the beleaguered leader of the …
Read More »Pool party: Barca women take plunge after winning title with ASTONISHING points & goals tally as Chelsea loom in UCL final (VIDEO)
The team, which is known as Barca Femini, tasted glory on the holiday island of Tenerife after beating local team Granadilla 1-0 thanks to a Bruna Vilamala winner in the first half. They still depended on other results, though, with bitter cross-city rivals Espanyol doing them a huge favor when holding …
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