“It seems very well adapted to humans, so we should be prepared that it will remain with us,” Andrea Ammon, head of the Stockholm-based European Centre for Disease Prevention, told France’s AFP in an interview on Friday. In fact, Ammon said it appears more likely that the virus will continue …
Read More »
Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras were expected to easily dispatch Egyptian side Al Ahly in Thursday’s third-place playoff of the FIFA Club World Cup but after a scoreless draw in regulation time at the Education City Stadium in Qatar, the match was to be decided by a penalty shootout. Signs that …
Read More »
Copa Libertadores champions Palmeiras were expected to easily dispatch Egyptian side Al Ahly in Thursday’s third-place playoff of the FIFA Club World Cup but after a scoreless draw in regulation time at the Education City Stadium in Qatar, the match was to be decided by a penalty shootout. Signs that …
Read More »
Biden was asked by Norah O’Donnell on CBS News whether Trump should get classified intelligence briefings. The president replied: “I think not.” Providing Trump with classified intelligence would be a bad idea “because of his erratic behavior, unrelated to the insurrection,” Biden added, referring to the storming of the US …
Read More »
In the middle of January, then-President elect Joe Biden unveiled a large $1.9 trillion stimulus plan to provide much-needed aid to Americans during the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Once Biden took office, deficit hawks immediately scoffed at the price tag, and instead the Republican caucus in the Senate put …
Read More »
The Nobel Peace Prize has often generated controversy over many of its dubious nominees and recipients. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shared the prize with his counterpart, Le Duc Tho, “for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973.” Kissinger won despite his role in the bombings in Cambodia and in …
Read More »
Writing in his column in the Daily Star, Merson cast doubt on Chelsea’s decision to bring in former PSG boss Thomas Tuchel, who will likely need a longer bedding in period than a figure such as Pochettino, who knows the league and its players well from his long and successful time as …
Read More »
Most people have heard of Gordon Chang’s infamous book ‘The Coming Collapse of China’, which was authored more than 20 years ago. Say no more. The text is not so much a standalone theory as it is a representation of a broader train of thought on China that persists in …
Read More »
David Beckham seemed to have an unusually spiky demeanor at a press conference yesterday. The iconic midfielder was fielding questions about the new club he is the figurehead for, Inter Miami, appointing Phil Neville as their new manager. Inter’s image typically holds the hallmark of Beckham’s long-established sheen, so it was …
Read More »
The Biden administration is a couple of days old, but it’s already setting out its foreign policy priorities. In a clear break with Donald Trump, who was often accused of being sympathetic to Russia, the new White House has announced an intelligence review on Russia and vowed to hold it accountable …
Read More »