Ralf Rangnick will not take up his previously agreed consultancy role at Manchester United following the appointment of Erik ten Hag as permanent manager, the club have announced in a statement. German boss Rangnick was drafted into the club late last year to replace Ole Gunnar Solskjaer after a prolonged …
Read More »Incoming Man United boss overjoyed to work with ‘magnificent’ Ronaldo
Manchester United’s new coach Erik ten Hag has eased fan concerns that Cristiano Ronaldo may leave Old Trafford this summer in search of Champions League football after he spoke of how excited he is to work with the multiple time Ballon d’Or winner when he takes the reins at the …
Read More »US envoy sends ‘world united’ warning to Russia, China and Iran
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “madman” poised to kill thousands in Ukraine, but the world is united against him and others “thinking of doing bad things,” the US ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Nides, who has represented Washington in Israel since December, spoke at …
Read More »Why Russia and the West failed to create a united Europe after the USSR collapsed
“I cannot imagine my own country in isolation from Europe and the so-called civilized world, so it’s hard for me to view NATO as an enemy,” Vladimir Putin said in 2000, when announcing his presidential priorities on the international stage. And although this statement had the effect of an exploding …
Read More »Canada calls for ‘united front’ against China
In an interview with Global television aired on Saturday, Trudeau said that Western countries must “do a better job of working together and standing strong so that China can’t… play the angles and divide us one against the other.” “There’s been a bit of competition, amongst friends, because we are …
Read More »New York police in standoff with armed man at United Nations HQ
The NYPD has issued a traffic alert for the intersection of 42nd Street and 1st Avenue – right outside the UN HQ – and said the public should “expect emergency vehicles in the surrounding area.” A video posted on Twitter by Newsmax host Greg Kelly shows emergency vehicles blocking the road and …
Read More »Why is it so difficult to form a united front against wokeism?
The inexorable rise of wokeism – the culture war and cancel culture – appears unstoppable mainly because its opposition remains incoherent and fragmented. In one sense, this is inevitable. The main protagonists of the culture war very rarely lay out their cause systematically. As leading intellectual Frank Furedi points out …
Read More »Why the United States is losing the fight against addiction
The United States is sadly losing the battle against addiction. According to statistics published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US recorded its highest number of drug overdose deaths in a 12-month period up to April 2021, passing 100,000 for the first time – a 29% year-on-year …
Read More »Manchester United sack Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The club confirmed the decision on Sunday morning with a statement on their official website thanking the club legend for his three years of service in the Old Trafford hot seat. Former United player Michael Carrick will take charge of first-team affairs ahead of the appointment of an interim head coach …
Read More »‘Taiwan has no right to join United Nations’: China slams US after Blinken says he regrets Taipei’s absence from world body
Speaking on Wednesday, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office in Beijing told reporters the UN was an international governmental organization made up of sovereign states – and Taiwan wasn’t one. “Taiwan is a part of China,” Ma stated, adding, “Taiwan has no right to join the United Nations.” …
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