Real change does not happen with T-shirts or slogans. Real change is one great idea and people brave enough to implement it. Over to you, at the Premier League. Over to you, at the Football League. Over to you, UEFA and FIFA. The Premier League players now pressing for a BAME coach to be installed … Read more
The EU on Tuesday formally accused China and Russia of mounting targeted coronavirus disinformation campaigns to undermine European democracy, in documents seen by AFP. In a paper on what it called the ‘flood’ of misleading and inaccurate information proliferating around the pandemic, Brussels says Beijing and Moscow had set out to polarise debate and burnish … Read more
A mob of 100 people reportedly ‘pushed and kicked’ at police officers as they attempted to arrest a drugs suspect in Manchester. Those gathered on the street in Moss Side shouted ‘you are not letting him breathe’ and ‘I saw officers stamp on his neck’ as police attempted to detain the driver of a car … Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu and his former rival Benny Gantz were today sworn in for Israel’s new unity government, ending the longest political crisis in the nation’s history. Lawmakers in the 120-person parliament, the Knesset, formally approved the three-year coalition government with 73 voting for and 49 against. One member was absent for the vote. Today’s swearing … Read more
A coalition of 62 nations will support Australia’s call for an independent probe into the origins of coronavirus. The new resolution demands an independent investigation into the international response to the pandemic and the actions of the World Health Organisation. It is backed by the entire 27-member European Union along with New Zealand, Indonesia, Japan, the … Read more
This was the magnificent sight yesterday as one million protective aprons were delivered to the NHS. Less than 24 hours after being made, the crucial Mail Force Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was handed over. Box after box of aprons were unloaded at a depot in the Midlands which is the nerve centre of the NHS’s … Read more
Covid-19 slump will push EU into a recession of ‘historic proportions’ wiping 7.7% off growth By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 6 May 2020 Europe faces a recession of ‘historic proportions’ as Covid-19 cripples economies, according to forecasts published by Brussels. In a devastating … Read more
THE FINAL PUSH: Russians take Berlin, one million Germans surrender in Italy and Hitler and Goebbels dead – how the last days of the Second World War in Europe were reported in May 1945 Germany’s combined armed forces collapsed as Russian tanks rolled through Berlin with Hitler dead Southern redoubt was torn to pieces while … Read more
Donald Trump‘s aides on the front lines of the White House coronavirus response launched a huge behind-the-scenes effort to push antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for the new virus. Brett Giroir, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, sent a group email in early April outlining the White … Read more