EU Declining to Impose Curbs Amid China’s COVID Surge Is ‘Huge Gamble’: Expert
Read More When Milan started testing arrivals from China for COVID amid the country’s explosive virus spread, it found that about half of the travelers on two flights had the virus. That prompted Italy, the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic in 2020, to impose mandatory COVID testing on all passengers […]
Pel?, one of football’s all-time greats, dies aged 82 – video obituary
Read More Pel?, widely regarded as potentially the greatest player of all-time, has died aged 82. The Brazilian burst on to the scene as a young 17-year-old at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, scoring a memorable brace in the final against the hosts. From there he never stopped scoring, 12 years on at the […]
Pel? dies aged 82: tributes paid to a football great – live updates and reaction
Read More From 24m ago One of the greatest footballers to ever play the game – perhaps the greatest – has died. Here is our news report: And here is Richard Williams’s long read on the great man. France’s Kylian Mbappe called him the ‘king of football in his social media post. Another England footballer, […]
Pel? radiated the quality of joy: an instant appeal to the eye and heart | Richard Williams
Read More For the generation born just after the end of the second world war, the emergence of the teenaged Pel? during the 1958 World Cup opened a door to a new dimension of football. The brief televised highlights of the matches in Sweden were broadcast in a black and white that was actually more […]
Pel?, Brazil World-Cup winner and football legend, dies aged 82
Read More Pel?, the Brazilian virtuoso whose captivating skill and athleticism ensured he was universally regarded as one of football’s greatest players, has died at the age of 82. Pel?, who had a colon tumour removed in 2021, was readmitted to Albert Einstein hospital in S?o Paulo in November amid deteriorating health. After reports he […]
Dark money group linked to foreign billionaire infused millions of dollars to major Dem, left-wing causes
Post Content A dark money group tied to Swiss billionaire Hansj?rg Wyss poured tens of millions of dollars into organizations leading major left-wing campaigns, according to recently-released tax filings. Fund for a Better Future (FBF), which has received a majority of its funding from two nonprofit foundations overseen by Wyss in recent years, pushed large […]
Judge rules Illinois law eliminating cash bail is unconstitutional
Post Content An Illinois judge has ruled that the portion of the SAFE-T Act that ends cash bail in the state is unconstitutional. The Illinois Safety, Accountability, Fairness and Equity-Today (SAFE-T) Act sought to change multiple parts of Illinois’ justice system with provisions like ending cash bail, limiting how judges determine whether defendants are flight […]
DOJ sues major drug company for illegally helping ‘ignite an opioid epidemic’
Post Content The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against one of the country’s largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributors on Thursday, alleging the company “for years flouted its legal obligations and prioritized profits over the well-being of Americans” by failing to report suspicious orders of controlled substances, like fentynal and oxycodone, which were then sold illegally, fueling […]
Cuban exodus to United States the largest in history amid economic crisis, gov’t crackdowns
The exodus of people fleeing Cuba for the United States hit an all-time high this year as the Caribbean country intensifies its brutal crackdown on citizens, and the United States’ southern border crisis continues to spiral. Border authorities recorded more than 227,000 Cubans attempting to enter into the United States illegally from December 2021 to […]
UN condemns Taliban bans on women, threatens to suspend critical aid
The United Nations condemned the decision by the Taliban this week to bar women from working with humanitarian aid groups or attending university and threatened to suspend critical aid programs. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Thursday demanded the ban be reversed l a called it a “grave denial of their humanity.” “It […]
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