53 h. ago Canada’s Alistair Johnston: ‘Our country is under threat, under attack’

The Celtic defender’s star has risen alongside his country’s soccer fortunes as they prepare for a potential Nations League clash with the USThe style and system Jesse Marsch has moulded for the Canadian men’s national team is predicated on pressure; hemming in and harrying opponents until they are deprived of options. It is lovingly labelled the ‘maplepress,’ and it turns out its principles also apply to wedding planning.Alistair Johnston, one of the spiritual leaders of Marsch’s rapid Canadian revolution over these past 10 months, will tie the knot this summer. When his fiancée Peyton Pesavento looked for time, she was immediately hemmed in. “I only had one date that I could give her in the next two calendar years!” the Celtic defender says with a smile. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago The scientists at centre of Antarctic base assault mystery: Picture shows team of experts pleading for rescue amid attack and death threat claims at tiny base in subzero wilderness

Footage published in 2021 offers rare insight into life inside the secluded base atop the Vesleskarvet nunatak in Queen Maud Land.

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9 d. ago Chilling warning that threat of Russian missile attack on UK 'most stark since Cold War'

A bombshell new report from a UK-based thinktank has warned the country is barely able to protect its own military sites from Russian missiles, let alone major cities

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9 d. ago Threat of Russian missile attack on Britain is 'highest since Cold War' with fleet of Putin's rocket

Vladimir Putin 's fleet of rocket-laden submarines and warships off the coast of Norway are posing an acute threat to the UK, a study by a think tank called the Council on Geostrategy has found.

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1 week ago UK must consider conscription NOW to be ready for war with Russia, warn ex

Ex-Nato officers said it's time to 'wake up' and have thousands of soldiers ready amid the impending Russian threat - fearing an imminent attack that could be just a few years away

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on a tax war: the world must unite against American obstruction | Editorial

Donald Trump’s threats to global tax reform have backfired, leaving the US isolated as nations push ahead with a new UN tax conventionDonald Trump’s Oval Office tirade on Friday laid bare his instinct to harangue and bully those – even supposed allies such as Ukraine, fighting for its survival – who dare to disagree. Countries pushing global tax reform at the UN will be watching as US demands for subjugation play out in plain sight. His day-one threat to punish nations taxing US firms is an all-out attack on global fiscal cooperation. If multilateralism in taxation was already on shaky ground, Mr Trump’s return could bury it for good.Under discussion is a new UN tax convention that may permit states to tax economic activity where it actually occurs, rather than allowing multinationals to shift profits to tax havens. The Tax Justice Network (TJN) said last year that nations lose $492bn (£390bn) annually due to corporate tax abuse. The global south bears the greatest losses, whic...

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3 w. ago Arsenal player ratings vs Nottingham Forest: Martin Odegaard struggles again as Leandro Trossard has no impact

Arsenal controlled match for large periods but had little threat in attack

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3 w. ago SIR KEIR STARMER: Putin's aggression threatens us at home. Our national security must now become a whole society effort

It is only seven years since Putin's chemical attack in Salisbury. Russian ships menace our waters.Planes intrude in our airspace. Hackers attack the NHS. We cannot hide from this threat.

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3 w. ago Stroke and heart attack threat cut by '36 percent' if one barrier is removed

New research from the University of Ottawa investigated the impact of communication barriers on treatment received from physicians

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