12 h. ago Bruno Fernandes' message from Cristiano Ronaldo sums up shocking state of Man Utd

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United in the summer of 2021 with lofty ambitions but the Red Devils have been on a downward trajectory since his signing and after he left the club

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14 h. ago Cristiano Ronaldo message to Bruno Fernandes magnifies crisis Man United are in

Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United with lofty ambitions in 2021 but was unaware of just how far the club had fallen. The Red Devils have since experienced new lows since his departure

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38 h. ago Man Utd put every player up for sale as dire financial crisis emerges

United face a huge financial crisis after missing out on Champions League football next season - and will be forced to sell big-name players to make up the shortfall

Economics

58 h. ago The Guardian view on social cohesion: too many of us are still ‘bowling alone’ | Editorial

Three decades on from Robert Putnam’s account of fraying social ties in the US, new research in Britain identifies similar dangersThirty years after writing Bowling Alone, the famous essay in which he diagnosed a dangerous crisis of social cohesion in the United States, Robert Putnam has a right to feel vindicated. In a lecture this spring, Prof Putnam, now 84, warned his audience that, amid levels of polarisation and distrust higher than at any time since the civil war, the US was “in danger of going to hell in a handcart”.Britain is still, thankfully, a long way from the poisonous toxicity of Trump-era America, notwithstanding the ominous rise of Reform and Nigel Farage. But research published this week by the More in Common polling group paints a worrying portrait of communities in which there is a widespread sense of social disconnection, high levels of distrust among the young and a felt loss of shared spaces and rituals.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in ...

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9 d. ago Cristiano Ronaldo sends message to son after he's scouted by Man Utd on Portugal debut

Cristiano Ronaldo had a simple message for his son after the teenager took to the international stage for Portugal for the first time as he came off the bench in a tournament in Croatia

Politics

2 w. ago Trump’s aid cuts blamed as food rations stopped for a million refugees in Uganda

UN World Food Programme says $50m is urgently needed amid fears that Uganda may now begin forced repatriationsFood rations for a million people in Uganda have been cut off completely this week amid a funding crisis at the United Nations World Food Programme, raising fears that refugees will now be pushed back into countries at war.The WFP in Uganda warned two weeks ago that $50m (£37m) was urgently needed to help refugees and asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan and Sudan. Continue reading...

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