52 h. ago Callum Wilson to Celtic transfer is a masterstroke as Martin O'Neill told he'd land 'best striker in Scotland'

Hoops boss Martin O'Neill is looking for reinforcements and has been urged to snap up the former England frontman

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56 h. ago Liverpool 'reach agreement' for second signing of January transfer window

Reds are about to land a new centre-back following summer transfer collapse

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66 h. ago Outrage as Trump withdraws from key UN climate treaty along with dozens of international organisations

Experts decry move to leave UNFCCC as ‘embarrassing’ as president orders withdrawal from 66 international groupsDonald Trump has sparked outrage by announcing the US will exit the foundational international agreement to address the climate crisis, cementing the US’s utter isolation from the global effort to confront dangerously escalating temperatures.In a presidential memorandum issued on Wednesday, Trump withdrew from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), along with 65 other organizations, agencies and commissions, calling them “contrary to the interests of the United States”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man United get Oliver Glasner transfer green light for dream welcome gift amid manager links

Oliver Glasner's arrival as Manchester United's next head coach would come with the added benefit that he could help land an incredibly desirable transfer target

Society

4 d. ago Ambulance worker unfairly dismissed after her wife tried to murder their boss, tribunal judge rules

'Patients, and the general public, would, the tribunal considers, be highly unlikely even to make the connection'

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4 d. ago Trump reveals Melania hates when he dances as its not ‘presidential’

It comes amid reports that Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro’s dancing provoked Trump’s military action

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4 d. ago Venezuela latest: ‘Gunfire heard’ near Caracas presidential palace as Trump officials brief Congress on Maduro raid

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the closed-door briefing

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4 d. ago Venezuela latest: Gunfire reportedly heard near Caracas presidential palace as Trump officials brief Congress on Maduro raid

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended the closed-door briefing

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6 d. ago After Trump’s illegal Venezuela coup, there are two dangers: he is emboldened, but has no clue what comes next | Rajan Menon

The US president used largely fictitious charges to seize control, but can’t know how Venezuelans will react. He may also overstep now as regards IranDuring his presidential campaigns, Donald Trump pledged to end “forever wars”, abandon “nation-building” interventions and focus instead on reviving a US economy that, in his telling, had been deindustrialised by a floodtide of imports. Though Trump’s electoral victories cannot be attributed to any one thing, his “America first” narrative certainly struck a chord.But Trump’s use of force to seize the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, his full-bore support for Israel’s demolition of Gaza and his bombing of Iran’s nuclear enrichment installations show that he’s no less willing than his predecessors to resort to military interventions.Rajan Menon is a professor emeritus of international relations at the City College of New York and a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Continue ...

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7 d. ago Federal judge dismisses Louisville police reform agreement spurred by Breonna Taylor's death

A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice

Events

1 week ago Case dropped against TikTok streamer who was shot by US immigration agents

Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who livestreams LA breaking news, was accused of ramming car into federal officers’ vehiclesA federal judge has dismissed an indictment against a Los Angeles TikTok streamer who was shot by an officer during an immigration enforcement operation and accused of assault against a federal agent, citing constitutional violations.Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a TikTok creator who streams local breaking news, was accused in October of ramming his car into immigration agents’ vehicles after they surrounded him during an operation. Body-worn camera footage obtained by the Los Angeles Times shows that an agent fired his gun during the incident, shooting Parias in the elbow. A ricochet bullet also hit a deputy US marshal in the hand. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Celtic 'in mix' to land £9m ex Barcelona defender as truth outs over Ibrahim Diabate – five transfer headlines

The 24-year-old appears the perfect for the right-sided slot in Nancy's 3-4-3 system and has struggled for game time at Bournemouth

Economics

1 week ago US strikes on Nigeria and Syria are ‘consistent’ with policy to combat IS, Republican says

House armed services committee’s Mike Turner denied that military strikes showed new Trump approach to US forcesUS warns of more Nigeria strikes as Abuja talks of ‘joint ongoing operations’A senior Republican on the US House armed services committee has said that the country’s recent military strikes in Nigeria and Syria are consistent with American foreign policy to combat Islamic extremism that have existed across Donald Trump’s two presidential terms.Mike Turner, an Ohio congressman, said on Sunday that the strikes are a “continuation of our conflict with [the Islamic State]”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds of rugby players lose brain injury challenge as High Court bid now in jeopardy

In a judgment on Monday, Mr Justice Dexter Dias dismissed the appeals

Sport

2 w. ago NSA employee sues Trump administration over order on transgender rights and two 'immutable' genders

A transgender employee of the National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration and seeking to block enforcement of a presidential executive order and other policies the employee says violate federal civil rights law

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2 w. ago Man Utd could land bargain Bruno Fernandes transfer replacement after contract rejection

Bruno Fernandes was forced off with a muscle injury in Manchester United's defeat to Aston Villa on Sunday, with reports suggesting the midfielder could be out for at least a month

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2 w. ago Gripes and infighting on display as Maga stars gather at Turning Point conference

Figures at event include Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon and Trump Jr as cohesion of political right shows signs of stressThe stars of the Maga conservatism converged for the four-day AmericaFest conference in Phoenix this weekend amid reports that the coherence of the political-religious right, a year into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, is showing signs of stress.The sold-out Turning Point USA event brought together figures from the right including Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ben Shapiro and Glenn Beck, to kick around the dominant themes of conservatism. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Judge dismisses complaint against Miami land transfer for Trump’s presidential library

A judge in Miami has dismissed a complaint challenging a college’s decision to gift prime downtown real estate for President Donald Trump’s future presidential library

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3 w. ago Democrats won’t release 2024 election loss ‘autopsy’, DNC chair says

Report on Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump would be a ‘distraction’ as party is ‘putting our learnings into motion’The Democratic National Committee won’t release a review of its election loss in 2024, saying it would be a “distraction” from helping the party win going forward.The party has been working on a so-called autopsy of 2024 since Kamala Harris lost the presidential election to Donald Trump. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Majority of voters say Trump is going too far with presidential power, poll finds

After a year of tariffs, ICE raids, narco-boat bombings and the partial demolition of the White House, most Americans feel President Donald Trump has exceeded his authority, latest Quinnipiac survey finds

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