60 h. ago One of greatest managers of all time who coached Johan Cruyff unmasked as a secret SPY

COACHING legend Stefan Kovacs has been unmasked as a SPY - who worked for Romania's hated Securitate secret police. Kovacs led Ajax to European Cup glory in 1972 and 1973. He famously managed none other than Dutch superstar Johan Cruyff during his time in Amsterdam. Kovacs also coached both the French and Romanian national sides....

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6 d. ago Police to explore civil action in cases of women secretly filmed and posted online after criminal case collapses

Police arrested a suspect over the ‘Manchester nightlife’ videos in November 2024

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1 week ago Americans disapprove of Trump’s foreign policy. His escapades are likely to cost him | Sid Blumenthal

History tells us what happens when American presidents focus on foreign policy and neglect domestic economic policyDonald Trump’s blitzkrieg since his 3 January seizure of the Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has been guided by his triumph of the will, as he told the New York Times. “Yeah, there is one thing. My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me I don’t need international law.”Trump treats the spectacle as a reality TV show in which he is both the executive producer and the host who ultimately declares himself the winner. At his 3 January press conference on the day of Maduro’s seizure, Trump mentioned “oil” 27 times, “money” 13 times and “democracy” not once. He trashed the democratic opposition as lacking “respect” and “support”. The capture of Maduro was a decapitation, not regime change. Indeed, Trump served as a convenient agent of an internal coup of the existing powers, whom he declared “an ally”. “We have to fix the country first,” he said. “You...

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1 week ago Watch: Machado’s daring escape from Venezuela caught on video

A newly released video shows Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado escaping the country in December 2025.

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1 week ago Trump boasts about accepting Nobel Peace Prize as 'wonderful gesture of respect'

Donald Trump was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize medal by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado during a meeting at the White House

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1 week ago Giving Trump the Nobel peace prize medal is ‘absurd’, say Norwegian politicians

US president criticised for accepting medal awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina MachadoPolitical leaders in Norway have condemned the Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s “absurd” decision to present her Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump, accusing the US president of being a “classic showoff” who takes credit for other people’s work.The Nobel laureate gave her medal to Trump at the White House on Thursday “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to’] our freedom”. Several hours later, Trump wrote on Truth Social that Machado “presented me with her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done. Such a wonderful gesture of mutual respect.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jimmy Kimmel trolls Trump after taking Nobel Peace Prize medal from the actual winner: ‘It’s like a pacifier’

The talk show host also poked fun at the meagre gift that Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Machado was given by the president in return

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1 week ago María Corina Machado presents Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

Trump heaped praise on the Venezuelan opposition leader for presenting him with ‘her Nobel peace prize for the work I have done’The Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has presented her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state”, told reporters on Thursday she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Nobel committee issues defiant message after Venezuela's opposition leader Maria Corina Machado gifts Peace Prize to Trump at the White House

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said Thursday that she gave her Nobel Peace Prize to President Donald Trump during their meeting at the White House.

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1 week ago White House defends Trump’s ‘joke’ about canceling 2026 elections: latest

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greeted supporters outside Capitol Hill after having lunch with Trump

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1 week ago María Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal

The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the awardThe Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has said she “presented” her gold Nobel peace prize medal to Donald Trump after meeting him in the White House, nearly a fortnight after he ordered the abduction of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro.Machado, who received the award last year for her struggle against Maduro’s “brutal, authoritarian state”, told reporters she had done so “in recognition [of] his unique commitment [to] our freedom”. It was not immediately clear whether Trump had accepted the gift. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Venezuela's opposition leader gives her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado announced outside the US Capitol that she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump at the White House

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1 week ago White House defends Trump’s ‘joke’ about canceling 2026 elections: Live updates

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greeted supporters outside Capitol Hill after having lunch with Trump

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1 week ago Trump threatens to invoke rare 1807 law in Minnesota as Stephen Miller calls protestors ‘insurrectionists’: Live updates

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greeted supporters outside Capitol Hill after having lunch with Trump

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1 week ago Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate Maria Corina Machado later – US politics live

Trump and his top advisers have previously hinted at their willingness to work with acting president Delcy RodríguezThe US Senate has voted against a war powers resolution that would have prevented Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without giving Congress advance notice.Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who had joined three other Republicans to advance the resolution alongside Democrats last week, flipped after they said they received assurances from the Trump administration.The US Senate has voted against a war powers resolution that would have prevented Donald Trump from taking further military action against Venezuela without giving Congress advance notice. Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who had joined three other Republicans to advance the resolution alongside Democrats last week, flipped after they said they received assurances from the Trump administration.The Trump administration received ...

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1 week ago Trump to discuss Venezuela’s future with Machado after Maduro’s capture

Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel prize winner had been sidelined by White House after US seized MaduroDonald Trump will host María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader and 2025 Nobel peace prize winner, at the White House on Thursday for a high-stakes talks on the oil-rich nation’s future following the US capture of Nicolás Maduro.Many in Venezuela and abroad had expected Machado to take charge after an elite US military team seized Maduro in a pre-dawn raid on 3 January and transported him to a New York City jail. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump brags about 'very good call' with 'terrific' Venezuelan president ahead of meeting with opposition leader

Donald Trump boasted of a 'very good call' with Interim Venezuela President Delcy Rodriguez after the Senate blocked a resolution that would have limited his powers in the region.

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2 w. ago British crime lord 'plotted huge £216million cocaine deal in 31 suitcases'

A US indictment claims deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro was involved in a record cocaine importation plotted by British crime lord Robert Dawes, who was known as The One

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2 w. ago Brit crime lord 'The One' plotted £216million coke deal involving Venezuelan leader

A US indictment has claimed there was a UK link to a record Class A drug deal

Economics

2 w. ago Bolton ‘always worried’ Trump would take Teddy Roosevelt’s Nobel Peace Prize from White House

President has publicly obsessed with not winning the prize, awarded last year to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado

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