9 h. ago Liverpool ditch Nike as Premier League leaders confirm huge new £300m kit deal

Liverpool have confirmed they will ditch Nike and reunite with German giants Adidas again at the end of the season after signing a £300m deal

Economics

3 d. ago Donald Trump embarrassed after holding 'secret calls' with Volodymyr Zelenskyy's Ukrainian rivals

The US President's team are said to have held calls with Ukraine's opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as well as ex-president Petro Poroshenko.

Politics

4 d. ago Donald Trump 'secretly calls Zelensky's Ukraine rivals' but US President is left embarrassed

Ukrainian opposition leaders have hit out against Donald Trump's demands to hold elections in the country during times of war in a similar parroting of Kremlin lines

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4 d. ago Ukraine opposition leaders confirm talks with US but deny plotting to oust Zelenskyy

Petro Poroshenko and Yulia Tymoshenko denied they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Ukraine leader from powerUkraine’s opposition leaders have confirmed they have held discussions with members of Donald Trump’s entourage, but denied on Thursday they were part of a reported White House plot to remove Volodymyr Zelenskyy from power.The former president Petro Poroshenko said he had held talks with US representatives but added that he opposed Trump’s demands for wartime elections. Poroshenko, who lost to Zelenskyy in the 2019 presidential vote, said a poll should only be held once martial law ends. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Pep Guardiola fits the bill as Brazil legend refuses to deny job talks and issues demand

Pep Guardiola has been managing Manchester City since 2016, but their recent run of form has seen his name touted with one particular national team

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1 week ago Germany can turbocharge Europe’s renewal – if it will only seize this moment | Timothy Garton Ash

Three times in the postwar era Germany made strategic choices that benefited Europe – with the US at its side. Now it must do it in opposition to TrumpThree times in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, its chancellors have made strategic choices that opened the door to a better future for Europe. Today there’s not just an opportunity but an urgent need for a fourth such historic moment. If the country’s new coalition government under Friedrich Merz manages to seize the chance of this crisis, both Germany and Europe will go forward. If it fails, then by the end of the 2020s both may have fallen backwards farther and faster than most of us could have imagined in our worst nightmares.The big difference with those three earlier pivotal moments is this: in 1949, 1969 and 1989 the Federal Republic’s policy was fundamentally aligned with that of the United States. This time, Germany has to build up a stronger, free, democratic and Ukraine-supporting Europe against the current p...

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2 w. ago UN assembly condemns Russia’s Ukraine invasion despite US opposition

Vote came shortly after G7 leaders failed to agree on a joint statement condemning Russia’s war

Events

2 w. ago Steve Witkoff: from property developer to global spotlight as Trump’s tough

His friendship with the president dates back to a late-night encounter in a deli. Now he is a loyal envoy brokering the Gaza ceasefire and peace talks on UkraineWith the first phase of the ceasefire nearing its end, an American property developer has emerged as a key figure in determining whether Gaza attains a more enduring peace or slips back into war.Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s typically idiosyncratic pick as special Middle East envoy, has also found his way into the midst of talks with Russia over Ukraine’s future, sitting opposite Russian foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, instead of the official special envoy for the region, Keith Kellogg. Continue reading...

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