Manchester United has said that its revenue fell by 12.2% to £194.4m for the six months to the end of December. The Old Trafford club lost out on payments from Nike for failing to qualify for the Uefa Champions League.more
Professor Norman Davies pointed out yesterday in Moscow that the Soviet Union took part in World War II from the very beginning, ie. since 1939, and not - as claimed Soviet historiography and still says Russian historiography - 1941.more
Drug-fuelled Luke Sparks, 24, took cocaine and heroin before targeting the Rodak store in the South West, but was overpowered, beaten, sat on and arrested when he tried to rob the till.
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"We were too polite to the Russians, we could not tell them that they lied" - rated yesterday former Foreign Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt during a debate in the Polish Representation to the EU in Brussels.more
Lost growth will cost Britain billions of pounds if it holds a referendum on European Union membership, as increased economic uncertainty leads to a reduction in investment, research from Dutch bank ING suggested.more
Polish Space Agency is called POLSA (English abbreviation of POLish Space Agency) and will be tasked with creating the Polish aeronautics industry, among others. This means the development of satellite technology that is present in our everyday lives in the form of transport, telecommunication, navigation, environmental monitoring and weather forecasting."
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Supermarkets have reportedly been asked to make sure daffodils are kept separate from fruit and vegetables in a bid to prevent customers mistakenly eating the poisonous plants.more
British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on Friday that supplying weapons to Ukraine, an option under consideration in Washington, would escalate the ongoing conflict.more
The Force India deputy team principal, Bob Fernley, has accused Marussia of "a really poor show" in a bid to claim a place on the Formula One grid for this season.more
Both engines of the TransAsia ATR 72-600 flight that crashed in Taiwan this week failed before it plummeted into a river, killing at least 35 people, authorities have said.more
President of the International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) Joseph Blatter criticized the government of the world handball (IHF) for admission to the World Cup in Qatar of national team composed of naturalized players.more