Former player of the French national team and m.in. Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, 2006 world runner-up, is planning a coaching career. He is currently in the staff of Italian Salernitana, his last club, but in the future he would like to work somewhere as a head coach.more
Another, this time spring vaccination against COVID-19 should be offered to people aged at least 75, emphasize British scientists from the government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. It is supposed to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the summer.more
1,175 migrants arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa over the past 24 hours, the Ansa agency reported after local authorities. A total of 30 boats from Africa arrived there at that time.more
Britain announced on Wednesday it was opening a base for its commandos in Norway's far north to bolster NATO's capabilities in the Arctic amid heightened threats following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.more
British tennis player Andy Murray said that he expects Wimbledon organizers to grant permission for the participation of Russians and Belarusians in the upcoming Grand Slam tournament. A year ago, athletes from these countries, after the military invasion of Ukraine, had no such right.more
Polish journalist Bianka Zalewska has won the Women of Courage Award for her work in Ukraine. She and ten other recipients had beed presented with the honour at the White House on International Women’s Day by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and First Lady Jill Biden.
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Seven-time winners AC Milan reached the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in 11 years as a disciplined display earned them a 0-0 draw at Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday and a 1-0 aggregate victory.more
The BBC says it is having a "frank conversation" with Gary Lineker after the Match of the Day host tweeted critically about the government's asylum policy. Lineker said the language in which the plan was set out was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".more
In Spain, there is a "mysterious" phenomenon: at least 10 food items, including fruit and vegetables, which were cheaper from farmers in the countryside, have become much more expensive in supermarkets, Cadena Ser radio reported.more
Scotland has become the first country in the world to stop its hospitals using the anaesthetic desflurane because of the threat it poses to the environment.more
The governor of Florida has urged US President Joe Biden to allow Novak Djokovic to compete at Indian Wells and the Miami Open, despite the world No 1 being unvaccinated for Covid-19.more
Drunken men, provocations and cases of sexual harassment deter many women from mass events such as fairs and festivals. The youth wing of the SPD party (Jusos) in Bremen made a proposal to introduce "male days off" at local fairs.more
According to the Ministry of Development and Technology, last year over 310.2 thous. applications for setting up a sole proprietorship (JDG) - an increase of 4.7% yoy. However, according to experts, this number does not mean much, and this year a decrease in the number of established companies should be expected.more
After a chilly week that his seen temperatures reach near to 0C and London hit with a blanket of snowfall on Wednesday (March 8), conditions in the capital are set to rebound dramatically at the start of next week.
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Prosecutors will accuse Spanish soccer club Barcelona of corruption because of its payments to the vice president of the refereeing committee, the daily newspaper El Pais reported Tuesday.more
Business leaders say frayed relations with the EU are costing the British economy, as suppliers in the bloc grow more cautious about doing business with post-Brexit Britain.more
Half a million more working women are paid below the real living wage than their male counterparts, according to data from the Living Wage Foundation. It says women have been harder hit by the cost of living crisis because they tend to earn less.more
