Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice late in the first half for Juventus against bottom team Crotone.© AFP Cristiano Ronaldo kept Juventus within sight of the Serie A summit on Monday with a headed brace which helped the champions to a 3-0 win over bottom club Crotone. Portugal forward Ronaldo struck twiceContinue Reading
The USWNT defeated Brazil 2-0 in their second game of the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday afternoon behind goals from Christen Press and Megan Rapinoe. The win puts the U.S. women in the driver’s seat to take home the title with a win over Argentina on Wednesday. A DAY AGO・Soccer・4:47Continue Reading
Responding to the Prime Minister’s roadmap out of lockdown, Luke Pollard MP said: “I cautiously welcome the roadmap but we have been here before. Ministers have made big promises only to U-turn. This has to be the last lockdown so we need Ministers to learn from their past mistakes andContinue Reading
Neil Hall/EPA-EFE UK prime minister Boris Johnson has announced the steps his government will take to end England’s lockdown over the coming months. Lifting restrictions will be split into four stages, with a minimum of five weeks between each to observe the effects of easing restrictions. Criteria – concerning vaccineContinue Reading
shutterstock For more than a decade, drug-related deaths (DRD) in Scotland have been rising – alongside evidence which suggests that the country has had much less success in treating and supporting people who use drugs compared to the rest of the UK and Europe. The figures for 2019, which wereContinue Reading
Dean Drobot/Shutterstock Lucy, a patient of mine, contracted COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic, before lockdown. She had trouble breathing and her doctor told her to call an ambulance if her lips turned blue. Luckily, she recovered well at home with rest and paracetamol – but it wasn’tContinue Reading
Regional powerplay: the nuclear deal has complex implications for the regin. Dilok Klaisataporn via Shutterstock As Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, speculation was rife that one of the first things his administration would do would be to seek re-entry to the IranContinue Reading
IND vs ENG: Umesh Yadav cleared the fitness Test on Sunday.© Twitter Fast bowler Umesh Yadav, after clearing the fitness Test, was added to India’s Test squad for the last two Tests against England, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Monday. The BCCI, in itsContinue Reading
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to various new, repurposed or newly popular terms. The newest entry to the pandemic lexicon might be “vaccine diplomacy”, with some countries using their jabs to strengthen regional ties and enhance their own power and global status. In early February, half a million dosesContinue Reading
Could God travel faster than the speed of light? robert_s/Shutterstock I still believed in God (I am now an atheist) when I heard the following question at a seminar, first posed by Einstein, and was stunned by its elegance and depth: ‘If there is a God who created the entireContinue Reading
