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How Burnley could line up under Rooney with two Man Utd stars and Derby ace
WAYNE ROONEY is the favourite to be named as Burnley’s new boss. Burnley haven’t named Sean Dyche’s successor since he was given the boot in April. 2 Wayne Rooney is favourite to land the Burnley jobCredit: Paul Tonge Several names including Rafa Benitez and Sam Allardyce have been linked withContinue Reading
Elections: how disinformation campaigns aim to wreck public trust in them
Public trust in elections is being undermined by disinformation campaigns. Shutterstock Public trust in elections is being targeted around the world by a series of disinformation campaigns from a range of international players. This is giving rise to an increasing lack of trust in how votes are counted. The almostContinue Reading
Merck sold $3.2 billion of its Covid oral antiviral treatment, driving first-quarter revenue growth
Medicine pill is seen with Merck logo and words ‘Molnupiravir’ and ‘COVID-19’ displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on November 5, 2021. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Merck sold $3.2 billion of its oral antiviral treatment for Covid in theContinue Reading
Liam Gallagher: hip arthritis doesn’t just affect older adults
Liam Gallagher recently revealed that he is suffering from arthritis, leaving him with excruciating pain and the realisation that he will probably need hip replacement surgery. Most people associate arthritis with old age, but Gallagher is just 49. So how unusual is it to develop such severe arthritis before oldContinue Reading
Does this dinosaur ‘graveyard’ reveal their final day on Earth? An expert explores the evidence
Buried in the rocks in North Dakota lies evidence of the exact day the dinosaurs were obliterated from the planet, some 66 million years ago. That’s the claim of palaeontologist Robert DePalma and colleagues, whose work was captured by the BBC in its recent landmark documentary Dinosaurs: The Final DayContinue Reading
Social media regulation: why we must ensure it is democratic and inclusive
Tero Vessalainen/Shutterstock News that the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is buying Twitter has sent the world into a spin, dividing those who advocate for unfettered free speech – like Musk – and those who believe that some platforms wield too much power and influence. But the ultimate outcome forContinue Reading
I spent three years in a paedophile hunting team – here’s what I learned
frank_peters / Shutterstock By the time you finish reading this article, at least one new case of child sexual abuse will have been reported. In the US, a child is sexually assaulted every nine minutes. In the UK, this figure is closer to one every seven minutes. The sexual abuseContinue Reading
Stan Douglas: the Canadian artist on why he featured two London rappers in his Venice Biennale show
I t does seem a bit incongruous at first. Why are two London grime artists – not to mention two Egyptian rappers – appearing in a work by a 62 year-old Canadian artist at the Venice Biennale? Douglas’s much-admired new two-part installation at the festival (he’s representing Canada) is aContinue Reading
Ukraine: UN takes a step towards addressing ‘veto problem’ which stopped it condemning Russia
The day after Russian troops crossed the border to begin their invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations Security Council drafted a resolution condemning the invasion and calling on Russia to withdraw unconditionally. What happened next was predictable enough: Russia vetoed the resolution. As one of five permanent members of theContinue Reading
Right-Wing Trolls Are Trying to Break Back Into Twitter
Elon Musk’s “free speech” promise is igniting an extremist revival, but the “replatforming” has only just begun.Continue Reading