Erik ten Hag might not need to worry about losing his job at Manchester United, with three other attractive clubs in Europe currently available and considering him as their new boss. Reports emerged earlier this week that Manchester United‘s new part-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe wants current England manager Gareth Southgate …
Read More »Looming Over a New Security Pact: China, North Korea and Donald Trump
The new three-way security pact sealed by President Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea at Camp David on Friday was forged with threats by China and North Korea in mind. But there was one other possible factor driving the diplomatic breakthrough: Donald J. Trump. While the former …
Read More »A Looming Indictment
With a third indictment of Donald Trump now seeming quite likely — this one involving his attempts to remain in power after losing the 2020 election — today’s newsletter will cover three big questions about the case. One, what would be the specifics of such an indictment? Two, would an …
Read More »Trump Whacks Out In Waco Over Looming Indictment
Donald Trump incoherently jumped from conspiracy theory to conspiracy as the likely upcoming indictment in Manhattan seems to have broken him. Video: Trump said:This is really prosecutorial misconduct. That’s what it’s called. The innocence of people makes no difference whatsoever. To these radical left maniacs. It is worse actually, in …
Read More »2023 elections: Save Nigeria from the looming disaster waiting to happen – Former President Olusegun Obasanjo tells Buhari and INEC chairman
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the controversy surrounding the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. In an open letter addressed to President Buhari, Obasanjo said the President has overtime promised to give Nigerians a free and fair election before leaving office and that he shouldn’t allow …
Read More »Bizarre prospect looming amid dire final forecast
A dire weather forecast for Melbourne on Sunday has left T20 World Cup organisers the bizarre prospect of awarding joint winners for the first time in the event’s history. Melbourne’s forecast is for up to 20mm of rain and a “possibly severe” thunderstorm later in the afternoon. The final between …
Read More »A Looming Threat
Taiwan has spent more than seven decades under the threat of an invasion: China sees the island as a breakaway part of its territory. In the months since Russia invaded Ukraine, Taiwanese citizens have come to view a Chinese incursion as a more serious possibility than ever. My colleague Amy …
Read More »A Russian Default is Looming. A Bitter Fight Is Likely to Follow.
WASHINGTON — Russia is ambling toward a major default on its foreign debt, a grim milestone that it has not seen since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago and one that raises the prospect of years of legal wrangling and a global hunt by bondholders for Russian assets. …
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