January 2021
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Barcelona coach Ronald Koeman has downplayed his side’s hopes of winning La Liga this season ahead of Sunday’s game against Athletic Club. “It’s complicated because the gap between (Barça and leaders Atletico) is very big,” he said in a press conference on Saturday. “In the Champions League there’s no clear favourite. We have a two-legged…
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Even the Robin Hood of legend had to steal from the rich to give to the poor. Upstart online broker Robinhood Markets and its users may have allowed themselves to think that a mission to “democratize finance” made trading completely free. They were wrong. Robinhood became the platform of choice for social media-savvy punters stoking…
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Hong Kong residents can apply from Sunday for a new visa offering them an opportunity to become British citizens after Beijing’s imposition of a national security law in the Asian financial hub last year. The move comes as China and Hong Kong have said they will no longer recognise the British National Overseas (BNO) passport…
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly parted ways on Saturday with the two lead lawyers working on his defense for his Senate impeachment trial, a source familiar with the situation said, leaving Trump’s legal strategy in disarray. Butch Bowers and Deborah Barberi, two South Carolina lawyers, are no longer on Trump’s team, the source said…
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The CDC has issued an order requiring travelers to wear a mask on public transportation in the U.S., echoing an executive order by President Joe Biden shortly after he took office. The CDC order takes effect Monday. It states passengers on airplanes, trains, buses, subways, ships, ferries, taxis, and ride-shares must wear a mask that…
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Just days after a Twitter spat with Barstool Sports’ David Portnoy, and amid the GameStop stonk rally against Wall Street hedge funds, Mets owner and hedge fund billionaire Steve Cohen has deleted his Twitter account. Cohen issued a statement Saturday through the Mets: “I’ve really enjoyed the back and forth with Mets fans on Twitter which…
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George Floyd’s death “marked a turning point” regarding racial justice in the U.S., President Joe Biden said Tuesday. Biden signed four executive orders that dealt with racial equality. He credited Floyd’s murder, by a police officer who knelt on the victim’s neck for nearly nine minutes, with having a monumental impact, per the Daily Mail. “Those eight minutes…
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President Joe Biden had his first call with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin said. U.S. officials said Biden raised concerns about the arrest of opposition figure Alexei Navalny while pressing the Russian president on his nation’s involvement in a massive cyberespionage campaign and bounties on American troops in Afghanistan. On a…
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Commerce Secretary-nominee Gina Raimondo is open to raising taxes on the middle class, saying we “need funds” for President Joe Biden’s climate agenda. RNC Research tweeted the clip of Raimondo’s comments at her nomination hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday. “We do need to meet the climate change challenge, and we need funds for improved infrastructure, better…
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Iris Jones, 81, from Somerset, flew to Egypt where she married Mohamed Ahmed Ibriham in November after meeting on Facebook last year – but they’ve since spent weeks apart as he remains in his homeland. The loved-up gran shared a GIF (an animated image) online which showed a love heart formed out of rose petals, and tagging her Mohamed, she wrote: “For…
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Daughter: Mummy, please, help me manage this 20k, when I get to Lagos I will send something again. (And she gave her mother 20k and put another 10k inside envelope and drop it under the pillow on the bed). Mother: Thank you my daughter, but what about the one you put under the pillow on…
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Family time over Christmas can bring tensions to the fore – and make unhappy partners more likely to cheat. And with January then always seeing a spike in break-ups, can couples get over an affair? Sex and relationship expert GEORGETTE CULLEY gives her tips on how to survive – and thrive if you are the…
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If you think that men cheat for sex and women cheat for love, you’re totally wrong. Alicia Walker, author of The Secret Life Of The Cheating Wife, carried out extensive research for new book Chasing Masculinity and her findings shatter gender stereotyping on infidelity. She said: “The men in this study enjoyed the sex in…
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French President Emmanuel Macron has ruled out issuing an official apology for colonial abuses in Algeria, his office said on Wednesday. There will be “no repentance nor apologies” for the occupation of Algeria or the bloody eight-year war that ended French rule, Macron’s office said, adding that the president would instead take part in “symbolic…
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As US President Donald Trump’s administration comes to an end on Wednesday, Michael Pompeo bid farewell as the Secretary of State and thanked the American people for their support and kindness. In a tweet, Pompeo said that it was his 1000th day as America’s 70th Secretary of State, adding that each day was a privilege…
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Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has made his first public appearance since openly criticizing China’s financial regulatory system just over two months ago. Ma appeared in a 50-second video Wednesday published on Chinese financial news outlets congratulating rural teachers who have been supported by his charitable foundation, vowing that he and his colleagues would devote themselves…
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