Section: The Week (The United Kingdom)
Dynamo Kiev rejects claims it wants to segregate black fans
Stadium director quoted as saying he would consider a separate area for non-white fans to ‘avoid racism’ Reaction Tuesday, October 27, 2015 – 3:22pm Dynamo Kiev have rejected claims that they are considering segregating black fans “to avoid the manifestation of racism”, after footage of an attack on four black...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Saturday 24 Oct 2015
Mexico still under threat from hurricane Mexico remains under threat from floods and landslides due to Hurricane Patricia, warns president Enrique Pena Nieto. The US National Hurricane Centre said the hurricane hit as a Category Five storm – the highest classification. The storm arrived in western Mexico, bringing destructive winds and...
Chelsea finally click in Kiev as Mourinho delivers ‘impish’ aside
Credits Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images Alt Text Cesc Fabregas Blues denied by referee and the woodwork as Mourinho references Wenger and the Rugby World Cup Match Report Wednesday, October 21, 2015 – 11:43am …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Thursday 15 Oct 2015
US troops to tackle Boko Haram in Cameroon Barack Obama has revealed the US has deployed troops to Cameroon to help fight the terror group Boko Haram. The force, which will eventually total 300 troops, will provide intelligence and reconnaissance and will remain in country until “no longer needed”, the president said. Boko Haram is also active in...
Humiliated Holland fail to qualify for Euro 2016
Credits Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Alt Text Robin van Persie A 3-2 defeat to Turkey means that the Netherlands go from World Cup semi-finalists to European also rans in two years Reaction Wednesday, October 14, 2015 – 9:27am See …read more Source: The...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Wednesday 14 Oct 2015
Clinton clashes with Sanders in TV debate Last night in Las Vegas, five wannabe Democrat presidential candidates debated on TV – and the commentators are agreed that the real fight was between front-runner Hillary Clinton and her closest rival in the polls, the self-styled democratic socialist Bernie Sanders. Clinton criticised Sanders for...
Ten Things You Need to Know Today: Tuesday 13 Oct 2015
Labour U-turns to oppose Osborne’s surplus pledge Shadow chancellor John McDonnell last night told Labour MPs that the party will now oppose Conservative measures to force all future governments to run a budget surplus, just two weeks after he announced that Labour would back the plans. McDonnell says the U-turn will underline...
UK commits to long-term troop deployment in Baltic states
Description British troops prepare for military exercises with other Nato members in Ukraine Credits Sean Gallup/Getty Images Alt Text British troops Move ‘likely to raise hackles’ in Moscow, which has accused Nato of trying to militarise border territories …read more Source: The...
Nobel Peace Prize 2015: the top five contenders
Credits Berit Roald/AFP/Getty Images Angela Merkel and Pope Francis are favourites, but a priest from Eritrea could pip them both to the prize Profile Wednesday, October 7, 2015 – 3:32pm The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace …read more Source: The...
Humans ‘worse for nature than world’s worst nuclear accident’
Credits Mike Wood/Twitter Alt Text Wild boar Wildlife in Chernobyl exclusion zone is flourishing – due to the enforced absence of human habitation One-Minute Read Tuesday, October 6, 2015 – 12:55pm …read more Source: The...
