For about two weeks starting around Christmas in 2023 the American political establishment was harassed by a wave of crisis calls. A fire at the White House. A shooting at a prominent politician’s home. Bombs placed at churches and capitol buildings. None of them were real. Thomasz Szabdo, a Romanian man, was sentenced on Wednesday…
After watching Manchester City slip to a 3-2 defeat by Brighton on Saturday, Arsenal fans started to believe they had a chance. And Slegers’ team made sure to capitalise on the opportunity with seven unanswered goals against Leicester, improving their goal difference to 33 – six behind City. Leah Williamson’s glancing header – the Gunners’…
Shortly before 22:00 BST on 7 May, Lavryovych sent Pochynok a message on Telegram saying: “Look, we won’t talk much on the phone. At that address, there’ll be a car, need to check if it’s there. If it is there then basically today we’ll do the job. We’ll have money. And this week, if we…
A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty in an Austrian court on Tuesday to charges that he plotted an attack at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna two years ago, according to the Austria Press Agency, the national newswire. The defendant, identified by the authorities only as Beran A. to comply with local privacy laws, was arrested…
It was chaos inside the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night, but not for one man who stayed in his chair, picking at a burrata salad as the people around him ducked for cover. Michael Glantz, a top agent at Creative Artists Agency and a guest at the White House correspondents’ dinner, said there was…
A California man has been identified as the suspect in the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night. The Associated Press identified 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen as the suspect. Ahead of a press conference at the White House after shots were fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night,…
This time last year, Liverpool were thrashing Tottenham to win the Premier League, and City were 18 points behind during a season in which they failed to win a major trophy. Boss Guardiola had pointed out that his side did win the Community Shield but by his impeccable standards, the campaign had been a major…
Looking back, clues to this final system had been there all season. Doku’s one-against-one threat on the left had required teams to double up on him since August. O’Reilly’s runs began to bear fruit as early as September. Silva’s intelligent pressing and build-up helped mitigate City’s areas of weakness from November onwards. Haaland and Semenyo…
Wayne Rooney never played alongside Bruno Fernandes. They faced each other once – and both remember the FA Cup tie between Derby County and Manchester United at Pride Park in March 2020. The visitors won 3-0, with Rooney denied a memorable goal against his former club when Sergio Romero saved a free-kick its taker was…
Shorouk Express Yermak’s ouster came after Ukrainian anti-corruption agencies revealed that people close to Zelenskyy were involved in a plot to skim around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector. No charges have been brought yet against Yermak, a long-time Zelenskyy confidant who was seen as the second-most powerful man in the Ukrainian government. The former…
