Harvard University has rejected a list of sweeping demands sent by the White House that asked the university to change many of its policies or risk losing billions of dollars in federal funding. “The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” the university wrote on its X account on Monday. The...
Changes were already certain, with Celtic having failed to replace Kyogo Furuhashi when the striker left for Rennes in January. Meanwhile, Kieran Tierney has signed a pre-contract to return from Arsenal as fellow Scotland left-back Greg Taylor looks poised to exit on freedom of contract. “I think naturally what you have at our club, there...
The number nine in question is Cyriel Dessers. The Nigernian could – arguably should – have had a hat-trick but again spurned the chances that came his way. The 30-year-old has 23 goals for the season – a respectable return – but were he more clinical, he could have double that. If Dessers be one...
Reuters A week ago, Westminster was digesting the chancellor’s Spring Statement and all the talk was of a tightrope walk and precarious public finances. Next, let’s go back nearly two decades to the financial crisis and the historically poor growth and negligible average earnings growth that has afflicted the UK ever since. And then recall...
Becky Morton Political reporter PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged the public to “vote for change in your community”, as he launched Labour’s local election campaign for England. The elections on 1 May are the party’s first major test at the ballot box since winning power in last July’s landslide victory. But...
The impact of these tariffs on the world economy will be huge. They can be measured by the lines on a chart of US tariff revenue jumping to levels not seen in a century – beyond those seen during the high protectionism of the 1930s. Or in the overnight stock market falls, especially in Asia....
Johanna Carr BBC South West Investigations BBC An area of peatland on Dartmoor restored by the South West Peatland Partnership Healthy peat is the country’s biggest carbon store but when damaged it releases planet-warming greenhouse gases back into the atmosphere. New research shows instead of being part of the answer to climate change, peat bogs...
“I thought that was it for me. That my world was ending. But you can quickly change your mindset and change the narrative of your story. I’m a big believer that scars tell you where you’ve been, not where you’re going. “It was definitely a blip in my career, but at the same time, I...
Meslier initially joined Leeds on loan from Lorient in his home country in 2019, aged 19. Since getting his chance in February the following year he has spent the past five years as their first-choice goalkeeper. He was a big part of Marcelo Bielsa’s side who finished a highly creditable ninth in the Premier League...
Practices of so-called conversion therapy – attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity – are much more common than first thought, new research suggests. Ben Gibbons, now 38, says he needed years of therapy after an elder at his church forced him to make himself sick every time he had “impure thoughts”,...
Trailfinders’ Burton has impressed in Premiership Women’s Rugby after appearing for Team GB’s sevens team at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics. “Abi [Burton] spoke to us a few weeks ago and I was blown away,” Deacon added. “I knew her story but not some of the details and I felt inspired. What she has been...
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New manager Thomas Tuchel feels England played with fear during Euro 2024 and wants to change that as they prepare to face Albania in a World Cup qualifier in his first game in charge. Source link...