Author: George Lanington

Goals from terrier-looking forward Erin Cuthbert and a rampant Pernille Harder earned Chelsea their first three points in the Champions League group stage after a tight 2-1 loss to Juventus in Turin.Harder scored her 27th goal in 30 UWCL games to give last season's runners-up a valuable victory after Barbara Bonansea tied the hosts in her fourth European campaign.Chelsea's close 3-3 draw with Wolfsburg in their opener, a game that dominated the team, left the team's hopes of progression to the knockout phase much more in the balance than they would have liked. Living up to their group's nickname of death, Group A currently has Wolfsburg on top, following their 5-0 defeat over Swiss Servette FCCF, Chelsea second, tied with the Germans with four points, Juventus third with three points a...

Joe Biden has warned companies that he will "call" them if they don't "step up" to ease supply chain bottlenecks before the holiday season.The president of the United States, facing grim opinion polls and a stagnant legislative agenda, is eager to avoid further political damage from clogged ports, highways and railroads resulting in higher prices and empty shelves."I know you're hearing a lot about something called supply chains and how difficult it is to get a variety of things from a toaster to slippers to bicycles and bedroom furniture," Biden acknowledged. in a short direction at the White House on Wednesday. "With the holidays coming, you may wonder if the gifts you plan to buy will arrive on time."Biden announced that the Port of Los Angeles, which has recently seen record buildu...

The United States and Israel have warned that they are exploring a "plan B" to deal with Iran if Tehran does not return in good faith to negotiations to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal.With talks to reactivate the deal stalled, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the window is closing for the Islamic Republic to return to the deal."Time is running out," he told a joint press conference with Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid. "We are prepared to turn to other options if Iran does not change course, and these consultations with our allies and partners are part of that.""We will examine all options to meet the challenge posed by Iran," Blinken said. “And we continue to believe that diplomacy is the most effective way to do it. But, it takes two to engage in diplomac...

More than 600,000 of its citizens have lost their lives to a Covid-19 outbreak that he once called a "little flu," but the science-denying president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has announced that he will refuse to get vaccinated, saying it doesn't make sense ”for me to do it."Regarding the vaccine, I have decided not to have it anymore," said the 66-year-old populist. saying a right-wing radio station on Tuesday. "I've been looking for new studies ... Why should I get vaccinated?" He said his antibody levels were already "through the roof" due to a past infection. “It would be the same as betting 10 reais (£ 1.30) on the lottery to win two. It doesn't make sense. "Bolsonaro said he was not against vaccines, but opposed what he called the" vaccine buying frenzy. "Death toll in BrazilH...

Javier ChicoteCONTINUEJuan Fernandez-MirandaCONTINUE Updated:14/10/2021 07:41h Keep Related newsOn March 25, 1983, an ETA-military commando kidnapped a Diego Prado and Colón de Carvajal. The target had not been selected because he was the president of the Discount Bank, but because of his family's relations with the Casa del Rey, because of his surname, because he was the brother of a fundamental character in these years: Ambassador Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, friend and private administrator of King Juan Carlos. ETA was targeting a 'state' businessman. And to make matters worse, a direct descendant of Admiral Christopher Columbus, the watchword of the history of Spain. The terrorists were basically looking for money to finance their activities. They do not stop be...

The personal archive of Emilio Alonso Manglano, director of Cesid from 23-F to June 1995, reveals the specific destination of part of the funds that Juan Carlos I received from Saudi Arabia to finance the Transition. The source of the head of the Spanish intelligence is Don Juan Carlos himself, who, in a hearing held in La Zarzuela on May 30, 1989, confessed to Manglano having given Adolfo Suárez one million euros after his resignation as Prime Minister.Most of this hearing, which is part of the Lieutenant General's biography, "The Chief of Spies," was announced by ABC on Wednesday, October 6. According the story of the Cesid director, Juan Carlos I, told him: "The King of Saudi Arabia gave me $ 36 million for the Transition." He then told him that of those 36 million in US currency,...

Jack Grealish couldn't hide his frustration. And England's pockets were unable to lean inside Wembley on Tuesday night either, some of whom booed the decision. There were 62 minutes left, the team was drawing 1-1 with Hungary and Gareth Southgate had replaced Grealish, replacing him with Bukayo Saka.The television cameras stopped on Grealish as he took a seat. The midfielder shook his head before putting it down and running his fingers through his hair.It was the night Southgate tried a different combination, forgoing his usual low of six defensive-minded field starters and choosing five whose first instinct is to attack. It was Phil Foden and Mason Mount as the 8 from 4-3-3, leaving only Declan Rice at the forefront of the defense, and there is no doubt that it was what the fans ha...

The EU will remove 80% of controls on food entering Northern Ireland from Britain, but Brussels officials were "preparing for the worst" amid signs that Boris Johnson is willing to reject the terms of the agreement.Maroš Šefčovič, the EU Brexit commissioner, also announced that customs controls on manufactured goods would be cut in half as part of a significant concession to ease post-Brexit border problems. He said he would meet David Frost, his UK counterpart who has demanded the removal of the entire Northern Ireland protocol, on Friday as he sought to end a months-long fight."I hope that with a constructive spirit we can be on the final stretch, and I would be very happy if we could start the new year with new agreements," Šefčovič told a press conference in Brussels while presentin...

Opposition politicians launched an impeachment process against Chilean President Sebastián Piñera for possible irregularities in the sale of a mining company, after new details about the agreement were revealed in Pandora newspapers.Lawmakers cited an "ethical duty" to hold the president accountable for alleged irregularities in his participation in the controversial Dominga project.Earlier this month, the Chilean prosecution said it would open an investigation into possible corruption charges related to bribery and tax violations linked to the sale, which was completed in the British Virgin Islands.The move is the latest blow for the center-right Piñera as he nears the end of a turbulent four-year term. Presidential and legislative elections will be held in November, and polls suggest...

IIt will never catch up. It was too reasonable. After Lord Frost had his tantrum in Lisbon the day before, it was the turn of Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, to lay out the EU's proposals to solve the UK's problems with the implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol. in a press. conference in Brussels.Šefčovič could have chosen the nuclear option. He could have started by saying that Lord Frost seemed to want to renegotiate the Northern Ireland protocol that Lord Frost himself had negotiated less than two years earlier. That it would have been helpful for the UK to have spent more time examining the deal they had signed at the time, rather than simply signing any previous deal to achieve Brexit and then waiting to rework the parts that were political...