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Sunak as PM?  You better not wait until the chickens come home to roost |  larry eliott
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Sunak as PM? You better not wait until the chickens come home to roost | larry eliott

Rishi Sunak is the Chancellor of Covid. Few outside of Westminster had heard of him when he replaced Sajid Javid in office at the start of 2020, but since then he has spent two years in charge of the government's economic response to the pandemic. Now, as restrictions are lifted, he is the bookmakers' favorite to replace Boris Johnson if the prime minister is forced to resign over partygate. It's a meteoric rise.Since the Second World War, only three former Conservative chancellors have reached 10 Downing Street, and one of them, Winston Churchill, had left the Treasury more than a decade before the exceptional circumstances of 1940 gave him the job of prime minister. .Indeed, the list of post-war prime ministers Britain never had includes a long list of chancellors, both Conservativ...
Explained: How Western Economic Sanctions Could Target Russia
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Explained: How Western Economic Sanctions Could Target Russia

Russia, which has massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders but denies planning to invade the former Soviet republic, has been the target of sanctions since annexing Crimea from its neighbor in 2014. Tensions between Moscow and Western powers have raised the possibility of new economic sanctions being imposed on Russia if it attacks neighboring Ukraine. The European Union has threatened “massive” sanctions and US Senate Democrats have introduced a bill to impose sanctions on Russian government officials, military leaders and banking institutions if Moscow engages in hostilities against Russia. Ukraine. Russia, which has massed tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine's borders but denies planning to invade the former Soviet republic, has been the target of sanctio...
How my husband finally got a mobile phone |  smart phones
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How my husband finally got a mobile phone | smart phones

Iin his new memoirs, I came all this way to find you, American novelist Jami Attenberg describes meeting a man who is not on any social media and therefore has no idea what it's like to get a like or a retweet. Attenberg considers this state to be highly unusual, if not strange; she's all over Instagram and the rest. But his astonishment is tempered by what looks like envy. "Damn beautiful unicorn," he writes about him. “How's that, being completely self-validating? What is it like waking up every day and not caring what other people think?As it happens, I have spent the last 18 years of my life with such a unicorn, although the man I speak of is, or was, an even rarer beast than hers. So, a guy is not on social media. And that? Many people are not. Facebook is for dinosaurs. ...
Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool LIVE!  Edouard goal – Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates
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Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool LIVE! Edouard goal – Premier League match stream, latest score and goal updates

Jurgen Klopp can make up at least some ground on Manchester City at the top of the Premier League today.While Liverpool are still 12 points off Pep Guardiola's side, they do boast two games in hand and could well make things interesting in the second-half of the season. Standing in their way, however, are a Crystal Palace side reborn under the impressive stewardship of Patrick Vieira. The Frenchman has instigated a quick-fire rebuild of a team going somewhat stale under Roy Hodgson and have certainly impressed during their meetings with the elite sides in the Premier League so far this season. READ MOREBacked by a loud home crowd, Palace have generally looked dangerous at Selhurst Park and do have real quality running throughout the side, which should make for an entertaining spectacle....
Barça makes Atlético a seven in the Women’s Super Cup and completes its showcase
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Barça makes Atlético a seven in the Women’s Super Cup and completes its showcase

A recital by Graham Hansen (three goals and two assists) lead the win for the Barça team, current champion of all titlesTorrecilla's return after overcoming a brain tumor was the most emotional moment of a very unequal final Champions of everything. The Women's Barca has won this Sunday Spain Supercup in Las Rozas overwhelming the Atletico Madrid in a final resolved in half an hour (7-0). The azulgrana team dethroned the colchonero with another exhibition commanded this time by Caroline Graham Hansen (hat-trick' plus two assists) that allows him to boast of being the reigning champion in all possible competitions: Cup, League, Champions and Super Cup. You can not ask for more. ...
Talks between Taliban and Western and Afghan representatives ongoing in Norway
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Talks between Taliban and Western and Afghan representatives ongoing in Norway

A Taliban delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi began three days of talks in Oslo on Sunday with Western government officials and Afghan civil society representatives amid the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.The closed-door meetings are taking place at a hotel in the snow-capped mountains above the Norwegian capital. On the first day, Taliban representatives will meet with women's rights activists and human rights defenders from Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora.Before the talks, the Taliban's deputy minister of culture and information tweeted a voice message he said was from Muttaqi, expressing hope for "a good journey full of achievements" and thanking Norway, a country he said he hopes become "a gateway for a positive relationship with Eur...
Final Score Prediction for Rams vs.  Buccaneers in the divisional round
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Final Score Prediction for Rams vs. Buccaneers in the divisional round

The Los Angeles Rams are in Tampa Bay today for a divisional round matchup with the Buccaneers, needing just two more wins to reach Super Bowl LVI, which will be played at their home stadium in Inglewood. The Rams already beat the Bucs 34-24 in Week 3, snapping Tampa Bay's 10-game winning streak dating back to their Super Bowl career. But can the Rams beat Tom Brady and the Buccaneers again when it matters most in the playoffs? This will not be an easy game for either team to win, given how evenly matched the two are. Their offensive lines are two of the best in the NFL, but they're also dealing with injuries to Andrew Whitworth, Ryan Jensen and Tristan Wirfs. Each receiving corps has lost a key contributor -- Robert Woods to the Rams and Chris Godwin to the Buccaneers -- for the re...
TV review |  ‘Ozark’ final season expected to be stressful – Times-Standard
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TV review | ‘Ozark’ final season expected to be stressful – Times-Standard

The Byrde family is strolling down the road, with Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me" playing on the car radio. "God," says Wendy Byrde of Laura Linney, "I love her voice." She is in the passenger seat while her husband, Jason Bateman's Marty, drives and teenage children Charlotte (Sofia Hublitz) and Jonah (Skylar Gaertner) sit behind them. Marty and Wendy are 48 hours away from an important meeting with the FBI. Two days stand between them and the freedom they have long sought from the life of crime they have built for themselves. "What's your temperature?" Wendy asks. "It's colder?" Marty answers. Everything seems reasonably fine, but, after some more talking between the four of them...something happens. We won't say what, but it's unexpected. Thus begins "The Beginning of the En...
Nusrat Ghani: Former UK minister says she was sacked for her ‘Muslimity’
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Nusrat Ghani: Former UK minister says she was sacked for her ‘Muslimity’

A former British government minister has been urged to file a formal complaint after she reportedly claimed she was sacked from her job in Boris Johnson's government in part because of her Muslim faith.Nusrat Ghani, 49, lost her job as junior transport minister in February 2020. She told the Sunday Times (paywall) that in a subsequent meeting, she was told that her "Muslimity" had been raised as an "issue" and that her status as a "Muslim minister" had made "colleagues uncomfortable".Justice Secretary Dominic Raab called his allegations "incredibly serious", saying Sky News that the ruling Conservative Party had "absolutely zero tolerance for any discrimination and Islamophobia".But he said that as Nusrat Ghani had not lodged a formal complaint despite being urged to do so, there ...
Mariska Hargitay, implement a system that minimizes clutter
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Mariska Hargitay, implement a system that minimizes clutter

CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Julia Jones, 41; Tiffany Thiessen, 48; Mariska Hargitay, 58; Richard Dean Anderson, 72. Actor Tiffani Thiessen / AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACONVALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images Happy birthday - talk, share your thoughts and get things done. The opportunity to get ahead awaits you if you are realistic and organized. Reconsider your purpose and restructure the way you are going to achieve your goal. Install a system that minimizes clutter. A happy and content mood gives new meaning to peace and comfort. Your numbers are 3, 11, 16, 29, 34, 40, 47. ARIES (March 21-April 19): The tide is turning and opportunity is headed your way. Don't settle for less when you are capable of more. Sharpen your skills and qualifications, and pursue your goal. Speak from the h...