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Football loves its omens and portents. As Gareth Southgate prepares to send his limb-weary players out into the giant illuminated armadillo shell that is the Allianz Arena in Munich on Tuesday night there is perhaps some solace to be taken in the past.The last time England lost in Hungary in a World Cup year, defeat in Budapest was followed by a joyful, unifying, era-forging World Cup final triumph under a dapper and mild-mannered head coach.Admittedly, the surprise World Cup winners in question were West Germany in 1954. The glorious era that followed belonged to the powerhouse teams of Franz Beckenbauer and Lothar Matthäus. And the dapper and mild-mannered head coach, Sepp Herberger, turned out to have been a Nazi. But apart from that. Apart from that. Well, what exactly?It is har...

For a game rooted in centuries of tradition, cricket has often found itself curiously susceptible to fashion. Did you spot the moment, about five or six years ago, when it quietly became mandatory for any good fielder to be described as a “gun”? Bowling attacks were “the bowling unit” for most of the 2000s before imperceptibly morphing into “the bowling group”. Left-arm wrist-spin is having its long-awaited moment in the sun, itself a reaction to the 2010s trend for spinners who didn't really spin the ball at all, but just did funny flicky things with their fingers while going “oooh ” and stroke their chins a lot.And so, just as one wicket often brings two, another fashion is sweeping through short-form cricket. On Sunday at Edgbaston, while playing for Birmingham against Nottingham...

Updated Tuesday, June 7, 2022 - 08:56The mother is charged with one count of negligent homicide and all three children have lost their parents, in FloridaStudent protest against weapons in the US.Alex BrandonAPGuns in the US A self-destructive passion rooted in history USA Guide to understanding the gun lobby A two-year-old boy accidentally killed his father in Florida by shooting him with a a loaded gun that his parents had left unattended, Local authorities reported this Monday.Marie Ayala, 26, the mother, has been charged with one count of negligent homicide after failing to properly secure a Glock pistol with which the boy is believed to have shot his father while he was playing a video game, according to an affidavit from the Orange County Sheriff's Office.On May 26, police respond...

Johnson will visit Northern Ireland on Monday to hold emergency talks.Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty ImagesLONDON — UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence on Monday night but discontent over his leadership is expected to rumble on, with analysts stating that his days in office are numbered.Monday's vote saw Johnson win the backing of most of his Conservative lawmakers, but by a much slimmer margin than his supporters had hoped.The vote — triggered by his own lawmakers amid increasing dissatisfaction in his leadership — saw 211 Tory MPs voting in favor of the prime minister, while 148 voted against him.Johnson needed a simple majority of 180 MPs to win the vote, but the figure of 148 was worse than many expected and means that over 40% of his own lawmakers have no con...

From the red-eared slider turtle, cockatoo and falcon to the yellow-cheeked gibbon, capuchin monkey and orangutan, nothing is too much for those demanding unusual pets in India. But it was the sight of three kangaroos wandering the streets of West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district in April that brought home the extent of the country's exotic pet trade.The malnourished kangaroos were intercepted after typoffs from local residents. One of the rescued marsupials later died, while the remaining two are recovering and will be rehomed at a nearby zoo.A red-eared slider turtle smuggled into India. Photograph: Traffic IndiaA senior forestry official told the indian express at the time: “We are surprised as to who brought these kangaroos here, and how. We suspect they were being smuggled to Nepal....

Light hours 2022The price of electricity falls 0.83% this Tuesday and remains below 200 euros/MWhEP Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 08:32 The average price of electricity in the wholesale market will drop 0.83% this Tuesday compared to yesterday, Monday, remaining below the level of 200 euros per megawatt hour (MWh). Specifically, the average price of electricity will be 193.32 euros/MWh this Tuesday, 1.62 euros cheaper than the price of this Monday (194.94 euros), according to data published by the Market Operator Ibérico de Energía (OMIE) and collected by Europa Press. Most expensive and cheapest time Thus, the maxim...