The Germany international centre-back has issued an apology after an incident in his country’s 0-0 draw with World Cup winners France Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger has apologised to Benjamin Pavard after scraping his studs down the Frenchman’s neck. The pair clashed in the opening moments of Germany’s scoreless Nations League draw with France on Thursday…
Read moreLiverpool 2.0: How Klopp plans to take Champions League finalists over the last hurdle
The Reds came unstuck in last season’s final against Real Madrid but they look better equipped to go all the way this time around As selfie requests go, it could hardly have been timed worse. A crestfallen Jurgen Klopp was making his way from the press room at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, having just attempted…
Read moreKurdish General Slams U.S.-Syria Policy; Gen. Petraeus Calls Withdrawal ‘A Betrayal’
In this photo taken Thursday, flames and smoke billow from a fire on a target in Ras al-Ayn, Syria. This is the result of shelling by Turkish forces, the same day Turkey and the U.S. were negotiating a cease-fire agreement. As the five-day cease-fire along Turkey’s border with Syria continues to falter, the commander of…
Read moreHe revolutionized how millions of people spend money in India. His next target: America
Over the course of his career, he’s also ventured into online retail, banking and even gaming. ### But he’s not done yet. Sharma wants to bring at least half a billion Indians into the banking system through Paytm’s app. He also wants to put Paytm on the global map alongside the Googles and Facebooks of…
Read morePoacher manhunt exposes murky world of Indian wildlife trafficking, where bear bile is big business
To solve the mystery, the state’s Forest Department set up a special task force. Ritesh Sarothiya, head of the task force’s wildlife division, told CNN that its agents had a suspect in mind: in 2014, a man had been arrested for poaching sloth bears and tigers. After spending a year in jail, he skipped bail…
Read moreCould more conversation overcome polarization in politics?
In Highgate cemetery in north London two graves are diagonally opposed from one another – those of Karl Marx and Herbert Spencer. That’s appropriate, since Spencer’s ‘social Darwinism’ is noted for its justification of violence to others in the name of evolution, while Marx championed equality, community and openness to all. Central to the difference…
Read moreAnother key Johnson claim on the NHS demolished
The Conservative prime minister, Boris Johnson, has recently proclaimed himself the champion of our NHS. He told the Tory Party Conference last month: And the prime minister repeated this statement word for word in his introduction to last week’s Queen’s Speech. So can we believe these claims? Is there really a u-turn on a decade…
Read moreOrganising precarious workers in Africa
The labour market is a key institution for shaping the distribution of resources in an economy. This is true for two reasons. First, wages are an important source of income for most individuals. Second, the wage relationship is a key site of contestation over the resources that are produced. However, in Africa the industrial working…
Read moreMondays Off: Golf Hall of Fame resumes—what does it take?
We are back from last week, and Knudson is finally a father! Steve asks what it takes to get into the Golf Hall of Fame, how much do majors count? Knudson talks about his last round and how much fun he had. Finally, we talk about the Rory and Keopka beef that is starting to…
Read moreHow death doulas ease the final transition
Vivette Jeffries-Logan and Omisade Burney-Scott are friends for life – and collaborators in death. Three years ago, when a mutual friend realized she wouldn’t survive pancreatic cancer, the two central North Carolina women were within the circle of friends she summoned. Over the course of about three months, the women stayed at Cynthia Brown’s side…
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