The Borussia Monchengladbach star is a Belgium international team-mate of his brother, but does not want to work with him again at club level Thorgan Hazard says it would be “difficult” for him to play alongside brother Eden at club level, despite having previously spent time with him at Chelsea. Two famous siblings found themselves…
Read moreU.S. Blacklists Chinese Tech Firms Over Treatment Of Uighurs
Visitors are tracked by face recognition technology from state-owned surveillance equipment manufacturer Hikvision at the Security China 2018 expo in Beijing. Hikvision is one of several firms that have been added to a U.S. trade blacklist. The Commerce Department has issued a list of 28 state security bureaus and tech companies in China that it…
Read moreReporter’s Notebook: Here’s How Iran Is Functioning In The Face Of Sanctions
Milad Tower, also known as the Tehran Tower, dominates the Iranian capital’s skyline. Tehran remains vibrant, but inflation has soared. Is Iran anywhere near collapse? Amir Mohebbian doesn’t think so. The conservative Iranian political thinker and news editor said so in Tehran, even though U.S. economic sanctions have blocked most of the oil exports on…
Read moreLA Opera To Investigate Plácido Domingo After Sexual Harassment Report
Plácido Domingo, onstage at New York’s Metropolitan Opera last year. Nine women have accused Domingo of trying to pressure them into a sexual relationship by offering them jobs. Updated at 4:55 p.m. ET Multiple women have come forward to The Associated Press to allege that Plácido Domingo, one of the world’s most powerful and recognizable…
Read moreJapan’s Emperor And Prime Minister Mark WWII Surrender In Contrasting Annual Rituals
Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bow during a memorial service marking the 74th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II at the Nippon Budokan hall on Thursday in Tokyo. Japan’s new emperor followed in his father’s footsteps, expressing “deep remorse” for his country’s role in World War II as part of an annual…
Read moreIn ‘Catch And Kill,’ Ronan Farrow Offers A Damning Portrait Of A Conflicted NBC
Catch and Kill Lies, Spies, and A Conspiracy To Protect Predators by Ronan Farrow Hardcover, 448 pages | purchase Buy Featured Book Title Catch and Kill Subtitle Lies, Spies, and A Conspiracy To Protect Predators Author Ronan Farrow Your purchase helps support NPR programming. How? Editor’s note: This review contains explicit accusations from Catch and…
Read more'Egos not heroes'? Why claims of PSG player power are completely false
The Champions League loss to Liverpool has been used as evidence of player power running wild in Paris but the squad is united behind their new coach When Paris Saint-Germain’s players gate-crashed Thomas Tuchel’s press conference after their 4-0 rout of Monaco in the Trophée des Champions and demanded that their coach belatedly fulfil his…
Read moreCitizenship Question To Be Removed From 2020 Census In U.S. Territories
Afternoon traffic passes in front of a mural depicting the U.S. and Guam flags in the Tumon district on the island of Guam. The U.S. Census Bureau revealed plans Friday to remove a question about citizenship from census forms that will be used for the upcoming head counts in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of…
Read moreLozano, Jimenez and Araujo: Projecting the Mexico roster vs. Costa Rica, Chile
Tuca Ferretti’s youth movement will continue, though several Europe-based stars are likely to cross the Atlantic to suit up for El Tri Tuca Ferretti won’t lead Mexico into the future, but he’s coaching them in the present. Though the Tigres manager and El Tri interim won’t take the job over full-time as previously speculated, he’s still committed…
Read moreReal Madrid on worst scoring run for 11 years
Julen Lopetegui is under pressure after his side failed to score for the third successive game, losing 1-0 away to CSKA Moscow. Real Madrid are on the club’s worst scoring run for over 11 years after a Champions League loss to CSKA Moscow left Julen Lopetegui’s side without a goal in three games. Madrid battered…
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