A battle for talent among Europe’s top football teams is igniting a debt market using the players’ transfer fees as collateral.
With spending on players smashing $5 billion this summer, this business model is becoming so big it’s moving…
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Keep me posted: Why some fight to use paper in a paperless world
As our society goes digital, paper is disappearing – and with it, access for millions. A campaign group is fighting to protect the right to choose to get information either by post or email in the EU.
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Want to keep your brain sharp in old age? Helping others might be the key
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“What goes around comes around” may be just an expression, but…
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Most Americans do not trust Trump on handling Russia’s war against Ukraine
A majority of U.S. citizens do not trust President Donald Trump in his approach to the war launched by Russia against Ukraine.
This is according to a Pew Research Center poll released ahead of Trump’s meeting with Putin, Ukrinform reports.
Specifically, 59% of…
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Scientists use AI to create antibiotics for deadly gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs
Researchers have developed antibiotics that can potentially kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA with the help of artificial…
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Live updates: Trump to meet Putin in Alaska
What Trump and Putin have said they want from the summitpublished at 05:31 British Summer Time
Image source, EPA/ReutersTrump has been pushing hard to end the war.
He promised to do so within 24 hours when elected, but so far…
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UN Secretary-General’s office calls for immediate ceasefire ahead of Alaska summit
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes high-level dialogue between two permanent members of the Security Council – the United States and Russia – but stresses the need for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
According to Ukrinform, UN Secretary-General’s…
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A couple of holidays to note in Europe to wrap up the week
Today marks Assumption Day and it is a public holiday in many countries in Europe. It is a bank holiday of note in the likes of France, Spain, Italy (where it is also Ferragosto), and some parts of Germany. So, expect the market mood to be…
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Putin hails ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong-un | North Korea
Russian president Vladimir Putin hailed North Korean troops sent to fight in Ukraine as “heroic” in a letter to Kim Jong-un, North Korean state media reported on Friday.
In a letter marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese…
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Merz hopes Putin will launch direct talks with Ukraine after Alaska meeting
European partners expect that following his meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, Russian leader Vladimir Putin will begin negotiations with Ukraine on ending the war without preconditions.
That is according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, an…
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