news2shortsJuan Antonio Samaranch Jr favourite of the contenders Inside the Olympic conclave | And feel free to mail Simon It is a big day in the sporting boardroom and backstage hustling department, with Thomas Bach stepping down as president of the International Olympic Committee after 12 years (and taking on the new role of Honorary … Read more
Order challenged by Democratic state attorneys general as NAACP says it is a ‘dark day for millions of American children’ Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently? US presidents typically do not comment on the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions. But, of course, Donald Trump is no typical US president, … Read more
The Celtic defender’s star has risen alongside his country’s soccer fortunes as they prepare for a potential Nations League clash with the US The style and system Jesse Marsch has moulded for the Canadian men’s national team is predicated on pressure; hemming in and harrying opponents until they are deprived of options. It is lovingly … Read more
Artists might cancel shows, donors withdraw and audiences flee. It all plays into the hands of his authoritarian project In Washington, Donald Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center – the US’s imposing national centre for the performing arts – presents a bizarre, unnerving and, at times, bleakly comical spectacle. Last month, he announced himself its … Read more
‘This is going to be a world-class event for these players’ First eight-team event set to take place in Lisbon in May A lucrative new seven-a-side global women’s football series has been announced with the first event set to take place in Portugal from 21-23 May. The new competition has been named the ‘World Sevens … Read more
Recent Four Nations competition, which excluded Russia, clearly got beneath the skin of hockey-loving strongman Amid the somewhat murky details emerging from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s call on Tuesday – the two leaders discussed a halt on attacking energy infrastructure, then Russia immediately bombed Ukraine’s energy infrastructure – one deal, at least, was clear: … Read more
Britain, France and Germany are closing ranks to bolster Nato as the unreliable US president marches to his own drum An Atlantic alliance without the United States? It sounds like a contradiction in terms – Hamlet without the prince. Yet this is the improbable, disjunctive world we now inhabit. It is the one in which … Read more
Homeland security said Marco Rubio had determined that Badar Khan Suri’s alleged activities ‘rendered him deportable’, without providing evidence US President Donald Trump’s administration has detained an Indian man studying at Washington’s Georgetown University and is seeking to deport him after deeming him a harm to US foreign policy, the student’s lawyer said on Wednesday. … Read more
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Penn., was gifted a silver-plated beeper during a visit with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the lawmaker praised Israel’s covert operation in which it detonated pagers last year worn by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon. Fetterman repeatedly has voiced support for Israel while breaking with the Democratic Party, which has been critical … Read more
Relatives of deported Venezuelan migrant say he is innocent, as US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates on hold amid tariff uncertainty – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance Donald Trump’s White House has described the Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador as “heinous monsters” and terrorists who “rape, … Read more
