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2023-07-09 13:29

Spain's far-right Vox open to coalition government with PP conservatives
MADRID Spain's far-right Vox party is open to forming national and regional governing coalitions with the mainstream conservative
2023-05-29 20:17

Liverpool handed Darwin Nunez boost ahead of 2023/24 season
Liverpool have been handed a major Darwin Nunez fitness boost after he was left out of the Uruguay squad for their June internationals. Nunez picked up a minor toe injury towards the end of the season.
2023-06-03 19:17

Elon Musk mocked by Ukraine’s parliament over tweet taunting Zelensky
Ukraine's parliament and its speaker have taunted billionaire Elon Musk after he posted a meme on his social media platform mocking President Volodymyr Zelensky's pleas for assistance against Vladimir Putin's forces from the West. Musk owns SpaceX, which provides Starlink satellite communication services that are vital for Ukraine's defence effort, but his statements have sometimes angered Kyiv since the full-scale invasion launched by Russia in February last year. Follow the latest in our live blog here Early on Monday, Musk posted a meme on his platform X, formerly known as Twitter, showing Zelensky and the caption: "When it's been 5 minutes and you haven't asked for a billion dollars in aid." The Ukrainian leader and his top lieutenants have appealed to their allies throughout the war to secure billions of pounds of military aid to weather and push back Russia's invasion. The speaker of Ukraine's parliament, Ruslan Stefanchuk, hit out at Musk's jibe with his own post on X. "The case when [Elon Musk] tried to conquer space, but something went wrong and in 5 minutes he was up to his eyeballs in s***," an apparent reference to SpaceX's failed rocket launch in April. Ukraine's parliament, on its official page on X, accused Musk of spreading Russian propaganda, posting its own version of the meme with a picture of Musk and the caption: "When it's been 5 minutes and you haven't spread Russian propaganda". A Ukrainian presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, who has criticised some of Musk's statements in the past, said in a post on X that being silent or ironic about Ukraine played into the hands of Russian propaganda. "Unfortunately, not everyone and not always, while being significant media figures, but being thousands of kilometres away from the war's epicentre, is able to realize what the daily bombardments and cries of children losing their parents are." Ukrainian officials criticised Musk earlier in the war for suggesting that they should consider giving up land for peace, a position that Kyiv has staunchly rejected. Zelensky visited the United States in September and met top officials in a bid to secure further aid. Over the weekend, aid for Ukraine was omitted from a stopgap funding measure passed by Congress in Washington to avert a US government shutdown. Washington has been the largest single donor to Ukraine since Russia's full invasion last year, giving tens of billions of dollars in military and financial aid. Although right-wing Republican supporters of former President Donald Trump have increasingly called for funding of Ukraine to be halted, President Joe Biden's administration says it expects the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to pass a measure to keep the aid flowing. On Sunday, Biden pressed congressional Republicans to back the aid, saying he was "sick and tired" of the political brinkmanship that had nearly closed the government down. Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said on Monday that Kyiv was still confident of US backing. "We don't feel that the US support has been shattered... because the United States understands that what is at stake in Ukraine is much bigger than just Ukraine," he said. He added that what happened in the US Congress at the weekend was just "an incident". "We have a very in-depth discussion with both parts of the Congress – Republicans and Democrats," he said. Reuters Read More Germany's government and Elon Musk spar on X over migrant rescue ships Elon Musk visits Texas border on X livestream ‘to see what is really going on’ Elon Musk’s visit to US border blighted by tech issues on his own platform X
2023-10-02 19:54

Middle East conflict: Have markets really moved on from fear?
By Naomi Rovnick and Marc Jones LONDON After Hamas' incursion into Israel on Oct. 7 jolted world markets,
2023-11-10 14:22

Brian Windhorst Credits Stephen A. Smith's High Standards For 'First Take''s Great Chairs
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2023-06-30 03:30

Ashton Kutcher was left traumatized after 'really painful' miscarriage and IVF journey with ex Demi Moore
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore, who had a 15-year age gap between them, were married from 2005 to 2011
2023-06-13 18:47

White House vows more federal aid to reduce homelessness in 5 cities and California
Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing
2023-05-19 05:55

Rice rises from Chelsea reject to England's most expensive player
Declan Rice capped a remarkable rise from the crushing disappointment of being released by boyhood heroes Chelsea as a teenager as he joined Arsenal from West Ham on Saturday for a fee...
2023-07-15 20:59

Oil prices fall, extend slide after OPEC+ cuts underwhelm
By Laura Sanicola Oil prices fell in early Asian trade on Friday, extended losses after OPEC+ producers agreed
2023-12-01 09:47

Who is George Theberge? BF of Dennis Eckersley's daughter gets at least 1 year in prison for helping her abandon newborn in freezing woods
George Theberge will also spend additional six months in prison in connection to violating probation from his arrest in January and also a drug charge
2023-08-16 02:15

Taliban beauty salon ban: Three Afghan women mourn the end of a valued service
Women tell the BBC about what they will miss from salons before they close on orders from the Taliban.
2023-07-24 07:55
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