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Erik Ten Hag's recipe of success at Manchester United

Erik Ten Hag's recipe of success at Manchester United

Tofael Mahmud 2022-04-23 16:05:35

Manchester United have appointed Erik Ten Hag at a time when the optimism among United fans is at an all-time low.  It makes sense because United in the post-Ferguson era have appointed managers...

Russian forces shot down Ukrainian fighter jet in Kharkiv region

Russian forces shot down Ukrainian fighter jet in Kharkiv region

-- 2022-04-23 14:26:05

Russia’s defense ministry said on Saturday that its forces had shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 fighter jet and destroyed three MI-8 helicopters at an airfield in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The...

Zelenskiy warns Russia is eyeing other countries after Ukraine

Zelenskiy warns Russia is eyeing other countries after Ukraine

-- 2022-04-23 11:40:46

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Russia's invasion of his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wa...

UN rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

UN rights office cites growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine

-- 2022-04-22 21:20:51

The United Nations human rights office said on Friday there was growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, including signs of indiscriminate shelling and summary executions. Meanwhile, the UN...

Satellite images suggest mass graves dug near Ukraine’s Mariupol

Satellite images suggest mass graves dug near Ukraine’s Mariupol

-- 2022-04-22 21:07:18

A US satellite firm says it has identified a mass burial site containing about 200 graves near Mariupol city of Ukraine. The satellite firm, Maxar, said its images showed an expansion of graves that...

Ukraine war may continue until end of next year: British PM

Ukraine war may continue until end of next year: British PM

-- 2022-04-22 20:50:00

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has suggested there ‘is a realistic possibility’ the war in Ukraine could continue to the end of next year. Johnson, on a two-day visit to India to b...

British embassy in Ukrainian capital will reopen next week, says Boris Johnson

British embassy in Ukrainian capital will reopen next week, says Boris Johnson

-- 2022-04-22 20:17:45

The British embassy in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv will reopen next week, Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced. British Ambassador Melinda Simmons said she was "heading back" aft...

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas, southern Ukraine

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas, southern Ukraine

-- 2022-04-22 16:10:31

Russia plans to take full control of Donbas and southern Ukraine as part of the second phase of its military operation, the deputy commander of Russia's central military district said on Friday, the I...

Zelenskyy gets John F Kennedy award for defending democracy

Zelenskyy gets John F Kennedy award for defending democracy

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-22 11:16:58

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is among five people named Thursday as recipients of the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for acting to protect democracy. Zelenskyy was chosen because...

Vladimir Putin claims victory in Mariupol

Vladimir Putin claims victory in Mariupol

-- 2022-04-21 19:38:01

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol "liberated" after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of...

Erling Haaland's inclusion might make Manchester City invincible

Erling Haaland's inclusion might make Manchester City invincible

Mahtab Jamil 2022-04-21 13:44:57

Erling Haaland is currently one of the most sought after players in the world. After breaking out in Dortmund in 2020, Haaland has been a prolific goal scorer with speed, strength and technical abilit...

G20 members condemn Russia's war in Ukraine

G20 members condemn Russia's war in Ukraine

-- 2022-04-21 12:15:45

Top officials from Britain, the United States and Canada walked out on Russia's representatives at a Group of 20 meeting on Wednesday and many members spoke to condemn Moscow's war in Ukraine, exposin...

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

Queen Elizabeth II privately marks her 96th birthday

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-21 11:35:56

Queen Elizabeth II is marking her 96th birthday privately on Thursday, retreating to the Sandringham estate in eastern England that has offered the monarch and her late husband, Prince Philip, a refug...

Ukraine offers to hold Mariupol talks with Russia

Ukraine offers to hold Mariupol talks with Russia

-- 2022-04-21 09:23:48

Senior Ukrainian negotiators on Wednesday offered to hold special talks with Russia in Mariupol without conditions in a bid to evacuate troops and civilians from the besieged port city, reports Reuter...

Britain's financial watchdog sets target of 40pc women on company boards

Britain's financial watchdog sets target of 40pc women on company boards

-- 2022-04-20 23:04:11

Britain's financial watchdog on Wednesday set diversity targets for listed companies, including that 40 per cent of boards should be women. The Financial Conduct Authority said companies will have to...

Italy plans to turn down air conditioning to save energy

Italy plans to turn down air conditioning to save energy

-- 2022-04-20 20:40:24

Italians could face a long hot summer with the air conditioning turned down in public offices and buildings as the government seeks to reduce its reliance on Russian gas supplies. Air conditioning sy...

Assange's extradition to US moves a step closer

Assange's extradition to US moves a step closer

-- 2022-04-20 17:15:40

A British judge on Wednesday sent the case of Julian Assange to interior minister Priti Patel who will decide whether the WikiLeaks founder should be extradited to the United States over the release o...

More than five million people fled Ukraine: UNHCR

More than five million people fled Ukraine: UNHCR

-- 2022-04-20 16:44:36

The number of Ukrainians fleeing abroad since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb 24 is now 5,010,971, the United Nations' Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. 

Bayern Munich face unforeseen crisis in years

Bayern Munich face unforeseen crisis in years

Rassiq Aziz Kabir 2022-04-20 15:06:54

When Julian Nagelsmann took over Bayern Munich, expectations from him were high. He inherited Hansi Flick's invincible squad and being someone with a lot of aptitude in the tactical side of the game,...

Canada imposes sanctions on Putin's daughters

Canada imposes sanctions on Putin's daughters

-- 2022-04-20 11:13:35

Canada on Tuesday said it was imposing targeted sanctions on 14 individuals in the Russian regime, including on Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, according to a statement from th...

Russia sets new Mariupol ultimatum

Russia sets new Mariupol ultimatum

-- 2022-04-20 09:19:47

Russia was intensifying its attack on Ukraine's east on Tuesday as it seized a frontline city and sought a decisive victory in Mariupol, prompting Western governments to pledge more arms and sanctions...

Russia says it ‘methodically carrying out’ plans to ‘liberate’ Donetsk, Luhansk

Russia says it ‘methodically carrying out’ plans to ‘liberate’ Donetsk, Luhansk

-- 2022-04-19 19:20:50

Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday said their forces are ‘methodically carrying out’ plans to ‘liberate’ two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. Sergei Shoig...

Russia launches assault to seize Donbas region, says Zelensky

Russia launches assault to seize Donbas region, says Zelensky

-- 2022-04-19 16:56:26

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Russia has launched an assault to seize the eastern Donbas region. Moscow bombarded cities with rocket and artillery fire on Monday and in a video addr...

Sevilla's dream run this season

Sevilla's dream run this season

Mahtab Jamil 2022-04-19 16:04:44

La Liga has seen certain ups and downs of teams this season. FC Barcelona had an early drop off in the post-Messi era, Athletico Madrid could not perform as consistently as they would like.  Whe...

Fuel prices hit record high in Sri Lanka

Fuel prices hit record high in Sri Lanka

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-04-19 12:54:54

Sri Lanka's state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) has increased its fuel prices from midnight Monday to a record high. With the latest price hike, the price of Octane 92 petrol rose by 33.1...

Man with knife arrested near British prime minister’s official residence

Man with knife arrested near British prime minister’s official residence

-- 2022-04-18 21:55:03

British police closed a road in central London near British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official residence on Monday. The police said they had arrested a man armed with a knife who had confronted...

Russia hits targets across Ukraine, fighters cling on in Mariupol

Russia hits targets across Ukraine, fighters cling on in Mariupol

-- 2022-04-18 19:29:16

Russia said on Monday it had hit hundreds of military targets in Ukraine overnight, destroying command posts with air-launched missiles, while authorities in the western city of Lviv, which had escape...

Two captured British fighters appear on Russian state TV

Two captured British fighters appear on Russian state TV

-- 2022-04-18 19:14:19

Two British fighters captured in Ukraine by Russian forces appeared on Russian state TV on Monday and asked to be exchanged for a pro-Russian politician who is being held by the Ukrainian authorities....

Missiles strike Lviv, bodies in streets of Mariupol

Missiles strike Lviv, bodies in streets of Mariupol

-- 2022-04-18 16:17:39

Ukrainian authorities said missiles struck Lviv early on Monday and explosions rocked other cities as Russian forces kept up their bombardments after claiming near full control of the strategic southe...

Riots in Sweden leave three people injured

Riots in Sweden leave three people injured

-- 2022-04-18 11:48:39

Three people in the Swedish city of Norrkoping needed medical attention after being hit by police bullets during clashes between police and protesters following Quran burnings that caused riots in sev...