Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 19:52 London (AFP) West Indies will play England in Barbados, Antigua and Grenada next year, officials announced Monday. A tour split between Twenty20 and Test cricket could also see the visitors joined by travelling fans provided they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. A five-match T20 series will take place at the […]
Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister has accused Armenia of “ethnic cleansing” and of continuing to lay land mines on its territory even after a cease-fire ended a six-week war in the disputed region late last year, as a second case related to the conflict opened on October 18 at the United Nations’ top court in The […]
MENLO PARK (AP) — Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns about privacy and the social platform headquartered in Menlo Park gaining more control over people’s online lives. […]
Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 16:04 London (AFP) Marcus Smith is in line to feature at fly-half for England in a rejigged backline during next month’s Tests at Twickenham after he was included in a 34-man squad announced Monday. With veteran fly-half George Ford dropped, the way is now clear for Smith to start at No […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has created a system in which “he is the only person who matters,” according to Fiona Hill. The senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, who served as the top Russia adviser in the National Security Council until July 2019 and authored a book on Putin, spoke with RFE/RL’s Mike Eckel in […]
Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 11:53 French Prime Minister Jean Castex met Pope Francis at the Vatican Monday as the French Catholic Church battles a storm over clerical child sex abuse and the sanctity of confession. The long-planned trip to Rome, which includes talks with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, follows the publication of a devastating […]
A court in Russia will hold a hearing next month into an appeal by Paul Whelan, a former U.S. Marine who is serving a lengthy prison term in Russia on espionage charges he calls trumped up, over his possible transfer home. Whelan’s lawyer, Olga Karlova, said on October 18 that an appeals court in the […]
Demand for Cruiser Motorcycles to Surge the Fastest Across Regions: Fact.MR ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND, UNITED STATES, October 18, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ — Motorcycle Sales to Plummet amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Market to Expand 1.1X Post Recovery The COVID-19 pandemic is having a negative impact on the globally integrated motorcycle industry due to the closure of plants in leading […]
Issued on: 18/10/2021 – 07:40 Paris (AFP) Elton John might be 74 and struggling with a dodgy hip, but his musical taste remains far cooler than most guys half his age. While most ageing rockstars are happy to rehash the sounds of their glory days, Sir Elton is more likely to be found in a […]
Hundreds of people demonstrated in the large Polish cities of Warsaw and Krakow to call for better treatment of refugees, many of whom are using the “Belarus route” to enter the European Union from the Middle East and elsewhere. The rallies on October 17 came amid moves by the Polish government to introduce tough measures […]