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Some things never change. Perennial champions Manchester City lose football matches in the autumn. And Pep Guardiola agrees to extend contracts in November. Tuesday night brought news that will have had executives in the richest boardrooms across the country reaching for extra jumpers, although even the additional layers won’t stop the shivers prompted by the […]
There are good ways for an old fighter to tap into lost youth, not that the man on the other end of the phone line would care for such descriptions. He’s 64 now, Buster Douglas, but he always feels that bit lighter on his toes when he walks into the Thompson Community Centre in Columbus, […]
The United States and Somalia reached an agreement on Tuesday for Washington to cancel more than US$1 billion in debt owed by the troubled Horn of Africa nation. The announcement came a day after the parliament in Somalia, which is heavily dependent on international aid, approved a US$1.36 billion national budget for 2025. Somalia is […]
Ruben Amorim will need to adapt his style to suit his Manchester United players The 39-year-old is inheriting squad ill-suited to his preferred football philosophy LISTEN NOW: It’s All Kicking Off!, available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday By Danny Murphy Published: 22:30 GMT, 2 November 2024 | Updated: 22:41 […]
Let me open with a question, this week. If you persuaded Pep Guardiola to cross Manchester and go in to manage Manchester United’s current group of players, how much better would the team be? Marginally, perhaps, but they would still not be a side who are going to be winning the Premier League. I ask […]
First the spit and then the polish. Revelations of owner Evangelos Marinakis hawking up in the general direction of match officials, followed by the glow of victory in an East Midlands derby and a stealthy move up the Premier League table. Nottingham Forest have been a riddle of contradictions since promotion in 2022. Much has […]
By Christopher Stevens, TV critic for Daily Mail Published: 22:29 GMT, 27 October 2024 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 28 October 2024 Ottoman Empire By Train (Channel 4) Rating: There are rules about trains, and it appears no one has told Professor Alice Roberts. It’s not enough to buy your ticket – there’s a dress code. […]
A cosy birthday At author Amish Tripathi’s birthday evening at ‘Cozy Box’ we almost got swept away by the overwhelming crush of people nudging shoulders – so much way beyond ‘cosy’ that we almost did an about-turn. The entire city seemed present, so the ‘hellos’ and ‘good evenings’ got us engaged into the bonhomous mode! […]
This post was updated on October 01, 2024. tl;dr In recent years, there have been rising instances of facial recognition technologies and biometric scans being deployed by India’s union and state government agencies to record attendance. This technology is being deployed at public offices, hospitals, and schools without adequate checks or safeguards, endangering vulnerable data […]
tl;dr There has been a growing trend of deploying CCTV or AI enabled CCTV cameras during exams by various exam conducting bodies, including the National Testing Agency (“NTA”), state boards, and prestigious bodies like the Union Public Services Commission (“UPSC”) and State Services Commissions. This move raises significant concerns for students, invigilators, and other individuals […]