Rúben Amorim took on a European adventure in his first home game as Manchester United’s manager. The Red Devils hosted FK Bodø/Glimt in Old Trafford for their UEFA Europa League clash, and the fans didn’t disappoint their players as they pulled up in their numbers, producing a total of 6,714 traveling fans.Manchester United took the lead in less than a minute through Alejandro Garnacho. Rasmus Højlund closed Nikita Haikin down after he failed to clear a shot, and the ball fell to Garnacho, who put it in the back of the net.Håkon Evjen drew FK Bodø/Glimt level with a shot...
SHEINBAUM CONFIDENT OF AVERTING TARIFF WAR WITH U.S.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said she is confident that a tariff war with the United States can be averted.But her statement — the day after she held a phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — did not make clear who had offered what.“There will be no potential tariff war,” Sheinbaum said flatly when asked about the issue at her daily morning news briefing.On Wednesday, Trump wrote that Sheinbaum had agreed to stop unauthorized migration across the border into the United States. She wrote on her social media accounts the same day that “migrants and caravans are taken care of before they...
MARRIED FEMALE CORPS MEMBER ALLEGEDLY BEATEN BY A TEACHER IN KWARA STATE FOR “NOT GREETING PROPERLY.”
A yet to be identified serving National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member serving Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, Kwara State was allegedly beaten by a teaching staff of the school.It was reported that the married female corps member had visited the school to collect her clearance letter and was accused of “not greeting properly.”
BIDEN CRITICIZES TRUMP’S THREAT TO LEVY 25% TAX AGAINST TOP SUPPLIERS OF GOODS TO THE U.S. SAYS IT’S “COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.”
Outgoing president of the United State, Joe Biden on Thursday said that President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he will implement 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico are “counterproductive.”“I hope he rethinks it, and I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden said, responding to a reporter’s question about his reaction.“The last thing we need to do is begin to screw up those relationships,” he said during a Thanksgiving Day visit to a fire station in Nantucket, Massachusetts.Trump said Monday on Truth Social that one of his first executive orders would be to hit Mexico and Canada with a blanket 25% tariff. Mexico and...
Sweden Underage Seeks Killer Contract On Instagram As Country Battles To Rein In Gang Shootings And Bombings
“Bro, I can’t wait for my first dead body,” wrote an 11-year-old boy on Instagram in Sweden, where gangs recruit children too young to be prosecuted as contract killers on chat apps.“Stay motivated, it’ll come,” answered his 19-year-old contact.He went on to offer the child 150,000 kronor ($13,680) to carry out a murder, as well as clothes and transport to the scene of the crime, according to a police investigation of the exchange last year in the western province of Varmland seen by AFP.In this case, four men aged 18 to 20 are accused of recruiting four minors aged 11...
AUSTRALIA LAWMAKERS APPROVE SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR CHILDREN UNDER 16
Australian lawmakers on Thursday approved a landmark ban on social media for children under 16, in some of the world’s toughest such controls.The ban, which aims to address the impact of excessive social media use on children’s physical and mental health, affects social media platforms including X, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Reddit, but not YouTube.The platforms, which bear sole responsibility for enforcement, have one year to figure out how to implement the age limit, which is the highest set by any country. If there are systemic failures to keep children from having accounts, the platforms are liable for fines of...
Bishop T.D Jakes Tearfully Appreciate God And Medical Professionals Timeliness For Not Ending Up With A Stroke
The founder of Dallas-based megachurch The Potter’s House, Bishop T.D. Jakes, who reportedly suffered a“slight health incident” while delivering his Sunday sermon on the 24th November, on his way out of the hospital tearfully appreciate people who have been concerned about his health, thus sending texts, mails and all.The 67-year-old was speaking to his congregation on Sunday when he sat down and began trembling as several people gathered around him.The church had made a statement that: “Bishop T.D. Jakes experienced a slight health incident and received immediate medical attention following his powerful hour long message.”Jakes in a video on his...
TOP CHINESE MILITARY FACES SUSPENSION OVER “SERIOUS VIOLATION OF DISCIPLINE,” INVESTIGATION ONGOING
China on Thursday disclosed a top-ranking military official had been suspended and was under investigation for “serious violations of discipline,” and denied reports Defense Minister Dong Jun was being investigated for corruption.The suspended officer, Admiral Miao Hua, served on the ruling Central Military Commission, China’s highest-level military body, and was stationed in the coastal province of Fujian when President Xi Jinping worked there as a local official, according to his official biography.Miao, who began his career in the army, has been the military’s leading political officer.A defense ministry spokesperson, Wu Qian, who briefed reporters at a monthly press conference in Beijing, provided no further details.China’s...