Dimitri Payet has twice been struck by a bottle this season Repeated crowd trouble at Ligue 1 matches is putting the “survival” of French football “at stake”, says sports minister Roxana Maracineanu. Sunday’s game between Lyon and Marseille was abandoned after Dimitri
In Croatia, thousands marched in the capital, Zagreb, to show their anger at mandatory vaccinations for public sector workers, while in Italy, a few thousand protesters gathered at the ancient Circus Maximus chariot-racing ground in Rome to oppose “Green Pass” certificates required
WTA chairman ‘worried about Peng’s safety’ A video claiming to show Chinese player Peng Shuai out with friends is “insufficient” evidence of her safety, says Women’s Tennis Association chief Steve Simon. On Saturday, Chinese state-affiliated media posted two clips on Twitter of
“The presumption of innocence until proven guilty is what we should expect from our judicial system, but that standard is not always applied equally. We have seen so many black and brown youth killed, only to be put on trial posthumously, while
The new rules, agreed in a crisis meeting, mean that in areas with a hospitalisation rate of more than three Covid patients per 100,000 people over the past seven days, only the vaccinated and those who have recovered from the virus will
The impact of climate change on the frequency of storms is still unclear, but we know that increased sea surface temperatures warm the air above and make more energy available to drive hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. As a result, they are likely
However her reputation abroad was severely damaged by the way she handled the Rohingya crisis, which started in 2017. Critics accuse her of ignoring widespread allegations of mass murder, rape and forced deportation of the stateless mainly Muslim minority ethnic group who
Precautionary measures usually involve closing hatches between the modules, and, as happened on Monday, climbing into the capsules that took the astronauts up to the station. These vehicles stay attached to the ISS throughout the crews’ tours of duty in case there
Vice Minister Zhao Yingmin, who headed China’s team in Glasgow, said he hoped developed countries could “make further efforts to honour their commitments, enhancing support for developing countries, instead of merely urging other parties to raise their ambitions”.
“My studies can be stressful, last lockdown I got overwhelmed with the stress of managing everything. I really relish having a coffee and not having it feel illegal. I hope to have time to focus on other activities that don’t involve going