UK general election voting begins
The UK has begun voting in the country’s third general election in less than five years. The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 100 years, follows…
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Britain votes in ‘Brexit election’
Britain goes to the polls on Thursday to determine the immediate future of Brexit, in a vote described as the most important in a generation, according to AFP. More than…
Basketball teams of Azerbaijan and Armenia to play in same group
The men’s basketball national teams of Azerbaijan and Armenia will play in the same group at the Championships of the Small States of Europe 2020. Report informs, citing the International…
‘I want to make rugby can be a top 3 sport in Russia’
At the 2019 Rugby World Cup opening game, the world watched Russia take on hosts Japan. Team captain Vasily Artemyev, back at his boyhood Moscow club, hopes to use that…
Global financial watchdogs take aim at Big Tech’s data dominance
Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services customers with banks and financial technology firms to prevent unfair competition, Reuters reports. As…
Elmar Mammadyarov meets his Irish counterpart
Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland, Mr. Simon Coveney on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Bratislava….
12 EU states reject move to expose companies’ tax avoidance
Twelve EU countries, including Ireland, have blocked a proposed new rule that would have forced multinational companies to reveal how much profit they make and how little tax they pay…
Bosnia sack Prosinecki after failed Euro 2020 qualifying
Bosnia-Herzegovina have sacked the national soccer team’s head coach Robert Prosinecki after they failed to reach next year’s European Championship finals through their qualifying group, the Balkan nation’s FA (NFSBIH)…
UK truck deaths: Driver admits plotting to assist unlawful immigration
A British man has admitted plotting to assist unlawful immigration after 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in the back of a truck he was driving. The driver, Maurice Robinson,…
The weird and wonderful parties running in the UK general election
With the Conservatives and Labour dominating much of the coverage, passive observers would be forgiven for thinking the UK only has two political parties, but in fact dozens of different…