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‘I lost my way’: Priestman reflects on difficult 2023 ahead of women’s soccer Olympic title defence
As CBC Sports senior contributor Shireen Ahmed writes, Canada’s women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman reached arguably the greatest moment in Canadian soccer history and then experienced what she calls her professional low point. The 38-year-old looks to inspire a new, positive chapter at Paris 2024. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Trump prosecutors, defence make final pitches to jurors in historic case
Tuesday, May 28 – A New York prosecutor told jurors that the hush-money payment at the heart of former U.S. president Donald Trump’s criminal trial was an attempt to “hoodwink the American voter” during the 2016 election, as lawyers made their closing arguments. CBC | World News
Read More »Defence Secretary scrambling to deploy ‘additional planes’ to mark D-Day anniversary
The shortage of planes for a mass parachute drop to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day shows why more money needs to be spent on defence, Grant Shapps has said. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Vladimir Putin ‘preparing for WW3’ as he sacks defence boss Shoigu in shock shake-up
EXCLUSIVE: Russia’s political establishment was rocked to the core this weekend, after the Kremlin boss wielded the axe against some of his closest political allies. But what is behind Putin’s purge? Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Putin in shock Kremlin changes as he removes close ally Sergei Shoygu as defence minister
Putin also dismissed Nikolay Patrushev from the post of Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Britain warned to boost defence spending and build Iron Dome amid rocketing WW3 fears
US national security adviser General HR McMaster urged Britain to boost defence spending to 4 percent. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »UK in talks to join Europe’s Sky Shield aerial defence system
There are currently 21 nations – including the neutral Switzerland – involved in Europe’s new defence scheme. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘Best defence’ against leatherjackets which are overtaking UK lawns fast
Leatherjackets, the larvae of daddy longlegs, are taking over lawns, wreaking havoc in people’s gardens across the country. Daily Express :: Life and Style Feed
Read More »Rishi Sunak plans to axe 70,000 civil servants to pay for hike in defence spending
Sunak is planning to brutally axe civil servant jobs in a vow to “put the UK’s own defence industry on a war footing”. Daily Express :: News Feed
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