āI didnāt want to criticise Viniciusā with tweet: La Ligaās Tebas
La Liga chief Javier Tebas insisted Thursday he didnāt mean āto criticiseā Vinicius Junior following…
āI didnāt want to criticise Viniciusā with tweet: La Ligaās Tebas
La Liga chief Javier Tebas insisted Thursday he didnāt mean āto criticiseā Vinicius Junior following a charged exchange on Twitter after the Real Madrid forward was racially abused during a march. The incident on Sunday, when the 22-year-old Brazilian star was subjected to racist taunting as Real Madrid lost to Valencia, kicked up a storm…
Ken Loach at Cannes: ‘working class is undefeated’
At 86, British director Ken Loach showed he still had fighting spirit at Cannes, presenting his latest moving homage to working class solidarity and saying: “we’re still in the game”. Loach has had no fewer than 15 films in competition at the Cannes Film Festival — and won the top prize Palme d’Or twice. His…
Iraq unveils $17b transport project linking Europe and Mideast
Iraq on Saturday presented an ambitious plan to turn itself into a regional transportation hub by developing its road and rail infrastructure, linking Europe with the Middle East. Once completed, the $17 billion project known as the “Route of Development” would span the length of the country, stretching 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) from the northern…