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The Champions League quarter-finals will go ahead as scheduled this week despite an alleged terror threat, UEFA says. A media outlet linked to IS allegedly issued a threat concerning all four of this week’s ties. Two English football clubs, Arsenal and Manchester City, are playing tonight in the European competition’s quarter-finals.The Gunners will host the first leg of their last-eight tie at the Emirates Stadium against German giants Bayern Munich.While Manchester City are in action away to Real Madrid where local reports said the roof was going to be closed for the game. Tomorrow, there are two further games, one…

Every time contact lens wearers put in a new pair they create waste: the old pair of contact lenses, the packaging from the new pair and the bottle of saline solution.  It all adds up to about a kilogram (2.2 pounds) per year, with reusable contacts generating slightly less. And with 140 million contact-wearers across the world, that means a lot of rubbish. But eyeglasses come with their own set of problems. With about half of the world’s population projected to need spectacles by 2050, working out which is better for the environment could have a profound effect. Contact lenses create…

The first group of German soldiers arrived in Lithuania on Monday as part of a new brigade that will be permanently stationed on NATO’s eastern flank. The advance team of about 20 staff will begin setting up the base. They will eventually be joined by around 4,800 German soldiers. The brigade, to be named Panzerbrigade 45, will be fully operational by 2027. “This is the first time that we have permanently stationed such a unit outside Germany,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius at a farewell ceremony in Berlin on Monday. “I know there is still a lot to do, including on site.…

On March 8, Chinacanceled a shipment of 240,000 metric tons of US soft red winter wheat. On March 15, another batch, this time 264,000 tons, was also canceled. US exporters were left with the option to either hold on to the half a million tons or find alternative buyers. Australian wheat deliveries were also affected in March, as Chinese importers either canceled or postponed around 1 million tons of Australian wheat shipments to the second quarter. Andrew Whitelaw, an agricultural consultant with market analysis service Episode 3 in Canberra, Australia, referred to the cancellation of cargoes as “a bearish indicator.” “Whether they…

A New York judge rejected on Monday a bid by former US President Donald Trump to delay his hush money criminal trial, due to start next week, as he tries to move the case out of Manhattan, New York. Associate Justice Lizbeth Gonzalez issued her decision shortly after a half-hour hearing at the Appellate Division in Manhattan. Why was Trump trying to postpone the case? The former president and his legal team argued that Manhattan, where the trial is set to take place on April 15 and the jury is due to be assembled, is a Democrat stronghold with residents biased…

How much will Donald Trump have enjoyed it?A British Foreign Secretary – the same one who had described him, variously, as “stupid,” “wrong” and “misogynistic” – knocking on his door to ask a favour. Toe-curling stuff, but a necessity nonetheless.Lord Cameron’s US detour to Mar-a-Lago acknowledges where power lies in the political arm wrestle over Ukraine aid. Trump is against the $60bn package, as it stands, and his influence shapes opposition on the Republican right. Image: Donald Trump giving a statement on abortion policy on Monday. Pic: Reuters Lord Cameron told Donald Trump that Ukraine’s war was America’s war, too,…

Ernest Hemingway has famously been credited with saying: “It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.” But then again, Hemingway didn’t quite have the kind of modern, jet-setting lifestyle that many people have become used to. Air travel is more popular than ever, and is projected to almost double from 3.7 billion global air passengers in 2016 to 7.2 billion in 2035. But it’s also killing the environment: aviation accounts for around 2% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.  So instead of having yet another hypothetical discussion about how we all ought to…

04/08/2024April 8, 2024Zelenskyy says stalled US aid could mean defeat for UkraineUkraine’s allies must step up support and provide proper air defenses, as Kyiv fends off Russian forces in several flashpoints, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. In his nightly address on Sunday, Zelenskyy said the world must “finally hear” the pain inflicted on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, which has been subject to a recent wave of attacks and bombings. “It is quite obvious that our existing air defense capabilities in Ukraine are not sufficient and it is obvious to our partners,” Zelenskyy said. Earlier on Sunday, the president warned during…

Ecuador’s detained former Vice President Jorge Glas was hospitalized on Monday, barely three days after his arrest during a highly controversial raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito, where he was seeking refuge. Glas fell ill at a prison in Guayaquil, prison authorities said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter. The former vice president’s arrest from the Mexican embassy has caused a spat between Mexico and Ecuador and invited an outpouring of condemnation from the latter. Indeed, Quito is accused of violating the 1961 Vienna Convention governing international relations.Ecuador draws outrage after raid on Mexico’s Quito embassyTo view this video please enable…

The Indianapolis Speedway is home to the Indy 500, the biggest single-day sporting event in the world. Emotion in the stands here is not unusual, but the noise that came from the bleachers at 3.06pm was something completely different. The nearly 50,000 spectators knew roughly what to expect, aware that at the period of totality the moon would completely obscure the sun, plunging the arena into darkness.But first-time eclipse watchers were overcome by the feeling.Many of them began to cry as the sky suddenly darkened, turning afternoon into night-time in a matter of minutes. Please use Chrome browser for a…