UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to buy 25 percent stake in Manchester United | Football News

UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to buy 25 percent stake in Manchester United | Football News

Ratcliffe will also provide $300m for future investment into the struggling football club’s Old Trafford stadium. INEOS Chief Executive Jim Ratcliffe has become a minority shareholder in Manchester United, buying a 25 percent stake at a price of $33 per share, says the Premier League club. INEOS, which will assume…

UK police arrest man after Banksy artwork snatched from London street | Arts and Culture News

UK police arrest man after Banksy artwork snatched from London street | Arts and Culture News

Man in his 20s arrested on suspicion of theft and criminal damage after removal of installation in south London. UK police have arrested a man suspected of stealing a Banksy artwork hours after its installation on a London street corner. The man in his 20s was arrested on suspicion of…

‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’ | Politics

‘Our lives are still fractured’: Northern Ireland’s ‘peace babies’ | Politics

Belfast, Northern Ireland — The political leaders caught up in the 30-year Troubles of Northern Ireland were so consumed with fighting over “land, soil, territory”, that they completely neglected the environmental welfare of that very same land, soil and territory, say young people born since the Good Friday Agreement (GFA)…

Israel says Gaza war is like WWII. Experts say it’s ‘justifying brutality’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel says Gaza war is like WWII. Experts say it’s ‘justifying brutality’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s campaign of relentless bombardment against the Gaza Strip had been raging for three weeks when the country’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked to address the heavy civilian death toll in the Palestinian enclave. Netanyahu, who had earlier evoked the 9/11 attacks on New York’s Twin Towers and the…

UK police probe alleged abduction of teen found in France after six years | Crime News

UK police probe alleged abduction of teen found in France after six years | Crime News

Alex Batty disappeared while on holiday with his mother and grandfather, living an off-grid life before he was found last week. Police in the United Kingdom have launched a criminal investigation into the alleged abduction of a British teen found in France after going missing abroad for six years. Greater…

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to argue that aspects of the UK law are incompatible with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Ireland says it will mount a legal challenge against the United Kingdom over a new law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offences committed during three decades of…

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

Teen told investigators he spent six years living a nomadic lifestyle in Spain, Morocco and France. A British teenager who went missing for six years before turning up in France has arrived back in the United Kingdom, police have said. Alex Batty never returned home after travelling to Spain in…

UK teen Alex Batty arrives home after going missing on holiday in 2017 | News

British teen ‘abducted’ by mother years ago to be repatriated from France | Crime News

Alex Batty, who went missing aged 11 during a holiday in Spain, has been found in France after six years of nomadism. A British teenager who went missing six years ago and was found this week in France is set to be reunited with his family in the United Kingdom….

The top 10 moments that shaped women’s football in 2023 | Football News

The top 10 moments that shaped women’s football in 2023 | Football News

It was the year that saw Australia and New Zealand host the biggest and most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup, which culminated with Spain’s crowning moment as first-time champions with a win over one of the pre-tournament favourites England. Women’s football giants United States faltered at the quarterfinal stage and several…