BELGIUMHow did World Cup qualification go?Belgium didn’t lose any of their qualifying games for the World Cup, coming top of a group containing Wales and the Czech Republic. What kind of form is Belgium in?At the World Cup four years ago, Belgium beat England in a play-off match to come third, their best-ever tournament. Since then, the team has lost some of its top players who were nicknamed the “golden generation”, such as ex-Manchester City star Vincent Kompany. But there is still quality and the team’s friendly against Egypt in Kuwait on Friday will be an opportunity to get some good results before the…
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The British pound fell to an all-time low against the US dollar early Monday after Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng pledged a sweeping package of tax cuts, fuelling concerns about the government’s economic policy as the United Kingdom teeters toward recession. It dipped as low as $1.0349 early on Monday but then rebounded to $1.07.The UK government’s new tax-cut plan has sparked concerns that increased public borrowing will worsen the nation’s cost-of-living crisis.This comes as the British currency plunged more than 3% on Friday, trading at levels last seen in the early 1970s.Treasury chief Kwasi Kwarteng announced sweeping tax cuts last…
Leeds Bradford Airport has the worst queues of any British airport, a new survey has revealed.No one likes being stuck in a queue – particularly when you’ve got a plane to catch on the other side of security.A new survey of 1,300 travellers by Consumer group Which? has revealed the UK airports where you’re most likely to have this unpleasant experience.At Leeds Bradford Airport – the worst ranked in the country – more than a quarter (27 per cent) of travellers spend more than an hour waiting in security queues.The airport’s average processing time has more than tripled since 2019…
Economic policymakers and business leaders worry a great deal about wage inflation. Average workers, not so much. That’s because real global monthly wage growth — which reflects the purchasing power of wages once cost-of-living inflation is taken into account — actually fell to negative 0.9 per cent in the first half of 2022. That is the first time since 2008 that real global wage growth has been negative, according to a new report by the International Labour Organization.While inflation in areas such as food and fuel hits the poor in every country hardest, the comparative decline in real versus nominal…
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The pack is back and the wolves are howling once again. The newly released trailer for Teen Wolf: The Movie reveals the return of the wolfpack, Scott McCall (Tyler Posey) and his long-lost, not-so-dead lover, Allison Argent (Crystal Reed). Written and produced by Jeff Davis, the movie, a revival of MTV’s Teen Wolf, brings back many of the original stars, including Posey, Reed, Holland Roden, Shelley Hennig, Colton Haynes, Ian Bohen, Tyler Hoechlin and Seth Gilliam. The trailer, which was released on Sunday at the Teen Wolf: The Movie and Wolf Pack panel at Comic Con Experience in São Paulo, Brazil,…
Roll out the red carpet, Emmanuel Macron has arrived in the United States.The three-day trip is a feather in the cap of France’s president, who becomes the first European leader his US counterpart Joe Biden has invited for a state visit. Planned months ago, the itinerary includes Oval Office talks, a fancy dinner and a major news conference.It comes amid a turbulent time in world politics, so what will be on the agenda when Macron and Biden sit down to talk?Ukraine warThings between Macron and Biden got off to a bumpy start. In September 2021, Washington announced the AUKUS alliance with Australia and the United Kingdom,…
When it comes to women’s health, you think of mental health, sexual health or physical health in general. However, you should not ignore vaginal health as you might face a lot of issues. Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is one condition that is common in women when they are in the reproductive stage. As it is common, a lot of people search for bacterial vaginosis treatment online. There are ways to treat it, and now it has emerged that some scientists have also come up with an organ chip. It is believed to help in the development as well as testing of…
FIFA president Gianni Infantino targeted European critics of World Cup host Qatar on Saturday and suggested a moral double standard in his home continent.Infantino listed Europe’s problems on the eve of Qatar kicking off its home tournament that has been dogged for years by criticism of the emirate’s record on human rights and treatment of migrant workers who built stadiums and infrastructure.“What we Europeans have been doing for the past 3,000 years we should be apologizing for the next 3,000 years before we start giving moral lessons to people,” Infantino said to hundreds of international media.He said Qatar and capital…
A giant energy producer, Norway finds itself at the forefront of an energy crisis that reached dramatic new heights on Tuesday after the alleged sabotage of Russia’s Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.”I think obviously this is sort of a challenging moment. We are doing what we can to maintain the security of the Norwegian Continental Shelf,” Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, State Secretary in Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, told Euronews Next.NATO ally and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) member Norway has proved a lifeline to the European Union by becoming the 27-nation bloc’s biggest natural gas supplier since…