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University of Greater Manchester suspends vice chancellor after investigation
Ten transfer targets for Premier League clubs from across Europe
Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City will be competing for players this summer
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Gyökeres has been heavily linked with a return to England in recent transfer windows. Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United have all been credited with an interest in the Swedish striker, who has scored 38 goals in the Portuguese top flight this season – 20 more than his nearest challenger. Sporting will be reluctant to lose their star but the former Brighton and Coventry player seems perfectly suited to the rigours of Premier League football. This summer might be the one when he leaves Lisbon.
Zelenskyy repeats vow to wait in Turkey for face-to-face talks with Putin
Ukrainian president says if Russian leader does not arrive it will indicate ‘that he does not want to end the war’
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has doubled down on his promise to wait in Turkey on Thursday for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin, calling it a test of Russia’s willingness to pursue peace.
Speaking to journalists in Kyiv on Tuesday, Zelenskyy said he planned to wait for Putin in Ankara alongside the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, adding that he would travel to Istanbul if Putin opted to hold the meeting there.
Jon Stewart on Trump’s $400m Qatari jet: ‘He’s like the reverse Oprah’
Late-night hosts discuss outrage over president accepting a luxury Boeing 747 from Qatar as the new Air Force One
Late-night hosts expressed outrage over Donald Trump accepting a luxury Boeing jet from Qatar as the new Air Force One.
Continue reading...‘Theatre puts a finger in the wound’: Willem Dafoe returns to his first love in Venice
He is a transfixing screen presence – but he lives for the raw thrill of the stage. As he takes over the Venice theatre biennale, the star lets us know what to expect: cut-up plays and a Pinocchio unlike any other
Sitting in his house in Rome, an overstuffed bookcase and a distressed wooden door behind him, Willem Dafoe scrunches his hair as though kneading the thoughts in his head. The 69-year-old, Wisconsin-born actor could pass today for any genial, bristle-moustached handyman in checked shirt and horn-rimmed specs. (Perhaps he even built the bookcase and distressed the door himself.) But it’s that hand that is the giveaway: it keeps scrunching as he talks until the hair is standing in jagged forks. As a visualisation of what is happening in his brain, it is second to none.
Goodison Park escapes demolition to be home of Everton's women
Goodison Park escapes demolition to be home of Everton's women
UnitedHealth CEO steps down as company pulls 2025 financial forecast
Andrew Witty exits for personal reasons as largest US health insurer responds to higher-than-expected medical costs
The UnitedHealth CEO, Andrew Witty, is stepping down for personal reasons and the nation’s largest health insurer suspended its full-year financial outlook due to higher-than-expected medical costs.
Stephen Hemsley, the company’s chairman, will become CEO effective immediately, the Minnesota company said.
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