Author: LoveWorld UK

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest mission to Wuhan to trace the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic is back in the headlines. But not for the right reasons. Its ostensible purpose was tainted from the start, as revealed by a March 17, 2021 article in The Wall Street Journal that showed the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secured veto rights over who was going to be allowed to travel to Wuhan to conduct the purported investigation. With the CCP’s power to effectively pick and choose who should be on the team, the only American invited to be part of WHO’s investigation was…

Kylian Mbappé put in an abject performance for PSG last Sunday as they fell to a shock 1-0 defeat to Nantes at the Parc des Princes. But the outlook is very different now for Mbappé and his team. He came off the bench in midweek and scored a brace for PSG as they beat Lille 3-0 in the last 16 of the Coupe de France. And he followed that up with another two goals in a 4-2 win in Lyon in the league on Sunday night, reminding everyone how quickly he can change the tide of a match if given a chance. With…

The Supreme Court on March 22 rejected an appeal from Facebook that requested the court intervene in a $15 billion class-action lawsuit that alleged the firm illegally tracked the online activities of its users when they aren’t on the platform, in violation of the federal Wiretap Act. “Facebook’s user profiles would allegedly reveal an individual’s likes, dislikes, interests, and habits over a significant amount of time, without affording users a meaningful opportunity to control or prevent the unauthorized exploration of their private lives,” the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stated in a 2020 ruling (pdf), saying that Facebook users suffered a clear invasion of…

Britain extended emergency government funding for London’s transport network, providing it with around 485 million pounds ($672.4 million) to enable the operator to keep running the underground, buses and trains during the pandemic. The Department For Transport said on Monday it would help Transport for London (TfL) to fund public transport until May 18, as current emergency funding runs out at the end of March. The payment will be made up of 260 million pounds of extraordinary grant support and a top up payment of approximately 225 million pounds depending on actual passenger revenue between Apr. 1 and May 18.…

Two police officers were seriously injured and at least two police vehicles were set on fire in the city of Bristol in southwest England during violent scenes after a peaceful protest, police said. Thousands of demonstrators had converged on the city centre, ignoring COVID-19 restrictions, to protest against a government bill going through parliament that would give police new powers to restrict street protests. The local force, Avon and Somerset Police, said the demonstration began peacefully but was later turned into a violent disorder by a small minority. Home Secretary Priti Patel, the interior minister, said on Twitter that the…

Food delivery company Deliveroo could make Britain’s biggest stock market debut since commodities giant Glencore went public nearly a decade ago, after setting a price range on Monday that values it at up to $12 billion. The Amazon-backed food delivery firm has been held up by the British government as a sign the City of London can still attract major Initial Public Offerings (IPO) following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. It is set to be London’s biggest IPO since Glencore in May 2011, according to data provided by the London Stock Exchange. A London stock market listing…

With hindsight Ole Gunner Solskjær might concede there have been better weeks to talk, a little disdainfully, about the “ego” of trophy-winning managers. In a show of commendable humility, Solskjær’s Manchester United duly exited the FA Cup at the quarter-final stage, another moment of not-quite-there to follow three semi-final dead ends. Look on my selflessness and tremble. For I am the most humble. Leicester City were the real story at the King Power stadium, and hugely deserving of their 3-1 win. Kelechi Iheanacho fired the bullets and had a fine all-round game. Youri Tielemans dominated the centre in a game shot…

The 1998 Northern Irish peace deal is under threat and a Pandora’s box of protest and political crisis will be opened unless the European Union agrees to significant changes to the Brexit deal, a senior loyalist warned on Friday. The 1998 peace deal, known as the Belfast or Good Friday Agreement, ended three decades of violence between mostly Catholic nationalists fighting for a united Ireland and mostly Protestant unionists, or loyalists, who want Northern Ireland to stay part of the United Kingdom. But David Campbell, chairman of the Loyalist Communities Council which represents the views of loyalist paramilitaries, said he…

NatWest will buy back 1.1 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) of its shares from the British government, edging the state-backed lender further towards private hands as the government pushes to fully sell off banks bailed out in the financial crisis. The sale crystallises a further loss of around 1.8 billion pounds for the government on its 45-billion-pound rescue of NatWest. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecast in March the government would make an overall loss of about 39 billion pounds on the bailout once finance costs were factored in. NatWest, formerly Royal Bank of Scotland, will be 59.8% government-owned after the…

British homebuilders Taylor Wimpey and Countryside Properties must remove contract terms that lock leaseholders into rents that double every 10 or 15 years, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority ruled on Friday. “These ground rent terms can make it impossible for people to sell or get a mortgage on their homes, meaning they find themselves trapped. This is unacceptable,” CMA Chief Executive Andrea Coscelli said. The two homebuilders can respond to the watchdog’s concerns and avoid court action by signing formal commitments known as “undertakings” to remove the ground rent terms from their leasehold contracts. Shares in Taylor Wimpey and…