Venezuela deploys soldiers to markets to check prices
Reuters The army inspected food stalls in Caracas and in other towns Venezuela has deployed soldiers to almost 100 food markets in efforts to counter an “economic war” it says is being waged against it. President Nicolás Maduro ordered the measure, arguing that sellers were charging over the odds for price-controlled items. Venezuela has the […]
Australia 1-3 England: Lionesses reach first Women’s World Cup final
England’s plan to stifle Australia’s intensity and quick counter-attacking football worked a treat. From the first minute they showed they were not afraid to play with physicality, going in hard in 50-50 challenges and doing all it took to bring down Kerr and prevent her getting a run at England’s defence. Keira Walsh set the […]
Women’s World Cup 2023: Fifa president Gianni Infantino on battle for equality
Fifa president Gianni Infantino says women who “pick the right fights” can “convince us men what we have to do” to bring progress in women’s football. The month-long Women’s World Cup concludes on Sunday when England face Spain in the final at Stadium Australia in Sydney (11:00 BST kick-off). Speaking in Sydney, Infantino said women […]
Could Scotland’s unwanted wind turbines be turned into playparks?
Nichola Rutherford BBC Scotland News Allard van der Hoek Five former turbine blades have been used to create a playground in Rotterdam When Windy Standard was built in Dumfries and Galloway in the mid-1990s, it was Scotland’s second largest wind farm. Now it is coming to the end of its functional life and the old […]
Women’s World Cup 2023 quarter-final predictions: Rachel Brown-Finnis predicts all the scores including England v Colombia
An Australia versus England semi-final would be amazing – I am refusing to buy my kids Australia shirts in case it happens. People are starting to doubt England, but this is the game where I think they will come out and play some beautiful football and get into a groove. Even so, it is going […]
Why chefs are turning to artificial intelligence
Michael Dempsey Technology of Business reporter Firmenich Nicolas Maire has accumulated 18 Michelin stars during his career Nicolas Maire is the model of a professional French chef with years of experience and 18 Michelin stars under his belt, a man who dominates his kitchen dispensing nuggets of culinary wisdom as he prepares food for his […]
Sweden, Italy, Argentina and South Africa: A guide to Group G at 2023 Women’s World Cup
Manager: Desiree Ellis, 60, is a pioneer in African women’s football. The Cape Town native first began playing the game in a South Africa divided by apartheid and hardships. Ellis played – and scored a hat-trick – in South Africa’s first ever women’s international match, a 14-0 win over Swaziland at the age of 30 […]
Trump’s Gaza plan won’t happen, but it will have consequences
Jeremy Bowen International editor Watch: Trump says US could ‘take over’ Gaza and rebuild it The plan, as expressed by Donald Trump, is not going to happen. It requires the co-operation of Arab states that have rejected it. They include Jordan and Egypt – countries that Trump wants to take in Gaza’s Palestinians – and […]
Police rescue 1,000 cats, bust illicit trade of feline meat
Nicholas Yong BBC News, Singapore Getty Images The cats were to be sent south and served up as fake pork and lamb skewers Police in China have rescued more than 1,000 cats from being slaughtered and sold as pork or mutton, state-affiliated media report. Acting on a tip from animal welfare activists, police intercepted the […]
England v Spain in Fifa Women’s World Cup final – all you need to know
European champions England have the opportunity to create history for the second time in just over a year when they take on Spain in the Women’s World Cup final in Sydney on Sunday. The Lionesses will look to claim the title for the first time, as well as become the first England team since 1966 […]