Day: December 4, 2017

I’ve heard about the ‘Fergie time’ – Pep Guardiola

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Pep Guardiola praised another Manchester City late show and admits he is aware of the ‘Fergie time’ analogy. City scored late to equal the top flight record of 13 successive wins in a season with a 2-1 win over West Ham on Super Sunday. David Silva’s winner means City have scored 12 goals in the final 15 minutes of games this season. “I would prefer we had the game won before the last moments, but the Premier League is the Premier League,” Guardiola said. “I heard about the ‘Fergie time’;…

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Trump denies asking FBI stop Flynn probe

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US President Donald Trump denied Sunday having asked then FBI director James Comey to stop investigating ex-national security advisor Michael Flynn, as the Russia meddling probe darkened what would otherwise have been a victorious week for the Republican president. Trump appeared to be backtracking furiously from a tweet Saturday that deepened suspicions that he engaged in obstruction of justice — an impeachable offence — in the Russia scandal haunting his presidency. In that Twitter post, Trump said he had fired Flynn in February for lying not just to the vice…

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Victor Moses one of the best wing-backs in the world – Jamie Redknapp

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Victor Moses has become one of the best wing-backs in the world under the guidance of Antonio Conte, according to Jamie Redknapp. Moses suffered a hamstring injury during Chelsea’s defeat to Palace in September and only returned to Conte’s side as a substitute during the narrow win over Swansea last week. The Nigeria international was handed his first start in Saturday’s win over Newcastle and set up Alvaro Morata with a teasing cross in front of the defence before later winning a penalty. nd Redknapp believes Moses has “taught himself”…

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Bitcoin surge: Digital currency closer to $12,000 mark

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The price of cryptocurrency bitcoin surged to 11,800 dollars on Sunday afternoon – its highest level yet. Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency system created in 2009 that is not propped up by a central bank, has seen its value increase ten-fold, but with dramatic fluctuations, this year. After surpassing the 11,000-dollar threshold on Wednesday, the currency fell to around 9,000 dollars the following day. Central bankers have warned of bitcoin’s unpredictability and of indications that it constitutes a bubble asset that could come crashing down in value. On Friday, the…

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UK warns its citizens of terrorist attacks in Nigeria

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The United Kingdom has asked its citizens to avoid traveling to Nigeria during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, owing to possible militant attacks in the capital Abuja and other volatile areas. “Terrorist groups have threatened to conduct bombings and attacks in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) area during this period,” the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said in a travel advisory. “You should avoid places where crowds gather, including religious gatherings and places of worship, markets, shopping malls, hotels, bars, restaurants, transport hubs and camps for displaced…

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PDP will become solid after Saturday convention – Ex-President Jonathan

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will become solid after its Saturday national convention. Jonathan expressed the optimism in an interview with newsmen after his visit to Gov Nyesom Wike of Rivers, in Port Harcourt, on Sunday. He said that he was hopeful that by Saturday PDP would elect its new set of national officials “God willing we will go through the convention and the party will become solid. “Now we have the National Caretaker Committee and when you are caretaker you are not…

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Indian hospital sacks 2 doctors over baby declared dead

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Max Healthcare in New Delhi, India has sacked two doctors involved in the case of a premature baby being wrongly declared dead. The Times of India reported  that  the decision was taken after a meeting of the hospital’s authorities. “While the inquiry by the expert group which includes external experts from the Indian Medical Association IMA is still in process, we have decided to terminate the services of two treating doctors, doctors AP Mehta and Vishal Gupta in the case relating to the twin extreme pre-term babies,” Max Healthcare said. Policemen…

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US, South Korea in biggest ever air drill with 230 aircraft

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The US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air drill, an operation North Korea has labelled an “all-out provocation”, days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops — began Monday morning, Seoul’s air force said. Pyongyang over the weekend blasted the drill, accusing US President Donald’s Trump’s administration of “begging for nuclear war”. However South Korea’s Unification ministry said the drill was…

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