European football's financial regulators are poised to recommend that newly minted Premier League champions Manchester City be barred from the Champions League, the New York Times reported Monday (May 14). Pep Guardiola holds up the Premier League trophy as Manchester City retain the title AFP/Glyn KIRK European football's governing body UEFA and the Premier League launched an investigation this year after allegations made in German magazine Der Spiegel that the club broke Financial Fair Play rules. Members of the investigatory chamber of UEFA's financial control board, set up to analyse the accounts of clubs suspected of breaking cost-control regulations, met two weeks ago in Switzerland to finalise their conclusions, the newspaper said. "The investigatory panel's leader, the former prime minister of Belgium Yves Leterme, will have the final say on the submission to a separate adjudicatory chamber, which could be filed as soon as this week. The body is expected to seek at … [Read more...] about UEFA panel to recommend Man City Champions League ban: Report
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Pompeo warns allies Huawei presence complicates partnership with U.S.
Pompeo warns allies Huawei presence complicates partnership with U.S.The Saigon Times Daily U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to the media at the United Nations following a Security Council meeting about the situation in Venezuela in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 26, 2019 – PHOTO: REUTERS BUDAPEST (REUTERS) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cautioned allies on Monday against deploying equipment from Chinese telecoms giant Huawei on their soil, saying it would make it more difficult for Washington to "partner alongside them". The United States and its Western allies believe Huawei Technologies' apparatus could be used for espionage, and see its expansion into central Europe as a way to gain a foothold in the EU market. Washington is concerned in particular about the expansion of Huawei, the world's biggest maker of telecoms equipment, in Hungary and Poland. "We want to make sure we identify (to) them the opportunities and … [Read more...] about Pompeo warns allies Huawei presence complicates partnership with U.S.
World News in Brief: October 8
* Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) said Sunday that elections ran smoothly in the country with few incidents reported. According to the TSE, 1,695 electronic voting machines had to be replaced for several reasons. The figures represent only 0.33 percent of the 454,493 installed all over Brazil. * US State Department said in Washington on Sunday that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday had briefed the Republic of Korea (RoK) on his just concluded travel to the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK). *The DPRK leader Kim Jong-un is expected to visit Russia soon, RoK President Moon Jae-in said on October 8, and Chinese leader Xi Jinping is also expected to travel to DPRK. *Tropical Storm Michael battered parts of Mexico and Cuba with powerful winds and drenching rains on Sunday as it strengthened in the Caribbean on a path that could see it slam into the US Gulf Coast later this week with hurricane force, officials said. * Temperatures are likely to rise by 1.5 degrees … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: October 8
Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least two dead
Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) Images of the scene showed broken and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement in the centre of the picturesque medieval city of Muenster. While stressing that the investigation was still ongoing, state interior minister Herbert Reul said the perpetrator was believed to be a German citizen "and not, as has been claimed everywhere, a refugee or something like that". "There is no indication at the moment that there is any Islamist connection," said Reul, who is from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, police said. The assailant was found shot dead behind the wheel of his van. The police said that "a potentially suspicious object" had been found in the vehicle that might possibly be an explosive, and experts had been called in to deactivate it. Media reports said the driver, … [Read more...] about Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least two dead
Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least 2 dead
Plumes of smoke from the 50th floor of Trump Tower were seen as the fire was put out by the New York Fire Department. (Photo: AFP) Images of the scene showed broken and upturned tables and chairs strewn across the pavement in the centre of the picturesque medieval city of Muenster. While stressing that the investigation was still ongoing, state interior minister Herbert Reul said the perpetrator was believed to be a German citizen "and not, as has been claimed everywhere, a refugee or something like that". "There is no indication at the moment that there is any Islamist connection," said Reul, who is from Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats. At least 20 people were injured, six of them seriously, police said. The assailant was found shot dead behind the wheel of his van. The police said that "a potentially suspicious object" had been found in the vehicle that might possibly be an explosive, and experts had been called in to deactivate it. Media reports said the driver, … [Read more...] about Man drives into crowd in Germany, at least 2 dead