Dina Asher-Smith once watched up close as Jessica Ennis-Hill won Olympic heptathlon gold and now Britain's greatest ever female sprinter hopes the roles will be reversed in Paris. Asher-Smith carried bags for athletes at the 2012 London Games and watched one of her heroines Ennis-Hill take the title on what became
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UK eyes summit as chance for European ‘reset’
New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosts dozens of European leaders on Thursday as he gets to work repairing relationships strained by the Conservatives' tumultuous Brexit years. Ukraine, illegal migration, and energy security are on the agenda at the European Political Community (EPC) meeting at Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Britain's
European nuclear deterrent a harebrained illegal proposal
It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union’s center-right European People’s Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU’s own nuclear “deterrent”—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in
Ancelotti’s Real stick to script for more European glory
European arms imports nearly double over Ukraine: study
Weapons imports to Europe nearly doubled over the past five years, partly due to the war in Ukraine, while exports from Russia halved, researchers said on Monday. Ukraine has become the world's fourth largest arms importer, while France has replaced Russia as the world's second largest exporter behind the United States. Arms
India, European EFTA bloc sign $100 bn free trade deal
India and the four-member European trade bloc EFTA, including Norway and Switzerland, signed a $100-billion free trade agreement on Sunday to promote investment and exports, officials said. The deal will see the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- made up of non-European Union nations, including Iceland and Liechtenstein – invest $100
GM Quader meets EU envoy
Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader met European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley on Sunday morning. The EU envoy invited Quader for breakfast meeting at his residence in the city's Gulshan, according to a press release. Meanwhile, the EU Ambassador tweeted, "European Union (EU) Heads of mission are continuing their regular meetings
BGMEA briefs European Parliament’s trade delegation about RMG industry
BGMEA President Faruque Hassan has briefed the visiting European Parliament's delegation members about the current situation of Bangladesh's RMG industry, including its strides in the areas of workplace safety, environmental sustainability and workers' rights and welfare. He also apprised them about the sustainable strategic vision of BGMEA unveiled recently with an
Walton gets 3 European electronics brands
Walton has got the rights of more than 50 years long-established three European electronics brands along with a fully automated inverter and non-inverter compatible compressor manufacturing plant. The European brands are ACC, Zanussi Elettromeccanica (ZEM) and Verdichter (VOE). An agreement has recently been signed in this regard at the headquarters of