Gareth Southgate has been refining England’s penalty shoot-out preparations in an attempt to prevent a repeat of their Euro 2020 heartbreak. Having topped Group C despite attracting scathing criticism for their performances, England now face Slovakia in the last 16 of Euro 2024. England lost the last European Championships final on penalties to Italy at […]
Gareth Southgate’s England squad have arrived at their remote base in Germany to ramp up their European Championship preparations. The Euro 2020 runners-up are considered among the favourites to go one better and lift the trophy in Berlin on July 14th. England begin their quest to become kings of the continent in Sunday’s Group C […]
England’s Euro 2024 preparations suffered a setback as they lost 1-0 to Iceland in a friendly that saw John Stones forced off injured on Friday. Stones did not return for the second half of England’s final warm-up game for the upcoming tournament after hurting his ankle in the opening stages at Wembley. To compound the […]
May 23—1/1 Swipe or click to see more GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM Dry grass and brush along Honoapiillani Highway near Puukolii Road in Kaanapali on Oct. 22. The U.S. Forest Service is awarding more than $5.6 million in grants to Hawaii for wildfire preparation and prevention. The funding is available through the Community Wildfire […]
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected field training of troops at a major military operations base in the western region of the country on Wednesday and ordered heightened readiness for war, state KCNA news agency reported on Thursday. The tour of the base, the location of which was not identified, comes […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met his Swedish counterpart Ulf Kristersson in Budapest on Feb. 23 and agreed to purchase four Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jets. After almost two years of delays, Hungary’s parliament is set to bring Sweden’s NATO accession to a vote on Feb. 26. The ruling Fidesz party has pledged its support […]
Feb. 21—PLATTSBURGH — State officials are encouraging those who plan to travel here for the solar eclipse in April to “come early and stay late.” “Don’t just come for the three and a half minutes of the eclipse,” State Homeland Security Commissioner Jackie Bray said. “Plattsburgh is a beautiful place. The North Country, the Adirondacks […]
ST. LOUIS – Local businesses like the Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Factory are spending extra time making sure that locals will have an extra sweet Valentine’s Day. “We’ll start in the month of January; we’ll make peanut butter hearts, truffles and pack our heart boxes of chocolates. But really, the big business is like the day […]
Jan. 20—ANDERSON — Dr. William Kopp has had experience navigating the kind of large crowds expected in Madison County for a total solar eclipse in April. Kopp, a local physician, said it took him 18 hours roundtrip to Kentucky to view a solar eclipse in 2017. Traffic “was bumper to bumper,” Kopp said during a […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Another round of severe cold is moving in, and many residents are preparing to take on the extremely low temperatures once again. Having experienced the freeze on Jan. 16 and Jan. 17, some say they have made the right adjustments ready for the extreme temperatures once again. “The first freeze, I […]
Ukraine’s Presidential chief-of-staff Andriy Yermak held a phone conversation with Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó, the Presidential Office reported on Jan. 19. They discussed the preparation for a meeting scheduled for Jan. 29 in Uzhgorod. On the Ukrainian side, Yermak and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will participate. Read also: Ukrainian membership would threaten EU security, Hungary […]
Viola Amherd, President of the Swiss Federal Council, confirmed the country’s intention to organise a peace conference on Ukraine at the highest level after a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on 15 January. Source: Amherd at a joint press conference, reported by European Pravda Details: Amherd said that the issue of implementing Kyiv’s peace initiatives […]