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Celtic now want to sign "technically clean" £3m attacker to replace Kuhn
Link copied to clipboard Sign in to your FootballFanCast account Celtic are beginning to clear the decks for new arrivals and could now be getting closer to landing a winger to bolster their pool of attacking options, according to a report....

How did thieves steal $165,000 of bikes from the Tour de France?
A major robbery threatened to end the Tour de France dreams of one team when 11 bikes were stolen from a locked truck on Saturday night. Team Cofidis were based in Lille ahead of the start of stage two, a challenging 130 mile ride from...
OPINION: The Fight for Europe’s Future
Europe is in the early years of a new era. The continent is now witnessing a great struggle between two Europes: liberal and anti-liberal, internationalist and nationalist, the Europe of integration and that of disintegration. Who wins will be...

Is it April or July? - The opening weekend of the Tour de France offers two days of Classic racing - Analysis
Two Tour de France stage victories and two yellow jerseys for Alpecin-Deceuninck and two days of classic Tour de France racing. The opening weekend of the 2025 Tour in the north of the country produced some thrilling racing, big-name winners and...

29er European Championships // Day 4 Recap – One Race, One Storm, and One Big Lay Day Vibe
With qualification wrapped and the fleet now split into six groups—Gold, Silver, Bronze, Emerald, Purple, and White—Day 4 of the 29er Europeans kicked off with early optimism and an earlier-than-usual launch in pursuit of the morning breeze....

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these promises are false, and mining would harm the...

Wimbledon officials apologise after line-calling tech is turned off in error
After an investigation, organisers have admitted the technology was turned off in error on a section of the court for a game, with the mistake only becoming apparent when a shot from Kartal that clearly missed the baseline was not called out. Had...

The little UK town's that's become Britain's fastest growing pollution hotspot
A UK town less than 20 miles from London has had a steep increase in commercial emissions over the past two decades, prompting alarm from local politicians. Slough, in Berkshire, was found to have seen a whopping 52% rise since 2005, way above the...

£4m Celtic misfit relishing 'exciting journey' in Germany after sealing transfer exit that contains key clause
The Hoops defender has struggled for game time in Glasgow ever making the move from Legia Warsaw two years ago Maik Nawrocki is relishing the “exciting journey” ahead of him after leaving Celtic to join Hannover 96 on a season-long loan. The...

NGX gets funding for climate project
BY EMMANUEL OLUKOTUN The Nigeria Exchange Group (NGX), gas obtained a multibillion funding from DEG Impulse, gGmbH, an arm of the German Development Finance Institution, to execute its NGX Net Zero Program (N-Zero). A recent statement said the...

Britain’s last hope in Wimbledon women’s draw Sonay Kartal OUT after huge controversy as rival accuses umpire of bias
SONAY KARTAL bowed out of Wimbledon - amid more Centre Court line-calling controversy. Kartal, the last British player in the women's singles and making her Centre Court bow under a roof closed for daylight play for the first time this...
All Blacks v France: What to make of a weird test to open All Blacks season - Phil Gifford
Why? Because, on the one hand, the All Blacks could easily have been awarded another two, maybe even three, tries. A less pedantic TMO than Damon Murphy in Wellington next weekend and we might see the comfortable New Zealand victory most expected...

Old school: Meute: Techno marching band kicks off open-air concert series at Neumünster Abbey
The German band Meute opened the open-air concert series at Neumünster on Saturday evening. This wasn’t the German techno marching band’s first visit to the Grand Duchy – and, much like last time, Meute electrified the audience with a...

NCC pushes solar adoption to ease telecoms’ energy cost
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is intensifying efforts to promote the use of renewable energy, especially solar, in the country’s telecoms sector, aiming to reduce operators’ reliance on diesel and lower costs. Industry experts...

Trump can’t give up the fight against foreign meddling in US tech
President Donald Trump last month got Canada to kill a blatantly unfair tax on US-based companies, but the fight against foreign meddling in America’s tech industry has a long way to go. Canada’s Digital Services Tax was set to slap companies like...

Trump eases off Russia sanctions – While the EU continues to strangle its own energy future
Trump eases off Russia sanctions – While the EU continues to strangle its own energy future The saga of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine conflict has taken another twist, highlighting a growing divide between Washington’s pragmatic...

Flemish tax shift aims to lower electricity bills and boost climate action
Starting in 2028, the Flemish government will shift 362 million euros in taxes from electricity bills to those for natural gas and fuel oil in an effort to lower electricity costs and accelerate the region’s green transition. The measure, part of...

Scientists Merged 3 Human Brains
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Brain-to-brain verbal communication in humans was first accomplished in 2014 when brain-computer interfaces helped transmit a message from India to France. Since then, some progress has been made...

EU locked in Trump trade talks as ‘Liberation Day’ tariff deadline looms
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Wimbledon line-calling tech malfunctions as Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova claims game was ‘stolen’
At 4-4, Pavlyuchenkova, who had saved two break points in the game, held game point when a Kartal backhand landed clearly over the baseline but no call came. Chair umpire Nico Helwerth shouted “stop, stop” to halt play. Addressing the crowd,...