[ad_1] Perfectly preserved sperm dating back 100 million years has been found, trapped in amber. The sperm, roughly 50 million years older than the earliest previous fossil record, belonged to an ostracod, a class of small crustacean that has existed for 450 million years. It was found in present-day Myanmar. …
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[ad_1] Aston Villa has completed the signing of goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez from Arsenal on a four-year, £ 20m deal. Dean Smith promised Martinez first-team soccer, who was persuaded to make his move by the 28-year-old’s series of impressive performances replacing Bernd Leno after the Covid-19 shutdown. Martinez had hoped that …
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[ad_1] Speaking after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in the European Parliament, the head of the EPP warned that MEPs will vote against a final trade deal agreed between Brussels and the UK if Boris Johnson continues to push for that the Brexit withdrawal agreement is annulled. Manfred …
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[ad_1] Justice Secretary Robert Buckland hinted today that the government could compromise with conservative rebels over its plans to break parts of the Brexit divorce deal. Ministers have admitted that Boris Johnson’s proposals to nullify parts of the Withdrawal Agreement would violate international law, sparking a rebellion by conservative supporters. …
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[ad_1] Gary Lineker’s brother Wayne has been teased online after revealing strange criteria for his future girlfriend, including “giving up his career, not having children, being able to cook and loving R&B.” The list was posted on the club owner’s Instagram account with the hashtag ‘jokes’, but drew criticism on …
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[ad_1] Barbados will remove the Queen as its Head of State next year, the country’s prime minister announced. The Caribbean island is scheduled to become a republic next November and wants to “leave [its] colonial past behind “. She gained her independence from Great Britain in 1966, but kept the …
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[ad_1] Plans to build two new nuclear power plants in the UK have been scrapped after Japanese backer Hitachi withdrew. Work on the £ 20 billion project, with a site at Wylfa on Anglesey, North Wales and a second proposed location at Oldbury, South Gloucestershire, had already been suspended last …
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[ad_1] Good Morning. Boris Johnson will have PMQ later, and it will be surprising if he is not asked about his promise to establish a “world-beating” test-and-trace system, given that the testing crisis appears to be escalating, at least according to newspaper front pages. Just take a look … Neil …
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[ad_1] Egan Bernal has withdrawn from the Tour de France five days before Paris after an injury ruined his title defense. The 23-year-old Colombian had remained in contention until Sunday’s stage at the Grand Colombier, when he sent more than seven minutes on the relentless slopes to fall outside the …
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[ad_1] Brits face 10pm curfews and pubs could be forced to close in just TWO WEEKS ‘unless the Rule of Six knocks down Covid cases, but schools will NOT close Boris Johnson has imposed the ‘Rule of Six’ in an attempt to curb the rise in coronavirus cases Ministers warn …
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