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ASHLEY YOUNG insists he still has a winning mentality despite his age. Left-back Young extended his stay at Old Trafford in March after Manchester United triggered a clause in his contract to extend his deal for another year. Young has made 28 Premier League appearances under Jose Mourinho this season, scoring twice. And while he admits he’s “getting on a ...

A suicide bomber on Tuesday attacked a checkpoint in eastern Libya held by militiamen loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, killing at least two people including a civilian, a senior security official said. The attacker also killed a fighter from Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) when the vehicle they were driving exploded at a roadblock 90km east of Sirte, General ...

Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia have failed again to make progress on their Nile dispute as Ethiopia works to complete a massive upstream dam, an Egyptian official said on Tuesday. Egypt fears the Renaissance Dam will cut into its share of the river, which provides virtually all the freshwater for the arid country of 100 million people. Ethiopia, which has the ...

Two cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the north-western town of Bikoro, a health official in the Democratic Republic of Congo told news agency Reuters. Jean Jack Muyembe, who works for the country’s institute for biological research, said there are at least 10 other suspected cases. The latest cases comes less than a year after the last outbreak killed ...

US President Donald Trump says he will withdraw the US from an Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran. Calling it “decaying and rotten”, he said the deal was “an embarrassment” to him “as a citizen”. He said he would reimpose economic sanctions that were waived when the deal was signed in 2015. The move goes against advice from his European allies ...

The sign put up to commemorate Ferguson’s time at United, near Old Trafford, has disappeared and is presumed stolen with the council moving to order a replacement. The legendary Manchester United boss had a street opened in his honour five years ago today. But the sign has gone missing. Neither Manchester United or Trafford Council where aware when contacted by ...

Sir Alex Ferguson was often described as a bully and a tyrant during his time in charge of Manchester United, but you would have to go a long way to find one of his players supporting those accusations. Ferguson was tough and demanding and there are countless examples of his players being on the wrong end of his temper — ...

It has been a week where Facebook has gone some way to soothe the concerns of its developers and has seen the company which sparked its data privacy crisis go out of business. On Tech Tent we ask whether the tide has turned for Facebook – and conclude that it still has a mountain to climb to restore trust. It ...

Brighton secured their Premier League safety as they deservedly beat Manchester United with a goal awarded by goalline technology. Pascal Gross’ header from Jose Izquierdo’s cross was cleared by Marcos Rojo – but from just behind the line. Albion – who had not won in their previous seven games – had the better chances and David de Gea did well ...

Apple shares have hit an all-time high on news that legendary investor Warren Buffett now has a roughly 5% stake in the tech giant. Shares in Apple, already the world’s most valuable company, rose by almost 4% on Friday to more than $183.7 each. Mr Buffett said his Berkshire Hathaway group bought about 75 million more shares of the iPhone ...