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MANCHESTER UNITED are willing to offer David de Gea a huge new contract in a bid to fend off interest from Real Madrid. The Spaniard remains on the wishlist of Real Madrid with Zinedine Zidane keen to sign a new goalkeeper. Los Blancos came close to signing David de Gea in the summer of 2015 before a deal fell through ...

ALEXIS SANCHEZ is edging closer to reaching an agreement to join Manchester United, it has been claimed by a respected Italian journalist. The Arsenal forward is out of contract at the end of the month and it looks increasingly likely that he won’t sign a new deal. Manchester United and Manchester City are both battling for his signature but it ...

United States president Donald John Trump has literally set social media platform – Twitter – ablaze with his shithole reference in relation to some African countries and Haiti vis – a – vis illegal immigration. Trump is quoted to have said: “Why do we want all these people from Africa here? They’re shithole countries … We should have more people ...

Actress Meryl Streep has said Oprah Winfrey has “the voice of a leader”, as speculation swirls that the chat show queen may mount a presidential bid. Referring to Oprah’s speech at this weekend’s Golden Globes, Streep told the BBC’s Andrew Marr: “That is how you rouse people. That is how you lead.” And the actress said she had heard that ...

Seventy-three people killed since the start of the year in communal violence between semi-nomadic herdsmen and farmers were buried in Nigeria on Thursday highlighting a bloody conflict over fertile land that is taking on political significance. The mass burial took place in Makurdi, in the central state of Benue, where thousands of mourners took to the streets to watch the ...

NEYMAR has wants to move to Real Madrid and has sent ‘encouraging messages’ to get it done, it’s been claimed in Spain. Spanish newspaper Marca say Neymar started giving warm signals to Real chiefs at FIFA’s ‘The Best’ awards in October. The Brazilian superstar was sitting close to the Real delegation at the awards ceremony. Marca say Real believe the ...

Some residents in a slum in Lusaka, Zambia’s capital, are violently protesting over a regulation imposed to control the spread of a cholera epidemic. The epidemic which started since October 2017 is spreading at an alarming rate forcing the government to ban street vending in order to contain the situation. A local media portal, Mwebantu, shared photos of burning trucks ...

President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the U.S. should allow more immigrants from “shithole countries” after senators discussed revamping rules affecting entrants from Africa and Haiti, according to three people briefed on the conversation. A sampling of reaction to Trump’s remark: “President Trump’s comments are yet another confirmation of his racially insensitive and ignorant views. It also reinforces the ...

Facebook is to change how its news feed works, making posts from businesses, brands and media less prominent. Instead, content that sparks conversations among family and friends who use the site will be emphasised, explained chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on his page. Organisations on Facebook may see the popularity of their posts decrease as a result, the firm acknowledged. The ...

Jose Mourinho is not fussed by the previously bald Antonio Conte being upset by his words about clowns on the touchline. Mourinho is apparently considering himself blameless over the whole business, because there was absolutely no way that he could have possibly been discussing Conte. Despite Conte and Jurgen Klopp being clowns on the touchline, that has no relationship to ...