Karine Jean-Pierre blames inflation on ‘global challenges’ and points finger at Trump

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday morning blamed ‘global challenges’ including the invasion of Ukraine and pointed to the Trump administration for inflation and the state of the economy. Biden is under pressure to fix the highest inflation in 40 years and is calling it his top priority, but polls show Americans overwhelmingly doubt … Read more

Scotland have become unwitting ‘bad guys’ ahead of World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine

The media accreditation list for a Scotland international rarely features news correspondents from CNN, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Sports Illustrated, the Washington Post, Bild, L’Equipe and the New York Times. The convergence of world news outlets on Glasgow for a World Cup play-off semi-final against Ukraine tonight reflects the significance of an event which now transcends … Read more

Todd Boehly ‘will be an excellent owner’ for Chelsea, insists Liverpool chief Tom Werner

Todd Boehly ‘will be an excellent owner’ for Chelsea, insists Liverpool chief Tom Werner and reveals his fellow American is ‘working on a stadium solution’ as he welcomes their rival’s £4.25bn takeover American Todd Boehly has completed his £4.25billion takeover of Chelsea  Liverpool chief Tom Werner believes Boehly will be ‘excellent’ for the club  Werner … Read more

Putin’s daughter ‘has been undergoing vampire facelift treatments in Germany’, report claims 

Vladimir Putin’s daughter has been undergoing ‘vampire facelift’ treatment as her father spills blood in Ukraine, says a report. Katerina Tikhonova, 35, travelled to Munich where she underwent a beauty remedy favoured by Kim Kardashian. Her blood was removed, then processed and injected back under the skin in a treatment costing £4,310 per session, reported … Read more

Davos gets underway without Russia after ban over war in Ukraine

Political and business elites from around the globe have landed in Davos for the World Economic Forum which kicks off today is set to be dominated by Ukraine. Kyiv has dispatched a huge contingent of diplomats – led by foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba – as part of a charm offensive to secure new economic and … Read more

Ukraine war: Russia’s space agency chief issues fresh nuclear threat to the West

Russia will soon have 50 brand new nuclear missiles capable of reducing all enemies to a nuclear crater, the head of the country’s space agency has warned.  Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Roscosmos and a staunch Putin ally, said dozens of new Sarmat-2 missiles – measuring 14 storeys tall and weighing 208 tons – will … Read more

ANDREW PIERCE: Edward Leigh is silent on Pope’s ‘Putin altar boy’ jibe 

ANDREW PIERCE: Edward Leigh is silent on Pope’s ‘Putin altar boy’ jibe By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:52 BST, 23 May 2022 | Updated: 02:25 BST, 23 May 2022 Good Catholics like to take their lead from the Pope. So one might have expected Tory grandee Sir Edward Leigh to have publicly … Read more

Two-seater plane spells ‘make beer not war’ using its flightpath in skies over Poland

Two-seater plane spells ‘make beer not war’ using its flightpath in skies over Poland Polish jet writes ‘Make beer not war’ across 40-mile area in four-hour flight FlightRadar tracked journey to write sky message, which was followed by a heart Single-engine craft owned by flight school Smart Aviation in western city Poznan Smart Aviation did … Read more

Chelsea ‘to reveal cryptocurrency firm as new sleeve sponsor in £20m-a-year deal despite sanctions’

Chelsea ‘are set to reveal cryptocurrency firm WhaleFin as new shirt sleeve sponsor in lucrative £20m-a-year deal’ – in wake of Todd Boehly’s takeover of the club from Roman Abramovich Chelsea are set to announce a new shirt sleeve sponsor in a £20m-a-year deal  Cryptocurrency group WhaleFin are about to replace Korean company Hyundai The … Read more

UK hits Russia with third wave of trade sanctions worth £1.7bn – including precious metals imports

Britain hits Russia with third wave of trade sanctions worth £1.7bn – including precious metals imports – in latest action against Putin’s war machine Britain hits Russia with third wave of trade sanctions and targets metals imports The new package – which also hits Belarus – is aimed at £1.7bn worth of trade Ministers take … Read more