Jonathan Ditchburn

The plea from the governors comes after a spat between President Bolsonaro and the French president.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Seventeen cases of abnormal hair growth are reported across Spain after wrong medication given.
BBC News – Europe

The controversial move would cut the time MPs have to pass any laws that could stop a no-deal Brexit.
BBC News – UK

Puerto Rico’s governor has declared a state of emergency as Storm Dorian rips through the Caribbean.
BBC News – US & Canada

N’Faly Kouyate says his African harp was badly damaged after he was made to put it in the hold.
BBC News – Africa

Conference USA or C-USA as it is normally referred to looks like being rather competitive this year with it being possible to make a case for four teams in each division being Conference champions. Sadly this […]

The Mid American Conference or MAC as its abbreviated to is home to a number of college teams from the Great Lakes region. Last year Northern Illinois (NIU) won the conference championship with one of the more […]

The Mountain West Conference looks like a three-horse race for the conference championship this year with the Mountain Division looking the more competitive. However, the West should have more Bowl eligible […]

Daniel Cormier put his heavyweight belt on the line this past weekend as he faced  Stipe Miocic.  The two had met previously, with Cormier coming away with the victory on that occasion.  Tables were turned on Sa […]

The public were not given the full picture about the true cost of the high speed railway, documents show.
BBC News – Business

The US president says he has “good feelings” that a new nuclear deal with Iran could work.
BBC News – Middle East

They agreed to pay for fire-fighting planes, but Brazil says the plan treats it like a colony.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The PM refuses to be drawn on whether he would suspend Parliament to stop it blocking no deal.
BBC News – Europe

Jeremy Corbyn accuses the PM of “cosying up to Trump” because no deal is “really a Trump-deal Brexit”.
BBC News – UK

The president says “my people” toured US venues and concluded his Doral club was the ideal spot.
BBC News – US & Canada

Zimbabwean academic Tererai Trent has been immortalised alongside actresses and novelists.
BBC News – Africa

The Sun Belt had a pretty good 2018, having a team ranked in the top 25 – well for a week and they had five teams play in Bowl games – winning three and losing one The Arizona Bowl in Over Time. Louisiana–Monroe a […]

The South Eastern Conference (SEC) is recognised as the powerhouse of college football largely thanks to Alabama, who since the arrival of Nick Saben as head coach are perennially in the National Championship […]

The president meant he regretted not raising tariffs on Chinese goods higher, a spokeswoman says.
BBC News – Business

In a rare acknowledgement, PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli forces targeted “killer drones”.
BBC News – Middle East