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The US seizing of Venezuela’s leader has faced strong criticism from both America’s friends and foes at an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council. Many member states agreed with the US that Nicolás Maduro had been an illegitimate and repressive leader. But many also condemned the US military action as a breach of international law and the UN Charter, and they demanded a…

Kelly Ngand BBC Burmese,Mandalay EPA Myanmar’s military is holding a phased election over the next month Myanmar is voting in an election widely dismissed as a sham, with major political parties dissolved, many of their leaders jailed and as much as half the country not expected to vote because of an ongoing civil war. The military government is holding a phased ballot nearly five years after…

Nigel Farage has been criticised over his £400,000-a-year second job promoting the idea that people should buy physical gold and put it into their pension pots. Farage is paid more than four times his MPs’ salary for the four-hour-a-month job at Direct Bullion, where he has featured in Facebook and YouTube videos. These include reels where Farage explains “how you can protect and grow your wealth…

Jofra Archer has been criticised by former Australia opener Matthew Hayden for the “shocking look” of arriving for the third day of the second Ashes Test with a pillow. With England needing four wickets to wrap up the Australia first innings in order to keep their Ashes hopes alive, fast bowler Archer was seen before play at the Gabba with a pillow tucked under his arm. And the 30-year-old was…

Sky Sports journalist William Bitibiri has criticised the performance of Manchester United defender Leny Yoro against Crystal Palace. The Red Devils are currently losing against Palace at Selhurst Park, thanks to a penalty scored by Jean-Phillipe Mateta. The attacker won the penalty himself which was conceded by United defender Yoro. Mateta scored the spot kick easily but he was told to retake…

Former Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney has not held back in his assessment of Mohamed Salah following Liverpool’s late, painful defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. While much of the post-match fallout has focused on squandered chances and stoppage-time heartbreak, Rooney has singled out Salah’s defensive application as a major concern and argued that senior figures in the dressing room,…