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This was a thudding reality check for anyone who thought Liverpool, having dusted themselves down over the early winter break, would stroll back into the top four. If they continue defending this badly they will lose ground rapidly rather than gain it: a bright, typically resolute Brentford deserved to beat them but this was equally a defeat self-inflicted by a horror show from their back line. Jürgen Klopp may also be concerned that, with virtually the entire second half to turn things around after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain gave them a lifeline, their attacking efforts fizzled out meekly. Brentford extended their unbeaten run…

The first of five consecutive days of national rail strikes have begun, closing much of Britain’s rail network and leaving only a skeleton service for commuters on urban and intercity lines. Passengers were being urged to attempt to travel only if necessary, with about 20% of trains expected to run and scheduled hours of operation cut back to between 7.30am and 6.30pm. Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union at Network Rail and 14 train operators are striking for two 48-hour periods, starting on Tuesday and again from Friday. With signalling staff among the 40,000 RMT members on strike, much of the railway…

The Jan. 6 House select committee withdraw its subpoena of former President Donald Trump, which prompted a victory lap from his attorney and the former commander-in-chief himself. The panel’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), said in a letter to Trump’s attorneys that the committee is no longer pursuing the subpoena that was issued in October for the former president’s testimony and documents regarding the Jan. 6, 2021 incident at the Capitol. “In light of the imminent end of our investigation, the Select Committee can no longer pursue the specific information covered by the subpoena,” Thompson wrote in the Dec. 28 letter, which came after…

Property prices in the UK fell for the fourth month in a row in December, the longest run of declines since 2008, according to Nationwide. Annual house price growth also slowed sharply as the year drew to a close, to the lowest rate since mid-2020, with all regions of the country affected, according to the building society’s monthly survey. The average price of a property fell by 0.1% month on month to £262,068 – a much smaller drop than in the previous two months – which left prices 2.5% lower than their August peak, after taking seasonal effects into account. The…

Seven former Disney employees, who say they were unlawfully fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccinations and failing to adhere to masking policies, have updated a Florida lawsuit against the entertainment giant, claiming religious and disability discrimination. The 68-page lawsuit against Disney and its subsidiaries, originally filed in July, was updated in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in Osceola County, Florida, on Dec. 23. The update adds four plaintiffs to the case and more claims of Florida law violations, according to Rachel Rodriguez, an attorney for the plaintiffs. The former employees want Disney to reinstate their jobs, pay lost wages and benefits,…

Jürgen Klopp has said Cody Gakpo would have been “unaffordable” had Liverpool waited to secure his signature and there remains money available for further signings in the January window. The Netherlands’ World Cup star will officially become a Liverpool player on 1 January after the Anfield club beat off rival interest to seal his transfer from PSV Eindhoven for an initial €40m, rising to €50m. Klopp believes Liverpool had to bring forward plans to sign the 23-year-old as his rate of development could have put him out of financial reach in the near future. The Liverpool manager also admitted the acquisition of Gakpo does…

Novak Djokovic says there are no hard feelings on his return to Australia, but can’t guarantee he will ever completely move past the saga that torpedoed his 2022 Australian Open hopes and thrust him into the centre of a media frenzy. Djokovic was deported from Australia almost 12 months ago after arriving unvaccinated against Covid at a time when the country was still subject to strict biosecurity regulations. Such regulations have now been lifted and in November the Australian government overturned the three-year ban that came with Djokovic’s deportation and granted him a visa to return for the summer of tennis. The…

Russia has launched a large round of missile attacks across Ukraine as Moscow rejected a Ukrainian peace plan and kept up its attacks on infrastructure. Targets from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east, came under fire. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said more than 120 Russian missiles had been launched, while the Ukrainian army command said Russia launched 69 missiles from land, sea and air, 54 of which it said were shot down. The Ukrainian defence ministry wrote on Twitter that the strikes on Thursday morning constituted “one of the most massive missile attacks since the beginning of the…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet Wednesday he is enacting a new Twitter Policy related to post on the platform about science. “New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science,” Musk wrote. No further details of the plan had been released, but The Epoch Times reached out to Twitter for comment. In a follow-up tweet below his original policy announcement, Musk said “Anyone who says that questioning them is questioning science itself cannot be regarded as a scientist.” Musk has released a trove of information since taking over the company regarding Twitter’s suppression of certain information related to COVID-19.…

Pep Guardiola believes Erling Haaland will only get better after being able to build his fitness during the World Cup break. Haaland struck his 19th and 20th of the season to help beat Leeds 3-1 in only his 14th Premier League appearance for the club. The Norwegian arrived in the summer from Borussia Dortmund where he missed large portions of last season through injury. Due to Norway’s absence from Qatar 2022, Haaland avoided the mental and physical stress of tournament football. “I think he is still not at his best because of the injury, to move his huge body is not easy for him but…