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MILAN - As far as collapses go, AC Milan’s isn’t all that spectacular. It hasn’t even had much of an impact on the Serie A standings. At the beginning of the year, Milan was in first place in the league and hadn’t lost in 10 months. But the team could find itself six points behind league leader Inter Milan ahead of Sunday’s tricky match at Hellas Verona. Milan was in astounding form in 2020, losing only two games in the entire calendar year, but the team has lost four of its 11 league matches in 2021. The first of those was against Juventus on Jan. 6, ending the Rossoneri’s 27-match unbeaten run. Milan has since lost its sense of invincibility and Wednesday’s 1-1 draw against Udinese capped a miserable month which has seen the team lose two of its last four league matches with only one victory. When Milan’s form first started to dip, coach Stefano Pioli said he was not too concerned. That has changed. “We could have and should have done more,” Pioli said after the match … [Read more...] about Struggling Milan visits Verona needing to rebuild confidence

Italy and the European Commission have blocked a shipment of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine destined for Australia. The British-Swedish drug manufacturer had failed to meet its EU contract commitments so the Italian government refused its request to export 250,000 doses from its Anagni plant near Rome, according to the Reuters news agency. Italy made the request and it was signed off by the European Commission under a new export control system that came into law on 30 January. This is the first time it has been used by a member state. It is understood the doses will now be redistributed within the EU, where about 8% of the population has been vaccinated, compared with more than 30% in the UK. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world Advertisement Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Pfizer CEO: An EU vaccine ban would be lose-lose situation Australia is set to start its rollout of the Oxford … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Italy and EU block Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shipment to Australia as shortages row escalates

Uber Technologies after the company complied with all the orders made by the judges, a court document showed. On Wednesday, a public prosecutor had asked the court to revoke the so-called special administration, which was ordered last year as part of an investigation into alleged exploitation of food delivery riders . " Uber Italy ... can now present itself on the food delivery market with a new management model that is uniquely geared towards promoting transparency and legality", the court document said. The judges also wrote their decision was influenced by the fact Uber had quickly complied with all their requests. Uber Italia had no immediate comment on Thursday. On Wednesday, in response to the prosecutor's request to revoke the special administration, it had said: "Today's decision is the result of several months of hard work in which we have strived to provide couriers with a safe, rewarding and flexible working environment," adding it would continue to … [Read more...] about Italian court lifts special administration for Uber Italia

The European Commission has reportedly authorised the Italian government to block a shipment of AstraZeneca vaccines destined for Australia, using for the first time an export control system the EU created if it deemed a drugs company had failed to deliver its orders to the European Union. Two sources speaking to Reuters said on Thursday that the EU’s powerful executive arm had agreed to Italy’s request to deny Swedish-British firm AstraZeneca to ship 250,000 doses of its coronavirus vaccine from its Anagni plant, near the Italian capital of Rome. If correct, the move would be the latest row between the drugs company and the European Union. In January, AstraZeneca told the EU that owing to production issues at its European plants, the first batch would be smaller than expected. The Commission blamed the drugs company and claimed it was favouring Brexit Britain over Europe, while its CEO Pascal Soriot said that British orders would be on time because London had signed an … [Read more...] about EU Blocks Vaccine Shipment to Australia: Report

Avengers: Age of Ultron may be the most epic sequel ever created for human eyeballs. The film went on an expansive world tour as production continued throughout last year, hitting various landmarks across earth to ensure that this latest Marvel tale appeals to everyone on the planet. It's a global affair that is explored and explained in an all-new Avengers: Age of Ultron featurette that offers up plenty of never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage. With Avengers: Age of Ultron , the team has to deal with the issue of there being a global entity. It's a different playing field, and in every way, it is a much bigger film than the original. Director Joss Whedon takes fans on this world tour, along with insight from Scarlett Johansson , Mark Ruffalo and Chris Evans as we see them traipse around various different countries gladly welcoming their vast fan base. These guys cover more ground than they ever have before, and esthetically speaking, everything has been … [Read more...] about Avengers 2 Featurette Sends the Team on a World Tour

STRASBOURG, France: French police on Thursday (Dec 13) shot dead a gunman who had been on the run since killing three people at Strasbourg's popular Christmas market . More than 700 French security forces had been hunting for 29-year-old Cherif Chekatt since the bloodshed on Tuesday night. He was believed to have been injured after exchanging fire with soldiers during the attack, but managed to escape and had not been seen since getting out of a taxi in the Neudorf area of the northern French city. READ: French police sweep Strasbourg in hunt for gunman The gunman was one of the "soldiers" of the Islamic State militant group, its propaganda agency said on Thursday. The perpetrator of "the attack in the city of Strasbourg ... is one of the soldiers of the Islamic State and carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of the coalition" against IS, the Amaq agency said in a message posted on Twitter. Minutes before the fatal shooting on Thursday, … [Read more...] about Strasbourg gunman shot dead by French police