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Julia Polastri is the Shooto Brazil strawweight titleholder. | Marcell Fagundes, Shooto Brazil

The vast majority of UFC athletes are openly in favor of the allowing events to happen despite the global COVID-19 pandemic that forced every other major sports league in the world to stop their activities, but the scenario is a bit different on regional shows.

David A. Norris

History, Americas

No wonder it was called 'rotgut.'

Union General Benjamin Butler was baffled. Every night a picket guard went to an outpost 1½ miles from Fort Monroe, Virginia. The soldiers departed for their shift perfectly sober, yet when they returned to the post the next morning they caused trouble “on account of being drunk.” Investigations failed to reveal the source of their whiskey. Searches of canteens and gear turned up nothing suspicious. Читать дальше...

The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating the severe economic and health challenges this community already endures.

Over the past week or so, China has eased quarantine measures in Wuhan – the city in which the global coronavirus pandemic began – with the entire lockdown scheduled to end on 8 April. With China’s President Xi Jinpiang having visited the city just a few days ago, the industrial economy across China as a whole is back working and operating at levels even above the pre-coronavirus rates, although the service sector remains more cautious. For the oil industry, this means that China is back and busy... Читать дальше...

EXCLUSIVE: Somerset Capital Management, which the MP co-founded, says market volatility offers a “once or twice in a generation” opportunity to make “super normal returns”

It is only the fifth time The Queen has made such address to the nation during her 68 year reign, and it will see her ask Brits and the Commonwealth to take pride in helping one another

Comedy legend Eddie Large died on Thursday aged 78 after he fell ill with Covid-19 while he was bing treated for heart failure in hospital

The 78-year-old was being treated in hospital for heart failure when he fell ill with Covid-19 and tragically passed away