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After the penalty goal kick by Harry Kane Ollie Watkins coming in for Kane and Palmer coming in for Foden in the 85th minute scored from distance. England overcome Netherlands 2-1 and head to Berlin for the game against Spain. England controlled the ball 65% of the time and Foden had two kicks on target with one that just barely missed. England prevailed.

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Ian Jack asks if Johnson's Conservative party can deliver for Britain, can deliver for women, can deliver for climate change, can deliver for health, education and infrastructure, can deliver dignity for workers, deliver for families and children, by looking at the roots of one of its leaders. He looks at Jacob-Rees Mogg and how he sees himself in the bewildering mix of English social classes in St Pancras neighborhood of London where he comes from.

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Harvey Kane scores in the fifth minute to put England ahead early in the soccer game with Ukraine for Euro soccer 2021. Kane scored again, with Maguire and Henderson, putting England 4-0 against Ukraine in the quarter finals. England meet Denmark in the semi finals, Spain meets Italy in the other semi final. France and Germany never made it to the final four. 

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The culture of risk at Societe Generale and the lax supervision that led to huge losses. See the link to NYT, February 5, 2008.

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Its interesting that these large supply contracts were signed between Vale and Arcelor-Mittal on volume and not price, price will be negotiated annually. This is a good move because it secures supplies of a commodity in short supply but with a global slowdown Arcelor can negotiate based on the conditions in the market at that time which may be more favorable to steel producers amid declining demand and tougher negotiations from steel buyers like the auto companies.

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Victoria Pendleton, British Olympic medalist in cycling, describes what it was like to be a girl cyclist in the last 2 decades in a male dominated macho culture that had little room for girls cyclists with a broader mind and interests. A lot changed since then and Pendleton had to put up with a lot of the bad in British male cycling culture that got questioned in the last 10 years. Pendleton had moments of deep depression as a result but recovered with help from her family. Here she recounts the events of these years. She feels finally liberated even in simple acts such as eating vegetarian and trying other sports, so stifling was male cycling culture of that time. She felt liberated talking to the coach and girls cyclists practicing for the Paris Olympics and expressed amazement and relief that a lot is different now from the bad days of old.

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Turkey's Erdogan negotiates with Sweden's PM Ulf Kristersson, setting three conditions for approving Sweden's entry into NATO. The first active anti-terrorist efforts against Kurdish groups in Sweden, the second lifting of a veto on sale of F-16 jets to Turkey by the US, and the third visa free travel for Turks in the European Union. A $6 billion deal with the US covers 40 F-16 jets sale to Turkey and the modernization of another 79 Turkish fighter aircraft.

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This NYT's look at PDVSA the Venezuelan oil industry 2026 and in the years 2013-2026 after Chavez is an eye opener on what happens when socialist ideas of distribution and equality fall apart. There are dangers on both sides the Right, the Left makes no difference mere labels, vigilance, good leadership, clean governance, good management hard work, are essential for countries and peoples to prosper.The operations of the Venezuelan oil industry in these years as shown in the NYT. show the failures of the Chavez ideas for the economy, hyper inflation and mismanagement of the country's oil resources that followed in 2013-2026. From Nigeria, to India in the years just before the 2014 elections, to West Bengal, India in 2026, many such lessons in Indian states post Independence 1947, Sri Lanka, clear lessons on how socialist regimes take a turn into financial disaster as dreams evaporate and economies are destroyed with lack of jobs and industry, mismanagement and corruption. Everything falls apart, billions of dollars of public funds are lost, economies are ruined, people's lives destroyed, a cautionary tale for future generations. In Latin America, Asia and Africa most prone to such disasters, where bad leaders can come to power through elections if the situations are allowed to be created where this can happen through the lack of effort to build better societies that work. ...

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Kate Middleton gives the Wimbledon trophy to Carlos Alcaraz at the All England Tennis Club. She is recovering from cancer and under treatment.