Family, fans and beneficiaries of Christian Atsu’s charitable donations remembered the 31-year-old as a philanthropist.Grieving Ghanaians gathered outside the country’s parliament building in Accra on Friday for the state funeral of national football team winger Christian Atsu, who died during the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey last month. Atsu, 31, was caught up in a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria on February 6, killing more than 54,000 people in both countries. He had gone missing following the collapse of an apartment building in Hatay. There were initial reports the player had been pulled alive a day after the quake,…
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Stay Away Fay powered home to land a chaotic renewal of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle and give Harry Cobden and Paul Nicholls a second winner of the week. The winning result will declare the six-year-old (18/1) a one-length winner over 150/1 outsider Affordable Fury for Noel Meade and Sandor Clegane (Paul Nolan) a neck further behind, but that doesn’t tell the full story. Hot favourite Corbett’s Cross, bought by JP McManus in the days leading up to the race, looked to be coming with his run under Mark Walsh approaching the final hurdle with every chance. But in his…
Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki was fined $2,500 for a cross-check he delivered late in Thursday’s loss to the Florida Panthers. With under three minutes to go in a wild 9-5 game, Suzuki and Lundell got into a shoving match in front of the Panthers bench. After both players cross-checked each other in the chest, Suzuki responded with one that connected with Lundell’s head. All the players on the ice got quickly involved and Suzuki was tackled to the ice by Panthers defenceman Marc Staal. Suzuki was given a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for the cross-check and Canadiens…
Image source, EPAMalawi, Madagascar and Mozambique are reeling from the effects of Tropical Cyclone Freddy. More than 400 people have been killed and thousands of homes destroyed. Freddy has been one of the longest-lived storms ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the whole world.Southern Africa is often battered by cyclones and tropical storms coming in from the Indian Ocean but Freddy was different for several reasons.How long has Freddy lasted?Freddy has finally been declared over by the French Meteorological service. The storm was named by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology on 4 February and and finally came to…
UNICEF says the number of children in extreme jeopardy has doubled since 2020 as armed groups continue to spread violence in region.Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the spiralling conflict. In a report published on Friday, the United Nations children’s agency said nearly four million more children are at risk in neighbouring countries as hostilities between armed groups and national security forces spill across borders. “Children are increasingly caught up in the armed conflict as victims of intensifying military clashes, or targeted by non-state armed groups,”…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, The former prime minister to march to the high court with hundreds of his supporters as a tense calm prevails in the city.Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is set to arrive at the high court in the eastern city of Lahore for protective bail following multiple arrest warrants issued against him. Azhar Siddique, part of Khan’s legal team in Lahore, told Al Jazeera Khan is seeking protective bail against the cases filed against him in Lahore and capital Islamabad. He said it was a routine matter to seek bails from higher courts in cases filed in…
Islamabad, Pakistan – Since his removal from power last year, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been slapped with dozens of charges, including some in which he faces arrest. In an interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Khan said at least 85 cases have been filed against him across the country. “Every other day some sort of case comes up,” he said. The cases against the 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician include charges of corruption, terrorism, contempt of courts, rioting and even blasphemy. Here’s a lowdown on the main charges against Khan: Corruption The immediate legal challenge Khan faces concerns the gifts…
Qin Gang in phone call with counterpart Dmytro Kuleba expresses concern that war with Russia could spin out of control.China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang has told his Ukrainian counterpart that Beijing is concerned about the war against Russia spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution with Moscow. Qin told Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba that China wanted to see peace negotiations advance, during a rare phone conversation on Thursday, the foreign ministry in Beijing said in a statement. China “always upheld an objective and fair stance on the Ukraine issue”, Qin told Kuleba, according to the…
Australia has made its single greatest investment in military capability since World War II, signing a deal with the United States to buy three Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarines over the next decade and two more vessels if required. Described as Australian history’s “single biggest leap” in military modernisation, the acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines will see Canberra join just six other countries in the world that have such weapons in their inventories. Agreed under the AUKUS defence pact with the US and the United Kingdom, Australia’s desire to have submarines powered by nuclear propulsion technology has been inspired by one country:…
The Calgary Flames have scratched forwards Jakob Pelletier and Walker Duehr for their Thursday night contest against the Vegas Golden Knights. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Pelletier, 22, has three goals and four assists in 22 games for Calgary this season, often playing on one of the team’s top two lines as well as the power play. Duehr has suited up in 16 games for the Flames this season, and has four goals and five points. The 25-year-old forward scored his fourth of the season in Tuesday’s 4-3 overtime loss to the Coyotes. Nick Ritchie and Adam Ruzicka…