A court in Indonesia has sentenced two football match officials to prison terms after finding them guilty of negligence in the case of a stadium crush which killed 135 people and has become one of the world’s deadliest sporting disasters. The incident took place in October 2022 when a tense match in Malang, East Java, between bitter rivals Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya ended in chaos, with a pitch invasion and police responding with volleys of tear gas which choked onlookers and forced crowds to flee to exits – some of which were locked – resulting in the deadly crush.…
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Actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik passed away on Wednesday in Gurugram at the age of 66. Satish first made his way into the movies as an actor, and later directed many films including Teri Naam, Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, amongst many others. As an actor, Satish got his first break in the movies in the 1981 film Chakra, which starred Naseeruddin Siddiqui and Smita Patil. The late actor had once shared with indianexpress.com that his first remuneration was Rs 500 and he was “super excited” that day. Satish recalled that he had a “very small role”…
Europe was hit by a severe winter heatwave in late December and early January, bringing record-high temperatures.Europe is emerging from its second-warmest winter on record as climate change continues to intensify. The average temperature in Europe from December to February was 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.8 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 1991-2020 average for the Boreal winter season, according to data published by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). That ranks as Europe’s second warmest winter on record, exceeded only by the winter of 2019-20. Europe experienced a severe winter heatwave in late December and early January, when record-high temperatures hit…
Police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi have fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds protesting against a proposed “foreign agents” law that is reminiscent of a Russian measure used to silence critics. Hundreds of police converged on streets around Georgia’s parliament building late on Wednesday night in a bid to break up the protests. Thousands gathered there for a second day, holding Georgian and European Union flags and chanting “no to the Russian law”. Tear gas billowed down Tbilisi’s central Rustaveli Avenue, where parliament is located, forcing at least some of the demonstrators to move away. The protesters are…
US government alleges the Boeing-made plane violated sanctions and commerce law by travelling to and from Russia.The United States government has requested and obtained a warrant to seize a Russian aircraft valued at $25m, according to a statement released on Wednesday. The US-made plane, a Boeing 737-7JU, is accused of travelling from a foreign country to Russia, in violation of US law and sanctions implemented after Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The plane was last in the US in 2014, according to the statement from the US Attorney’s Office for New York’s Eastern District. But the US alleges the plane…
The White House has weighed in on Fox News personality Tucker Carlson, calling him “not credible” after he aired a segment of cherry-picked footage that sought to portray protesters who stormed the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as mostly peaceful. The segment, which aired on Monday evening, kicked off a political maelstrom, with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre calling it on Wednesday a “false depiction of the unprecedented violent attack on our Constitution and the rule of law”. Top Democrat Chuck Schumer also accused Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of stoking conspiracy theories by granting Carlson “exclusive”…
LONDON, Ont. — Ontario’s Mike McEwen defeated New Brunswick’s Scott Jones 11-4 on Wednesday afternoon to improve his chances of reaching the playoffs at the Tim Hortons Brier. McEwen made a draw for four in the opening end and tacked on three more points in the sixth to pull away. He improved to 4-2 after 14 draws of round-robin play at Budweiser Gardens. Ontario moved into a third-place tie with Quebec’s Felix Asselin in the nine-team Pool B standings. Asselin edged B.C.’s Jacques Gauthier 7-6 in an extra end in the morning draw. The top three teams in each nine-team…
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will not face charges in Colorado relating to the live-streamed video in which he appeared to be displaying a gun in a strip club , police have said. The Glendale Police Department said it looked into the video which Morant posted on his Instagram channel appearing to show him holding a firearm, and found no proof that a crime was committed. Glendale is an enclave surrounded by the city of Denver.”In this case, it should be noted that on the night in question, the GPD did not receive any calls for service at the nightclub regarding…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday reaffirmed his message of higher and potentially faster interest rate hikes, but emphasised that debate was still under way, with a decision hinging on data to be issued before the United States central bank’s policy meeting in two weeks. “If – and I stress that no decision has been made on this – but if the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes,” Powell told the US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee in testimony that added…
Ottawa Senators goaltender Cam Talbot will miss three weeks due to a lower-body injury, coach D.J. Smith told reporters Wednesday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Talbot was unexpectedly scratched prior to the Senators’ matchup with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. The 35-year-old has a .905 save percentage and a 15-14-1 record in 32 games this year. Talbot will be leaving the team road trip to return to Ottawa for treatment. The Senators currently sit five points out of the second Eastern Conference wild-card spot. In Talbot’s absence, the crease will be turned over to rookie goaltenders Mads Sogaard…