Yulduz Hashimi (left), Fariba Hashimi (centre) and fellow Afghan Zehra Rezayee on the podium after the Women’s Road Championships of Afghanistan 2022It’s a scorching hot June afternoon in the middle of an Italian heatwave. There hasn’t been any rain for a month. But grey clouds are slowly rolling in and the humidity is rising fast. A storm is brewing. The kind that only happens once a summer here.Two sisters are in the foothills of the Dolomites, about to start a 10km climb, weaving to the top of a small mountain. Three of their team-mates, and best friends, are by their…
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Two new ministers — Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi — will be sworn in to the Delhi government cabinet on Thursday. This comes after President Droupadi Murmu Tuesday accepted the resignations of former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Minister Satyendar Jain, both currently lodged in Tihar jail in connection with different cases pertaining to alleged corruption and money laundering. “The President is pleased to accept, on the advice of the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the resignation of Shri Manish Sisodia, a Minister in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, with immediate effect,” the MHA’s gazette…
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — widely seen as a top challenger to former United States President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential ambitions — has laid out a right-wing vision for the country in a closely watched speech. DeSantis delivered his State of the State address on Tuesday to legislators in the Florida capital of Tallahassee. In it, he presented himself as an alternative to Trump, who has faced questions of electability since his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. While the Yale- and Harvard-educated DeSantis has not yet officially announced his presidential ambitions, his speech hinted at a…
BOUCHERVILLE, Que. — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has hired Mario Cecchini as its commissioner. Cecchini replaces Gilles Courteau, who stepped down from that post Sunday after 37 years. However, Cecchini won’t officially take office until May 8 as he’s currently the interim president of the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes and involved in the impending sale of the franchise. Interim commissioner Martin Lavallee will continue in that role until then. Courteau announced his departure just a year away from a planned 2024 retirement. He was in the middle of a political firestorm after testifying at provincial legislature hearings in Quebec…
US President Joe Biden is expected to unveil his proposed budget on Thursday as he prepares for likely re-election bid.US President Joe Biden has proposed new taxes on the rich to help fund Medicare, saying the plan would help to extend the insurance programme’s solvency by 25 years and provide a degree of middle-class stability to millions of older adults. In his plan, Biden is overtly declaring that the wealthy ought to shoulder a heavier tax burden. His budget would draw a direct line between those new taxes and the popular health insurance programme for people older than 65, essentially…
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov says the gender gap in professional tennis should not exist. The world No. 30 in men’s tennis made the plea for gender equality in his sport on Tuesday in an article posted to the Players Tribune. Shapovalov says he was motivated to advocate for equal pay between men and women after comparing his experience on the ATP Tour to that of his girlfriend Mirjam Bjorklund, a player on the WTA Tour. The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., recalled a conversation with Bjorklund when he assumed she’d make US$7,000 for appearing in the main draw of a WTA…
The UN and the Bangladesh government call for more international aid to help the refugees as they face a ‘difficult year’.Concerns are mounting over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) decision to slash food support for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh due to a funding crisis. On March 1, the WFP, citing a $125m donation shortfall, cut the monthly food vouchers for the refugees from $12 to $10 per person, warning further cuts were “imminent” without an immediate cash injection. More than one million Rohingya refugees live in camps in Cox’s Bazar, most having fled a military-led crackdown in Myanmar in…
UK set to announce details of proposed law, which has been heavily criticised by refugee rights groups.The United Kingdom government says it is ready for legal challenges to a tough new law intended to stop tens of thousands of people a year from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said on Tuesday that the government had “pushed the boundaries of international law” with a bill that will bar asylum claims by anyone who reaches the UK by unauthorised means, and will compel the government to detain and then deport them “to their…
Sky Sports saw off competition from BBC Sport, CNN Sport, Daily Mail, talkSPORT and The Athletic to take the inaugural award Last Updated: 07/03/23 11:04am Sky Sports was named Sports Content Organisation of the year at the 2022 Sports Journalists’ Association awards on Monday. The new, headline award sits across both the broadcast and writing categories, with judges looking for the organisation that best serves their audience using original journalism, style and innovation.Sky Sports saw off competition from BBC Sport, CNN Sport, Daily Mail, talkSPORT and The Athletic to take the inaugural award. Sky Sports also took silver in the…
Video on social media apparently showing Russian troops executing a Ukrainian soldier is the latest proof ‘this war is genocidal’, Ukraine’s foreign minister says.Ukraine has demanded the International Criminal Court (ICC) investigate grisly footage circulating on social media allegedly showing Russian forces killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war with a series of blasts from assault weapons. The amateur video apparently depicts a detained soldier standing in a shallow trench, wearing camouflage, and smoking a cigarette. The man said “Slava Ukraini!” – or Glory to Ukraine – before multiple shots are heard. The victim slumps to the ground as rounds from…