Kylian Mbappe has scored 201 goals in 247 goals for Paris St-Germain since joining in 2017Kylian Mbappe scored a club-record 201st goal for Paris St-Germain in an entertaining 4-2 win over Nantes.He had to wait until the 92nd minute but was clinical as he turned to finish left-footed and go clear of Edinson Cavani at the top of the PSG goal list.The France forward, who turned 24 in December, has established himself as a footballing superstar.He has played at two World Cup finals, winning the trophy in 2018 and earning the Golden Boot as top scorer in 2022.Mbappe, who also…
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Iran has agreed to reconnect cameras and other monitoring equipment at its nuclear sites and increase the pace of inspections, according to the head of the United Nations atomic agency. Rafael Grossi made the announcement on Saturday after meeting Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and other top officials in Tehran. His visit followed the discovery of uranium particles enriched to near weapons-grade level at an underground Iranian facility, and came just two days before a quarterly meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) 35-nation Board of Governors. “Over the past few months, there was a reduction in some of the…
ARLINGTON, Va. — Team Adidas and Team Sonnet were winners on Saturday in the four-team Washington Capitals’ Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association Showcase. Team Sonnet defeated Scotiabank 3-2 as Hilary Knight scored two power-play goals, while Claire Thompson netted a single. Hannah Brandt chipped in with two assists in the 2022-23 Secret Dream Gap Tour event. Nicole Kosta and Natalie Spooner scored for Team Scotiabank, which went 0-for-3 on the power play. Team Sonnet was 2-for-3 with the man advantage. Team Sonnet outshot Team Scotiabank 38-37. Team Adidas defeated Team Harvey’s 3-1. Sarah Nurse, Kayla Vespa and Laura Stacey (empty…
Tens of thousands rally for the ninth straight week against government plan to overhaul court system.Protesters have taken to the streets of Israeli cities for the ninth straight week to reject a government plan to overhaul the country’s court system. Tens of thousands took part in Saturday night’s demonstrations in Tel Aviv and other locations which continued peacefully, unlike protests earlier this week that descended into violent clashes with police. “I came to demonstrate against the regime revolution, which the Israeli government forced upon us,” 53-year-old history teacher Ronen Cohen told the Reuters news agency. “I hope that this huge…
Dozens of students hospitalised in Hamedan, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan, Fars and Alborz provinces, according to local media reports.Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls across five provinces have been admitted to hospital in a suspected new wave of poisoning attacks, local media has reported. Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported in recent months among schoolgirls around the country, mainly in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospitalisation. The illnesses remain unexplained and Iranian officials believe the girls may have been poisoned and have blamed Tehran’s enemies. The Tasnim and Mehr news agencies on Saturday reported…
Macron says he would wait for the end of several peace negotiation efforts before considering such a step.Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi has urged visiting French President Emmanuel Macron to pursue international sanctions against Rwanda for its alleged military support to M23 rebels. Macron said he was waiting for the end of several ongoing peace negotiation efforts before considering such a step. But he promised that France would be “faithful to its role as an unwavering ally of [DRC] to defend its integrity and sovereignty.” The eastern DRC has been mired in conflict for decades, with armed…
Arsenal pulled off a stirring second-half recovery to stay in control of the English Premier League title race on Saturday, securing a dramatic win over Bournemouth with virtually the last kick of the game. Reiss Nelson — a substitute making just his third league appearance of the season — was the unlikely scorer in the seventh minute of injury time, smashing in a left-foot shot from the edge of the area to seal a 3-2 win at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal’s three goals came from the 62nd minute, just when it looked like relegation-threatened Bournemouth was going to pull off the…
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year reignited a longstanding debate about the place the Russian opposition occupies in the context of Russian aggression in the post-Soviet space. Russian opposition activists and some observers have contended that Russian expansionism can stop only through regime change and democratisation, ostensibly led by the Russian opposition. Ukrainians, and many of their supporters from post-Soviet countries that have experienced Russian imperialism firsthand, tend to disagree. They do not see the Russian opposition – and more specifically its most prominent leader today, Alexey Navalny – as future guarantors of peace. To explain why, I would…
Probe continues to find out the cause of the fire, but the energy company says a pipe leak was detected before the fire.Residents have searched through the remains of their charred homes after a fuel storage depot fire in Jakarta killed at least 17 people, including two children. The fire, which started at approximately 8pm (01:00 GMT) on Friday from a fuel pipe at Pertamina’s Plumpang fuel storage depot in capital Jakarta, quickly spread to nearby houses and sent residents in the densely populated area into a panic. Sixty people were injured, with many severely burned, while hundreds more living in…
UGTT Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi expressed support for jailed politicians and activists.The powerful Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) has rallied in the country’s capital, mobilising thousands of supporters against President Kais Saied in a demonstration of its strength after his recent crackdown on opponents. Protesters rallied before a march on Saturday through the city centre, raising banners that read “No to one-man rule” and “Stop attacks on the union”, and chanting “Saied is a coward, the union is not afraid” and “Freedom! End the police state”. They were marching after weeks of arrests targeting prominent opponents of Saied in the first…