PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will start when Pittsburgh hosts the New York Islanders on Monday night. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry will start when Pittsburgh hosts the New York Islanders on Monday night. Jarry, a two-time All-Star, hasn’t played since Jan. 22 due to an upper-body injury. He was scheduled to start on Jan. 24 against Florida but was scratched less than an hour before the opening face-off due to the injury. The Penguins have struggled in Jarry’s absence, going just 4-5 over their last nine games…
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Time has been called on the glittering career of hugely-popular chaser Bristol De Mai following his run at Haydock on Saturday.Owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained grey was victorious six times at his beloved Merseyside venue, including a hat-trick of victories in the Betfair Chase between 2017 and 2020. Bristol De Mai also won the 2016 Altcar Novices’ Chase, the 2017 Peter Marsh Chase and last year’s Grand National Trial at Haydock, but finished well beaten when bidding for back-to-back wins in the latter contest at the weekend. Connections now feel the time has come to…
For Teuta Hadri, Kosovo’s declaration of independence on February 17, 2008 was “a century’s long dream”. Hailing from a family actively involved in the national movement of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, she believed it was “a dream of three generations” to achieve this collective goal, she told Al Jazeera from her home in Pristina, the country’s capital. A 66-year-old Albanian Kosovar political activist and physician, Hadri is the grandaughter of Avdullah Hadri, one of the first intellectuals to open Albanian language schools across the country – the first one in 1915 – at a time when Serbian was the language…
International aid has poured in from governments and organisations across the world in the wake of a series of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. The series of earthquakes, which began with a magnitude 7.8 quake on February 6, has left more than 41,000 dead in Turkey, and more than 5,800 dead in Syria, crumpling cityscapes and leaving millions homeless. The United Nations is appealing for $1bn in aid for Turkey and nearly $400m for Syria, and grassroots efforts have also sprung up across the world to fill the gap. Those who have stepped up have included communities already grappling…
Since February 6, there has been heavy fighting in the northern Somali city of Las Anod (Laascaanood) between troops of Somalia’s breakaway region of Somaliland and local militia from the Dhulbahante clan in northern Somalia. So far, at least 82 people have died and 400 have been wounded. But what exactly is the issue? How did it all begin? The Dhulbahante clan lives in the regions of Sool, Sanaag as well as the district of Buuhoodle in the Togdheer region. Las Anod, the capital of the Sool region, is also claimed by the clan as its capital. Somaliland claims the…
AU Commission chief confirms Israel was not invited to the weekend summit where Israeli ambassador was removed.The African Union has said that Israel’s observer status at the bloc was suspended which is why it was not invited to attend the weekend summit. The news comes after Israeli ambassador Sharon Bar-li was removed from the African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia on Saturday as she attempted to attend using a non-transferable invitation issued only to Israel’s ambassador to the African Union, Aleli Admasu. Video circulating on social media showed guards escorting Bar-li out of the AU assembly hall in the Ethiopian…
Governor of Sao Paulo declares emergency in five coastal towns as torrential rain unleashes deadly flooding and landslides.Torrential rain has triggered flooding and landslides in coastal areas of Brazil’s southeast, killing at least 36 people and displacing hundreds of others. In Sao Paulo state, television and social media footage from the town of Sao Sebastiao on Sunday showed entire neighbourhoods under water, debris from hillside houses swept away by mud, as well as flooded highways and cars destroyed by fallen trees. The town, 200km (124 miles) north of the city of Sao Paulo and where many people from the capital…
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo is set to travel to New York following the All-Star Game to undergo further testing on his right wrist, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Antetokounmpo injured his wrist on Thursday against the Chicago Bulls after attempting a block and hitting his hand. He was taken out of the game after playing nine minutes. The two-time MVP still decided to partake in All-Star Weekend in Salt Lake City. He was selected as the captain opposite LeBron James, and scored the opening bucket of the game before taking a foul…
Taipei, Taiwan – Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) has wrapped up a nine-day trip to China, including meetings with some of the Communist Party’s highest-ranking officials, amid hopes its links with Beijing will help boost its chances in presidential elections that are due to be held next year. Known as the party with the best working relationship with Beijing, the KMT’s close relationship is a sore spot among more nationalist-minded voters on the self-ruled island, but it is also a draw for the business community and older voters who still feel a strong cultural and political affinity for China. The…
LeBron James has been ruled out for the remainder of the All-Star Game after suffering a right hand contusion in the first half. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The festivities were cut short for the two team captains on Sunday, as the Los Angeles Lakers star joined opposing captain Giannis Antetokounmpo on the bench for the rest of the event. James appeared to injure his hand after attempting to block a Pascal Siakam layup. He jammed his fingers into the rim and seemed to grab his hand gingerly after the play. The 19-time All-Star had played 14 minutes…