The Edmonton Oilers have activated forward Kailer Yamamoto from injured reserve, with the forward expected to play for the first time since Jan. 11 Friday against the New York Rangers. To make room for Yamamoto’s $3.1-million cap hit, the Oilers have loaned forward Dylan Holloway and defenceman Vincent Desharnais to AHL affiliate Bakersfield. Neither Holloway nor Desharnais requires waivers. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The move comes after expectations the Oilers would waive forward Jesse Puljujarvi to make room for Yamamoto. Now both players will likely be in the lineup Friday. Yamamoto, 24, is returning from an undisclosed…
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Kyiv, Ukraine – Serik Talipzhanov does not like Russia any more. The 32-year-old bank cashier lives in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s former capital and the financial hub of ex-Soviet Central Asia. The city is still largely Russian-speaking, and Talipzhanov, who can name several generations of his ethnic Kazakh forefathers, considers Russian his mother tongue. But his opinion about Kazakhstan’s former imperial master and beacon of soft power underwent an ideological U-turn in the past year, mostly due to the widely documented atrocities Russian servicemen committed in Ukraine. “I was very naive about Russia,” he told Al Jazeera by phone. “I always thought…
Adiyaman, Turkey – After digging in rubble for 10 days, Ahmet Firat finally had no bodies left to recover – but he felt no peace. “You see us, we look like we’re living but we’re dead. We lost 12 relatives; we also died with them,” the 39-year-old told Al Jazeera, outside his tent in a wind-blown expanse of open ground away from damaged buildings in Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey. Two powerful earthquakes last week devastated towns and cities across southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, killing tens of thousands of people and leaving many more in need of shelter and aid. Firat,…
Ten months after getting COVID, people still have an 88 percent lower risk of reinfection, hospitalisation and death, the report by The Lancet medical journal says.The protection against COVID-19 from being previously infected lasts at least as long as that offered by vaccination, according to a new study published in The Lancet medical journal. One of the largest studies based on data from 19 countries found that “natural immunity” reduces the risk of hospitalisation and death by 88 percent for about 10 months. That makes the natural immunity “at least as durable, if not more so” than two doses of…
QSI chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi has been PSG president since 2011Manchester United fans and the rest of the footballing world are waiting to see who throws their hat into the ring to buy the club as Friday’s ‘soft’ deadline for submitting proposals approaches.There has only been one public declaration so far, from businessman Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of Britain’s richest men.After days of rumours, it is expected there will be a bid from Qatar. There is also expected to be at least two offers from the United States and there have been suggestions of interest from Saudi Arabia. That means there…
Biden has dismissed questions about his age, but polls indicate voters have concerns about his ability to serve four more years if he wins in 2024.Joe Biden, 80, remains healthy and “fit for duty”, the White House physician has said after the physical examination of the US president whose health has been in focus amid his expected run for a second term. “The president remains fit for duty and fully executes all of his responsibilities without any exemptions or accommodations,” White House physician Kevin O’Connor said on Thursday in a summary of the health exam. The exam was closely watched…
Experts say the reduction, resulting from a severe funding shortfall, could be ‘catastrophic’ for hundreds of thousands in Bangladesh camps.Alarm is growing over the World Food Programme’s (WFP) plan to cut food aid to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees living in camps in Bangladesh because of a severe shortfall in funding. The WFP, the United Nations food agency, has said it will need to cut rations to the refugees next month because of a lack of funds. The monthly allowance will be cut by 17 percent to $10 per person from March 1, with the WFP warning more cuts…
The billionaire investment banker is unreachable, according to the investment bank he founded.Bao Fan, one of China’s most high-profile investment bankers known for overseeing mergers involving tech giants Didi and Meituan, has gone missing, according to the investment bank he founded. China Renaissance Holdings Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange on Thursday that the firm has been unable to reach the billionaire investment banker. “The board is not aware of any information that indicates that Mr. Bao’s unavailability is or might be related to the business and/or operations of the group which is continuing normally,”…
The 66-year-old former farmworker is accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings in California last month.A farm worker in the United States charged with killing seven people at two mushroom farms in Half Moon Bay, California, has pleaded not guilty at a court appearance in Redwood City. The 66-year-old suspect, Chunli Zhao, entered the plea himself on Thursday, speaking from behind a glass partition with his head lowered. He used a Mandarin-language interpreter to communicate. He faces seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder for his alleged role in the mass shooting, which took place on…
CHICAGO — Giannis Antetokounmpo left the the Milwaukee Bucks‘ game against the Chicago Bulls with a right wrist sprain after breaking the franchise’s career assists record Thursday night. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The two-time MVP came in needing two assists to break Paul Pressey’s record of 3,272 from 1982 to 1990. Antetokounmpo also is the Bucks’ career leader in blocks, triple-doubles, free throws made, free throws attempted and minutes. Antetokounmpo matched the assist mark when he fed Brook Lopez for a 3-pointer two minutes into the game and broke it when he passed to Jevon Carter for…