The Toronto Maple Leafs have recalled forwards Pontus Holmberg and Alex Steeves and goalie Joseph Woll from the Toronto Marlies and placed goaltender Matt Murray on injured reserve, the club announced Thursday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Murray, who last played on Jan. 17, has been out with an ankle injury since late last month. He has been troubled by injuries for the last several seasons. Despite being on injured reserve, Murray skated before team practice Thursday. Murray is 11-5-2 with a 2.73 goals-against average and .911 save percentage this season. The Leafs acquired Murray in a summer…
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Release welcomed as ‘excellent’ news amid Nicaraguan government’s crackdown on opposition figures and critics.Nicaragua has released 222 inmates, many of whom were considered to be political prisoners of longtime Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government, and they are on their way to the United States, a senior US official has said. “Some of these individuals have spent years in prison, many of them for exercising their fundamental freedoms, in awful conditions and with no access to due process,” the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said in a statement on Thursday. The Nicaraguan government did not immediately confirm the release.…
LONDON — Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris will be out for up to seven weeks because of a knee injury. Lloris was hurt late in the 1-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday in the English Premier League and was pictured wearing a brace on his leg. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Backup keeper Fraser Forster will stand in as Tottenham prepares to face AC Milan in the Champions League round of 16 next week. “We are all disappointed about Hugo, he is injured,” Tottenham assistant Cristian Stellini said on Thursday. “But we have a good experienced keeper like…
Earthquakes kill thousands across Syria and Turkey, five dead in an Israeli raid on Jericho, and a woman’s killing leads to outrage in Iraq. Here’s this week’s roundup, written by Abubakr Al-Shamahi and Danylo Hawaleshka. There are few words to adequately describe the heartbreaking scenes that have unfolded in southwestern Turkey and northern Syria this week in the wake of two major earthquakes. A magnitude 7.8 quake struck early on Monday as young and old slept in their beds. Twelve hours later, a second quake of magnitude 7.6 hit the same region. More than 17,000 people have died in places…
Gold Tweet is on course for a tilt at the Paddy Power Stayers’ Hurdle, with trainer Gabriel Leenders confirming he intends to supplement his Cleeve Hurdle winner for the Cheltenham Festival contest.Although not among the original entries for the Thursday feature, Gold Tweet shot towards the head of the market for the three-mile Grade One when becoming France’s first Graded winner at Cheltenham in 18 years on Festival Trials Day. Sent off a rather unfancied 14-1 for the Cleeve, he travelled strongly into contention in the hands of Johnny Charron before scooting clear of the game Dashel Drasher after the…
The downing of the alleged Chinese spy balloon has caused a diplomatic row between Washington and Beijing.The United States was not looking for conflict with China despite heightened tensions over last week’s downing of an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon over its airspace, President Joe Biden has told the US broadcaster PBS. “We’re going to compete fully with China, but … we’re not looking for conflict – and that’s been the case so far,” Biden said on Wednesday. The sighting of the balloon, which US officials say was part of a spy fleet spanning five continents, has caused a diplomatic row…
Morgan won the World Cup with the United States in 2015 and 2019Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority potentially sponsoring the 2023 Women’s World Cup is “bizarre”, says United States forward Alex Morgan.Earlier this month co-hosts Australia and New Zealand asked Fifa to “urgently clarify” reports Visit Saudi is to be named as an official sponsor for the tournament, which starts in July.The Gulf kingdom has been accused of human rights abuses.”Morally, it just doesn’t make sense,” said two-time World Cup winner Morgan.”It’s bizarre that Fifa has looked to have a Visit Saudi sponsorship for the Women’s World Cup when I, myself,…
Australian Defence Minister said Chinese-made cameras will be removed to ensure the security of ministry buildings.Australia’s Department of Defence will strip its buildings of Chinese-made security cameras to ensure they are “completely secure”, the government says. The decision to remove the camera equipment follows similar decisions in the United States and the United Kingdom, which have also taken measures to ban Chinese-made cameras at sensitive sites fearing Chinese companies could be forced to share intelligence with Beijing’s security services. “It’s a significant thing that’s been brought to our attention and we’re going to fix it,” Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles…
When Elijah Murithi grew bananas in the 1980s and 1990s, central Kenya’s increasingly erratic weather meant the farmer could rarely make a steady income from the thirsty crop. Prolonged dry spells killed Murithi’s young plants, and long, intense rainy periods produced a glut of bananas that forced him to lower his prices to sell them. Even when he shifted to coffee, which needs less water, the farmer still struggled to produce reliable yields. But that changed in 2021 when he added an unusual crop to his farm: fish. A fishpond filled with more than 1,500 tilapia now allows him to…
North Korea has paraded its largest nuclear missiles through the capital Pyongyang during a nighttime ceremony that also appeared to feature what analysts believe is a new solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his wife and young daughter, presided over the parade on Wednesday night to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea’s army. The country’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the parade featured a variety of nuclear-capable weapons, including tactical nuclear missiles and ICBMs, which the state news agency described as crucial in supporting North Korea’s “power-to-power, all-out confrontation” against enemies.…