Author: National Tone

United States President Joe Biden is set to deliver the State of the Union address to kick off his third year in office. The annual speech – delivered to members of the US House of Representatives and Senate and broadcast across the country –  will offer Biden a chance to run down his administration’s successes and goals, as well as give his assessment of the state of the country and the path ahead. The political party not in the White House – in this case the Republicans – traditionally offers a “rebuttal” following the speech. Biden is expected to strike…

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Carlo Ancelotti has said Spanish football has a racism problem after he was forced to explain Real Madrid forward Vincius Junior is not to blame for the abuse he has endured.LaLiga is investigating alleged racist abuse of Vinicius by a fan at Mallorca in Sunday’s 1-0 defeat and it is just the latest incident he has had to endure since he moved to Spain.An effigy of the 22-year-old, who in December accused LaLiga of doing “nothing” to combat racism, was hung from a motorway hours before Real’s Copa del Rey tie against Atletico Madrid in January.LaLiga president Javier Tebas said…

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The tussle between Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy took a new turn Tuesday with the regional party levelling graft allegations against the former. The Union minister has dismissed the allegations as “wild and misleading.” In a news conference attended by Kumaraswamy, JD(S) MLC SL Bhojegowda accused Pralhad Joshi’s office of receiving bribes from two doctors — one from Kerala and another from Karnataka — to secure them positions at All India Institute of Medical Sciences and the National Medical Council. Central government posts were sold for a price, he alleged,…

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Former Chelsea and Newcastle forward Christian Atsu was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed building following the deadly earthquake that struck Turkey, the Ghana Football Association said in a Twitter post Tuesday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The Ghana international plays for Turkish club Hatayspor. A club spokesman on Monday told Turkish media that Atsu was thought to be in a building that was brought down by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and aftershocks that struck southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria and has killed more than 5,000 people. Atsu’s whereabouts and condition were unconfirmed overnight until the Ghana…

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LeBron James is about to make basketball history. The only question is, when? The Los Angeles Lakers forward is just 36 points shy of breaking a National Basketball Association (NBA) record held by another Lakers legend, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, to become the league’s all-time leading scorer. James could surpass Abdul-Jabbar’s 38,387 career points mark — a record held for nearly four decades — on Tuesday night when the Lakers host the Oklahoma City Thunder or on Thursday when they face the Milwaukee Bucks. As the attention of the global sports world turns to the hardwood in Los Angeles, this week’s expected…

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The earthquakes have destroyed or damaged ancient monuments that have previously withstood wars and disasters.A series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks in Turkey and Syria, which have left more than 5,000 people dead, have also destroyed or damaged several of the ancient region’s historical monuments that had survived wars and natural disasters for centuries. Parts of Syria affected by the temblors have also been suffering from a 12-year-long war that too has ravaged some of the iconic architecture that the country, among the cradles of human civilisation, has long been known for. Experts fear the earthquakes could compound the loss…

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Former Newcastle winger Christian Atsu has been found alive after being buried under rubble in the earthquake that hit Turkey.The 31-year-old Ghana international, now playing for Turkish Super Lig side Hatayspor, was said to be missing after team-mates and members of the club’s technical staff had reportedly been pulled from the rubble. More than 5,000 people have been killed after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria during the early hours of Monday morning, followed by a second of 7.5.Hatayspor vice president Mustafa Ozat provided a positive update on Atsu, but the club’s sporting director Taner Savut…

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Opposition wins mayoral races in two largest cities, adding to the president’s woes.Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has accepted defeat in a referendum on allowing extradition for organised crime, among other reforms, but added he would continue to fight drug trafficking and keep working to improve social conditions. The results from Sunday’s voting worsened the political difficulties of Lasso, who has struggled to contain rising insecurity, protests by Indigenous groups that have hurt the economy, and widespread violence in prisons. The extradition referendum, one of eight reforms on the ballot, would have allowed Ecuadorean suspects to be sent abroad for trial…

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared seven days of national mourning, and Syria has appealed to the United Nations for help following devastating earthquakes that killed more than 4,000 people and toppled buildings across southeast Turkey and northern Syria. Authorities fear the death toll from Monday’s predawn magnitude 7.8 temblor, followed by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake and several aftershocks will continue to climb as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across a region already suffering under Syria’s 12-year civil war and a refugee crisis. Rescuers searched through the frigid night into Tuesday morning, hoping…

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North Korea stole more cryptocurrency assets in 2022 than in any other year and targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defence companies, according to a currently confidential United Nations report seen by the Reuters news agency. “[North Korea] used increasingly sophisticated cyber techniques both to gain access to digital networks involved in cyber finance, and to steal information of potential value, including to its weapons programmes,” independent sanctions monitors reported to a UN Security Council committee. The monitors have previously accused North Korea of using cyberattacks to help fund its nuclear and missile programmes. “A higher value of cryptocurrency…

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