When Hong Kong’s pro-democracy news outlets Apple Daily and Stand News were forced to close by authorities in 2021 under a sweeping Beijing-led crackdown on dissent, Jane Poon made herself a promise. Poon, a Hong Konger who worked in the city’s media for nearly three decades before moving to Australia in 2017, promised to do whatever she could to keep the spirit of the defunct outlets alive. After more than a year of planning, Poon’s vision became a reality in mid-January with the launch of The Points, a new online media outlet dedicated to covering news about Hong Kong and…
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Democrats in the US House of Representatives issue a letter denouncing Peru’s deadly crackdown against protesters.A group of Democrats in the United States House of Representatives has urged the Biden administration to suspend all security assistance to Peru over a “pattern of repression” against antigovernment protests that has resulted in more than 50 civilian deaths. Their letter, a copy of which was shared with The Associated Press news agency, asked the Biden administration on Monday to halt its security assistance until the government can confirm that the crackdown in Peru has ended and the Peruvian officials responsible for human rights…
Washington, DC – Even compared with the volatile nature of Israel’s decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories, the last few weeks have been marked by extraordinary tensions and deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians. But when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel this week, he only reiterated Washington’s longstanding positions on the conflict: an “ironclad” commitment to Israel, a call for calm, and rhetorical support for the two-state solution. Almost everything that Blinken said during a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday was drawn — at times verbatim — from…
Bhubaneswar, India – The ray of hope that the Indian men’s field hockey team saw during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo when it defeated Germany on the way to winning a bronze medal was short-lived. The enthusiasm and excitement with which India, the host nation, entered the FIH Hockey World Cup this year was extinguished on January 22 with a 5-4 defeat against New Zealand. India, ranked sixth in the world, put in a below-average show and finished ninth overall, tied with Argentina. The exit is the latest in a series of blows for the sport in the country, which…
LONDON (AP) — The biggest teams remaining in the FA Cup were kept apart in the draw for the fifth round on Monday. Manchester City must travel to second-tier Bristol City while Manchester United was given another home match against either third-tier Derby or West Ham, who met late Monday. Tottenham might have the most interesting match after being drawn against either second-tier Sheffield United or fifth-tier Wrexham, which is owned by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. Wrexham was the lowest-ranked team remaining after holding Sheffield United to 3-3 on Sunday, setting up a replay next week. Brighton,…
Dan Dawson and Abigail Davies join Emma Paton to preview this year’s Premier League; Chris Dobey is also on the podcast to reflect on his Masters win; Subscribe to the Love The Darts podcast from wherever you get your podcasts for all the latest news Last Updated: 30/01/23 8:04pm Chris Dobey is on this week’s podcast to take a look back at his Masters win and what he expects in this year’s Premier League season Emma Paton is joined by Dan Dawson and Abigail Davies in this week’s Love The Darts Podcast as they look forward to what is set…
An unarmed Black man dies after a videotaped beating by police. The officers involved are fired. After a thorough review of the evidence, criminal charges are swiftly filed against the offending officers. Investigation, accountability and charges. This is often the most Black citizens in the United States can hope for as deaths at the hands of police continue. Across the country, police have killed roughly three people per day consistently since 2020, according to academics and advocates for police reform who track such deaths. Tyre Nichols’s videotaped fatal encounter with police officers this month in Memphis, Tennessee, is a glaring reminder…
Republic of Ireland’s opening game of the Women’s World Cup against Australia has been moved to a new venue to meet ticket demands.The match on July 20, on the opening night of the tournament, will now take place at Stadium Australia in Sydney, which has a capacity of 82,500. Th clash was originally scheduled to take place at Allianz Stadium, which holds 42,000.Stadium Australia was due to host knock-out matches only, but given the significant interest in tickets, FIFA has taken the decision to move Australia’s first match to Sydney’s largest stadium. Image: Stadium Australia has a capacity of 82,500…
Buffalo Sabres star Tage Thompson is out day-to-day with an upper-body injury, the team announced Monday. Whether or not this changes Thompson’s status for this weekend’s NHL All-Star festivities in Sunrise, Fla., is unclear. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The Sabres play their last game before the All-Star break Wednesday against the Carolina Hurricanes. Thompson, 25, has broken out as a star in the league this season. Through 49 games, he has 34 goals and 34 assists — his 68 points already match his career-high set last season. The Arizona native ranks fifth in points and third in…
The world’s largest humanitarian network says strong preparedness systems are ‘severely lacking’ despite three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.All countries remain “dangerously unprepared” for the next pandemic, the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has warned, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three “brutal” years of the COVID-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are “severely lacking”, the IFRC said in its World Disasters Report 2022, published on Monday. It called on countries to update their preparedness plans by year’s end. The world’s largest humanitarian network said building trust, equity…