The Winnipeg Jets have recalled centre Jansen Harkins from the Manitoba Moose on an emergency basis and have sent defenceman Ville Heinola down to the AHL team, the NHL club announced Friday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The Jets are short at forward with David Gustafsson on injured reserve and several players battling illnesses. Harkins has three goals and two assists in 22 games for the Jets and seven goals and five assists in 12 games for the Moose this season. Heinola has one assist in eight games for the Jets and 10 assists in 13 games for…
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Tesla has slashed prices globally on its electric vehicles by as much as 20 percent, extending an aggressive discounting strategy and challenging rivals after missing Wall Street delivery estimates for 2022. The move was announced after CEO Elon Musk warned that the prospect of a recession and higher interest rates meant the company could lower prices to sustain volume growth at the expense of profit. Tesla shares were down 3.6 percent on Friday. Musk acknowledged last year that prices had become “embarrassingly high” and could hurt demand. The lower pricing across the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Africa…
Leading Cheltenham Gold Cup contender L’Homme Presse will miss the Festival showpiece in March, the horse’s connections have announced.The winner of six of his eight starts over fences, the eight-year-old had run a fine race in the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park on Boxing Day before unseating Charlie Deutsch at the last fence, where he just looked to be held at the time by Bravemansgame. Last season saw him win twice at the highest level – in the Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase at Sandown and the Brown Advisory Novices’ Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. He had reappeared this…
Lesbos court says cases brought against two dozen people have procedural flaws.A court on the Greek island of Lesbos has rejected charges against a group of aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations, ruling on procedural grounds to return the case to the prosecution for refiling. The case in which 24 people, 17 foreigners and seven Greeks, were charged over their work with migrants newly arriving on Lesbos, has drawn widespread criticism from human rights organisations. The defendants argue they were doing nothing more than assisting people whose lives were at risk. “Trials like this are deeply…
Tunis, Tunisia – The United States has slashed its military and civilian aid to Tunisia. A desperately needed $1.9bn International Monetary Fund loan continues to be delayed with the possibility of a US veto. And an almost $500m grant from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a US aid agency, is unlikely to proceed. The main reason, according to analysts: Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian drift under President Kais Saied, which is contributing to the North African country’s increased international isolation. Cash-strapped Tunisia is losing funding at a time when it needs friends to help pull it up from an entrenched economic nosedive. “The…
Parties supporting President Talon, the Republican Bloc and the Progressive Union for Renewal, together won 81 out of 109 seats.Benin’s pro-government parties have won a majority of seats in parliament, the country’s Constitutional Court said, in a vote marking the return of the opposition after four years of absence. Parties supporting President Patrice Talon, the Republican Bloc and the Progressive Union for Renewal, together won 81 out of 109 seats in parliament, said Razaki Amouda Issifou, president of the Constitutional Court, on Thursday. Sunday’s vote, which went ahead peacefully, was a test for the West African state where Talon has…
Inquiry finds officials in Seoul had failed to employ adequate crowd control for an expected Halloween crowd of 100,000.South Korean police are seeking charges of involuntary manslaughter and negligence against 23 officials – including law enforcement officers – over public safety failures they said were responsible for a crowd crush in the capital, Seoul, that killed 159 people in a popular nightlife area. Son Je-han, who headed the National Police Agency’s special investigation into the tragedy, said on Friday that his team will now send the case file to prosecutors following the conclusion of an investigation into the events of…
Almost 500,000 methamphetamine pills were found after a clash between Thai forces and suspected smugglers in Thailand’s north.The Thai military has killed five suspected drug traffickers and recovered almost 500,000 methamphetamine pills following a clash in the north of Thailand near the infamous “Golden Triangle” region. A military patrol encountered suspected smugglers carrying backpacks in the early hours of Thursday in Chiang Rai province near the Golden Triangle – the region where the jungle borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet and has long been a lucrative hub for the illegal drug trade. Refusing to be searched, the group of…
Mother confirms death of musician and only daughter of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley after she was rushed to hospital.Lisa Marie Presley, a musician and the only child of rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley, has died at the age of 54. “It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” her mother, Priscilla Presley, said in a statement Thursday evening. “She was the most passionate, strong and loving woman I have ever known.” The announcement came just hours after Priscilla Presley had confirmed that Lisa…
Auston Matthews‘ status for Saturday’s game against Boston is up in the air according to Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe after the star winger woke up sick on Thursday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The superstar scorer is already dealing with an undisclosed injury that has held him out of Toronto’s last two games against the Nashville Predators and Detroit Red Wings. In his absence, the Maple Leafs have gone 1-1-0, including a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night that snapped a nearly four-year unbeaten streak for the Maple Leafs against their division…