New study says giant hole in the ozone layer that develops every year over Antarctica on course to be healed by 2066.Earth’s protective ozone layer is healing at a pace that will fully mend the hole over Antarctica in about 43 years, a United Nations report has found. The scientific assessment conducted every four years found a recovery in progress, more than 35 years after every nation in the world agreed to stop producing chemicals that deplete the ozone layer in the Earth’s atmosphere. The layer shields the planet from harmful radiation linked to skin cancer, cataracts and crop damage.…
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Leeds are close to signing Hoffenheim forward Georginio Rutter in a club-record £35.3m deal, according to Sky in Germany.Talks are at an advanced stage for the 20-year-old with a medical expected in the next 48 hours. A deal for the France U21 international would be worth up to €40m (£35.3m), surpassing the club’s current transfer record fee of £27m paid for Rodrigo from Valencia in August 2020. Image: Rutter has scored twice in the Bundesliga this season Rutter has scored twice in 17 games in all competitions this season for Hoffenheim and has an overall record of 11 goals in…
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Atlanta Braves general manager John Coppolella has been reinstated by Major League Baseball after serving more than five years of a suspension originally announced as permanent. Now 44, Coppolella began with the Braves in 2006 when he oversaw quantitative analysis and baseball information initiatives. He became general manager following the 2015 season and was suspended on Nov. 21, 2017, after MLB concluded that the team circumvented international signing rules from 2015-17. Commissioner Rob Manfred said MLB determined that the Braves funnelled extra signing bonus money to five players in 2015-16 by giving the funds first…
Athens, Greece – Twenty-four defendants are expected to go on trial on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday in relation to their work with refugees, in what has been described by experts as “the largest case of criminalisation of solidarity” in Europe. Rights groups have also decried the legal proceedings as chaotic, confusing and farcical. While some of the 24 are charged with spying and forgery, others are accused of illegally listening to radio frequencies. And while some understand which charges they face, others remain in the dark because they are listed in official documents by number, and not…
Health minister says checking vaccinations was inconvenient and a panel of health experts had agreed to withdraw the new rule.Thailand has revoked an entry policy announced two days ago requiring visitors to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination, its health minister said, citing sufficient immunisation levels in China and globally. On Monday, Anutin Charnvirakul said checking evidence of vaccinations was inconvenient and a panel of health experts had agreed to withdraw the new rule, which was announced on Saturday by aviation authorities ahead of an expected deluge of visitors from China, where COVID cases have surged. Charnvirakul said those not vaccinated…
West Ham are interested in Sevilla forward Youssef En-Nesyri as the Hammers look to bolster their attacking options in the January transfer window.However, a deal for the 25-year-old is a difficult one to do as he still has two-and-a-half years left on his contract. Sevilla are also struggling at the wrong end of La Liga – they are only above the relegation zone on goal difference – so may not be willing to let one of their key players leave this month.En-Nesyri started all seven games for Morocco at the World Cup in Qatar as his country became the first…
Karnal, Haryana – India’s main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi’s countrywide Bharat Jodo Yatra (Unite India March) entered the northern Haryana state earlier this week. Thousands of his supporters thronged the streets of Karnal – a city in Haryana state, a three-hour drive north of the Indian capital New Delhi – as the Gandhi scion entered the last leg of the march after passing through the politically important states of Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Experts say Gandhi’s march is an effort to revive the electoral fortunes of the Grand Old Party, which dominated India’s politics for decades. The Congress party, which…
Jack Kennedy looks set for a prolonged spell on the sidelines following confirmation he suffered a fractured leg in a fall at Naas on Sunday.Now very much the number one jockey for Gordon Elliott following the recent retirement of Davy Russell, the 23-year-old was riding for his boss aboard Top Bandit when the pair came to grief at the fourth fence in the Rathmore Stud Irish EBF Novice Chase won by Appreciate It. Top Bandit was unfortunately fatally injured in the incident and Kennedy was stretchered off the track and transferred to Tallaght Hospital for further assessment. Image: Conflated and…
Last Updated: 09/01/23 10:17am Owen Farrell is a doubt for the start of England’s Six Nations campaign after being cited Owen Farrell is a doubt for the start of the Six Nations, after the England skipper was cited for a high tackle which went unpunished in the Premiership clash between Saracens and Gloucester. “Owen Farrell, Saracens, has been cited following the game against Gloucester Rugby on Friday 6 January for dangerous tackling, contrary to World Rugby Law 9.13,” the RFU confirmed on Monday.”Farrell’s hearing will take place on Tuesday 10 January at 6.30pm and will be heard by an independent…
For the first time since 1979, Iraq is hosting a major global event — the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup. To say Iraq has been through devastation in recent years would be an understatement. The Middle Eastern nation, proudly crowned as the cradle of civilisation, has for decades suffered from the consequences of a brutal dictatorship, crippling international sanctions, years of destructive war and armed violence followed by widespread government corruption and ineptitude. Given this recent traumatic history, to see Iraq finally celebrated internationally is the feel-good factor the nation craves, especially on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the United…