The fishing gangs visit the river by night and the rangers do nothing to stop them. Working in large groups, the boatmen use fishing methods that have long been outlawed in this part of the Mekong – one of Asia’s mightiest rivers – like gillnetting, which uses nets that hang like a curtain in the water and snag fish by their gills, and electrofishing. Normally, the rangers would intervene. But these days they hang back out of a mix of intimidation and sympathy for neighbours made desperate by the pandemic. Cambodia’s strict fishing rules, first imposed in 2006, are crucial…
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The Los Angeles Kings have loaned defenceman Brandt Clarke to Canada’s World Junior Team, with whom he will attend the upcoming team selection camp from Dec. 9-12. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Clarke, 19, will join the rest of Team Canada’s hopefuls for the four-day camp before the final 23-man roster is announced on Dec. 12. The Kings selected Brandt with the eighth-overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft. In 2021, Brandt had an outstanding OHL season as captain of the Barrie Colts that saw him rack up 59 points in 55 games. His OHL success saw…
A hat-trick from Will Collar earned League Two Stockport a deserved 3-1 FA Cup second-round replay victory against managerless Charlton.The League One Addicks, who sacked boss Ben Garner on Monday, were well beaten in the end as County came from behind to book a home third-round tie against fellow fourth-tier side Walsall. An unfortunate own goal handed Charlton a seventh-minute lead. Stockport goalkeeper Ben Hinchliffe punched Charlie Kirk’s corner against Akil Wright and the ball rebounded off the defender before trickling into the net.Richard Chin almost made it 2-0 but County levelled in the 25th minute when midfielder Collar mopped…
Peruvian politics marked by series of corruption cases and crises, the latest being removal of President Pedro Castillo.Peru has seen a series of presidents removed from office or imprisoned on allegations of corruption over the past three decades. On Wednesday, Peru’s Congress voted to remove President Pedro Castillo in the third impeachment trial since he came to power in July last year. The move came just hours after Castillo had said he would dissolve the legislature by decree. Here is a rundown of Peru’s recent political turmoil: Pedro Castillo, 2021-2022 A former teacher and farmer, Castillo gained strong support in poor,…
Calgary has been named the host city for the 2024 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Canadian women’s curling championship will take place Feb 16-25, 2024, at the WinSport Event Centre, the same venue that hosted the event in 2021 before near-empty stands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The WinSport Event Centre has a seating capacity of around 3,000. “It’s a great privilege to welcome Canada’s top women’s curling teams back to the city in 2024,” said Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek. “While we recently hosted the Scotties as part of the closed curling bubble in 2021, we certainly missed the experience…
In a bustling metro area of 4.3 million people, Yale University wildlife biologist Nyeema Harris ventures into isolated thickets to study the most elusive residents in the United States city of Detroit — coyotes, foxes, raccoons and skunks among them. Harris and her colleagues have placed trail cameras in woodsy sections of 25 city parks for the past five years. They’ve recorded thousands of images of animals that emerge mostly at night to roam and forage, revealing a wild side many locals might not know exists. “We’re getting more and more exposure to wildlife in urban environments,” Harris said while…
Hansi Flick will remain as Germany coach despite the four-time World Cup winners exiting this year’s tournament in the group stages.He will remain in charge of the country until at least Euro 2024, at the end of his existing contract. Flick only took charge of the national team last year, on the back of leading Bayern Munich to the Champions League and two Bundesliga titles in as many years.He succeeded Joachim Low, who led Germany to the World Cup in 2014, before a shock group-stage exit in 2018 and a last-16 defeat by England at Euro 2020 last year.Under Flick,…
Nineteen people, including state security officials, went on trial for a ‘hidden debt’ scandal that crashed the country’s economy.A court in Mozambique has sentenced the son of a former president, two ex-spy bosses, and eight others to years in prison for their part in a corruption scandal in which the government sought to conceal huge debts, triggering financial havoc. The 11 were found guilty and sentenced on Wednesday on charges related to a $2bn “hidden debt” scandal which saw hundreds of millions of dollars in government-backed loans disappear and crashed the southern African nation’s economy. Nineteen individuals, including state security…
Cristiano Ronaldo wasn’t named in Portugal’s starting XI for a game at a major tournament for the first time since 2008Cristiano Ronaldo was reduced to the role of the superstar nobody wants after Portugal followed Manchester United’s lead in deciding they might just be better off without him. And better off without him they certainly were as Portugal rewarded coach Fernando Santos’s courage in dropping his country’s sporting icon with the complete attacking performance and a 6-1 win over Switzerland that sets up a World Cup quarter-final against Morocco.Santos was not only vindicated for his decision to axe Ronaldo after…
The armed group, which was absent from the latest peace talks, has requested a meeting with regional mediators over the continuing conflict.The M23 rebel group says it is ready to withdraw from occupied territory in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and will support regional peace-making efforts despite not being represented in talks. The Tutsi-led armed group widely seen to be a proxy of Rwanda, a claim the neighbouring country denies, is “ready to start disengagement and withdraw”, M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka said in a statement on Tuesday. However, the AFP news agency and local sources reported continuing clashes…