United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken recently came out against a ban on rainbow armbands at the World Cup tournament in Qatar, which various European team captains had intended to sport in support of LGBTQ rights and against discrimination. Blinken flagged the ban as “concerning” and a restriction on “freedom of expression”. The secretary’s scolding came on the heels of another rather “concerning” development on the world stage: a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in the US state of Colorado that killed five people and wounded 18 others. This, in a country that fancies itself the global role…
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DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Teenager Gavi did not practice with Spain on Monday, a day after the team’s draw with Germany at the World Cup. Gavi was nursing a minor injury sustained in the 1-1 draw at Al Bayt Stadium on Sunday. The 18-year-old midfielder was substituted in the 66th minute against Germany, shortly after Spain took a 1-0 lead. The injury was not expected to keep Gavi from being available in the final group match against Japan on Thursday. Spain needs a draw go reach the round of 16. Gavi scored once in the team’s 7-0 rout of Costa Rica, becoming the…
Last year’s winner Greaneteen and the returning Shishkin are two of the star names among seven confirmations for the Betfair Tingle Creek Chase at Sandown on Saturday.Greaneteen provided trainer Paul Nicholls with a 12th victory in the Grade One contest 12 months ago and returns to defend his crown off the back of an impressive victory in the Haldon Gold Cup at Exeter. The Nicky Henderson-trained Shishkin was a notable absentee from last year’s Tingle Creek, but proved himself better than ever in winning the Desert Orchid at Kempton over the Christmas period before getting the better of Energumene in…
Digital teams AJ Contrast and AJ+ francais score record wins in awards for purpose-driven digital and social media reporting.Al Jazeera has won eight awards, including Brand of the Year, at the seventh annual Shorty Impact Awards. Digital teams AJ Contrast and AJ+ francais won in multiple categories in the competition honouring purpose-driven, socially conscious digital work. The prizes were conferred to two projects: Inaccessible Cities, AJ Contrast’s multiple award-winning, Emmy-nominated interactive website about women with disabilities, and Cameroon, Land of Welcome, AJ+ francais’s impact-driven video and social media report by Remy Nsabimana, based on the journalist’s personal experience as a Rwandan refugee. Cameroon, Land…
Footage on social media showed a man whom other journalists identified as the BBC’s Ed Lawrence being arrested by men in police uniforms.The BBC has said Chinese police assaulted one of its journalists covering a protest in Shanghai and detained him for several hours, but China disputed the account and said he did not identify himself as a reporter. Hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on Sunday in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. Footage on social media showed a man whom other journalists identified as the BBC’s Ed Lawrence being arrested…
A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying over 3,500 kilograms of science experiments, crew supplies and other cargo successfully docked with the International Space Station at 7.39 AM EST (6.09 PM IST) on November 27. This mission marks SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission. With the arrival of the CRS-26 cargo Dragon, six spaceships are parked at the space station currently including a Cygnus space freighter, a Crew dragon, the Russian Soyuz MS-22 crew ship and the Progress 81 and Progress 82 resupply ships. SpaceX’s cargo Dragon spacecraft launched from the Kennedy Space Center at 2.20 PM IST on November 26. (12.50…
South Korea’s government will meet a striking truckers’ union for the first talks of a five-day nationwide walkout, as supply chain glitches worsen and concrete runs out at building sites. The government, which estimates daily losses at about 300 billion won ($224m) as supplies of cement and fuel for filling stations run short, raised its warning of cargo transport disruption to the highest level. But the union held out little prospect of a breakthrough in the second major strike within less than six months, as thousands of truckers demand better pay and working conditions. “The transport ministry’s position is already…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Andrei Kuzmenko scored at 1:12 of overtime to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Sunday night. Kyle Burroughs and Ilya Mikheyev also scored for the Canucks, and Thatcher Demko made 32 saves. “It’s a big one,” Demko said “That’s one of the ones that we probably haven’t gotten yet this year where, you know, we maybe did some things wrong but stuck together as a group and found a way to win.” Luke Kunin scored twice, and Logan Couture also connected for San Jose. Kaapo Kahkonen stopped 16…
Day eight of the World Cup in Qatar has delivered another shock to the footballing world with Morocco scoring a stunning victory over Belgium, beating the Belgians 2-0 at Al Thumama Stadium and putting the Atlas Lions a step closer to qualifying for the Round of 16. Germany has earned a crucial 1-1 draw in their exciting and energetic match against Spain after the Germans had teetered on the brink of elimination in the group stage for their second World Cup in a row. Their draw with Spain combined with Japan’s surprise loss to Costa Rica now moves the Germans…
Chicago Bears wide receiver Darnell Mooney will reportedly likely need season-ending surgery to repair torn ligaments for the ankle injury he sustained Sunday, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Mooney left during the third quarter of Chicago’s 31-10 loss to the New York Jets. NFL Network colleague Tom Pelissero said Mooney will get more tests performed Monday according to a source. The 25-year-old Mooney has 40 catches for 493 yards and two touchdowns in his third season with the Bears after being drafted in the fifth round, 173rd overall, out of…