Toronto Raptors forward Otto Porter Jr. was ruled out for the remainder of Monday’s game against the Detroit Pistons at halftime due to left foot soreness. Juancho Hernangomez started the second half in Porter’s place. After the game head coach Nick Nurse said someone had stepped on Porter’s foot, injuring his toe. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Porter Jr. has played in eight of the Raptors’ first 15 games this season and made his season debut on Nov. 2 after suffering a hamstring injury during camp and taking time away to welcome the birth of his daughter. He’s…
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More than 48,000 academic workers in the University of California system have gone on strike over what they say are unfair labour practices and low wages. Researchers, postdoctoral scholars, teaching assistants and other employees headed to the picket line on Monday, launching what they describe as the largest academic worker strike in US history. The move is expected to halt activities within the University of California system, a network of 10 public universities and more than 280,000 students. “Our material conditions have been so bad for so long that a lot of people have run out of patience with the…
The best possible future — the one with fewer climate disasters, extinctions, and human suffering — involves limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. But for this to happen, a new report warns, greenhouse gas levels must start dropping by 2025.“We are on a fast track to climate disaster,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday while announcing the new report by the United Nation’s preeminent climate body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.“This is not fiction or exaggeration,” he added. “It is what science tells us will result from our current energy policies. We are on a pathway…
Arizona Cardinals tight end Zach Ertz is out for the season with a knee injury, according to reports from NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The injury was suffered during the 27-17 victory over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday after making a catch. He was able to walk off the field on his own, however was spotted after the game with a brace on his knee. So far this season with the Cardinals he has averaged 40.6 yards per game, with four touchdowns on the year. Arizona will turn to rookie Trey McBride in…
Ariel Henry dismisses government ministers, commissioner as Canada imposes new sanctions against Haitian gang leader.Haiti’s acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sacked the country’s justice and interior ministers, along with its government commissioner, in a new round of political upheaval that comes under the shadow of international sanctions. Former Justice Minister Berto Dorce first dismissed Government Commissioner Jacques Lafontant on Henry’s orders before being removed himself days later along with Interior Minister Liszt Quitel, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press news agency on Monday. Henry did not say why the officials were removed, and his spokesperson could not…
Tony Thorne was one of the officers on the Apollo project, advising the team on the task of merging large volumes of data. Thorne, a former counterterrorism officer with the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit, said he was shocked by what he saw in Scotland. “We left Scotland with a process that was not complete or adequate in any way,” he said.The key issues highlighted during the test run reemerged right away, according to emails and internal memos from 2014 and 2015 reviewed by BuzzFeed News.Officers described a system that was “crashing routinely” and “timing out after 10 minutes,”…
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United says it is trying to establish the full facts behind Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive interview with Piers Morgan. The Portugal great said he did not respect manager Erik ten Hag and that he felt “betrayed.” So far, only excerpts have been released and United says it will wait before deciding its next step. “Manchester United notes the media coverage regarding an interview by Cristiano Ronaldo,” said the Premier League club. “The club will consider its response after the full facts have been established. “Our focus remains on preparing for the second half of the season…
United States President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have opened their first in-person meeting since the former took office nearly two years ago, aiming to “manage” differences between the superpowers as they compete for global influence amid increasing economic and security tensions. Xi and Biden greeted each other with a handshake at a luxury resort on Indonesia’s Bali island on Monday, where they are attending the Group of 20 (G20) summit of large economies, before they sat down for what was expected to be a conversation lasting several hours. “As the leaders of our two nations, we…
US Marine veteran Trevor Reed is on his way home after being released from Russia, where officials said he was wrongfully detained since 2019.“Today, our prayers have been answered and Trevor is safely on his way back to the United States,” his family said in a statement.Reed’s release came as part of a prisoner swap with Russia, with the US sending back Konstantin Yaroshenko, a Russian pilot sentenced in 2011 to a 20-year prison term for importing more than $100 million of cocaine.The surprise prisoner exchange was the result of long and difficult negotiations between the US and Russia, according…
Indonesia, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and a private power firm are teaming up to refinance and retire early the first coal-fired power plant under a groundbreaking new carbon emissions reduction project that moves from concept to reality on Monday. The 660-megawatt Cirebon 1 power plant in West Java would be refinanced in a $250-300m deal on condition that it be taken out of service 10 to 15 years before the end of its 40- to 50-year useful life under a memorandum of understanding (MOU), ADB officials said. The Manila-based lender and Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati are set…