Democrats appear to have a decent chance of keeping their Senate majority. (File)Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt: The US midterms made waves Wednesday at a UN climate summit on the shores of Egypt, with activists urging President Joe Biden to take bolder action against global warming regardless of the result.Campaigners were optimistic that Biden’s $370 billion green energy legislation would not be thwarted even if Republicans take one or both houses of Congress.But with Biden due to join the UN’s COP27 climate conference in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday, they also had a message for the US leader.”I…
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NEW DELHI: The ‘Quad’ countries of India, the US, Japan and Australia have kicked off their top-notch Malabar naval exercise off Yokosuka near the East China Sea, with China’s aggressive moves in the Indo-Pacific figuring high on their radar screens. India has deployed multi-role stealth frigate INS Shivalik, anti-submarine corvette INS Kamorta and a P-8I long-range maritime patrol aircraft for the 10-day Malabar exercise that will witness “advanced coordinated anti-submarine warfare” among other complex combat drills. The US has fielded nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville and Aegis guided missile destroyer USS Milius. Australia, in…
Minnesota Wild star Kirill Kaprizov was handed a match penalty and ejected on Tuesday for a vicious cross-check to the chin of Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty during the second period of the teams’ matchup. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The penalty means Kaprizov is suspended one game, pending review, which would result in the winger missing Wednesday’s contest in Anaheim against the Ducks. The play was ruled as intent to injure, a description many Wild fans did not agree with. Doughty waved goodbye to Kaprizov after the penalty was called. Doughty had hit Kaprizov several times…
Frankie Dettori and Ryan Moore have been nominated for Ride of the Year at the Lesters Awards next month, to be shown exclusively on Sky Sports Racing on December 16. Dettori features on the Flat Ride of the Year list after his winning ride on Trawlerman at the Ebor meeting at York, whilst Moore gave Cleveland an outstanding ride to land the Chester Cup in May for Aidan O’Brien. That duo are joined by Tom Markwho gave Quickthorn a great front-running ride to win the Henry II Stakes at Sandown and Jonny Peat who won on Rocket Rod back in…
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Nicky Henderson’s top-class hurdler Jonbon is poised to make his eagerly-anticipated debut over fences at Warwick on Wednesday.A full-brother to the mighty Douvan, the JP McManus-owned six-year-old won four of his five starts over the smaller obstacles last season – his only defeat coming at the hands of stablemate Constitution Hill in the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival in March. Jonbon bounced back to winning ways in a Grade One at Aintree the following month and is all set to make his seasonal reappearance next week.Speaking on Nick Luck’s Daily Podcast, Henderson confirmed he will not take up…
Babar Azam returned to form as a resurgent Pakistan beat New Zealand by seven wickets to reach their first T20 World Cup final since winning the competition in 2009.Pakistan, who have now won four matches in a row since starting the tournament with successive last-ball losses to India and Zimbabwe, will face India or England in Sunday’s showpiece at the MCG, with those two teams meeting in Thursday’s second semi-final in Adelaide (8am UK time). Babar’s side restricted New Zealand to 152-4 in Wednesday’s first semi-final in Sydney, before reaching their target with five balls to spare as the skipper…
MOSCOW (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner has been sent to a penal colony in Russia to serve her sentence for drug possession, her legal team said Wednesday. A Russian court rejected an appeal of her nine-year sentence last month. The eight-time all-star center with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist was convicted Aug. 4 after police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. Her arrest came at a time of heightened tensions between Moscow and Washington, just days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine, and the…
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Exclusive live coverage of the Hatton v Barrera workout stream from Manchester. Ricky Hatton and Marco Antonio Barrera show off their skills in a workout ahead of their one-off exhibition clash – and you can watch the former world champions on a live stream! Former super-lightweight and welterweight world champion Hatton is returning to the ring for the first time in 10 years in his home city of Manchester this Saturday and will take on one of the sport’s all-time greats.Barrera is a former three-weight world champion and a member…
An inmate making $0.70 per hour sews socks together in a prison factory at California Men’s Colony prison on December 19, 2013 in San Luis Obispo, California.Photo: Andrew Burton (Getty Images)The U.S. government often purchases office furniture and other goods made for pennies on the dollar by American prisoners. Believe it or not, it’s been happening for decades. And Gizmodo has obtained documents that provide a peek at what prison labor products U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in particular has been buying.Through the Freedom of Information Act, Gizmodo has received invoices to ICE, the federal immigration police force, from Unicor,…