Former Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is among the list of candidates for the Phoenix Suns‘ vacant head coaching position, TNT’s Chris Haynes reports. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer and Suns assistant Kevin Young are also on the list, Haynes adds. The Suns fired 2021-22 Coach of the Year Monty Williams on Saturday, days after losing Game 6 to the Denver Nuggets at home in a Western Conference semifinal playoff series. The Raptors fired Nurse on April 21 following a disappointing home loss to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA’s…
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When Zionist forces embarked on the ethnic cleansing of Palestine to establish the state of Israel in 1948, the plight of the Palestinian people shocked the Arab world. It angered Arab nations who were amid their own anti-colonial struggles and elevated the liberation of Palestine to the status of a pan-Arab cause. But as Arab regimes, both republican and monarchical, became more established, the draw and the utility of the Palestinian cause for Arab leaders slowly began to fade. The abandonment of the Palestinians is directly related to the undemocratic nature of Arab regimes and their continuing political dependence on…
Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth almost $3bn, including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government announced ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s arrival in Berlin. German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday that Berlin wanted to show, with its latest military aid package worth 2.7bn euros ($2.95bn), “that Germany is serious in its support” for Ukraine. “Germany will provide all the help it can, as long as it takes,” he said. Though initially slow to provide military aid to Kyiv, Germany has since become one of the biggest suppliers of arms to Ukraine, crucially giving…
Naqab, Israel – In 1992, Mohamed Abu Qwaider watched his mother’s home bulldozed by the Israeli army in the unrecognised Bedouin village of az-Zarnug in the Naqab Desert. The then-10-year-old helped his family rebuild the house using stone and concrete, sturdier than the previous metal shack. A few days after completing their new home, the family got another demolition order stating the structure was built illegally and had to watch it flattened to the ground. “I was too young so I didn’t know the regulations,” Abu Qwaider, now 41, said. “All I knew is that we had the right –…
Istanbul, Turkey – As his country stands on the verge of its centenary, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has framed the next 100 years as the “Century of Turkey”. The May 14 elections could be portrayed in similarly striking terms – either an extension of Erdogan’s two-decade rule or a government pledging a return to a parliamentary system from the current executive presidency. The presidential and parliamentary elections are billed by many as the most important since Turkey held its first fair multi-party vote in 1950, also on May 14. They are taking place against a background of a cost-of-living…
Djokovic’s beliefs and behavior have made headlines throughout the pandemic. In April 2020, he said he was opposed to vaccines and that he wouldn’t want to be required to receive a shot in order to travel. Just months later, he and his wife tested positive for COVID after he organized and played in exhibition matches that flouted social distancing recommendations. In October 2021, he said that questions about his vaccination status were “inappropriate.”The tournament’s defending champion had surprised many Tuesday when he posted on social media that he had been granted an “exemption permission” to travel to Australia. But, as…
As song contest was under way, Russian missiles hit Ukrainian city of Ternopil, the home of Ukraine’s entrants Tvorchi.Swedish singer Loreen has won the Eurovision Song Contest with her power ballad “Tattoo” at a colourful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine. The diva from Stockholm beat acts from 25 other countries on Saturday night to take the continent’s pop crown at the competition in the United Kingdom’s Liverpool. Finnish singer Käärijä was second in a close-fought battle of the Nordic neighbours. Loreen scored 583 points after the public and jury votes were…
At the Richardson, Texas, office of Genpact, a Meta subcontractor, Spanish-language moderators told BuzzFeed News they’ve been required to report to the office since April 2021, despite the emergence of both Delta and Omicron variants that caused COVID infections to spike across the US. Throughout this time, they said, moderators reviewing English-language content have been allowed to cycle through the office in three-month rotations.“Being in the office … has been nothing short of a nightmare,” one moderator said.BuzzFeed News spoke to three members of Genpact’s so-called Mexican market team who described a pattern of inequitable treatment of Spanish-language moderators. All…
Bangkok, Thailand – Voters in Thailand are heading to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament in what analysts have called the country’s “most pivotal election to date”. The poll is the first in the Southeast Asian country since a youth-led uprising in 2020 that broke long-held taboos by calling for curbs on the powers of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, as well as an end to a near-decade of military-backed rule. The vote on Sunday is expected to deliver a strong mandate for change, with public opinion surveys consistently predicting a majority for the main opposition Pheu Thai Party…
Former world No 1 Dustin Johnson, at 14 under, leads Branden Grace of South Africa by two shots ahead of the third and final round; the two-time major winner could be peaking at just the right time with the PGA Championship taking place next week at Oak Hill Last Updated: 13/05/23 11:49pm Dustin Johnson leads at LIV Golf Tulsa by two shots heading into the final round Dustin Johnson posted a seven-under 63 on Saturday to take a two-shot lead into the final round of LIV Golf Tulsa. The two-time major winner and former world No 1 won the points…