The Florida Panthers say winger Ryan Lomberg is “week to week” with an upper-body injury. Lomberg reportedly sustained the injury in Game 1, according to Colby Guy of The Palm Beach Postbut kept playing until team doctors advised him to stop. The 28-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., played in the first four games of Florida’s seven-game series against the Boston Bruins, collecting 18 penalty minutes. The Panthers open their second-round series against the Maple Leafs on Tuesday in Toronto. Watch Game 1 on Sportsnet and SN NOW at 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT. Akira Schmid was spotted in…
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Talks will include diplomatic envoys and aid donors as the UN plans to press the Taliban to ease restrictions on women.Doha, Qatar – The Taliban has not been invited to a United Nations-organised conference on Afghanistan in Doha, with the Afghan group governing the South Asian country saying that the two-day meeting would be “ineffective” without its participation. Envoys from the United States, China and Russia, as well as major European aid donors and key neighbours such as Pakistan, are among the representatives from about 25 countries and groups called to the two days of closed-door talks by UN Secretary-General…
Islamabad, Pakistan – On April 21, as the conflict in Sudan entered the sixth day, more than 1,500 Pakistanis got a message from their embassy in the capital, Khartoum: “Come to the embassy compound if you want to be taken back to Pakistan.” Braving rockets, incessant shelling and violence in the streets, Irfan Khan, a 35-year-old Pakistani, volunteered to drive some other fellow nationals to the embassy. But Khan himself does not want to leave Sudan where the fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed hundreds and forced thousands to hide in their homes…
Treasurer Jim Chalmers expected to announce cautious budget as central bank fights high inflation.Australia’s Labor government is set to reveal a vast improvement in the budget’s bottom line next week as its coffers bulge with tax windfalls, yet the outlook will be a sober one as fiscal challenges still loom large. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has spent weeks using “restraint” and “responsible” to describe his second budget since taking office in May last year. There will be some money to offset cost of living pressures, particularly on energy prices, and perhaps a long-delayed rise in unemployment benefits. Chalmers has flagged more…
Hong Kong, China – In her apartment in Sham Shui Po, 60-year-old Mrs Chan heats up leftover chicken for her teenage daughter. Their rented apartment is only 23 square metres (248 square feet), and the kitchen is cramped, filled with bags of rice and canned food from the local food bank. Still, the family of four have no choice but to make do. Her daughter had asked her if they could eat steamed fish for dinner. But by the time Chan finished her shift, the markets were already closed. In any case, she could not afford the ingredients that day.…
The same day that Sukhi* landed in Hong Kong in April 2018 after a long flight from India, she was forced to start work. So began a years-long trauma trapped in slave-like conditions. “I thought I would have a better life,” Sukhi told Al Jazeera, recalling how her male employer confiscated her phone and passport. She was just 21 years old, and it was her first time travelling overseas. Later joined by her sister, she had to work 16-hour days, cleaning, cooking, and tending to the man’s children — as well as servicing clients in his beauty salon. “But there…
Sudan’s rival military forces have accused each other of fresh violations of a ceasefire as their deadly conflict rumbled on for a third week despite warnings of a slide towards civil war. Hundreds of people have been killed and thousands wounded since a long-simmering power struggle between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) erupted into conflict on April 15. Both sides said a formal ceasefire agreement that was due to expire at midnight on Sunday would be extended for a further 72 hours, in a move the RSF said was “in response to international, regional and…
World No 1 Jon Rahm had closed to within two shots of Mexico Open leader Tony Finau after a sensational, bogey-free 10-under round of 61 on Saturday, but Finau proved too strong in the final round, finishing with a five-under round of 65, which saw him round off the tournament on 24-under Last Updated: 30/04/23 11:13pm Tony Finau claimed PGA Tour Mexico Open title victory, as he held off Jon Rahm Tony Finau showed superb consistency to hold off the charge of Jon Rahm and claim the PGA Tour Mexico Open title by three shots on Sunday, finishing on 24-under.…
Three people have also been wounded in the shooting including a five-year-old girl, police say.At least 10 people have been killed in an armed attack overnight in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s main port city and economic hub that is under a state of emergency due to rising drug violence, the public prosecutor’s office and police have reported. Three people were wounded, including a five-year-old girl, police said on Sunday. A rifle and 9mm-calibre guns were found at the scene, the Ecuadorean Prosecutor’s Office posted on its Twitter account. “We believe that this has to do with a struggle between organised criminal groups…
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom is “definitely frustrated” that he’s landed on the injured list with right forearm tightness. “I want to be out there,” deGrom said Sunday, speaking to the media for the first time since the IL news. “There’s a little inflammation in there, so the goal is to get that knocked out here in the next few days and resume throwing. So, staying optimistic about it.” DeGrom exited after 3 2/3 innings in his last start against the New York Yankees on Friday night. It was the second time in his past three…