‘We’re tired of it,’ say residents facing ongoing violence in the Ituri province, near the border with Uganda.Dozens of civilians have been killed as suspected armed groups raided villages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to local advocates and news reports. The attacks took place on Friday in the province of Ituri, an area along the country’s northeast border with Uganda that has regularly experienced systematic attacks on communities since 2017. Charite Banza, the head of local civil society, told the Reuters news agency that Friday’s attack killed about 30 people, “both women and men”. “They set…
Author: National Tone
DeMar DeRozan‘s daugher, Diar DeRozan, reportedly had to be escorted out of Scotiabank Arena by security on Wednesday after receiving online threats for her heckling of Toronto Raptors’ free throw shooters, according to TNT and Bleacher Report’s Chris Haynes. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Diar went viral after her high-pitch scream could be heard every time the Raptors shot from the free-throw line. The Raptors missed a total of 18 free throws which proved costly in Toronto’s 109-105 season-ending loss to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA play-in tournament. “As long as she was there with her father,…
One of the highest rates in the world is straining wallets and putting pressure on the government ahead of the October elections.Argentina’s annual inflation rate soared to 104.3 percent in March, the official statistics agency has said, one of the highest rates in the world, straining people’s wallets and stoking a cost-of-living crisis that has pushed up poverty. The inflation reading for the month announced on Friday came in at 7.7 percent, well above analyst forecasts of 7.1 percent, marking the fastest monthly rise since 2002 and piling pressure on the government, which is contending with angry voters ahead of…
Nizar Issaoui, 35, said the reason for his protest was being falsely accused of ‘terrorism’ in the village of Haffouz.A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week as a protest against “police injustice”, his family said. Tunisian football player Nizar Issaoui, 35, suffered third-degree burns and was taken to the specialist burns hospital in Tunis, but doctors were unable to save his life, his brother said on Friday. “He died yesterday [Thursday] and will be buried today.” Issaoui, a former player for top-flight side US Monastir and a father of four, published a video…
Editor’s Note: The following story deals with domestic violence and may be distressing to some readers. If you or someone you know is in need of support, resources for Canadians can be found here. The NBA has suspended former Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges 30 games as a result of a domestic violence incident involving the mother of his children, the league announced Friday. Bridges was arrested and charged with multiple offences after the incident last June in Los Angeles. Bridges entered a plea of no contest to a felony domestic violence charge and the remaining counts against…
Stanley Omondi disguised himself as a woman so he could play in the 2023 Kenya Open’s female categoryIt was a bold gambit by the 25-year-old Kenyan chess player to disguise himself as a woman to compete in his country’s female open chess tournament.Dressed head to toe in a burka and wearing spectacles, Stanley Omondi had registered himself as Millicent Awour.But Omondi’s daring move was exposed as the organisers got suspicious by the unknown player’s success.In his defence, he later wrote in an apologetic letter seen by the BBC that he had “financial needs”.He also said that he was “ready to…
Local groups welcome the decision to make Minneapolis the first large city in the US with year-round public call to prayer.The Islamic call to prayer, or “adhan”, will soon echo through the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota, as it becomes the first large US city to approve mosques to publicly broadcast the call to prayer five times each day. The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a resolution making changes to the city’s noise ordinance, which had prevented some morning and evening calls during certain times of year. “This is a historic victory for religious freedom and pluralism for our entire nation,”…
Hungary’s populist leader Viktor Orban has been playing the West off against Russia and China for years, but as the Ukraine war drags on, the pressure is rising, according to analysts. “The Hungarian government continues to maintain close relations with Russia and supports the Russian war machine in various economic ways,” US Ambassador David Pressman said on April 12. Washington backed these harsh words up by unveiling sanctions against the Budapest-based, Russia-linked International Investment Bank and three of its directors. The measures marked a new low in relations between Hungary and its Western partners. However, worse could be to come.…
The Pittsburgh Penguins responded to missing out on making the playoffs for the first time since 2006 by firing GM Ron Hextall and president of hockey operations Brian Burke on Friday. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; The team also fired assistant GM Chris Pryor. Hextall, 58, had only been in the job for two years, having been hired in February of 2021, the same time as Burke, 67. While the Penguins’ playoff record is impressive, the team did not advance past the first round under Hextall and has not won a playoff round since 2018, despite having likely…
Discussions in Jeddah will include Syria’s suspension from the Arab League following a crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 2011.Delegates from nine Arab nations are meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss the possibility of normalising relations with Syria and its return to the Arab League. Ministers and top officials from the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries – Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates – along with those of Egypt, Iraq and Jordan were to meet on Friday at Saudi Arabia’s request. Syria’s suspension from the Arab League was imposed after President Bashar al-Assad’s government launched…