BALTIMORE — The New York Yankees put infielder Josh Donaldson and right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga on the injured list Saturday. Donaldson went on the 10-day IL retroactive to Thursday with a right hamstring strain. Manager Aaron Boone had said Friday that move was likely. Loaisiga went on the 15-day IL with right elbow inflammation. The Yankees also transferred Tommy Kahnle (right biceps tendonitis) to the 60-day IL, although Boone said that did not mean the right-hander had a setback in his recovery. “That 60-day, I think it ends around May 28 or whatever, late May,” Boone said. “By the time he’s…
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Britain’s Francesca Jones was beaten in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Copa Colsanitas by Tatjana Maria after a lengthy rain delay in Bogota.World No 817 Jones had already upset seeds Nuria Parrizas Diaz and Laura Pigossi on her way to the last four and was aiming to reach her first WTA final. However, the 22-year-old – who suffers from a congenital condition which means she has three fingers and a thumb on each hand, three toes on one foot and four toes on the other – found it tough going against defending champion Maria as the second seed…
Tens of thousands of people rally in Tel Aviv to protest against the government’s proposed judicial overhaul.Tens of thousands of Israelis have joined protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to overhaul the judiciary, despite soaring tensions after two deadly attacks a day earlier. The protests against the plans, which were paused last month in the face of a wave of strikes and mass demonstrations, come amid surging violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. As protesters rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry…
More than 30 children have been reunited with their families in Ukraine this week after a long operation to bring them back from Russia, where they had been taken from occupied areas during the war, a humanitarian group has said. Kyiv has estimated nearly 19,500 children have been taken to Russia since Moscow invaded in February last year, in what it condemns as illegal deportations. Moscow, which controls parts of Ukraine’s east and south, has denied abducting children and said they have been transported away for their own safety. On Friday, the Save Ukraine charity said the children and their…
The Tampa Bay Lightning will be without forward Tanner Jeannot and defenceman Mikhail Sergachev when they play in Ottawa on Saturday night. Jeannot, who was a deadline acquisition from Nashville, was injured on Thursday night after getting tangled up with Islanders defenceman Scott Mayfield and falling awkwardly on his right leg. He has flown back to Tampa to seek medical attention. The 25-year-old, who was a deadline acquisition from Nashville that cost the team five draft picks, has just one goal and three assists in 20 games since coming over. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Sergachev’s absence is…
Tehran, Iran – Tensions between Iran and Azerbaijan have been steadily ramping up in recent months, and divisive incidents have become almost a weekly occurrence. The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday promised “reciprocal diplomatic action” after Azerbaijan expelled four Iranian diplomats over “provocative actions” it did not name. Azerbaijan arrested six of its own nationals hours earlier, who were accused of being linked to Iranian secret services and plotting a coup in the Caspian nation. It was the latest in a series of arrests in recent months with Baku linking all suspects to Tehran. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, a close ally…
Tatarsky was killed on Sunday after a woman handed him a statuette that later exploded in a cafe, wounding more than 40 people.Hundreds gathered for the funeral of high-profile Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in Moscow after he was killed in a bomb attack in Saint Petersburg. Tatarsky, whose real name was Maxim Fomin, was killed on Sunday after a woman handed him a bust that later exploded in a cafe, wounding more than 40 people. Russian authorities say the attack was orchestrated by Ukraine with help from supporters of jailed critic Alexey Navalny. Kyiv has blamed it on Russia’s…
On April 5, shocking footage emerged from occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque of Israeli security forces mercilessly beating Palestinian worshippers. The brutal violence left at least 12 Palestinians injured at Islam’s third holiest site and fuelled public anger. Rockets were fired from Gaza and Lebanon as a warning against further escalation, but Israel did not listen. The following day it repeated the violent attack on al-Haram al-Sharif, where Al-Aqsa Mosque is located, and carried out air raids on Gaza and Lebanon. By now it is quite clear that American efforts to prevent another escalation in Palestine are failing. And once…
It is the fourth repatriation operation conducted by the Canadian government of its nationals being held in a Syrian camps for foreigners accused of ISIL affiliation.Four women and 10 children have been repatriated by Canada from detention camps for foreign fighters and their families in northeastern Syria. It was the fourth repatriation operation conducted by the Canadian government of its nationals held in camps in Syria for foreigners accused of being associated with the armed group ISIL (ISIS). Three of the women were arrested in Montreal at the airport before appearing in court on a “terrorism peace bond application” –…
Second underwater drone test in just over two weeks as Pyongyang continues efforts to expand and modernise its weaponry.North Korea has conducted another test of a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone, according to state media. The country tested the so-called Haeil-2 more than a week after it disclosed a new underwater drone system dubbed Haeil-1, which translates to “tsunami” in Korean, and is designed to undertake sneak attacks in enemy waters. Analysts are sceptical about whether the underwater vehicle is ready for deployment but say North Korea is eager to display its diverse weaponry against the United States and South Korea,…