Washington, DC – Republicans have expressed outrage after the administration of President Joe Biden largely blamed his predecessor Donald Trump for the shortcomings of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan. A summary report released by the White House on Thursday justified how the current administration carried out the chaotic US exit from Afghanistan in 2021. It said Biden’s “choices for how to execute a withdrawal from Afghanistan were severely constrained by conditions created” by Trump. That assessment sparked a rebuke from Republicans in Congress, who accused the Biden administration of absolving itself of responsibility by pointing the finger at the…
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Everton loanee Dele Alli is due to return to the UK on Saturday for a review of an injury he picked up while playing for Besiktas.The Premier League club’s medical staff will assess Alli, but he is not eligible to play for the Toffees this season. Alli, who moved to the Turkish Super Lig side on loan from Everton at the end of August, has failed to make an impact at Besiktas, managing just two goals and one assist in 15 games.Besiktas wanted to cancel Alli’s loan move in January, but the lack of a break clause proved to be…
At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in Argentina’s capital is eerily quiet before dawn, hours before it will fill with travellers. About 100 people who sleep inside the facility are getting ready to start their day. One of them is Angel Gomez, who has been living in the Jorge Newbery International Airport for two years and has seen how the number of people joining him has soared. “After the pandemic, this became a total invasion,” Gomez said early on Thursday as he sat next to a sign advertising the Perito Moreno glacier, an iconic tourist attraction…
The strong job numbers could lead the Fed to continue to raise interest rates.The US economy continued to churn out jobs at a brisk pace in March, pushing the unemployment rate down to 3.5 percent, signs of persistent labour market tightness that could see the Federal Reserve hiking interest rates again next month. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 236,000 jobs last month, the Department of Labor said in its closely watched employment report on Friday. Data for February was revised higher to show 326,000 jobs were added instead of 311,000 as previously reported. Some of the slowdown in hiring reflected the…
MANCHESTER, England — Prolific striker Erling Haaland is available to play Saturday when Manchester City visits last-place Southampton, manager Pep Guardiola said Friday. The Norway international returned to training this week after a groin injury forced him to miss City’s 4-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend. Guardiola confirmed Haaland will be in the squad for the Premier League game ahead of a visit from Bayern Munich for a Champions League first-leg quarterfinal match on Tuesday. Haaland, who has scored 42 goals in all competitions this season, had to withdraw from his country’s European Championship qualifiers against Spain and Georgia two…
For Ramadan, Fork the System brings you stories of family, connection, and the dishes that made the month special for our guest chefs. There’s something about fuul and Ramadan. In our household, we eat it every day – for the whole month. The table is not complete unless that dish of fuul (fuul medames or stewed fava beans) is smack in the middle surrounded by the supporting cast of other dishes. Fuul is very popular in the Arabic-speaking part of the world and during the fasting month, it is usually served at suhoor (the pre-dawn meal eaten before fasting starts). However, that…
Turning history’s page on its deadliest conflict, countries came together in 1948 to heal a bloodied world. Following years of war, distrust and pain, nations elevated the physical and mental wellbeing of people to a new level, forging a global pact and purpose to safeguard and advance health for all. Lofty sentiment transformed into practical reality 75 years ago with the entry into force of the Constitution of the World Health Organization, and WHO’s founding as the specialised United Nations agency dedicated to promoting human health. WHO was given a unique mandate to advance the wellbeing of all people, and…
Ireland fell to a seven-wicket defeat against Bangladesh in their one-off Test match in Mirpur.Ireland finished day three with a 131-run lead and added just six runs to their overnight score, after the hosts took just 37 minutes to bowl the visitors out. Mushfiqur Rahim, who hit a first[-innings126scored51notouttoleadBangladeshhomeandhewasbackedupbyMominumHaguewhohitanunbeaten20[-innings126scored51notouttoleadBangladeshhomeandhewasbackedupbyMominumHaguewhohitanunbeaten20Liton Das earlier gave Bangladesh a fluent start before he was bowled by Mark Adair for 23, and it looked like the hosts were in trouble when Andy McBrine had skipper Najmul Hossain caught by Andrew Balbirnie for four.With Bangladesh in danger of collapsing after slumping to 43-2, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur…
Former Orlando Magic point guard Ben Gordon was arrested on weapons and threatening charges after he began behaving erratically in a Connecticut juice shop on Tuesday April 4, police said.The incident started just before 10am when several 911 callers reported “a male acting aggressively and in a bizarre manner” inside a juice shop in Stamford, the city’s assistant police chief, Richard Conklin, said on Thursday. The man, identified as Gordon, continued to act erratically when officers arrived and tried to take him into custody, Conklin said.The officers eventually subdued Gordon and placed him under arrest. They found a folding knife…
Here we go again. The state of Israel is committing unchecked barbarism against Palestinians and the Western corporate media has decided it all comes down to “clashes”. The latest round of so-called “clashes” – sparked when Israeli police decided to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by repeatedly attacking Palestinian worshippers at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque – has produced predictably disproportionate casualties. Hundreds of Palestinians have been arrested and wounded as Israeli forces have once again flaunted their handiness with rubber bullets, batons, stun grenades and tear gas. In return, the police have suffered minimal injuries, while also undertaking to accompany illegal…