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PSG sideline Mbappe for season-opener as Dembele arrives
PSG sideline Mbappe for season-opener as Dembele arrives
French superstar Kylian Mbappe has been left out of Paris Saint-Germain's season opener on Saturday deepening the stand-off between the France captain...
2023-08-12 19:32
Warzone Season 5 Faction Showdown Event: Details, Rewards
Warzone Season 5 Faction Showdown Event: Details, Rewards
The Warzone Season 5 Faction Showdown Event starts on Aug. 4 and offers players free rewards, like Blueprints and Operator skins, as they complete challenges.
2023-08-03 23:07
N.Korea's Kim Jong Un wraps up Russia trip
N.Korea's Kim Jong Un wraps up Russia trip
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday, ending a visit affirming close ties with Vladimir Putin and fuelling Western fears that Pyongyang might provide Moscow with...
2023-09-17 16:56
Fading Coal and Gas Hubs Can’t Rely on Green Fuels to Save Jobs
Fading Coal and Gas Hubs Can’t Rely on Green Fuels to Save Jobs
Coal and natural gas production hubs in Australia, one of the top exporters of the fossil fuels, should
2023-06-29 09:59
Roundup: Kendall Jenner, Bad Bunny Are Official; Simone Biles Is Back; California Wins Little League World Series
Roundup: Kendall Jenner, Bad Bunny Are Official; Simone Biles Is Back; California Wins Little League World Series
Kendall Jenner and Bad Bunny are official, Simone Biles won the U.S. championship, California won the Little League World Series and more in the Roundup.
2023-08-28 19:00
Karabakh exodus: 20,000 Armenians flee over border as UN demands protection of civilians
Karabakh exodus: 20,000 Armenians flee over border as UN demands protection of civilians
Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads to flee Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, as the United Nations and Washington called on Azerbaijan to protect civilians and let in aid. At least 20,000 of the 120,000 ethnic Armenians who live there have already crossed into Armenia after Azerbaijan launched a swift and successful military operation to defeat separatists who have governed the breakaway region for about 30 years. Hundreds of cars and buses crammed with refugees and their belongings snaked along mountain roads. Some fled packed into the back of open-topped trucks, others on tractors. Grandmother Narine Shakaryan arrived in her son-in-law's old car with six people packed inside. The 48-mile drive had taken 24 hours, she said. They had no food. “The whole way the children were crying, they were hungry,” Shakaryan told Reuters at the border, carrying her three-year-old granddaughter, who she said had become ill during the journey. “We left so we would stay alive.” Nearly 50 people, mostly children, scrambled from the back of one large truck. “It rained all night, there was no shelter. The nice driver took some of the children into his cabin to give at least some of them shelter,” said Maktar Talakyan, 54, who was travelling with her daughter Anna and her three grandchildren. Anna’s husband, a demobilised soldier who had fought for the now defeated separatist forces, remains in Karabakh, Talakyan said. As Armenians rushed to leave the Karabakh capital – known as Stepanakert by Armenia and Khankendi by Azerbaijan – fuel stations were overwhelmed by panic buying; at least 20 people were killed and 290 injured in a massive blaze when a fuel storage facility blew up. “I think we’re going to see the vast majority of people in Karabakh leaving for Armenia,” said Thomas de Waal, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Europe think tank. “They are being told to integrate into Azerbaijan, a country that they’ve never been part of, and most of them don’t even speak the language and are being told to dismantle their local institutions. That’s an offer that most people in Karabakh will not accept.” In the Armenian capital Yerevan, US Agency for International Development (USAID) chief Samantha Power called on Azerbaijan “to maintain the ceasefire and take concrete steps to protect the rights of civilians in Nagorno-Karabakh.” Power, who earlier handed Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan a letter of support from president Joe Biden, said Azerbaijan’s use of force was unacceptable and that Washington was looking at an appropriate response. She called on Azerbaijan’s president Ilham Aliyev to live up to his promise to protect ethnic Armenian rights, fully reopen the Lachin corridor that connects the region to Armenia and let in aid deliveries and an international monitoring mission. Aliyev has pledged to guarantee the safety of Karabakh’s Armenians but said his iron fist had consigned the idea of the region’s independence to history. Asked if she believed Azeri forces had committed atrocities against civilians or combatants in Karabakh, she said: “We have heard very troubling reports of violence against civilians. At the same time given the chaos here and the trauma, the gathering of testimonies ... of the people who have come across is something that is just beginning.” United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Volker Turk, said in a statement late on Tuesday: “I am following with concern the evolving and fragile humanitarian situation. “It is important that the rights of the ethnic Armenian population on the ground are safeguarded and all actions rooted in international law. Protection of all civilians must be an absolute priority. Those affected must have access to humanitarian assistance.” The Azerbaijan victory changes the balance of power in the South Caucasus region, a patchwork of ethnicities crisscrossed with oil and gas pipelines where Russia, the United States, Turkey and Iran are jostling for influence. Since the breakup of the Soviet Union, Armenia has relied on a security partnership with Russia, while Azerbaijan grew close to Turkey, with which it shares linguistic and cultural ties. Armenia has lately sought closer ties with the West and blames Russia, which had peacekeepers in Karabakh but is now preoccupied with the war in Ukraine, for failing to protect Karabakh. Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report. Felix Light reported for Reuters from the Armenian border village of Kornidzor. Read More What is Nakhchivan? And after Nagorno-Karabakh, is this the next crisis for Azerbaijan and Armenia Thousands of ethnic Armenians flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control in lightning offensive Exasperated residents flee Nagorno-Karabakh after Azerbaijan seizes control of breakaway region At least 20 dead and 300 injured in Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot explosion At least 20 dead in gas station explosion as Nagorno-Karabakh residents flee to Armenia
2023-09-27 02:39
Criminal trial of US Senator Bob Menendez set for May 6
Criminal trial of US Senator Bob Menendez set for May 6
WASHINGTON A criminal trial of U.S. Senator Bob Menendez has been set for May 6, according to a
2023-10-03 03:23
Bank of Canada says interest rates may not be high enough
Bank of Canada says interest rates may not be high enough
By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem on Thursday said interest rates may
2023-09-08 02:18
Barcelona transfers: Positions La Blaugrana must strengthen before summer deadline
Barcelona transfers: Positions La Blaugrana must strengthen before summer deadline
The positions Barcelona need to strengthen by the end of the 2023 summer transfer window.
2023-07-06 21:00
Oil Price Surge Upends Emerging-Market Disinflation Trade
Oil Price Surge Upends Emerging-Market Disinflation Trade
Just a couple of months ago, emerging-market assets were all the rage as inflation eased and interest rate-cut
2023-09-24 20:00
Kevin Hart consoled by The Rock after injury confines him to a wheelchair
Kevin Hart consoled by The Rock after injury confines him to a wheelchair
Kevin Hart has been consoled by his celebrity friend The Rock after an accident left him requiring the use of a wheelchair. The actor and comedian took to Instagram to explain to fans that attempting to “do some young stuff” caused him to temporarily need to use a wheelchair. Hart captioned a video on his Instagram: “44 and sitting my ass down!!!!! I got to be the dumbest man alive!!!!! What the fuck am I doing???? I blew my shit….I’m done. FML.” In the video, he explained exactly what went down and how he suffered the injuries. He said: “Ladies and gentlemen the age 40 is real, to all my men and women out there who are 40 years old and above it's not a game. “Respect that age, respect that age or that age will make you respect it. I was just forced to respect it." “This is just a public service announcement because I know people may see me out and I don't want you to be alarmed but I'm in a wheelchair.” He went, on saying he tried to do some “young man’s stuff” and attempted to race the former NFL player Stevan Ridley in a sprint as a bet. It did not end well for Hart as he explained, “I blew all my shit” including his lower abdomen and abductor muscles, leaving him unable to walk. Among the many well-wishes left in the Instagram comments, one came from Hart's friend, co-star and former wrestler The Rock, who shared his experience with a similar injury. The Rock wrote: “I tore my adductor off my pelvis during a wrestling match. True story. You’ll be fine. You’ll grow a 3rd ball but you’ll be fine. Heal up.” Actor Will Smith also commented: “Getting older is REAL!! Heal Up, Kev!!” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-08-24 23:08
The only path for Georgia’s Carson Beck to win the Heisman Trophy
The only path for Georgia’s Carson Beck to win the Heisman Trophy
Georgia quarterback Carson Beck is a fringe Heisman Trophy candidate despite leading the national title favorites. What can he do to change that?
2023-11-21 10:17