English Premier League rivals resort to double-team marking but can’t pin down pacey Saka, Martinelli

English Premier League rivals resort to double-team marking but can’t pin down pacey Saka, Martinelli

In Arsenal’s last five games, against Burnley, Brentford, Lens, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Luton Town, they have beaten an opponent playing a back five. Their winning streak of six games is their longest in all competitions in over a year.

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Attempts to phase out fossil fuel elicit OPEC pushback at COP28 as Russia, Saudi Arabia fight back

Attempts to phase out fossil fuel elicit OPEC pushback at COP28 as Russia, Saudi Arabia fight back

Other countries including India and China have not explicitly endorsed a fossil fuel phase-out at COP28, but have backed a popular call for boosting renewable energy. China’s top climate envoy, Xie Zhenhue, described this year’s climate summit as the hardest in his career.

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No ceasefire: Israel pummels Gaza after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

No ceasefire: Israel pummels Gaza after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war

Israel holds the Hamas militants responsible for civilian casualties, accusing them of using civilians as human shields, and says it has made considerable efforts with evacuation orders to get civilians out of harm’s way. It says 97 Israeli soldiers have died in the ground offensive after Hamas raided southern Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking about 240 hostage.

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Sleeping giant: Rethinking science, technology in Africa in light of knowledge integration

Sleeping giant: Rethinking science, technology in Africa in light of knowledge integration

Blame compartmentalisation of knowledge, specialisation, over-specialisation and engagement of science and technology for disintegration of knowledge for glorification and actualisation of a few at the expense of the whole society.  In the process, intellectual capital and complexity has been eroded in favour of scholasticism, academicism and simplicity.

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Activists stage rare UAE politics protest at COP28 climate summit to demand release of pro-democracy prisoners

Activists stage rare UAE politics protest at COP28 climate summit to demand release of pro-democracy prisoners

Unlike at past UN climate talks that sparked huge protest rallies, including 2021’s COP26 in Glasgow and 2015’s COP21 in Paris, there have been no demonstrations outside the venue.

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