Olympics: Spain pump three past Ivory Coast in extra time to reach soccer semis
Spain ended a 21-year wait to reach the men’s Olympic soccer semi-finals as substitute Rafa Mir scored a hat-trick to secure a 5-2 victory over Ivory Coast in extra time on Saturday. Winger Max Gradel appeared to have secured Ivory Coast’s place in the final four when he made it...
World journalists’ body slams Thailand’s new anti-freedom of expression laws
Thailand’s government has implemented a new regulation under Section 9 of the Royal Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations that prohibits any supposed distortion of information that causes misunderstanding during an emergency situation. The International Federation of Journalists condemns the new regulation and urges the Thai government to repeal...
Martin Odegaard wants return to Asernal but Madrid is demanding $59 million to let him go
Martin Odegaard is claimed to be keen on making a return to Arsenal this summer, with Real Madrid’s asking price revealed. According to ESPN, while the Galacticos remain keen on keeping the Norwegian going into the new season, it is known that he favours a return to North London. Odegaard...
Arsenal told Onana among top five keepers in Europe, no need to waste money on Sheffield’s Ramsdale
Comments by ex-Arsenal favourite and current Ajax chief Marc Overmars have given the Gunners encouragement to reverse their transfer course. Arsenal were the subject of intense speculation linking them with Sheffield United goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale recently. The England international has suffered back-to-back relegations, though that has reportedly not deterred the...
US military changing war strategies after a war game exposed its vulnerability
The US military put its warfighting strategy to the test in a wargaming exercise last fall and it did not go well, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General John Hyten has said and multiple defence outlets reported the feeling of distraught. “Without overstating the issue, it failed...
US Senate initiates legislation to shield local journalism from economic distortions
The United States Senate has initiated legislation that once past, will cushion small media houses and their employees, against the adverse effects of economic disruptions such as those resulting from the coronavirus pandemic. Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic roughly two years ago, economies in the world have been...
Sitting duck: Experts worried America no longer wins modern wars as it used to
A month into his presidency, Donald Trump lamented that the US no longer wins wars as it once did. “When I was young, in high school and college, everybody used to say we never lost a war,” Trump told a group of US governors last February. “Now, we never win...
Bold Arsenal make preliminary inquiries about availability of Inter top marksman
Arsenal on Wednesday made an opening transfer enquiry over the availability of Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez. The Gunners have enjoyed a strong transfer window to date, but want more signings. Indeed, left-sided player Nuno Tavares and midfielder Albert Sambi Lokonga have arrived to bolster Mikel Arteta’s ranks. However, amid...
Ecuador rescinds decision to grant WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange citizenship
Ecuador has revoked the citizenship of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks who is currently in a British prison. Ecuador’s justice system formally notified the Australian of the nullity of his naturalisation in a letter that came in response to a claim filed by the South American country’s foreign ministry....
Biden advisor in trouble for lying to Congress about ‘gain-of-function’ research at Wuhan University
Senator Rand Paul (Republican-Kentucky) made good on his threat to refer Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden and director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to the Justice Department for allegedly lying to Congress about funding gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology....
