Nazem Kadri, the Canadian center who plays for NHL outfit Colorado Avalanche, won’t soon forget his television interview which took place on Saturday following his side’s second round series win against the St. Louis Blues after a disgruntled opponent threw a water bottle at him live on television. Blues’ starting goalie Jordan Binnington …
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Germany is being spied on at least as much as during the Cold War, the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency has claimed. He put the growing level of espionage down to souring relations between the West and Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Thomas Haldenwang, the president of …
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A 30-year-old man died on Saturday after collapsing at the Brooklyn Half Marathon’s finish line, according to officials. Local police say that the runner was taken to nearby Coney Island Hospital and pronounced dead, as six others also required medical assistance with non-life-threatening and minor injuries. Later on, New York …
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Clashes erupted in Jerusalem on Friday during the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist who had worked with Al Jazeera for more than two decades. The reporter was killed earlier this week under unclear circumstances during an Israeli military raid in the West Bank. Israeli police blamed …
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A passenger plane caught fire as it took off from an airport in southwestern China, with local officials stating one of its engines scraped the runway before bursting into flames. A flight departing Chongqing Airport for the city of Nyingchi on Thursday morning encountered an “abnormality” and veered off the …
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A group of protesters heckled German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock during a speech on Saturday, as she defended the government’s decision to send weapons to Ukraine. Many Western states have been increasingly supplying Kiev with arms after Russia attacked the neighboring country. Around 1,000 people gathered to hear Baerbock speak …
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At least five cruise missiles struck Kiev on Thursday evening, President Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed, accusing Moscow of carrying out the strike to deliberately “humiliate” the United Nations as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Ukrainian capital. “This says a lot about Russia’s true attitude to global institutions, about the efforts of the …
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Sunday, where they promised additional military funding and diplomatic support to the country amid the Russian offensive. News outlets said that, due to security concerns, reporters accompanying Washington’s top diplomat and …
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made an unannounced visit to Kiev on Saturday, during which he pledged 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to President Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime. Johnson authorized a separate military aid package the day before, and also promised Ukraine $500 million in World Bank loans. …
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A Boeing 757-200 cargo plane operated by delivery giant DHL skidded off the runway during an emergency landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital, San Jose on Thursday and broke in two. The incident was caught on video. The aircraft lost its tail and went up in …
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