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By Jamie Spencer Xavi has performed a sensational U-turn on his decision to leave Barcelona at the end of this season and will instead stay with the club until at least the end of his current contract in 2025. Having delivered a first La Liga title in four years last season, the Camp Nou legend had only agreed a contract extension in September. Yetut by January, he shocked the world by announcing his plan to step down this coming summer. His decision came after a difficult run of results, including a heavy Supercopa de Espana defeat to Real Madrid, with the explanation that he felt drained and...
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Photo: Tom Grundy/HKFP. This report was written by Tom Grundy and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on April 10, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. A representative for Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been denied entry to Hong Kong after she was detained, searched and questioned for six hours at the airport on April 10, 2024, according to the French media freedom NGO. Taipei-based Advocacy Officer Aleksandra Bielakowska was searched three times and questioned by immigration officials for six hours at the city’s...
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Fifteen-year-old Islam Khalilov led more than 100 people out of Crocus City Hall during the terrorist attack. Screenshot of YouTube video by BakuTV YouTube Channel. Fair use. Russia is mourning after the largest terrorist attack in years occurred in Moscow on the night of March 22, leaving over 143 people dead, according to the latest official figures. Experts predict that the xenophobia and racism that are rampant in Russia will become even more pronounced now, as the individuals detained for the terrorist act are allegedly Muslims related to the Islamic State. As the exiled independent Russi...
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By Simon Zimmermann Bereits im Vorfeld sickerten einige Entscheidungen vom Bundestrainer durch. So steht mit Niclas Füllkrug nur ein Spieler von Borussia Dortmund im DFB-Aufgebot. Nicht mit dabei ist auch Leon Goretzka. Stattdessen wurde sein Bayern-Teamkollege Aleksandar Pavlovic erstmals nominiert. Erwischt hat es auch Eintracht-Kapitän Kevin Trapp, der Ende 2023 noch zwischen den Pfosten stand. Zudem haben es gleich vier Spieler vom VfB Stuttgart in den Kader geschafft. Drei von ihnen sind erstmals mit dabei. TSG-Shootingstar Maximilian Beier und Heidenheims Jan-Niklas Beste sind ebenfalls ...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva Nika Melia, the former chair of the opposition United National Movement (UNM) party, and Nika Gvaramia, the founder of the opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, have joined forces ahead of the parliamentary election scheduled for October 2024. The two officially unveiled their new political alliance, Akhali (meaning “new” in English), on March 11. According to Gvaramia, Akhali hopes to push “for changes in Georgia in new ways. Our fight, our belief in victory has a concrete name from now on and that name is Ahali [“new”]….full focus on the future…we are not evaluating...
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A session of Pakistan’s National Assembly is in progress. February 1, 2024. Image by Ramna Saeed. Used with permission. The 2024 General Elections have plunged Pakistan into political turmoil. Amidst protests alleging rigging, the official results surprised many. While independent candidates loyal to imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan‘s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secured the most seats (93 out of 253), they failed to win a majority. The Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz)) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP), along with several independent candidates, have formed a coalition government d...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Armenia and Georgia following the news that Alexey Navalny, 47, well-known Russian opposition figure and Putin's long term critic died in prison under suspicious circumstances on February 16, 2024. In December 2020, Navalany was poisoned with what was later confirmed by German doctors to be a military-grade nerve agent from the Novichok family of chemical weapons. The opposition politician survived the poisoning...
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By Simon Zimmermann Andreas Brehme ist tot. Der Weltmeister von 1990 verstarb im Alter von 63 Jahren in der Nacht von Montag auf Dienstag. Fußball-Deutschland trauert um einen ganz Großen seiner Zunft. Andreas Brehme, 86-facher Nationalspieler und Siegtorschütze im WM-Finale 1990 gegen Argentinien, ist viel zu früh von uns gegangen. Offenbar erlitt Brehme in der Nacht auf Dienstag einen Herzstillstand und konnte auch in der Notaufnahme nicht mehr gerettet werden. Brehme hinterlässt Lebensgefährtin Susanne Schaefer und zwei erwachsene Söhne aus seiner Ehe mit Pilar. "In tiefer Trauer teile ich ...
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Screenshot of TV Rain video on X. Fair use. Today, on February 16, 2024, Alexey Navalny, Putin's long term critic and a prominent opposition figure, died in prison, under suspicious circumstances. Alexey Navalny once said in a documentary what he wanted the Russians to do in case of his death. Аексей Навальный отвечает на вопрос, что делать, если его убьют Отрывок из фильма «Навальный» Дэниела Рора, 2022 год pic.twitter.com/vseatGh4DD — Дождь (@tvrain) February 16, 2024 Alexei Navalny answers the question of what to do if he is killed. Excerpt from the film “Navalny” by Daniel Rohr, 2022 My me...
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Image by Arzu Geybullayeva This article was first published on OC Media. An edited version is republished here under a content partnership agreement. Not even a month after controversial former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili returned to politics on December 30, 2023, there have already been at least two key replacements within the ruling government of the Georgian Dream party. On January 29, the current Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili abruptly announced his decision to step down. Three days later, on February 1, it was announced that Irakli Kobakhidze, who served as the chai...
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