World

Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law that could ban TikTok

President-elect Donald Trump has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to pause implementation of a law that would ban popular social media app TikTok or force its sale, arguing he should have time after taking office to pursue a “political resolution” to the issue.

December 28, 2024 12:31 pm
 

News

Eight evacuation centers shelter 345 people

A total of eight evacuation centers are currently active, sheltering 79 households and 345 people in the Western Division.

December 28, 2024 12:30 pm
 

Football

Arsenal's Saka out for more than two months after hamstring surgery

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka is set to be sidelined for more than two months after an operation on a hamstring injury.

December 28, 2024 12:17 pm
 

News

Emergency teams focus on evacuee support and assessments

The Divisional Commissioner Western has distributed food rations to 61 families that are currently in evacuation centers.

December 28, 2024 12:12 pm
 

World

Israel raids north Gaza hospital, ministry says staff out of contact

Israeli forces on Friday raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of Gaza, ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of others to evacuate and leaving part of the site on fire, health ministry officials said.

December 28, 2024 11:37 am
 

Football

Four River Plate women players freed in Brazil after alleged racist taunts

Four women soccer players with River Plate, one of Argentina’s top professional clubs, were released by Brazilian authorities on Friday following their detention last week after allegedly targeting a ball boy with racist slurs.

December 28, 2024 11:23 am
 

Entertainment

Bosnia's "Balkan Blues" earns UNESCO recognition

Every Friday, folk musician Enes Salman performs the Sevdalinka, an ancient form of love song from Bosnia and Herzegovina that this month was included in UNESCO’s National Inventory of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

December 28, 2024 11:17 am
 

Rugby

Montpellier heaps further pressure onto Racing 92 after Top 14 win

Former England coach Stuart Lancaster remains under pressure as Racing 92 director of rugby after Jordan Uelese crossed in Montpellier’s 21-17 win over the Parisians.

December 28, 2024 10:22 am
 

World

Survivors on Azerbaijani plane say they heard bangs before it went down

Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.

December 28, 2024 10:07 am
 

World

Russia says Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed diverted amid fog and Ukrainian drone alert

Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Friday that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed in Kazakhstan had decided to reroute from its original destination in Chechnya amid dense fog and a local alert over Ukrainian drones.

December 28, 2024 9:31 am
 

Entertainment

Judge says woman accusing Jay-Z, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs of raping her at age 13 can proceed anonymously

An Alabama woman who says she was raped by Jay-Z and Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was 13 can proceed anonymously, for now, in her lawsuit against the rap moguls, a judge ruled Thursday.

December 28, 2024 9:29 am
 

Weightlifting

First weightlifting trials today

Weightlifting Fiji star Taniela Rainibogi shared his enthusiasm about diving straight into the intensity of competition following the holidays but acknowledged the challenges ahead as he prepares for the first trials for the Pacific Mini Games, set to take place today.

December 28, 2024 9:18 am

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