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Iranian International Master Dorsa Derakhshani discu...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Dorsa Derakhshani in Baku, 2017 (Image: Gibraltar Chess Festival) In February 2017, the Iranian Chess Federation announced two teenage chess players, Dorsa Derakhshani and her younger brother Borna Derakhshani, were banned from representing the national team. The federation announced their decision although Dorsa Derakhshani had p...

French footballer Lucas Digne joins Everton FC on fi...
Saturday, August 4, 2018 Football Related football news 4 August 2018: French footballer Lucas Digne joins Everton FC on five-year contract 25 July 2018: German footballer Mesut Özil announces retirement from international football over 'racism' 16 July 2018: France beats Croatia 4-2 to win 2018 FIFA World Cup 16 July 2018: FIFA World Cup 2018: Belgium...

Football: Messi signs contract extension with FC Bar...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Football Related football news 28 November 2017: Football: Messi signs contract extension with FC Barcelona 25 November 2017: Italian court sentences Brazilian footballer Robinho to nine years for 2013 sexual assault 9 November 2017: Italian footballer Andrea Pirlo announces retirement 13 October 2017: Football: Robben retire...

File photo of a refugee camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (Image: Voice of America.)

Official death toll from Nigerian refugee camp airst...
On Monday Nigerian authorities raised the official death toll from January 17's airstrike upon a refugee camp to 236, though the BBC on Tuesday reported an official told them this was an error and the actual figure was 115. The military said at the time a jet mistook refugees for rebels. There are no words to describe the chaos[...] I saw the bodies of chi...

Nigerian jet attacks refugee camp, killing dozens
A Nigerian Air Force jet fighter mistook refugees for rebels yesterday, Nigerian military said, firing on a camp in Rann, Borno State. Dozens of refugees and aid workers died. File photo of a refugee camp in Maiduguri, Nigeria. Image: Voice of America. The lowest estimate from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is of 50 dead. The BBC estimates at least 52 d...

Herzog on a 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election poster. (Image: Christian Democrats.)

Roman Herzog, former German president, dies aged 82
Roman Herzog, seventh president of Germany, who was in the office from 1994 to 1999, died yesterday in Bad Mergentheim, current president Joachim Gauck confirmed. He was 82. Herzog on a 1975 Rhineland-Palatinate state election poster. Image: Christian Democrats. Born on April 5, 1934 in Landshut, Bavaria, Herzog studied law at Munich University. His fat...

Eddie Chu received the largest vote in any geographical constituency

Michael Tien of NPP

In the New Territories West geographical constituency, nonpartisan pan-democrat Eddie Chu was elected with 84,121 votes, the most given to any list in the geo

New faces emerge as veteran politicians step down in...
ss="published">Friday, September 9, 2016 The Hong Kong legislative election was held on Sunday, with a record-breaking turnout of around 2 million voters and turnout rate of 58%. The results show the anti-establishment camp successfully maintained a majority in the geographical constituencies' seats thus veto power to any members' bills, and also a minorit...

Multiple controversies arise on eve of Hong Kong leg...
On Saturday, as the citizens of Hong Kong prepared to vote in Sunday's legislative election, multiple controversies broke out concerning different candidates and the fairness of the election overall. Following suspensions on Friday, another candidate, Kwan Wing-yip of the Neo Democrats, suspended his campaign; the head of the Electoral Affairs Commission respo...

Candidates suspend campaigns as Hong Kong legislativ...
As the Hong Kong legislative election approaches, six candidates considered to be in the pan-democracy camp suspended their campaigns on Friday. They were performing poorly in public opinion polls, and encouraged supporters to vote for other pan-democracy candidates instead. Independent candidate Andy Chui Labour Party candidate Suzanne Wu The can...

File photo of Jasper Cillessen, 2015. (Image: Илья Хохлов.)

FC Barcelona signs Jasper Cillessen
On Thursday, Spanish football club FC Barcelona announced signing of Dutch goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen from Dutch capital football club AFC Ajax for €13 million on a five-year deal. Per the agreement, Barça is obliged to pay add-ons of €2 million. File photo of Jasper Cillessen, 2015. Image: Илья Хохлов. 27-year-old Cillessen made his professional debut...

United States launch air strikes against Islamic Sta...
On Monday warplanes from the United States (US) launched strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Sirte, Libya. Flag of Libya The strikes were requested by the United Nations-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) as they try to remove ISIL from the city. The militant group have held the city since last year, amidst t...

Clinton speaks at the Planned Parenthood Action Fund on June 10. (Image: Lorie Shaull.)

On the campaign trail in the USA, June 2016
The following is the second edition of a monthly series chronicling the U.S. 2016 presidential election. It features original material compiled throughout the previous month after an overview of the month's biggest stories. In this month's edition on the campaign trail: the effect of the Brexit vote on the US presidential election is examined; a well known bu...

File photo of the Dalai Lama, George W. Bush, and Wiesel in 2007. (Image: Chris Greenburg.)

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel di...
On Saturday, acclaimed writer Elie Wiesel died in New York City at age 87, his family said, following a lengthy illness. Wiesel was born 1928 in the town of Sighet in Romania. Twelve years later, in 1940, his town was included in an annexation by Hungary. In 1944, Wiesel, fifteen at the time, and his family, along with the entire Jewish population in Sighet, ...

Rio 2016 Olympic flame lit in Olympia
A little over 100 days before the scheduled start of the 2016 Summer Olympics, on Thursday the Olympic flame was ignited in a ceremony at the temple of Hera in Olympia, Greece. Actress Katerina Lehu played the role of priestess accompanied by fourteen virgins, lighting the flame at solar noon using sunlight focused by a parabolic mirror. After lighting the ...

Messi scores twice against Čech, Bayern draw against...
Yesterday, in the Last 16 round of the UEFA Champions League 2015–2016, Spanish football club FC Barcelona defeated London-based club Arsenal F.C. 2–0 — Lionel Messi scoring both of those at the Emirates Stadium. Munich-based club Bayern Munich were held to a 2–2 draw against Italian club Juventus FC in the Juventus Stadium. UEFA Champions League logo. ...

File photo of Lionel Messi (Image: Олег Дубина.)

Messi becomes first player to score 300 goals in La ...
FC Barcelona football star Lionel Messi became the first player to score 300 goals in La Liga competitions as he scored a brace against Sporting Gijón in an away match at El Molinon and his tally reached 301 on Wednesday. Barcelona defeated Gijon 3–1 and leads the La Liga table. File photo of Lionel Messi Image: Олег Дубина. Messi scored a long range go...

File photo of Luis Suárez who scored the hat-trick (Image: Lluís.)

Messi passes from penalty for Suárez's hat-trick as ...
Yesterday, Barcelona football star Lionel Messi made a risky pass from the penalty spot to Luis Suárez, setting up the completion of a Suárez hat-trick against Celta Vigo, and Barça defeated them 6–1 in a La Liga match at Camp Nou. Suárez climbed to the top spot for La Liga this season, scoring 23 goals, and FC Barcelona are unbeaten in their last 30 games in ...

File photo of Luis Suárez, who scored four goals in the match (Image: Lluís.)

Barça defeats Gary Neville's Valencia 7-0 in Copa de...
On Wednesday, FC Barcelona defeated Valencia CF 7–0 in the first leg of the Copa del Rey semi-final at Camp Nou. Lionel Messi netted three goals and Uruguyan striker Luis Suárez netted four. File photo of Luis Suárez, who scored four goals in the match Image: Lluís. The Catalans, Barcelona, have now scored more than 100 goals this season, and have not b...

File photo of Lionel Messi, who scored the hat-trick (Image: L.F.Salas.)

Messi scores hat-trick as Barça become table toppers
Yesterday, FC Barcelona collected three points defeating Granada-based football club Granada CF 4–0 at Camp Nou in Barcelona in a La Liga match and became league leaders again. File photo of Lionel Messi, who scored the hat-trick Image: L.F.Salas. Barcelona had greater ball possession. The match saw five yellow cards. Four away players and Alexis Vidal ...

F.C. Barcelona wins Copa del Rey 2014-2015
On Sunday, at Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, F.C. Barcelona won the Copa del Rey((en)). The team defeated Bilbao based football club Athletic Bilbao 3–1 to clinch the title. Uruguayan striker Suárez was fit to play this final after recovering from hamstring injury. Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi Cuccittini scored 2 goals, one in each half. And Brazilian Ney...

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