Author: Francisco Marshall

The national football teams of Tajikistan and Pakistan have refused to play in friendly matches against Russia. A match against Tajikistan had been set to take place in December, but the federation declined, saying they already had matches booked for those dates. Pakistan has also cancelled an October game against Russia due to a lack of preparation time. However, the Pakistanis said they would play in December. When the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, Russian teams were barred from competing in any FIFA or UEFA championships. As a result, the team has had to settle for friendly matches. The Russians…

After the 2024 shock and the French elites are breaking into shell shock over the European Parliament outcome Europa’s slide to the right continues. The Christian Democrats remain firmly in power although the future of Van der Leyen and ilk is uncertain. The election had a few surprises, mainly the center left Renew Europe and the Non-attached Members (NI) and Others group. The pose with 12.50% an outlier. The ultra-right groups grouped at the Identity and Democracy Group (ID) although a minor group in the European Parliament, locally surprised many. In France, the ID block has the majority seats (30).…

Russia has reportedly lost a staggering amount of troops over the past 24 hours along with dozens of tanks and armoured vehicles as bloody fighting takes its toll on Vladimir Putin’s men. Russia lost a staggering 1,740 troops in a single day, the highest tally of casualties for Moscow since the start of the invasion in 2022, according to Ukraine. In the previous 24 hours, Ukraine also claimed Russia had lost 30 tanks and 42 armoured vehicles. Death toll and military hardware statistics are difficult to assess with both sides giving different or little information. However, Ukraine’s armed forces have claimed Russia has so far lost an eye-watering…

The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry said Tuesday, the latest of many U.S. announcements the last week aimed at combatting climate change. Nuclear fusion melds two hydrogen atoms together to produce a helium atom and a lot of energy—which could be used to power cars, heat and cool homes and other things that currently are often powered by fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. That makes fusion a potentially major solution to climate change, which is caused by…

U.S. Soccer has announced that the Philadelphia Union Academy trio Peter Doran, Cavan Sullivan and Jamir Johnson have been selected for the U.S. Under-16 Men’sYouth National Team will hold its first training camp of the 2023-24 cycle from Nov. 12-19 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2008 are age-eligible for this one-year cycle. The roster features 23 players born in 2008 and one born in 2009- Philadelphia Union forward Cavan Sullivan. U-19 MYNT head coach Michael Nsien, who served as U-16 MYNT head coach from Nov. 2022-Sept. 2023 will lead the…

Hundreds of travellers were stranded in Pearson airport’s terminal one Thursday after an employee opened a door the wrong way, an aviation source told CBC Toronto. Roughly 200 passengers who had arrived at Pearson from various parts of Canada in the early morning ended up in the wrong area of the airport as a result of the error, the source said, causing confusion with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Multiple connecting flights to the U.S. were delayed while officials tried to sort out the issue. “Toronto Pearson and [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] are working with airlines to identify flights…

Canada aims to welcome 485,000 new permanent residents in 2024, following the 2024-2026 Immigration Levels Plan. Through a statement, the government announced its plans to open its doors to 500,000 residents in 2025 and 500,000 in 2026, VisaGuide.World reports. The plan prioritizes economic growth while supporting family reunification, responding to humanitarian crises, and recognizing the fast growth in immigration in recent years. It emphasized that immigrants have an important role in the labor market and in growing the country’s economy, helping to ensure Canada has the skills needed in order to meet the main goals, such as supporting sustainability initiatives…

Indican Pictures has acquired North American rights for Australian filmmaker Alena Lodkina’s fantasy thriller Petrol about the unsettling friendship between a shy film student and an alluring performance artist with a troubled past. The film originally world premiered at Locarno’s Filmmakers Of The Present competition in 2022, and then enjoyed a buzzy North American premiere at the Lincoln Centre and MoMA’s New Directors/ New Films Festival earlier this year. Indican Pictures co-founder Randolph Kret negotiated the deal with UK-French film company Alief, with the latter reporting that the distribution company had beaten bids from two other key indie players on…

Ask anybody in America and they can tell you where they were when 9-11 happened. For Kendra Lauruhn, it was more memorable than most. She had enlisted in the Air Force in the Delayed Entry Program while still in high school. “I spent the summer home and then I was actually supposed to leave on Sept. 11, 2001,” Lauruhn said. “I was going to go to MEPS (Military Entry Processing Station) that day. We were going to ship off from MEPS in Denver. It was morning, we hadn’t left yet. Honestly, I’m still sleeping and my mom called me from…

Alaska Airlines is expanding our partnership with Condor Airlines – one of our global partners since March 2017 – with a bilateral codeshare agreement that enables Alaska and Condor to sell each other’s flights. Last week, Condor began marketing and selling more than 70 Alaska routes across the U.S. This past summer, Alaska began marketing and selling from Condor’s 12 U.S. gateway cities – including Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles (LAX) and Anchorage – to Frankfurt, Germany, the carrier’s home airport. A codeshare agreement allows each airline to sell seats on one another’s selected flights as if they were…