LONDON (AP) — United States center back Chris Richards tore ligaments in his ankle, Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner said Thursday, three weeks before the start of the World Cup. The 26-year-old Richards went down in the second half of Palace’s 2-2 draw with Brentford on Sunday in the Premier League. He could return for … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Hour-to-hour swings for oil prices keep jerking financial markets around, and U.S. stocks are drifting Thursday following the latest reversal. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% and inched closer to its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 351 points, or 0.7%, as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern … Read more
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations expressed “grave concern” on Thursday about a new law issued by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on separation in marriage which includes provisions on child marriage, saying the code further entrenches discrimination against women and girls. The government rejected the accusations, saying the decree follows Islamic law and insisting the … Read more
Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) [India]May 21 (ANI): Advocate Mrigendra Singh, representing the accused side in the Twisha Sharma death case, said on Thursday that they also want this case to be investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Speaking to ANI, Singh also said that they have submitted a bail petition for the accused Samarth … Read more
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — Healthcare workers and aid groups in eastern Congo said Thursday they are in dire need of more supplies and staff to respond to a growing Ebola outbreak linked to a rare virus, as armed groups continue to threaten a region already grappling with a displacement and humanitarian crisis. “The situation is … Read more
New Delhi [India]May 21 (ANI): The upcoming Fourth India-Africa Forum Summit, which was scheduled to take place in New Delhi next week, has been postponed due to the Ebola outbreak in Africa, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. The critical diplomatic gathering was deferred following detailed deliberations convened between Indian administrative authorities, the … Read more
New Delhi [India]May 21 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) during the Cyprus-India Business Forum, aimed at strengthening trade, investment and technology partnerships between the two countries. The agreement was signed in the presence of Cyprus … Read more
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India]May 21 (ANI): A day after a session court in Bhopal dismissed the plea for directions for conducting a second post-mortem examination of Twisha Sharma at AIIMS Delhi, the victim’s family is set to approach MP High Court seeking cancellation of the anticipatory bail granted to Giribala Singh and demanding the second … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As negotiations with the United States hang in the balance, a hard-line Iranian general linked to notorious attacks at home and abroad over the past decades is believed to have seized a place near the center of power. Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi, who heads Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, has … Read more
DENVER (AP) — Dylan Coghlan scored his first playoff goal to get Vegas rolling, Carter Hart made 36 saves and the Golden Knights opened the Western Conference Final by holding off the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Wednesday night. Trailing 3-0 in the third period, Colorado made it 3-2 with 2:21 remaining on a power-play goal … Read more