Dugina was killed in a car bombing on the outskirts of Moscow on Saturday. Earlier that day, she and her father had attended a music and literature festival where she was a guest of honor. Addressing a farewell ceremony for his daughter in Moscow, Dugin said his daughter told him she felt “like a warrior” and a “hero” before she was killed in the car blast, which Moscow has claimed was organized by Ukraine....
Volkanovski, a former rugby player, made his pro debut in 2012. After losing the fourth fight of his career, Volkanovski has gone on a 20-fight win streak. He is 10-0 in the UFC since joining the organization in 2016. In 2019 at UFC 245, Volkanovski beat Max Holloway for the UFC featherweight title. He would beat Holloway in a controversial rematch at UFC 251 in 2020. Volkanovski’s last fight was a unanimous decision win over Brian Ortega at UFC 266 in September....
“The criminalization and banning of cannabis is an instrument of racist and colonial policy,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Friday afternoon. “The IOC should reconsider its suspension of Ms. Richardson and any athletes penalized for cannabis use. This ruling along w/ IOC denial of swim caps for natural hair is deeply troubling.” USADA CEO Travis T. Tygart said in a press release that Richardson’s situation is “heartbreaking on many levels.” “The rules are clear, but this is heartbreaking on many levels; hopefully, her acceptance of responsibility and apology will be an important example to us all that we can successfully overcome our regrettable decisions, despite the costly consequences of this one to her,” Tygart said....
“Trump decision isn’t about drawing down US military involvement at all,” the progressive Democrat who represents New York’s 14th District wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. She also shared a link to a Washington Post article reporting that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had announced a military offensive into the Syrian region after Trump had ordered U.S. forces to fall back. “Remember that earlier this year, Trump VETOED Congress’ attempt to end US involvement in the Yemen War,” Ocasio-Cortez pointed out....
The pro-democracy leader—who has previously been attacked and jailed multiple times for his work campaigning against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s oligarchic brand of authoritarianism—was taken to hospital on Thursday after his plane made an emergency landing in the Siberian city of Omsk, according to his press team. The 44 year old fell unconscious and was put on a ventilator, according to his press secretary Kira Yarmish, who detailed the incident on Twitter....
Navalny, 44, almost died after allegedly being poisoned by Russian agents working for the FSB intelligence agency in Siberia in August. Long a target of state repression for his pro-democracy and campaigns and criticism of President Vladimir Putin, the August plot marked a serious escalation in the government’s efforts to silence Navalny. His re-arrest has prompted protests in Western democratic nations, where lawmakers have called for Navalny’s release and condemned the Kremlin’s repeated efforts to silence his pro-democracy movement....
Russia’s federal prison service (FSIN) on Monday transferred the critic of President Vladimir Putin from the IK-2 prison colony in Pokrov to the hospital at IK-3, which is also in the Vladimir region, east of Moscow. International concern is building over Navalny’s health, which is reportedly deteriorating in the third week of a hunger strike in protest of not receiving the medical treatment he is demanding. But his allies have warned people not to be fooled by the FSIN’s assurances that Navalny was in better hands at the new facility....
Wenger confirms Lukaku interest The World Cup winner chipped the goalkeeper before rounding two defenders three minutes from time as Arsenal came from two goals down to beat the Bulgarian side in the Champions League earlier this season. Alexis is thriving as the focal point of Arsenal’s attack this season, while Ozil already has nine goals to his name - just two shy of his career-best return while playing for Werder Bremen in 2009-10....
Ox limps off for Arsenal The Chile international finished splendidly after being set up by Mesut Ozil to help Arsenal’s slim chances of completing the campaign in the top four. With his 20th goal of the season, Alexis became the first player since Robin van Persie to reach that milestone - with the Dutch striker exceeding that tally in 2011-12 by netting on 30 occasions as Arsenal finished third in the Premier League....
Sanchez headed home his eighth goal in eight Wembley appearances, and his fourth in three FA Cup semi-finals, as United came from behind to see off Mauricio Pochettino’s side at Wembley. And while he has won the trophy twice with Arsenal, he says it hasn’t been an easy transition since arriving at the more demanding surroundings of Old Trafford in the winter transfer market. “In truth it’s been very hard for me, coming to a big club, it changed everything....
Rumours are rife that Paris Saint-Germain are at the front of the queue should Arsenal fail to offer him a new contract that appeals, with his current deal running out on June 30, 2018. Ozil ruled out of crucial Arsenal clash Arsene Wenger denied reports on Sunday that suggested Sanchez had been involved in a bust-up with team-mates during the week, which allegedly led to him being benched for the start of Saturday’s 3-1 defeat to Liverpool....
The Chile star has been the subject of talks between Arsenal and Manchester City since the start of last week with a bid worth £60 million submitted by Pep Guardiola’s side on Wednesday evening. Arsenal 7/1 to win Europa League Arsenal had accepted the offer but only agreed to sanction the deal if they could recruit another world-class forward before Thursday’s 11pm BST transfer deadline. Goal understands that Monaco livewire Lemar was the club’s main target but a potential deal was made difficult due to the 21-year-old’s involvement in France’s World Cup qualifier against the Netherlands on Thursday night....
The country’s Football Federation took the undisputed decision on Sunday after reviewing the football icon’s performance since replacing Lucas Alcaraz for a fourth spell. Algeria lost to Cape Verde (3-2) and Portugal (3-0) in their last two games and the FAF did not want to wait for the start of the2019 African Cup of Nations qualifiers before making the crucial resolution. “Madjer is a former great, a great school of Algerian football, but concerning the post of the head coach, he hasn’t succeeded,” Algeria’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Mohamed Hattab to media as reported by Le360....
Asia’s largest corporation will pay HK$28 billion ($3.6 billion) to double its stake in bricks-and-mortar retailer Sun Art from 36.16 percent to 72 percent by acquiring equity from Auchan Retail International. Alibaba, China’s largest e-commerce company, has fended off competition from rivals such as JD.com as it looks to boost its offline shopping services and gain further ground in China’s retail market. The company already owns Taobao, the world’s largest online marketplace....
After some rumination on sex and drugs (and she talks about these twin demons at length), the delightfully naughty Cho moves on to more serious topics. She was inspired by a particularly cynical experience she had with ABC and Disney as the star of the long-since-canceled show, “All American Girl.” She says the network hired a consultant at one point to make her “seem more Asian” and that her kidneys collapsed when the network’s “concern” about her “full face” led her to lose 30 pounds in two weeks with a trainer....
The newly-formed All Elite Wrestling could put some pressure on WWE by its presence alone. On Tuesday at TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida — home of the Jaguars — All Elite Wrestling held a rally, where one of its executive vice presidents, Nick Jackson of The Young Bucks, announced AEW’s first official pay-per-view, “Double or Nothing,” will take place on Saturday, May 25 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas....
The singer has been seen more in the public eye over the past few months, with her sharing pictures of a glamorous party with her rumored partner, sports agent Rich Paul. But what fans have really been waiting for is new music from the singer, with some even commenting on her recent pictures just to campaign for a new album. While some fans have resorted to asking the singer herself, many are convinced she and others have been dropping hints, and might have the inside track on when a fourth album will arrive....
So there was relief last week when The New York Times-long one of the worst offenders-announced that it has switched to an ink that is 60 percent less likely to rub off. The two plants in the New York area, accounting for 80 percent of the paper’s circulation, have already started using the new inks. The Times’s national edition is printed at plants across the country; six of eight already use some version of “low rub” ink....
