Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Police punish 4 more Udinese soccer fans for racially abusing AC Milan goalkeeper

AC Milan and Udinese players stand on the pitch during stoppage in play after Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan was racially abused by Udinese fans on Jan. 20, 2024 in Italy.

Four more Udinese fans who racially abused AC Milan goalkeeper Mike Maignan were identified and punished on Wednesday in Italy. They were handed five-year bans from attending all sports events in Italy after being identified from the stadium's security camera footage.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/soccer/udinese-fans-five-year-bans-italy-racial-abuse-1.7093455?cmp=rss

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Edmonton Oilers extend win streak to 14 games with 4-1 win over Blue Jackets

Hockey players dressed in blue and orange fist bump in front of the fans at an Oilers home game.

Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers kept their spectacular win streak going with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-oilers-extend-win-streak-to-14-games-with-4-1-win-over-blue-jackets-1.7092962?cmp=rss

Journalist Motaz Azaiza showed the world what Palestinians endure in war. Now he's left Gaza

A bearded man with glasses, wearing a black helmet and a blue vest with the word "Press" on the front, stands among a crowd of people on a street with a large camera hanging around his neck.

An independent Palestinian photojournalist whose social media coverage of the war in Gaza gave millions of people around the world a view of life and death in the besieged territory, has evacuated after surviving 108 days of reporting amid relentless bombings and battles. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/palestinian-journalist-motaz-azaiza-gaza-1.7092862?cmp=rss

North Dakota judge rejects temporary exemption to section of abortion ban that targets doctors

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists jockey for position outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

A North Dakota judge on Tuesday rejected a temporary block on a part of the state's revised abortion laws that would have allowed doctors to perform the procedure when they deem it necessary to save a patient's life or health.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-dakota-abortion-law-block-1.7092381?cmp=rss

It's not fit for putting down animals, but Alabama plans to use nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate

A gurney with straps is shown in an austere room through a window.

Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alabama-nitrogen-hypoxia-execution-1.7091845?cmp=rss