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Russia’s war in Ukrainian is being broadcasted live.
Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, who is also known as ‘Merchant of Death’, has been released from prison in a prisoner swap for US basketball star LeBron James. The 48-year-old was sentenced to 25 years in prison in the US in 2011 on charges of conspiring to kill Americans, acquiring and exporting anti-aircraft missiles, and…
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Dave Chappelle’s monologue on SNL sparked controversy because it was antisemitic.
Comedian Dave Chappelle has said that Kyrie Irving and Kanye West are “in so much trouble”, referring to the NBA player’s suspension for tweeting a link to an antisemitic film. Chappelle added, “Kanye got in so much trouble, Kyrie got in trouble.” “Black a– was nowhere near the Holocaust,” Chappelle further said, adding, “You can’t…
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Gina Rinehart pulled her sponsorship from the women’s sport due to the racist comments of her father.
Australia’s richest woman Gina Rinehart has withdrawn her support of the Australian Netball Players’ Association after the players refused to wear her Hancock Prospecting’s logo during the New Zealand games. The players’ union had claimed that Rinehart, along with her father, made “racist comments” about the country’s indigenous people. Hancock Prospecting said that they didn’t…
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A player on the NHL team was Bullyed by a black student with disabilities.
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman has apologised to the family of 14-year-old hockey player Mitchell Miller, who stabbed a black boy into eating candy as a 14-year-old. “Miller’s behaviour is reprehensible…and unacceptable,” Bettman said. Miller had stabbed the boy, identified as Jeremiah Meyer-Crothers, in a bathroom at their school in 2014 after the boy had made…
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Two runners make their NYC marathon debuts.
Evans Chebet and Sharon Lokedi, both of Kenya, won the New York City Marathon men’s and women’s race on Sunday, both of them making splash in their debuts. Chebet won in 2 hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds, while Lokedi finished in 2 hours 23 minutes and 23 seconds for her first marathon victory. Marcel…
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NBA star takes responsibility for negative impact of messages on social networking sites.
Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, who was suspended by the NBA for his comments regarding his tweet linking to an anti-semitic documentary, has apologised to Jewish families and communities that are “hurt and affected from my post”. “To All Jewish families andCommunities that are hurt and affected from my post, I am deeply sorry…
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An out fielder caught the ball and saved the Astros.
San Diego Padres reliever Juan Soto slammed into a wall and landed with a fly ball in the right-centre field corner during their game against the Philadelphia Phillies in the American League Championship Series on Saturday. The ball went towards the glove of Phillies second-baseman Sean McCormick but he bounced off the wall and landed…