Victor Wembanyama took his match to a different venue on Saturday. The NBA star, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs and goes by the nickname Wemby, went to X in the early hours of Saturday to ask where the best place to play chess is in New York City. At 9:30 a.m., Wemby chose…
NEW HOPE, Pennsylvania – Dayle Haddon, a pioneering actress, activist and former “Sports Illustrated” model who fought age discrimination by returning to the industry as a widow, died in a Pennsylvania home from what authorities believe was carbon monoxide poisoning. Bucks County authorities found Haddon, 76, dead in a second-floor bedroom Friday morning after emergency…
More than 112,000 Syrians forcibly disappeared under the Baath regime remain missing, and evidence suggests many of them died in detention, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported. The extent of torture and extrajudicial executions in Syrian prisons has increasingly been revealed following the collapse of the 61-year-old Baath Party regime on December 8….
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A CBI court in Kochi on Saturday convicted 14 people, including former CPM MLA KV Kunhiraman, for the 2019 double murder of Youth Congress members Kripesh, 19, and Sarath Lal KP, 23, in Periya town, Kasaragod district of Kerala.Ten of the total 24 accused were acquitted. The court will pronounce the sentences on January…
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen walked out of the World Rapid Chess Championship on Friday after refusing to change out of a pair of jeans, a direct violation of International Chess Federation rules. FIDE said Carlsen, a five-time world chess champion and seven-time world blitz chess champion, violated long-standing rules for the event. Carlsen, 34,…
If you think physical therapy is just about rehabilitation after surgery or an accident, think again. For the vast majority, seeing a physical therapist should be aimed at prevention, routine evaluation, and maintaining well-being. “We are the best-kept secret in health care,” Sharon Dunn, former president of the American Physical Therapy Association, told The Associated…
Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to the president of Azerbaijan on Saturday for a “tragic incident” in Russian airspace involving an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane that crashed after air defenses were used against drones. Ukrainians. Flight J2-8243 crashed on Wednesday in a fireball near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan after diverting from southern Russia,…
The India Meteorological Department on Sunday forecasts cold wave conditions in northern India starting Sunday, December 29, according to a statement issued by the agency.From December 29 to January 1, isolated cold wave conditions will affect Himachal Pradesh, while Punjab and Haryana will face similar conditions until January 3. Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Rajasthan…
Israel detained the director of one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday after Israeli forces “forcibly” removed patients and staff and fires were set throughout the hospital. . “The occupation forces arrested Dr. Hussam Abu Safia, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital,” the ministry said in a statement. Fighting has raged in…
Rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and the alleged killer of healthcare CEO Luigi Mangione have decided on a similar defense strategy: hire an Agnifilo. Or two. Marc Agnifilo is leading Combs’ defense against racketeering and sex trafficking conspiracy charges, while Karen Friedman Agnifilo is leading Mangione’s murder defense, with Marc in a supporting role. For much…