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Spain’s Vuelta cycling event has added extra security following pro-Palestine protests against Israel-Premier Tech.Published On 11 Sep 202511 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareSpanish Sports Minister Pilar Alegria has said Israeli teams should be banned from sport in the same way that Russian sides broadly were in 2022 after the country invaded Ukraine, highlighting a “double standard”.The presence of a team named Israel-Premier Tech at the Vuelta a Espana cycling grand tour has led to huge protests in Spain. The Spanish government has described Israel’s offensive in Gaza as “a genocide”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIsrael-Premier…

Despite repeated promises that work would resume “soon” on the Cabo Delgado gas, little is happening. Offshore Area 1 is shared by consortia headed by the French TotalEnergies and the US ExxonMobil. The $20 billion base to convert gas to liquified national gas (LNG) was being built onshore on the Afungi peninsula just south of Palma, but work stopped after insurgents captured Palma in 2021. TotalEnergies is moving first, and ExxonMobil says it will start a year after TotalEnergies restarts. TotalEnergies says it will restart once it converts the site into a fortress with no land access. All people and…

Bhadohi, India: Surya Mani Tiwari has had sleepless nights ever since United States President Donald Trump slapped India with 50 percent tariffs.The 78-year-old exports carpets worth more than 1 billion rupees ($11.4m) from Bhadohi in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh to the US every year. But the tariffs, the highest tier so far, have brought business to a screeching halt.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“We are completely dependent on the US for our business and have no other markets. The tariffs have brought our production to a halt, and no consignment has been dispatched to the…

Nepal’s army is resuming talks with protesters to pick an interim leader for the Himalayan nation, after violence that removed the government of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, according to an army spokesperson.Soldiers were patrolling the quiet streets of the capital Kathmandu for a second day on Thursday following the worst protests in decades, triggered by a social media ban that authorities rolled back after deadly protests this week.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listNepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel meanwhile said he is seeking an end to the crisis engulfing the country.“I am consulting and making every effort to find…

In an open office space somewhere inside the vast Electronic Arts campus in Vancouver, dozens of people are gathered around multiple monitors playing EA Sports FC 26. Around them, as well as rows of football shirts from leagues all over the world, are PCs and monitors with staff watching feeds of the matches. The people playing are from EA’s Design Council, a group of pro players, influencers and fans who regularly come in to play new builds, ask questions and make suggestions. These councils have been running for years, but for this third addition to the EA Sports FC series,…

Leading Italian sales agent and production company The Open Reel has seized international sales rights to San Sebastián-bound “Dolores” by Marcelo Gomes (“Cinema, Aspirins and Vultures”) and Maria Clara Escobar (“Desterro”), sharing its trailer in exclusivity with Variety.Based on a screenplay by the late Chico Teixeira, “Dolores” focuses on three generations of women, led by the titular Dolores, a 65-year old widow and recovering gambling addict (played by Carla Ribas, “Alice’s House”), who has had a dream about starting up her own casino. While she’s close to her granddaughter Duda (Ariane Aparecida), who works at a gun shop and aspires…

South Africa’s highest court has ruled that husbands can take the surname of their wives, overturning a law that barred them from doing so. In a victory for two couples who brought the case, the Constitutional Court ruled that the law amounted to gender-based discrimination.Henry van der Merwe was denied the right to take the surname of his wife Jana Jordaan, while Andreas Nicolas Bornman could not hyphenate his surname to include Donnelly, the surname of his wife, Jess Donnelly-Bornman, reports the public broadcaster, SABC.Parliament will now have to amend the Births and Deaths Registration Act, along with its regulations,…

A third of children under five are living in UK homes where there is not enough access to healthy and nutritious food, according to anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust.Surveys by the charity found more than 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going hungry last year due to lack of money.This marks an increase from the trust’s last survey in 2022 when that number was 11.6 million people.The government said it is “determined to tackle the unacceptable rise in food bank dependence”.The survey was conducted in two parts, the first by Ipsos (a market research organisation) on behalf…

The summer months of 2025 have been unforgettable for goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie.The 24-year-old helped Nigeria win a record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in July, a month after securing a dream move to the Women’s Super League when she joined Brighton from Paris FC.To cap it off, she became the first African goalkeeper to be shortlisted for the Women’s Ballon d’Or award.”It is a miracle for me. It shows that all the hard work, dedication and everything I’ve been doing in the past, has been worth it,” Nnadozie told BBC Sport.”The world has been watching. It will make…

Washington, DC – The Israeli attack against Hamas leaders in Qatar has prompted familiar headlines in the United States about the president being unhappy with Israel.Over the past two years, as the US has provided Israel with billions of dollars to help fund the war on Gaza, there have been numerous stories about the White House – under both Joe Biden and Donald Trump – being frustrated with Israeli conduct.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listBut the attack on a US partner that works closely with Washington on various issues and hosts one of the largest US military bases…