“I had my first fight at 15,” explains El Jamari. “I won that fight via knockout.” A stellar start, but one that would not immediately send him stardom. Instead El Jamari would toil away, mixing training with school work and fulfilling an education that was always so important to him – he now holds a […]
This Thursday, around 20 million voters in 10 regions in England go to the polls to elect metro mayors, which largely did not exist before 2017. Today these local politicians are national figures. With Labour riding high in the polls, the party could even see a remarkable clean sweep in the 10 contests, potentially winning […]
Former Derry Under-20s midfielder Jude McAtameny has signed with NFL side the New York Giants. Following the NFL draft last week – where the game’s best college prospects are selected by the league’s 32 franchises – McAtameny has signed with the four-time Super Bowl winners as a free agent. The kicker, who won an Ulster […]
Image source, PacemakerImage caption, Why decisions were taken about what happened in Northern Ireland hospitals during the pandemic will be one of the things examined by the inquiry By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health correspondent “Watching Covid patients say goodbye to their families via a Zoom call was difficult and extremely emotional.” Dr George […]
Apr 29, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Premier League clubs have taken a step towards implementing a spending cap, voting on Monday for the league to complete the economic and legal analysis needed for such a model. The model will be presented to clubs before a final vote at the league’s Annual General Meeting in June […]
Around the world there are conversations on medically assisted dying. Germany, France and the UK are all currently debating whether it should be permitted, and for whom. In Canada, medical assistance in dying, also known as MAID, is already available for adults with terminal illnesses, or serious and chronic medical conditions. The country has been […]
Aid workers on the Italian island of Lampedusa, which is one of Europe’s busiest landing points for asylum seekers, have condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan as they prepare for another busy summer of bedraggled arrivals and deaths at sea. They have called on European governments to open more safe routes to claim refuge if they […]
Ukraine’s top commander has said Kyiv’s outnumbered troops fell back to new positions west of three villages on the eastern front, where Russia has concentrated significant forces in several locations. Sunday’s statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskii reflected Ukraine’s deteriorating position in the east, which Kyiv hopes it can stabilise once it takes delivery of […]
John Hart-Battles, a 17-year-old high school junior in Oklahoma, joined Planet Fitness last June to keep in shape as a member of his school’s color guard team. As a young gay man, he liked Planet Fitness’s focus on inclusivity, an approach that turned it into one of the leading fitness brands in the United States. […]
An increasingly bitter split between the SNP and the Greens has brought even more Scottish parliamentary seats into play for Keir Starmer, Labour figures believe, amid a desperate fight by first minister Humza Yousaf to stay in power. Yousaf has already refused to rule out a Holyrood election as he faces damaging no-confidence motions this […]