Montreal, Canada Edmonton Oilers star center Connor McDavid will miss the next two to three weeks of the NHL season with an ankle injury, the team announced on Wednesday. The 27-year-old Canadian was injured only seconds into Edmonton’s 6-1 loss at Columbus on Monday after he was tripped by Blue Jackets defenseman Zach Werenski and went awkwardly into...
Beirut, Lebanon For weeks, Fatima Zayyoun has tended to her daughter Ivana, whose bandaged fragile body is in a Beirut hospital after an Israeli strike near their home engulfed her in flames. At the Lebanese Hospital Geitaoui, home to the country’s only burns unit, 35-year-old Zayyoun is still in shock, five weeks after a third of her daughter’s body...
Los Angeles, United States Lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers who killed their parents in the family’s plush Beverly Hills home in 1989, said Wednesday the pair have three routes to freedom, as an effort to get them released from life in prison gathers pace. The brothers were jailed for life following a blockbuster...
Neufchâtel-Hardelot, France A migrant died Wednesday trying to cross the Channel to Britain, French authorities said, while the date of death was not immediately clear for three more people found dead on beaches. The finds bring the number of deaths this year linked to crossings in overcrowded dinghies to around 60. With British and French authorities...
Washington, United States Joe Biden has been sidelined by Kamala Harris in the final days of her campaign, with his apparent description of Donald Trump supporters as “garbage” underscoring her campaign’s fears that the outgoing president is an electoral liability. Since dropping out of the White House race in July, the 81-year-old Democrat has been hitting...
Author Hardeep Singh CHANDIGARH Farmers of Punjab are on warpath against Centre and State government as crisis of procurement and lifting of paddy crop has deepened in grain markets across the state and the governments have failed to resolve this issue. This crisis has added to the woes of farmers who are mostly Sikhs and...
Cochabamba, Bolivia At a traffic stop on a road leading to the central Bolivian city of Cochabamba, a group of coca-chewing demonstrators man a barricade of tree trunks. For over two weeks, supporters of former president Evo Morales have been blocking roads around the country, particularly in Cochabamba, his political stronghold, to ward off his potential...
Paris, France World number one Jannik Sinner has withdrawn from the Paris Masters indoor event due to an “intestinal virus”, the tournament organisers announced on Tuesday. Sinner, assured since mid-October of finishing the year top of the rankings for the first time in his career at the age of 23, has been replaced in the draw by...
Washington, United States At least 3,000 North Korean soldiers have been sent to Russia and are training there, the United States said Wednesday, warning that they would become legitimate targets for Kyiv if they engage in combat in Ukraine. Russia and North Korea have boosted their political and military alliance amid the Ukraine war, with Pyongyang...
Washington, United States The Chinese government should use its tax-and-spend policies to help boost flagging economic growth, a senior IMF official told AFP ahead of key meetings this week in Washington. The IMF has raised concern about the levels of global public debt, which it estimates will reach a record $100 trillion this year, with...