The top 10 moments that shaped women’s football in 2023 | Football News

The top 10 moments that shaped women’s football in 2023 | Football News

It was the year that saw Australia and New Zealand host the biggest and most-watched FIFA Women’s World Cup, which culminated with Spain’s crowning moment as first-time champions with a win over one of the pre-tournament favourites England. Women’s football giants United States faltered at the quarterfinal stage and several…

Venezuela and Guyana agree not to use force in Essequibo dispute | Politics News

Venezuela and Guyana agree not to use force in Essequibo dispute | Politics News

Leaders hold tense talks after Venezuela organised referendum to claim oil-rich territory that makes up two-thirds of Guyana. Venezuela and Guyana have agreed not to resort to force to settle a territorial dispute over the oil-rich Essequibo region after a tense meeting between the two countries’ leaders in the Caribbean….

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law | News

Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai faces trial under ‘unfair’ national security law | News

The national security trial of jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai is due to begin on Monday, more than a year after it was originally scheduled to start, and three years since he was first imprisoned. The 76-year-old, who is also a British citizen, stands accused of conspiring to…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 660 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 660 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 660th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Friday, December 15, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 42 drones and six missiles, mostly targeting the southern Odesa region. Air defence systems destroyed most of the Iranian-made Shahed drones but…

Labour leaders push President Biden for a Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Labour leaders push President Biden for a Gaza ceasefire at US Capitol | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Washington, DC – Influential labour leaders have joined progressive legislators in the United States Capitol to push the administration of President Joe Biden to support a ceasefire in war-torn Gaza. In a news conference on Thursday, representatives from United Auto Workers (UAW), United Electrical Workers and the American Postal Workers…

Zelenskyy hails ‘victory’ as EU agrees to open membership talks for Ukraine | European Union News

Zelenskyy hails ‘victory’ as EU agrees to open membership talks for Ukraine | European Union News

European Council President Charles Michel says agreement a ‘signal of hope for their people and for our continent’. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hailed a “victory” for Ukraine and the European continent after European Union leaders agreed to open membership talks with his country despite months of opposition from Hungary about…

Israeli soldiers recite Jewish prayers, Hannukah songs inside Jenin mosque | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli soldiers recite Jewish prayers, Hannukah songs inside Jenin mosque | Israel-Palestine conflict News

NewsFeed Israeli soldiers have been disciplined after video surfaced of them singing Hannukah songs and reciting Jewish prayers inside a mosque. The soldiers, who are conducting raids in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, have been suspended from duty. Published On 14 Dec 202314 Dec 2023 Check out our Latest…

Hong Kong police offers bounties for five activists living overseas | Hong Kong Protests News

Hong Kong police offers bounties for five activists living overseas | Hong Kong Protests News

The US and the UK have condemned the move as Hong Kong authorities expand crackdown under national security law. Police in Hong Kong have offered bounties for information leading to the arrest of five activists living overseas, expanding a crackdown on those involved in the city’s once vibrant pro-democracy protest…

‘Regime of impunity’: Victims react to Fujimori’s prison release in Peru | Crimes Against Humanity News

‘Regime of impunity’: Victims react to Fujimori’s prison release in Peru | Crimes Against Humanity News

Lima, Peru – He was horrible at math. Loved to play sports. And always seemed to be smiling. When Gisela Ortiz thinks back to her older brother Luis Enrique, she remembers someone who was kind and generous, willing to lend clothes out of his own closet to classmates in need….

Finland set to again shut its entire border with Russia | Migration News

Finland set to again shut its entire border with Russia | Migration News

The decision comes amid renewed asylum seekers arrivals that Helsinki has labelled a Russian hybrid attack. Finland will close its eastern border with Russia, the country’s interior minister has said, just hours after the Nordic nation relaxed a two-week closure of all roads between the two countries. Helsinki has said…