CHICAGO — DePaul University students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war say school administrators have ended negotiations related to cutting ties with Israel or companies they say support the war. Students also say university administrators indicated that they will take down the DePaul University encampment that has been up on the quad since April 30. “Let me make […]
Aston Villa’s Premier League top-four hopes suffered a big blow as they threw away a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 against Brentford, who scored three times in nine minutes. Villa looked to be consolidating fourth position after goals either side of half-time from Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers put them in the ascendency. But they […]
Title rivals Manchester City and Arsenal played out a hard-fought but largely forgettable goalless draw as Liverpool ended the weekend top of the Premier League. After Jurgen Klopp’s men came back to beat Brighton earlier on Sunday, attention turned to the Etihad Stadium for the final league meeting between any of the three teams vying […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Joe Biden‘s top foreign policy adviser Jake Sullivan sought to reassure Ukrainians during an unannounced visit to Kyiv Wednesday that the U.S. will continue to support their efforts to fend off Russia’s two-year-old invasion. The national security adviser expressed optimism that lawmakers in Washington will break a monthlong logjam and […]
The Russian military has broken the stalemate in the Ukraine war, Robert Gates, former CIA director and secretary of Defense, said Wednesday, following Moscow’s successful push to take the front-line city of Avdiivka. “It’s no longer a stalemate. The Russians have regained momentum,” Gates told The Washington Post’s David Ignatius in a streaming interview. “Everything […]
By Ariba Shahid and Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A political stalemate in Pakistan, after an inconclusive election, ended with Shehbaz Sharif chosen to lead the country again, while efforts were underway on Wednesday to get the second-largest party to join the government to ensure stability. Sharif, 72, who was prime minister for 16 months […]
Feb. 9—BEMIDJI — Among otherwise calm discussion, the process of selecting a board chair provided a contentious twist to Thursday’s work session for the Bemidji Area Schools Board of Education. The topic of discussion came after its Jan. 22 work session, in which the board reached a stalemate in selecting a chair after several rounds […]
Even if Berlin decides to provide Ukraine with Taurus cruise missiles, the weapon will not fundamentally alter the course of the war, Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding of the German Defense Ministry said in an interview with RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland on Feb. 5. Freuding noted that the Ukrainian forces are already using long-range weapons supplied by other […]
Fulham’s scoring woes continued as their missed opportunities saw them held to a goalless Premier League draw with Everton at Craven Cottage. After last week’s exit from both the Carabao Cup and the FA Cup, the west Londoners failed to bounce back with a win over an Everton side, who now sit in the bottom […]
Chelsea were held to a lively goalless draw by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge as both sides squandered opportunities to settle their FA Cup fourth-round tie. Mauricio Pochettino’s team had scored six in their previous outing, dispatching Middlesbrough to reach next month’s Carabao Cup final, but found Unai Emery’s Premier League high-flyers a more obdurate […]
Weary West Ham and burned-out Brighton served up a lifeless goalless draw to dent both sides’ top-five ambitions. Two makeshift teams were missing 16 first-team players between them through injury, illness or suspension, and in West Ham’s case also due to the Africa Cup of Nations which has cost them the services of in-form forward […]
U.K. Defense Minister Grant Shapps said on Dec. 26 that Ukraine’s recent attack on a Russian ship in the Black Sea proves that there is no stalemate in the war. The Dec. 26 missile strike targeted the port town Feodosia in occupied Crimea. Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said that the attack had “destroyed” […]