[ad_1] SACRAMENTO — After more than two years of empty streets and withering commerce, California’s capital city seemed to be getting back to its pre-pandemic self this weekend. Thousands turned out for a concert at the downtown Golden 1 Center featuring Tyler, the Creator, and crowds filled the nearby bars, spilling into the spring night.…
[ad_1] THE PARADOXES of Brexit multiply by the day. Brexit was supposed to allow Britain to take back control of its destiny. This week a British prime minister sat in a windowless room in Brussels while 27 European countries debated the country’s future in the council chamber (though Donald Tusk, the European Council’s president, did…
[ad_1] The number dwarfed the 67 executions reported in the kingdom in all of 2021 and the 27 in 2020. “These individuals, totaling 81, were convicted of various crimes including murdering innocent men, women and children,” the interior ministry said in a statement. “Crimes committed by these individuals also include pledging allegiance to foreign terrorist…
[ad_1] The military, known as the Tatmadaw, celebrated with a parade of troops and weapons in the capital, Naypyidaw, for the second year since overthrowing the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, 2021. Anti-coup protesters came out on streets in Myanmar on Sunday morning carrying signs saying “uproot the…
[ad_1] The hands of one man are tied behind his back with a piece of white cloth. Another man lies alone, tangled up in a bicycle by a grassy bank. A third man lies in the middle of the road, near the charred remains of a burned-out car. The town of Bucha has endured five…
[ad_1] Police said they employed pepper spray and escalated tactics over the weekend to disperse crowds and make arrests with protesters gathered in front of the Parliament building. Some of those arrests included protesters who allegedly had smoke grenades and fireworks, and were wearing body armor, police said. Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit is also reviewing…
[ad_1] A convoy carrying more than 500 metric tons of food and nutrition supplies is expected to reach the regional capital Mekelle soon for “communities on edge of starvation,” the tweet read. “20 WFP trucks have made it to our line of control& on their way to Mekelle,” Getachew Reda, spokesperson for the Tigray People’s…
[ad_1] Ramp makes it easier for DeFi Kingdoms players to get started with payments DeFi Kingdoms players can now enjoy an elevated in-game payment experience with multiple fiat-to-crypto payment options DeFi Kingdoms joins other NFT-based game giants Sorare and Axie Infinity on the Ramp platform Partnership kicks-off with a week-long zero fee…
[ad_1] Jackson is expected to be confirmed by the Senate, which is divided 50-50 along party lines. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) is the only Republican so far to announce support for Jackson’s nomination. Blunt had been seen as a possible Republican vote for Jackson as well. “I won’t be supporting her, but I’ll be joining…
[ad_1] 4.01pm BST 16:01 “Are there three teams worse? wonders Norrie Hernon. “I’m not sure there are. Watford have been impressive lately, but just lacked the wee bit of luck that Leeds and Brentford have had; Burnley are Burnley, and better and more experienced at all this than Everton. I think they’re in massive trouble.”…