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  • Eagles LB/FB Ben VanSumeren Done For Season

    Ben VanSumeren is done for the season. The Eagles linebacker/special teamer/part-time fullback suffered a season-ending knee injury during Friday’s practice, according to Jeff McLane of the Philadelphia Inquirer. VanSumeren is set to undergo more testing to determine the extent of the injury, but the initial diagnosis indicated that the player will miss the rest of…

  • Suriname’s Foreign Minister appears poised to be next OAS Secretary General

    Last Updated on Saturday, 30 November 2024, 13:03 by Denis Chabrol Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Ramdin Suriname’s Foreign Affairs Minister Albert Ramdin on Saturday said he was confident that he was well on his way to being elected the next Secretary General of the 34-nation Organisation of American States (OAS), having already secured concrete…

  • Nepal rules out loans for BRI projects: Foreign Minister

    Nepal Foreign Affairs Minister Arzu Rana Deuba conveyed to China that Nepal is not in a position to take any loans and will instead primarily rely on grants, she said Saturday. Returning from China after a three-day visit ahead of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s official tour to Beijing, Deuba said that the BRI…

  • Cardinals Sign RB James Conner To Extension

    James Conner is sticking in Arizona. The impending free agent running back has signed a two-year extension with the Cardinals, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The deal is worth $19MM. The extension will keep Conner in Glendale through the 2026 campaign. The 2025 campaign will represent Conner’s age-30 season, a milestone that teams have generally been…

  • Actress Cate Blanchett: 'I'm deeply concerned about AI'

    Cate Blanchett has told the BBC she is “deeply concerned” about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, the Australian actress said: “I’m looking at these robots and driverless cars and I don’t really know what that’s bringing anybody.” Blanchett, 55, was promoting her new film Rumours – an apocalyptic…

  • 2034 World Cup can improve Saudi human rights – Fifa

    Significantly, Fifa emphasises that its human rights evaluations are “not about peremptorily excluding countries based on their general human rights context” and are instead “based on evidence of how effectively bidders intend to address human rights risks connected with a tournament”. Explaining the Saudi bid’s ‘medium’ risk assessment for human rights, Fifa’s report states that:…

  • Trudeau travelled to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump after tariff threat

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he had an “excellent conversation” with US President-elect Donald Trump, after the two leaders met at Trump’s Florida estate Mar-a-Lago. Trudeau travelled to West Palm Beach as Canada seeks to head off the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian goods, a source has confirmed to the BBC.…

  • Spain hotel check-in delay fears as new data rules begin

    Visitors to Spain will face more paperwork from Monday when a new law requiring hotel owners and car hire firms to send personal information about their customers to the government comes into effect. The rules, which also apply to rental properties and campsites, are being brought in for national security reasons, but tourism experts have…

  • Are mystery drones above US bases in England something sinister?

    Matt Precey/BBC The government said those behind the drone incursions would be shown the “full force of the law” Airspace around US airbases in Norfolk and Suffolk has been under scrutiny following multiple recent drone incursions. Those responsible for the aircraft have yet to be found and nearby residents have questioned how and why the…

  • Teddy bears, trails and turkeys: Photos of the week

    A selection of news photographs from around the world. Andres Cuenca/Reuters Supporters of Yamandu Orsi celebrate his election as president of Uruguay. Orise, a left-wing former history teacher, beat Álvaro Delgado, candidate of the governing conservative coalition, by more than three percentage points in Sunday’s run-off. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images The National Thanksgiving Turkeys, Blossom and…