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They added: “We recognise the concern and distress that this incident may have caused and apologise for its impact on those involved, including Cardiff University, the players, match officials and local rugby communities, along with our wider community.” BBC News

Nine teams will start the upcoming Chinese Super League season on minus points after clubs were sanctioned following an investigation into “match-fixing, gambling, and corruption in the football industry”. Shanghai Shenhua, last season’s runners-up, suffered the toughest sanction alongside Tianjin Tigers, with the pair receiving a 10-point deduction each. Four …

A video appears to show the moment a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent attempted to enter the Consulate of Ecuador in Minneapolis, according to the Ecuadorian government. The agent was denied access by consular officials. The Ecuadorian Consulate was promoted to activate emergency protocols following the incident and says …

A confrontation involving an armed woman at the Cobb County Police Department’s headquarters has ended with the woman shot and rushed to a local hospital. Officials with the police department tell CBS News Atlanta that the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon at their headquarters on S. Fairground Street. While details about …

Two Fed officials voted for a cut, including the former head of Donald Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers. BBC News

Officials searched offices in Frankfurt and Berlin in relation to “past business relationships”. BBC News

Heavy rain has tiggered a landslide in southern Sicily causing the edge of a town to collapse and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,500 people. On Wednesday, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited the town of Niscemi, where dozens of houses were left teetering on the edge of a cliff …

Bundee Aki has not travelled with the Ireland squad for their Six Nations training camp in Portugal, with the Connacht centre the subject of a misconduct complaint after his side’s defeat by Leinster on Saturday. The 35-year-old, a World Rugby player of the year nominee in 2023, is “alleged to …

The Football Association of Malaysia executive committee has resigned to pave the way for reforms. BBC News

Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu is “in great shape” despite falling over at a reception ceremony in Turkey, one of his aides has said. Tinubu, 73, was being welcomed by Turkish counterpart at an official ceremony in the capital, Ankara, when he stumbled. After walking past a line of soldiers and …

A federal judge in Minnesota on Monday threatened to hold the acting U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director in contempt for repeatedly ignoring court orders in immigration-related cases. Chief U.S District Judge Patrick Schiltz ordered acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear in court this Friday to answer questions in …

French President Emmanuel Macron has invited his Chadian counterpart to Paris, as both countries seek to renew and improve future relations. The verbal invitation was delivered to President Mahamat Déby by France’s Ambassador to Chad, Éric Gérard, during a meeting at the presidential palace in the capital, N’Djamena, on Monday. …

Anti-ICE demonstrators banged drums and chanted outside the Minneapolis hotel where US President Donald Trump’s senior immigration official Gregory Bovino is reportedly staying. Border Patrol Commander Bovino is expected to leave the city after tensions escalated following a second fatal shooting by federal officials over the weekend. The BBC’s Tom …

Outspoken Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of his green-uniformed agents are expected to soon leave the Minneapolis area, three sources familiar with the move tell CBS News. One of the sources said Bovino was relieved of his command in Minneapolis and is expected to return to California’s El …

Reuters The fire began early on Monday morning at the Violanta biscuit factory At least three people have been killed and two others are still missing after a fire broke out at a food factory near the central Greek city of Trikala, officials say. The blaze began in the early …

Officials provided differing accounts of Alex Pretti’s death after an altercation with federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Pretti “reacted violently” when approached by law enforcement officers. However, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz described the claims as “nonsense”, blaming federal officers deployed to the city …

Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access the state’s voter rolls and public assistance data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a second person was shot Saturday by federal immigration agents assigned to a weekslong crackdown in the city. In a …

Reuters The Grinch was intercepted by the French navy on Thursday French officials have taken the Indian captain of a suspected Russian shadow fleet tanker into custody days after the oil tanker was seized. On Thursday, the French navy intercepted the tanker – named the Grinch – which President Emmanuel …

Local leaders have condemned the Department of Homeland Security’s actions following the fatal shooting of an ICU nurse by a Border Patrol Agent in Minneapolis, with many calling for the resi… Source link

Officials confirmed that federal agents shot a person in south Minneapolis, prompting a heavy law-enforcement response, street closures and sharp condemnation from Gov. Tim Walz. Source link