Archive du mois : janvier 2018

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Deutschland enttäuscht gegen Spanien und scheidet aus

Maximales Drama bis in die Schlusssekunden, Nervenspiel, graue Haare – darunter macht es die deutsche Handball-Nationalmannschaft bei der Europameisterschaft in Kroatien normalerweise nicht. Den Kantersieg gegen Montenegro zum Auftakt ausgenommen, betrug die Tordifferenz des Teams nach vier weiteren EM-Spielen (zwei Remis, ein Sieg und eine Niederlage) exakt: plus zwei Treffer – ein minimalistischer Wert und…

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Disgraced US Olympics doctor jailed

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The paedophile tried to claim his accusers « fabricated » allegations for money and fame Ex-US Olympic gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 40 to 175 years after testimony from nearly 160 of his victims. The judge dismissed Nassar’s attempted apology as insincere, saying he would « be in darkness…

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Desire ‘signs death warrant’ of Larry Nassar, sentences him to a hundred seventy five years’ reformatory

Updated January 25, 2018 08:22:56 Video: Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison (ABC News) Disgraced long-time US Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for molesting young female gymnasts, following days of wrenching testimony from about 160 of his victims, including Olympic gold…

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Concerns over US-Turkey armed forces confrontation in Syria

A US-backed Kurdish militia has deployed fighters to the frontline of Syria’s Manbij to battle Turkey’s military after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said it would be next after launching the cross-border Afrin operation. Manbij is about 100km east of Afrin where the United States has military personnel deployed in the fight against Islamic State of…

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Australia’s national day fuels debate on colonial past

Melbourne, Australia – While most Australians fire up the barbecue and crack open beers to celebrate national day on Friday, Robbie Thorpe will be marching in the shadow of Victoria’s state parliament. Like many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, he doesn’t see anything to cheer on Australia Day, which marks the arrival of the…

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Brazil court docket upholds ex-president’s graft conviction

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Widely popular former president Luiz Inacio « Lula » da Silva has been banned from running in elections this year after an appeals court upheld corruption-related convictions. Opinion polls suggest the former leftist leader would win October’s general elections comfortably. He vehemently denied the corruption charges and said he is the victim of a political…

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Profile: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Luiz Inacio « Lula » da Silva, a leftist leader who rose from abject poverty to serve as Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010, is widely tipped to win the country’s 2018 general election unless a corruption conviction against the 71-year-old is upheld and he is barred from running. Once called « the most popular politician on earth » by…