Barcelona closed in on the league title as they fought back from two goals down to beat Real Madrid – for whom Kylian Mbappe scored a hat-trick – in a thrilling Clasico. Real Madrid raced into a 2-0 lead with Mbappe scoring twice inside 14 minutes, but Barca hit four by half-time – one each for Eric Garcia and Lamine Yamal, and two for Raphinha. Mbappe scored again with 20 minutes left, to take his club total in all competitions to 39 – the most ever by a Real Madrid player in their debut season – and Barca’s Fermin Lopez…
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Care workers will no longer be recruited from overseas as part of a crackdown on visas for lower-skilled workers, the home secretary has told the BBC. Yvette Cooper said it is “time to end that care worker recruitment from abroad” and rules will change this year – instead requiring firms to hire British nationals or extend visas of overseas workers already in the country. The government plans to unveil changes to visa and recruitment laws on Monday in a bid to cut net migration, and says measures will cut up to 50,000 lower-skilled and care workers coming to the UK…
Koyo Kouoh, who has died aged 57, was one of the art world’s leading figures and a fierce advocate of African creatives. A Cameroon-born curator, Kouoh had been at the height of her career. She was due to become the first African woman to lead next year’s Venice Biennale, one of the world’s most prestigious contemporary art events, and led one of Africa’s largest contemporary art museums. The cause of Kouoh’s unexpected death has not yet been made public. The curator passed away in Switzerland, according to reports. South African artist Candice Breitz described Kouoh as “magnificently intelligent, endlessly energetic…
A single vote in a Quebec riding has brought Canada’s Liberal Party one seat closer to holding a majority in parliament. A judicial recount in the Terrebone riding declared Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste the victor with 23,352 votes, ahead of Bloc Québécois incumbent Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, who received 23,351. The result gives the Liberal Party 170 seats in the House of Commons, two seats shy of the 172 required for a majority. In a statement on social media, Auguste thanked the citizens of Terrebone for their trust and promised to “get to work”. Canada’s election rules require a recount if a…
Leaders across the political divide came out strongly in defence of the ongoing Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) recruitment process, urging Kenyans to remain objective and resist attempts to politicize constitutionally established institutions. Speaking during a fundraising event at the St. Michaels Kamelilo school on Sunday, several Members of Parliament, led by the Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang’ula, underscored the importance of shielding national processes from partisan manipulation. “This process is being handled by the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee (JLAC) of Parliament. If any Kenyan has a memorandum or concern, let them submit it to the…
The feeling that a game or website knows you before you start is not based on chance. That’s personalization. People like to feel their experiences are customized to meet their needs, which has become critical for business success or game design. Players seek games that replicate their actual gameplay behaviors. Shoppers want stores to recollect their past preferences. Your business performance benefits from offering personalized experiences because they bring better results to customers. When customers get custom material, they use our services for longer periods and purchase more often with positive returns. For instance, if you’re looking for a mythic…
A General Service Unit (GSU) officer based at the Mokowe GSU Camp in Lamu County allegedly killed his wife and a five-year-old child before taking his own life on Sunday. Lamu County Police Commander Kipsang Changach confirmed the incident, adding that it happened outside the camp in Mokowe. The incident saw four gunshots ring out, prompting neighbours to visit the GSU officer’s house, where they met a harrowing scene. The officer has been cohabiting with the woman. Officials said the woman, a teacher by profession, had informed the officer that her family and her estranged husband had reconciled. This angered…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Sunday expressed confidence in securing justice over his removal from office. This after the Court of Appeal quashed a decision by Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu made on October 18, 2024, to constitute a three-judge bench to hear a petition challenging Gachagua’s removal. The appellate court further directed that the matter be referred to the Chief Justice, who holds the exclusive mandate to empanel a bench to hear and determine such matters. Gachagua was impeached last year in a drama that ended in court. He spoke during a church service in Juja, Kiambu County on…
Bangladesh’s interim government has banned all activities of the Awami League, the political party of deposed former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, under the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, citing national security concerns. The decision, announced late Saturday, follows days of street protests led by the student-driven National Citizen Party, which emerged from last year’s uprising that toppled Hasina Several Islamist and right-wing parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami and other opposition groups, joined the demonstrations, demanding the Awami League be designated a terrorist organisation. The ban would remain in place until the trial of the party and its leadership over deaths of hundreds of protesters…
Sean “Diddy” Combs was not treated differently because of his race by prosecutors who brought racketeering and sex trafficking charges against him, a judge ruled Friday as he rejected a request to dismiss some charges three days before opening statements in the hip-hop mogul’s trial. Judge Arun Subramanian said Combs had shown no evidence of discriminatory effect or intent based on his race, when his lawyers made their arguments in Manhattan federal court in February. In a separate written opinion, the judge also refused to suppress evidence in the case. The lawyers had written that the prosecution was unprecedented because,…
Columbia University has suspended more than 65 students for their role in a pro-Palestinian demonstration that forced the shutdown of the main campus library, a school official said on Friday. The students were placed on interim suspension and will be prohibited from taking their final exams or entering campus except to access their dormitories, the university official said. “When rules are violated and when our academic community is purposefully disrupted, that is a considered choice — one with real consequences,” the Columbia official said. Scores of students were arrested after seizing part of the school’s main library on Wednesday in…
European leaders have urged Russia to agree to an unconditional 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine starting on Monday. The call was issued at a meeting of the “coalition of the willing” in Kyiv. The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and Poland were hosted by Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, while others joined remotely. They made the announcement after discussing the plan by phone with US President Donald Trump – who initially mooted an unconditional ceasefire. The leaders threatened Russia with “massive” sanctions if it does not comply. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the aim of the coalition of the willing…
The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) and Uganda’s National Resistance Movement (NRM) have finalised a framework to foster cooperation between the two parties. In a joint Communique issued at Hustler Plaza, Secretary General Hassan Omar and his NRM counterpart Richard Todwong explained that both parties would benefit from specialized, transformative training in their respective areas of expertise. The NRM delegation learnt from the working of the Presidential Economic Council towards the Bottom Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), while the UDA counterpart will benefit from the National Leadership Institute (NALI) in Kyankwanzi. During their 3-day official tour to the country, the NRM…
Taylor Swift’s representatives have told the BBC she is being brought into a legal row between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively to create “tabloid clickbait”. The 35-year-old singer was summoned to a US court after it was alleged she encouraged Baldoni to accept script re-writes by Lively for It Ends With Us, a film that both starred in and is the centre of a sexual harassment case. Baldoni says he was invited to Lively’s New York home in 2023 to discuss script changes, where Lively’s husband, Ryan Reynolds, and Swift were there to serve as her “dragons”. Representatives for Swift…
Donald Trump’s administration is “actively looking at” suspending habeas corpus – the right of a person to challenge their detention in court – one of the US president’s top aides has said. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, told reporters on Friday that the US Constitution allowed for the legal liberty to be suspended in times of “rebellion or invasion”. His comments come as judges have sought to challenge some recent detentions made by the Trump administration in an effort to combat illegal immigration, as well as remove dissenting foreign students. “A lot of it depends on…