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© Provided by Sporting News With Celtic riding high at the top of the Scottish Premiership and with another Old Firm derby win under their belt, their Australian coach Ange Postecoglou is getting plenty of praise. Fans weren’t too thrilled when the former Socceroos boss was appointed last year with current Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe the club’s first choice. Howe, who was without a job at the time, turned down the Hoops which opened the door for Postecoglou to make his mark in Scotland. While Howe has no regrets over his decision, he is impressed with the work Postecoglou is…

© Provided by The Hill Ukrainians in the Luhansk region are being urged to evacuate after Russian strikes targeted civilian infrastructure in the area. The head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration wrote in a Telegram post on Monday that evacuations would occur that day from cities including Popasna, Rubizhne, Hirske, Severodonetsk and Lysychansk. “Evacuate now, we can still save you,” Serhiy Haidai wrote on Telegram, according to a translation from CNN. “We will proceed with evacuation no matter what,” he said, adding that “there are no safe places left in the region.” The evacuations will move ahead as planned even if Russia…

(Bloomberg) — Derrick Monet and his wife, Jenna, were driving on an Indiana interstate in 2019 when their Tesla Model 3 sedan operating on Autopilot crashed into a parked fire truck. Derrick, then 25, sustained spine, neck, shoulder, rib and leg fractures. Jenna, 23, died at the hospital. Most Read from Bloomberg In Defense of Elon Musk’s Managerial Excellence Ukraine Update: Mariupol Defenders Hold Out Against Onslaught Infowars Files for Bankruptcy Amid Sandy Hook Lawsuits Housing Market Fever Starts to Break in Boise Global Investors Flee China Fearing That Risks Eclipse Rewards The incident was one of a dozen in the…

© Yuri CORTEZ Opponents of Venezuela’s government burn an effigy bearing the images of President Nicolas Maduro and Russian leader Vladimir Putin as part of Easter celebrations A four-headed mannequin carrying the faces of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin was burnt in Caracas on Sunday as part of traditional “burning of Judas” celebrations at Easter. In Venezuela it is customary on Easter Sunday to burn an effigy that represents Judas, the biblical figure who supposedly betrayed Jesus. Over the years it has become traditional to give this figure the face of a political leader or a…

© Reuters/POOL FILE PHOTO: Australia PM Morrison at COP26 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied on Monday that his government would make cuts to Australia’s universal healthcare scheme if he is re-elected next month, after the opposition Labor Party raised doubts over its future. Ahead of the May 21 poll, Labor sees its protection of Australia’s cherished universal healthcare scheme as a key differentiator between it and the governing Liberal National coalition, which bills itself as superior on economic management and border protection. Labor seized on Medicare as a key issue after Morrison said on Sunday that he would appoint…

Sri Lanka’s opposition is set to stage a no-confidence vote against the government, opposition lawmaker Harsha de Silva told CNBC on Monday. “We are confident we have the numbers and we will bring the motion at the appropriate time,” said de Silva, a parliamentary member from the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya party. © Provided by CNBC Angry protesters carry flags and shout slogans during anti-government demonstrations near the president’s office in Colombo earlier this month. They are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country’s crippling economic crisis. His comments came before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed a new cabinet…

(Reuters) – The Kremlin on Monday accused Ukraine of constantly changing its stance when it comes to issues that have already been agreed at peace talks. “Contacts continue at an expert level within the framework of the negotiation process”, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference call. © Reuters/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO A man walks near a destroyed residential building in Mariupol “Unfortunately the Ukrainian side is not consistent in terms of the points that have been agreed”, he said. “It is often changing its position and the trend of the negotiating process leaves much to be desired.” Russia sent its…

BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic accused Ukraine and an unidentified EU country of being behind a series of hoax bomb threats against Air Serbia planes. © AP Serbian President and presidential candidate Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a news conference after claiming victory in the presidential election in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, April 3, 2022. Vucic and his populist right-wing party appeared headed to victory in Sunday’s national election, extending a decade-long authoritarian rule in the Balkan country, according to early pollsters’ projections. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine in late February, more than a dozen Air…

The sinking of the Russian warship Moskva is causing tension back home, where some families are asking questions about the fate of the crew and a prominent state TV anchor is demanding answers about how the debacle happened. The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet sank last week after being hit by two Ukrainian missiles, delivering a significant blow to Russia’s naval capacity, U.S. and Ukrainian officials said. © Provided by The Washington Post Russia confirmed that the ship sank but said only that it had been damaged by “heavy storms” and a fire that caused ammunition on board to detonate.…

As part of initiatives aimed at alleviating the perils of climate change, MTN has pledged its commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2040. In this commitment, MTN has set science-based targets to achieve a 47% average reduction in absolute emissions (tCO2e) which stands for tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for scope 1, 2 and 3 by 2030. Scope 1 covers direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling consumed by the reporting company. Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur in a…