TRAILBLAZING FEMALE BOXER RAMLA ALI JOINS EVERLAST

Credit the photo: Maynard Communications By Richard Maynard From child refugee to boxing champion, Ali ’s incredible story inspires a generation of girls London, UK – 17 December 2020 – Everlast Worldwide, the world’ s leading manufacturer, marketer and licensor of boxing, MMA and fitness equipment, today announced that it has signed the inspirational female

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Australia: Controversy as police kill Somali-origin man

Police in Australia killed a young man of Somali origin who “made verbal and physical threats,” while his lawyer says the victim “clearly suffered a serious mental health event,” local media reported on Thursday. Raghe Mohamed Abdi, 22, was “armed with a knife” when he was shot and killed by officers on a busy highway,

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Liz Truss’s record of picking white, male trade advisers emerges

Liz Truss outside Downing Street in February. Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters By Damien Gayle and Peter Walker Figures revealed as international trade secretary is poised to announce equalities shift Labour has accused Liz Truss of setting an “appalling standard” on equality in government after it emerged that of more than 250 trade advisers she has appointed,

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Family of Australian professor detained in Qatar say they fear for his life

Professor Lukman Thalib (right) received a teaching award at Qatar University in 2018. He is a public health expert and helped Qatar with its covid-19 response (Supplied) Professor Lukman Thalib told relatives that his blood pressure and heart rate had become dangerously low The family of an Australian professor held without charge for five months

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UK’s Patel says on Brexit: we’re in ‘tunnel’ of negotiations

Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel is seen outside 10 Downing Street London, Britain, January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom will work flat out for a Brexit trade deal and the two sides are in “tunnel” negotiations but if a deal with the European Union is not possible then the country will

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‘US sanctions won’t affect army, Turkish defense sector’

Sanctions not imposed on Turkey, only one institution and 4 people, says head of Defense Industries Presidency New US sanctions will leave most of Turkey unaffected, including the National Defense Ministry, Turkish Armed Forces, and defense companies, the head of the Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB) said on Thursday. Speaking at Anadolu Agency’s Editor’s Desk,

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Kenya should remain friends with Somalia

Somalia has broken off diplomatic relations with Kenya. It has expelled Kenyan diplomats from Mogadishu and has recalled its own diplomats from Nairobi. It is a tragedy that neighbouring countries have fallen out this way. There have been many sources of friction in the past with Somalia. Kenya is claiming some Somali territorial waters at

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Al-Shabaab member charged with planning 9/11-style attack on US

Guards wearing face masks stand outside Manhattan federal court in August. Abdullah was due to be presented before a magistrate in Manhattan on Wednesday. Photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters Cholo Abdi Abdullah, who received pilot training in the Philippines, charged with six counts of terrorism-related offenses A Kenyan member of the al-Shabaab militant group who received pilot

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Qatar beats Saudi Arabia to host 2030 Asia Games

Doha was revealed as the host city of the 2030 Asia Games during the Olympic Council of Asia’s general assembly in Muscat, Oman (AFP) Qatar has beaten off competition from Saudi Arabia and won the rights to host the 2030 Asia Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced at its general assembly on Wednesday.

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Mogadishu mayor has warned against creating insecurity Benadir region

Photo/Somali Times Benadir Governor Omar Mohamed Mohamud has warned against creating insecurity in the Benadir region, particularly in Mogadishu. The statement from the governor of the Benadir region comes at a time when protests took place in the capital yesterday, with some of protester using ammunition and heavy weapons, resulting in casualties. Omar Filish said

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