Author: Daily Sabah With Reuters
Barcelona suffered another setback Monday as their latest appeal to secure Dani Olmo’s precautionary registration for the remainder of the season was denied, just one day before the deadline to register the Spanish international. The Catalan club signed Olmo in August for approximately 55 million euros ($57.22 million). However, due to LaLiga’s strict wage cap, the attacking midfielder was only eligible to play during the first half of the season. With the four-month registration period nearing its end, Barcelona faces the prospect of losing a key player unless alternative measures are taken. The club managed to register Olmo after long-term…
Barcelona suffered another setback Monday as their latest appeal to secure Dani Olmo’s precautionary registration for the remainder of the season was denied, just one day before the deadline to register the Spanish international. The Catalan club signed Olmo in August for approximately 55 million euros ($57.22 million). However, due to La Liga’s strict wage cap, the attacking midfielder was only eligible to play during the first half of the season. With the four-month registration period nearing its end, Barcelona faces the prospect of losing a key player unless alternative measures are taken. The club managed to register Olmo after…
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged to solidify the country’s comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in his letter to President Vladimir Putin on Monday, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.
Ukrainian forces staged a new attack on the town of Lgov in southern Russia’s Kursk region on Monday, badly damaging a two-storey apartment building, the region’s acting governor said, a week after four people were killed in another strike. Alexander Khinshtein, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said one person was injured in the latest attack in the region, where Ukrainian forces have seized a chunk of territory after launching an incursion in August. Khinshtein said power lines were down in two areas. “Their purpose is to frighten people, sow confusion, panic and chaos,” Khinshtein said of the Ukrainian attack.…
President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine. At a time when many ordinary people are worried about rising prices and the central bank’s 21% interest rate is squeezing businesses and homebuyers, Putin reassured Russians that their wellbeing was his top priority. He framed Russia’s challenges as part of a wider historic mission, evoking past victories including its role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two. Russia, he said, had overcome…
Aleksei Bugayev, a former member of Russia’s national football team who competed in Euro 2004, has been killed in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Russian media reported Sunday, citing his father and agent. “Unfortunately, the news of Aleksei’s death is true. It happened today,” his father, Ivan Bugayev, told TASS, as reported by Sport24. Bugayev’s agent, Anton Smirnov, told RIA that intense fighting had made it impossible to recover Bugayev’s body for burial. Bugayev, 43, played two matches for the Russian national team in the 2004 European Championship. He also played for Moscow clubs Torpedo and Lokomotiv, as well as…
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Luzon in the Philippines on Monday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), GFZ said. Philippine seismology agency Phivolcs said the tremor struck the northern town of Bangui in Ilocos province. The agency was not expecting damage, but said aftershocks are likely from the shallow quake. Earthquakes are common in the Philippines, which is located in the Pacific Ocean’s “Ring of Fire”, where volcanic activity and earthquakes frequently occur.