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Days of intense negotiations enabled the Biden administration to avoid casting a veto at the United Nations Security Council in defense of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. But abstaining from a resolution designed to help more humanitarian aid reach Gaza only limited the damage to America’s standing around the world …

2023 has been a wild ride – and these were the 100 best football players in the world for the year. Here at FourFourTwo HQ, we all clubbed together to create this list of the great and the good of the past 12 months, who have defined the sport in …

The Biden administration has 43 presidential nominees still awaiting confirmation in the Senate as Congress prepares to break for the holidays, a delay that is putting American national security and foreign policy interests in jeopardy around the world, the State Department said on Friday. Any nominee not confirmed before the …

Former World No. 1, Simona Halep has said that if her four-year doping ban is upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport at her appeal in February, her career wil likely be over.      The Romanian Tennis star, 32, was handed the suspension in September after she was found to …

Six Argentina jerseys worn by eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi at the 2022 FIFA World Cup were sold for a staggering $7.8 million on Thursday (December 14). Legendary auction house Sotheby’s, which oversaw the massive transaction, confirmed that the price of the shirts is the highest for sports memorabilia …

  The Federal Government has rejected claims by the World Bank that government is still paying subsidy on petrol, saying the era of petrol subsidy is “gone for good”. Speaking in an interview on Channels TV on Thursday, December 14, Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said President …

An Australian transgender woman has sparked outrage after she won the Women’s Croquet World Championship. Jamie Gumbrell claimed women’s croquet’s top trophy in Brighton in the UK back in August when she beat 2011 world champion and current European champion Rachael Gee from England. The 23-year-old from Canberra was one …

Former boxing Heavyweight Champion, Anthony Joshua has opened up on his realisation that he may not become undisputed heavyweight champion, claiming the feat is ‘not in my time frame’. The 34-year-old is set to take on Otto Wallin on December 23 in a blockbuster night of boxing that will also …

Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Wednesday, December 13, 2023 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 13 (IPS) – With the US Fed raising interest rates, the world economy is slowing as debt distress spreads across the global South, increasing poverty worldwide to pre-pandemic levels, with the poorest …

At a joint press conference with President Zelenskyy, President Biden took apart the lies Republicans are using to oppose Ukraine aid. Biden was asked what is the strategy for the US in Ukraine, and he answered: Let’s put this in perspective. Remember how far Ukraine has come? Russia has failed, …