He had been expected to resign later that day, but Gotabaya Rajapaksa didn’t wait around to make it official. Instead, before dawn, he boarded a military plane leaving Colombo, the commercial capital of the crisis-hit country, and fled to the Maldives. His departure is a historic moment for the island nation of 22 million, which the Rajapaksas had ruled with an iron fist for much of the past two decades before losing the faith of their once adoring citizens....

Der ehemalige Finanzminister Rishi Sunak ist der große Favorit. Auch Außenministerin Liz Truss und Handelsministerin Penny Mordaunt haben gute Chancen. Alle drei erhielten am Dienstag in einer parteiinternen Abstimmung der Tory-Fraktion im Parlament in Westminster die erforderlichen 20 Stimmen. Legende: Er ist der große Favorit im Rennen um die Nachfolge von Boris Johnson: Rishi Suank Reuters Etwas überraschend wird Boris Johnsons früherer Gesundheitsminister und anfangs bekannter Sajid Javid nicht Mitglied der Partei sein....

In France, Belgium, Germany and Hungary, former high-ranking police officers have become far-right mayoral and parliamentary candidates. In the UK, a series of recent cases involving the Metropolitan police have further damaged the reputation of a force long accused of being “institutionally racist”. They include police officers sharing on WhatsApp images of two murdered black brothers. Another group of officers, in a central London station, was found to have joked about rape, killed black children and beaten their wives....

Whether these moves will be enough to satisfy the general public, fans, the federal government and corporate sponsors remains to be seen. The sport’s national federation made a series of announcements in an open letter to Canadians published Thursday, including reopening a third-party investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the country’s 2018 world junior team. Hockey Canada said participation in the investigation of the players in question is mandatory, adding that anyone who refuses will be barred from all federation activities and programs effective immediately....

Updated July 12, 2022 12:08 pm ET Covid-19 circulates widely as BA.5 Omicron subvariant increases risk of reinfections and spikes case numbers, destroying chances for summer respite from pandemic in much of US Levels of Covid-19 are high in a fifth of US counties, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s count based on case and hospital data, a rate that has been rising mostly since mid-April. BA....

Crews were called just before 8pm to the 7bone restaurant. Firefighters from St Mary’s, Hightown, Redbridge, Eastleigh, Hamble and Winchester are battling the blaze and the road has been closed. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “The road has been closed and residents in the area are being asked to keep their windows and doors closed due to the smoke.” READ MORE: Firefighters battle Southampton restaurant fire – live updates Two water carriers and a command unit have been deployed, along with aerial ladder platforms....

à 19:56 Trois jours après l’incendie qui a détruit 650 hectares de forêt à Bordezac, Gagnières et Bessèges, les traces laissées par les flammes sur le massif sont extraordinaires. Environ 350 pompiers sont toujours sur place ce dimanche 10 juillet sur les zones impactées afin de s’assurer qu’aucune reprise du feu n’est possible. Ils y resteront tant que des points chauds persisteront. Les images et vidéos aériennes prises par Midi Libre montrent l’ampleur des dégâts du feu sur les pinèdes et aussi que les flammes, à certains endroits, ont été stoppées à quelques mètres des habitations....

Police said four of the injured were rushed to hospital after suffering gunshot wounds in the early hours of Monday during a DJ set at the Opium Beach Club just outside Marbella city center on the Costa del Sol. Police have confirmed they have arrested the suspected gunman, a Dutch national, who reportedly suffered stab wounds to his head and chest after firing his gun into the packed club. Hospital sources at Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella, where the stabbing victim and four shooting victims were taken, confirmed that two of the victims were “serious”....

The couple, who were engaged in the early 2000s before being separated for 17 years, were married Saturday night at The Little White Chapel, according to Lopez. “We made it. Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out that love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Lopez, 52, wrote in her “On the JLo” newsletter on Sunday. “Exactly what we wanted. “Last night we flew into Vegas, stood in line for clearance with four other couples, all making the same trip to the wedding capital of the world,” she wrote....

Wall Street banks earned record fees during the coronavirus pandemic by working on a flood of mergers and acquisitions, public markets and special-purpose buyouts. However, the pipeline of businesses, especially the flow of initial public offerings, has slowed significantly since the start of the year as investors shun Spacs and money-losing startups. It was the first profit loss by either JPMorgan – the largest US lender by assets and an industrial sector – or Morgan Stanley since early 2020....

Kabunji läuft das zweitbeste Rennen ihrer Karriere mit atemberaubenden 10,91 Sekunden. Der flinke Berner überquerte die Ziellinie nur eine Zehntelsekunde hinter den Medaillenrängen. Der durchtrainierte Athlet sagt gegenüber SRF: Der Lauf war besser als das Halbfinale. “Es lief länger und schöner.” Am Ende würden ein paar Hundertstelsekunden fehlen. Drama im Halbfinale Drama schon im Halbfinale. Kambunji, der Schweizer Rekordhalter mit einer persönlichen Bestzeit von 10,89 Sekunden, stand noch nie in einem Weltmeisterschaftsfinale über 100 m....

We may observe that Starmer would not have given this undertaking if he had not been sure that he would not be punished, but it was undoubtedly a risk. he took it and won the bet. Durham Police concluded that the rally at the Miners’ Hall in April last year was legal “due to the application of an exception, namely reasonably necessary work”. So if Johnson were still clinging to office, Starmer would have a huge advantage at Prime Minister’s Questions next week....

Et comme ces deux échanges ont été annoncés en même temps devant un Centre Bell comble lors du repêchage, je n’ai pas besoin de vous dire que ça a fait réagir. Dans la foulée de cet échange, Dach s’est adressé aux médias montréalais plus tôt cet après-midi et c’était clair : il veut profiter d’un nouveau départ avec CH. Alors que son parcours à Chicago est marqué par l’instabilité et les blessures, il veut tout mettre derrière lui et repartir à zéro....

Article écrit par Publié le 17/07/2022 11:44 Mis à jour le 17/07/2022 14:23 Temps de lecture : 1 minute. Vous le saviez ? Depuis vingt ans, près de 89 km de canalisations d’eau à 4°C coulent sous les pieds des Parisiens pour rafraîchir plusieurs sites emblématiques de la capitale, comme le Louvre ou l’Assemblée nationale. Canicule : comment fonctionne le plan canicule en France ? Avec des canicules de plus en plus fréquentes, la ville de Paris souhaite étendre son réseau méconnu de “rafraîchissement urbain” pour maintenir ses bâtiments à la bonne température grâce à l’eau de la Seine....

The two said in a statement posted on Twitter that their landlord decided not to renew the lease and noted that the move was not “politically motivated” but was “purely a business decision.” “There is a time and season for everything, and God has called us to focus our time and energy elsewhere. While Shooters Grill is closed, stay tuned. The Shooters brand is not going away. There are exciting things in the pipeline,” they said....

Tout s’accélère au Paris Saint-Germain ! Après une refonte organisationnelle majeure, la formation parisienne, désormais dirigée par le duo Luis Campos et Christophe Gaultier, semble déterminée à déclencher le mercato estival. Vitinha est arrivé du FC Porto, c’est au tour de l’ancien attaquant du Stade de Reims Hugo Ekitike de rejoindre la capitale française. Le jeune attaquant de 20 ans arrive en prêt avec option d’achat auprès des champions de France en titre....