Month: March 2017

Selection headaches for Kirkintilloch Rob Roy boss Stewart Maxwell ahead of Arthurlie clash

ROB ROY boss Stewart Maxwell can always be relied upon to say it straight and go marching in with a measured opinion that others may or may not like to hear. Speaking last night about the buzz of anticipation in his side’s dressing room now that the Rabs have arrived at the business end of the season still retaining an interest in the Junior game’s three main silverware prizes of Scottish Junior Cup, Super Premier Division title and West of Scotland Cup, he was both circumspect and forthright in saying.

UN says world faces largest humanitarian crisis since 1945

Famine was recently declared in parts of South Sudan, World Food Programme has air-dropped aid to catchment areas in the country. The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the U.N. humanitarian chief said Friday.

Over 55 Sri Lankan food exporters take part in Gulfood 2017 in Dubai

Mar 11, Colombo: The largest ever contingent of Food and Beverage exporting companies from Sri Lanka successfully participated in the 22nd edition of Gulfood 2017 trade exhibition in Dubai. The annual event, which is considered as the world’s largest Food and Drink event, was held at Dubai World Trade Centre in UAE from 26th February to 2nd March 2017.

Trump confidante spoke to alleged Russian hacker

OCTOBER 08: Political consultant Roger Stone speaks onstage during The New Yorker Festival 2016 – ‘President Trump: Life As We May Know It,’ featuring Max Boot, Amy Davidson, Roger Stone, and Sean Wilentz in conversation with Evan Osnos at MasterCard Stage at SVA Theatre on October 8, 2016 in New York City.

Matthews tied for 15th

Former state champion Brandon Matthews played only 15 holes in Friday’s second round of the Molino Canuelas Championship, dropping into a tie for 15th at the PGA Tour Latinoamerica event in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Matthews, 22, of Dupont, is in a six-way tie for 15th.

.com | Niger drought leaves schools closed

More than half of schoolchildren have quit class in some parts of Niger due to drought which is forcing entire families of farmers to move to seek better pastures, the UN said Friday. At least 33 000 farmers’ children have abandoned class to follow their parents, with the worst hit areas including the central regions of Maradi and Zinder, Agadez in the north and Tahoua in the west.

.com | EXCLUSIVE: White farmer battles Mugabe’s top aide in ‘last minute’ scramble for land

Hollywood star Will Smith has just been to Victoria Falls – but did he stay on the Zimbabwe side or the Zambian side of the natural wonder? Harare – A white commercial farmer in Matabeleland South in southern Zimbabwe is battling to have President Robert Mugabe’s top aide leave a prime property, in what critics view as a “last minute” scramble for land akin to the biblical “last supper”. Ray Ndlukula, the deputy secretary for cabinet and president’s office, has laid siege on the farm located in Figtree amid revelations in court documents that are in News24’s possession that he has other properties in the province.

Hadwin grabs one-stroke lead in Valspar

Adam Hadwin started the back nine with five straight birdies and posted a 7-under 64 to build a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Valspar Championship. It was another low round for Hadwin – not a 59 like the score the Canadian shot in the California desert this year, but enough to surge past Jim Herman and into the lead on a warm and occasionally blustery Friday afternoon at Innisbrook.

More U.S. boots on the ground

The Trump administration is signaling its readiness to put “boots on the ground” in Syria and Iraq to defeat the Islamic State and secure a stronger place for the United States in the negotiations on the future of both countries. It is a risky approach because of the presence of military forces from Russia, Iran, the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah and Turkey as well as various Syrian factions, including Kurds seeking to carve out an independent state along the Turkish border.

Custody court cases set for axe in Burnley

ANOTHER major shake-up of the magistrates courts system in East Lancashire has been criticised by a senior county councillor and a former MP. Ministry of Justice bosses have confirmed Burnley, Pendle and Magistrates Court will no longer take custody cases from May 1. Remand hearings and sentencings potentially involving prison terms will then take place at Blackburn, according to the HM Courts Service.

Leafs, Osprey open major midget final Saturday

The St. John’s Maple Leafs will look to make it three provincial championships in a row when the Newfoundland and Labrador Major Midget Hockey League kicks off its best-of-seven final Saturday night in Mount Pearl. The Leafs and Tri-Pen Osprey open Game 1 7:30 p.m. at The Glacier.

Growing Consensus that Time Has Come for Unity

There have been vocal and widespread calls for Irish reunification in the face of the British government’s determination to leave the European Union and a historic election result last week which has delivered unprecedented political strength for nationalism and Sinn Fein. Speaking on the Falls Road in west Belfast, flanked by senior party representatives, Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams pointed to the significance of the fact that the unionist majority at Stormont has been ended by last week’s election.

Liberals respond to Gonski claims

The Federal Liberal Party has responded swiftly to claims made by an “I Give a Gonski” campaign in Naracoorte this week. The Federal Liberal Party has responded swiftly to claims made by an “I Give a Gonski” campaign in Naracoorte this week.

Trump’s new immigration order, still more of the same

This week the administration finally released the newest version of the Trump administration’s travel ban. The new order entitled, Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into The United States executive order does not include the controversial religious litmus test that prioritizes Christian refugees over Muslims and eliminates the indefinite suspension of the Syrian refugee resettlement program.

Panel Rules Venezuela Won’t Have to Pay $1.4B to ExxonMobil

A World Bank arbitration panel has determined that Venezuela will not have to pay $1.4 billion to ExxonMobil for confiscating company assets during a wave of nationalizations. ExxonMobil asked the bank’s investment dispute panel for $12 billion for the seizure of its Cerro Negro facilities in the Orinoco Basin under then-President Hugo Chavez.

Triple Crown tribulations at Twickenham: the ones that got away

THERE was a time when Scotland regularly went down to Twickenham in search of a Triple Crown – or at least, more regularly than has been the case these past couple of decades. When there was no need to count up the years since they had last tasted victory there, because you could have done it on the fingers of one hand.

Could Pedro Caixinha do a Stephen Kenny and swap the Celtic Park stand for the dressing room?

Now in charge of Dundalk, where he oversaw a record-breaking stint for an Irish club in the Europa League last season, Kenny was the man to whom Dunfermline Athletic turned to in an attempt to salvage their 2006-07 season. Okay, so it ultimately proved to be unsuccessful, as the Pars – who also reached the Scottish Cup final that season – tumbled into the second tier, but his first match in charge was something to behold.

Asylum case likely to set precedent for Cubans, following end to wet foot, dry foot policy

An elderly Cuban couple is expected to remain in detention while a judge who presided over their asylum hearing Friday makes a final determination on their fate. Aquilino Caraballo and Georgina HernA ndez, 67 and 64, have been held in separate facilities since they were taken into custody on Jan. 13 at Miami International Airport, a day after the former Obama administration announced an end to the immigration policy known as “wet foot, dry foot.”

United Nations warns world faces largest humanitarian crisis since 1945

The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief has said. The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, the UN humanitarian chief has said.

Cycle infrastructure ‘risks reinforcing health inequalities’, report warns

CYCLE infrastructure risks exacerbating health inequalities in Glasgow unless more effort is made to target routes and bike hire schemes to the most deprived communities, public health experts have warned. A series of reports by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, due to be published next week, highlight that segregated cycle ways to the west and south-west of the city are leading more people to commute by bike, but that the increase has been concentrated among better off households who are more likely to own bikes or live near a segregated cycle route.

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Racing mourns peerless world champion Surtees

JOHN Surtees, a Formula One great who won the 1964 championship with Ferrari and remains the only man to win world titles on two wheels and four, has died at the age of 83, his family said in a statement. The Briton won his four 500cc and three 350cc motorcycling world titles with Italian marque MV Agusta between 1956 and 1960.

Hammers furious as Payet trashes ex-club

WEST Ham are bemused by Dimitri Payet’s comments that was “bored” with the team’s negative style of play and believe the player should get on with his life, Sky sources understand. Payet told French newspaper L’Equipe that one of the main reasons he left the Hammers in January was the team’s defensiveness and poor form, and said his career risked regressing if he had stayed.

Golf Capsules

Adam Hadwin started the back nine with five straight birdies and posted a 7-under 64 to build a one-shot lead going into the weekend of the Valspar Championship. It was another low round for Hadwin – not a 59 like the score the Canadian shot in the California desert this year, but enough to surge past Jim Herman and into the lead on a warm and occasionally blustery Friday afternoon at Innisbrook.

Advocates doubt Trump administration will act to stem flow of migrants across Canada-U.S. border

The crossing of migrants into Canada that has now become a thorny issue on the U.S.’s northern frontier was certainly not on horizon until recently. As the new administration trumpeted its new ironfisted approach toward immigrants and refugees, the public and media attention focused on the wall to be built between the United States and Mexico, as well as the executive orders to keep Muslims out.

Amarinder Singh to turn 75 on poll result day6 min ago

Chandigarh, Mar 10 Congress leader and former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh will turn 75 tomorrow, the day when the results of Punjab Assembly elections, which witnessed an intense triangular contest, will be declared. It remains to be seen what gift is in store for the state Congress chief tomorrow, who has already announced that this was his last election.

Stewart and Assayas find a groove in the shadow of celebrity

Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York. Kristen Stewart, left, and writer-director Olivier Assayas pose for a portrait to promote their film, “Personal Shopper,” on Thursday, March 9, 2017, in New York.

3,500-yr-old mass burial ground discovered by Tirupati varsity1 hour ago

Tirupati, Mar 10 A 3,500-year-old colossal mass burial ground, believed to be of the Megalithic period, has been unearthed by a research team of the city-based Sri Venkateswara University. The mass burial ground is spread over 100 acres with over a dozen ‘cist burials’, each measuring 30 feet by 27 feet, in Raakasi Mitta area, around 60 km from here, Professor at the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology, Dr V Sakuntalamma, said.

Bill addresses ‘toxic relationship between US and Pakistan

Entitled “Pakistan State Sponsor of Terrorism Act of 2015,” a bill introduced by Rep. Ted Poe would designate Pakistan one of the world’s originators of globalized state-sponsored terrorism. Poe said upon introducing the bill on Thursday, “Not only is Pakistan an untrustworthy ally, Islamabad has also aided and abetted enemies of the United States for years,” Poe is the chairman of Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House Foreign Relations Committee.

Aquarium association calls Vancouver vote to ban cetacean captivity ‘troubling’

An aquarium and zoo industry group says a park board vote to ban cetacean captivity at the Vancouver Aquarium is “troubling” and it will work with the facility to influence the policy. Dan Ashe of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums says if the board prohibits whales, dolphins and porpoises at the facility it will hinder scientific research supporting conservation and deprive visitors from the opportunity to see marine mammals up close.