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Chelsea Football Club could be without Cole Palmer when they host Arsenal at Stamford Bridge in their next Premier League game.The Blues manager, Enzo Maresca confirmed that the midfielder was not fit for Tuesday’s training. Be made this known during his pre-match press conference ahead of the UEFA Conference League game against Noah, for which he was not eligible to play.What happened to Cole Palmer?Palmer took a knock from a challenge by Lisandro Martinez in the 1-1 draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford on Sunday, November 3, 2024.What did Enzo Maresca say about Palmer’s injury?He said,”Cole Palmer was not…

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Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones revealed on Tuesday that quarterback Dak Prescott will likely land on injured reserve and, thus, miss at least the team’s next four games due to the hamstring injury Prescott picked up in Dallas’ loss to the Atlanta Falcons this past Sunday. Later on Tuesday, former NFL wide receiver and current analyst James Jones ripped Prescott for presumably being unavailable for a handful of contests with the Cowboys at 3-5.”Dak is quitting,” James Jones directly said during Tuesday’s edition of FS1’s “The Facility” program, as shared by Reice Shipley of Awful Announcing. “…My man is quitting on these dudes. I’ve had a hamstring (injury) plenty of times. And I’m back the next week.” Jones added that “this is a hamstring…

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Non-binding motion passed a month after opposition won regional election on promises to restore partial self-rule.The legislative assembly in Indian-administered Kashmir has passed a resolution demanding the restoration of partial autonomy. The resolution, passed on Wednesday, comes a month after the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) won a regional election last month with promises to return self-rule to the disputed Muslim-majority territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government cancelled Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019, and the territory has been ruled by a governor appointed by New Delhi since. “This assembly calls upon the…

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New York is a Democratic-leaning state, but it is still a major priority for Republicans on Election Day. Half a dozen U.S. House races in New York have become highly competitive, making it a key state in the race to control the chamber. Democrats are hoping to flip two Long Island districts: the 1st District in Suffolk County and the 4th District in Nassau County. In the 1st District, Republican Rep. Nick LaLota faces a challenge from Democrat John Avlon. In the 4th District, Republican Anthony D’Esposito faces a rematch against 2022 Democratic nominee Laura Gillen. Another three Republican freshmen…

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AFRICA – A new study co-funded by the African Development Bank finds that applying technology to healthcare delivery, management, and research could provide more Africans with universal health coverage and significantly advance Africa’s progress towards achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The report, titled Policy Blueprint to Fast-Track Healthtech Innovations in Public Health in Africa, examined the potential of health technology innovations – called health tech to benefit patients, health systems and communities across the continent. Commissioned by HealthTech Hub Africa and produced by VillageReach, the study was funded by UBS Optimus Foundation and the African Development Bank Group’s Innovation and…

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Dietmar Siersdorfer, Managing Director of Siemens Energy Middle East and Africa As Africa’s population heads towards the 2.5 billion mark by 2050, the 54-country region faces an epic challenge in achieving combined economic growth, energy stability and decarbonisation to address the disproportionate global inequality and climate change burdens it faces. Finding multi-pronged solutions isn’t only critical for the future well-being of every African, it is critical for the success of the global decarbonisation effort at large. Considering the enormous importance of African minerals and energy resources for the sustainable future of the world, it remains a shame that more than…

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Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy wins the majority of employment tribunal claim against the former club over £11.5m in unpaid salary after he was charged with rape offences.The ruling was presided over by Judge Joanne Dunlop during a hearing at the Manchester Employment Tribunal, who said she had concluded that Mendy is entitled to recover some, but not all of the sums claimed.She said,”While Mr Mendy was not in custody, he was ready and willing to work and was prevented from doing so which was unavoidable or involuntary on his part. In those circumstances, and absent any authorisation in…

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It’s official: Iga Swiatek will not finish as World No. 1 for a third consecutive year. The Pole’s 6-3, 6-4 loss to Coco Gauff in the group stages of the WTA Finals Tuesday meant that Aryna Sabalenka will finish 2024 with the year-ending World No. 1 ranking. Sabalenka and Swiatek were in a close battle for the year-ending ranking, but the latter needed to win all her matches at the WTA Finals to surpass the Belarusian at the top spot. Before her loss to Gauff on Tuesday, there was still a glimmer of hope for Swiatek — she needed Sabalenka to suffer…

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Taipei, Taiwan – Asia is bracing for a second Donald Trump presidency that is poised to inject unpredictability into the region’s relations with the United States, from casting doubt on longstanding alliances to threatening to upend trillions of dollars in trade. During his first term as president from 2016 to 2020, Trump, who scored a decisive victory against Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election, broke with many of the longstanding but unspoken rules of US foreign policy. He launched a trade war with China in 2018 – at a time when many countries were still courting its favour – and engaged…

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