The Cincinnati Bengals are still in the playoff hunt entering the final week of the NFL season.Quarterback Joe Burrow has been a big reason why the team is still in contention, but Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers, he can make some individual history.Burrow currently has 4,641 passing yards and 42 touchdowns thrown so far this season. If he gets at least 359 yards and three passes to the end zone, he’ll be just the fifth quarterback in league history to finish with 5,000 yards and 45 touchdowns.Pro Football Hall of Famer Dan Marino (1984), the retired Drew Brees (2011) and…
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Finland seized Eagle S tanker carrying Russian oil on suspicion that it damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power.A Finnish court has denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea. Last week, Finland seized the Eagle S tanker carrying Russian oil on suspicion that it damaged the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and the telecoms cables the previous day by dragging its anchor across the seabed. A lawyer representing United Arab Emirates-based Caravella LLC FZ, which owns the tanker, had sought the…
While much remains unknown about the man who carried out an attack in New Orleans on New Year’s and another who died in an explosion in Las Vegas the same day, the violence highlights the increased role of people with military experience in ideologically driven attacks, especially those that seek mass casualties. In New Orleans, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a veteran of the U.S. Army, was killed by police after a deadly rampage in a pickup truck that left 14 others dead and injured dozens more. It’s being investigated as an act of terrorism inspired by the Islamic State group. Federal investigators…
When the 2024 NFL season began, the playoffs were not really on the radar for the Denver Broncos. But expectations can change during a season.That should be the case for the Broncos, given the rapid development of rookie quarterback Bo Nix and the way the team jumped out to a 9-5 start and solidly positioned itself in the AFC playoff picture. All they had to do was win one of their final three games to secure their first playoff berth since the 2015 season. As they enter Week 18 of the season this Sunday against division rival Kansas City, they still…
This year is likely to be one of the most pivotal in Myanmar’s modern history. The country is embroiled in a civil war, ignited by the military’s 2021 coup against an elected government. Fighting has escalated and the military regime, which calls itself the State Administration Council (SAC), has suffered mounting defeats. It has responded to the loss of control over border regions and swaths of territory to opposition forces with indiscriminate air attacks and atrocities against civilians. The military’s most formidable opposition – a coalition of ethnic armed groups – now controls most of Rakhine state in the country’s…
A judge denied New Jersey’s last-ditch effort to stop the MTA’s long-anticipated, and at times much-maligned, congestion pricing plan from going into effect. During a Friday afternoon hearing in Newark, just hours before the controversial plan for Manhattan was set to go into effect, Judge Leo Gordon ruled against granting a temporary restraining order that the state had filed. The state said it would file its appeal to the judge’s decision Friday evening or Saturday morning. “We respectfully disagree with the trial court’s decision not to halt New York’s congestion pricing program before it goes into effect on Sunday. The…
SWITZERLAND / HAITI – The UN’s Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, William O’Neill, said today he was deeply concerned that the outrageous attacks on hospitals, clinics, and heath care workers by gangs in Haiti in December have further weakened a health care system that was already near collapse. The attack on the Bernard Mevs Hospital in Port-au-Prince on 17 December and the killing of several journalists and a Haitian National Police officer, present at the premises of the General Hospital on 24 December for its official reopening, were the latest suffered by the country’s health care sector – a…
Multiple award-winning Ghanaian artist Amerado once again proved his prowess as a performer with the second edition of his annual concert, My Motherland, held at Okese Park in Ejisu. The event, a cornerstone of Amerado’s commitment to giving back to his hometown, left an indelible mark on attendees and further cemented the artist’s place as a cultural icon.My Motherland, launched in 2023, began as a heartfelt initiative to celebrate Amerado’s roots and contribute to the development of his community. The 2024 edition, dubbed My Motherland 2.0, raised the bar, drawing thousands of fans and music enthusiasts from all corners of…
Pat Riley and the Miami Heat insisted last week that they wouldn’t trade Jimmy Butler. Now they’re suspending him. The Heat announced Friday that they’d suspended All-Star Jimmy Butler for seven games for “multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team.” They also announced that they’d listen to trade offers for the 35-year-old, a reversal from their position one week ago when the team president Riley released a statement: “We will make it clear: We are not trading Jimmy Butler.” According to a report from Shams Charania and Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Butler informed the Heat that he wanted to…
Who: Brighton vs ArsenalWhat: English Premier LeagueWhere: AMEX Stadium, Brighton, United KingdomWhen: 12:30pm (12:30 GMT) on SaturdayFollow Al Jazeera’s live photo build-up and text commentary stream. Mikel Arteta says Arsenal must “flip that coin” in their quest to be crowned champions of England following two agonising near-misses. The second-placed Gunners, runners-up to Manchester City over the past two seasons, are six points behind Arne Slot’s rampaging Liverpool, who have a game in hand, having played half their league fixtures. Arsenal beat Brentford 3-1 in their last match on Wednesday but stumbles in October and early November mean the Gunners are…