This year’s NFL awards races are some of the most competitive in recent years.Several outstanding candidates are worthy of consideration for each award, including Most Valuable Player, Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year and Coach of the Year.Below are our picks for this year’s awards, plus an honorable mention in each category.MVPBills quarterback Josh Allen The Bills needed Allen to be better than in 2024, and he delivered. After trading wide receiver Stefon Diggs to the Texans and watching Gabe Davis leave in free agency, Buffalo’s season could have gone off the…
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United States President-elect Donald Trump has hinted at possible military intervention in the Americas and the Middle East, as well as other items on his foreign policy agenda, during a wide-ranging news conference in Florida. Trump spoke from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Tuesday, a day after Congress officially certified his victory in November’s general elections. The news conference also comes just 13 days before Trump is set to the oath of office for his second term on January 20. The president-elect touched on several domestic subjects, pledging to roll back environmental restrictions and pardon supporters who stormed the US Capitol…
President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would not rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, as he declared U.S. control of both to be vital to American national security. Speaking to reporters less than two weeks before he takes office on Jan. 20 and as a delegation of aides and advisers that includes Donald Trump Jr. is in Greenland, Trump left open the use of the American military to secure both territories. Trump’s intention marks a rejection of decades of U.S. policy that has prioritized self-determination over territorial expansion. “I’m…
Responding to two separate extradition requests issued by authorities in Egypt and the United Emirates (UAE) for Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi, an Egyptian-Turkish poet, who was arbitrarily detained by Lebanese security forces upon his return from a visit to Syria on 28 December, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Sara Hashash said: “The Lebanese authorities must urgently reject the requests for the extradition of Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi made by the Egyptian and UAE authorities. “Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi’s arbitrary detention came after he made comments critical of the Emirati, Saudi Arabian and Egyptian authorities and the requests…
Shaybilly has started the new year on a high. With the new single, “4 Meter”, released Saturday, 4 January 2025, he’s on a mission to become an Afrobeats rockstar. Coming out all guns blazing with the sonically compelling two-minute, fifty-two-second Amapiano single that will get everyone dancing all night reveals his plan to lay down a marker as one of Afrobeats top dogs to look out for this year.Produced by Vikwynbeat and published by Byvance, Shaybilly was spot-on lyrically. “I was done compiling songs for my forthcoming album, but when Vikwynbeat previews the beat to this song, it is irresistible.…
Ireland has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, according to a statement on Tuesday from the International Court of Justice.The filing, made on Monday, comes months after Ireland announced plans to intervene in the case before the United Nations’ highest judicial body.“Ireland, invoking Article 63 of the Statute of the Court, filed in the Registry of the Court a declaration of intervention in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip,” the court said in a statement on Tuesday.South Africa brought its case to the…
The Minnesota Timberwolves have struggled through the first third of the season, sitting at 18-17 and ninth in the Western Conference heading into Tuesday’s clash with the New Orleans Hornets. But over the past couple of games, T-Wolves star Anthony Edwards has started to turn it on. After scoring a career-high 53 points in a loss to the Detroit Pistons, Ant-Man scored another 37 in a 108-106 come-frome-behind victory over the Los Angeles Clippers to end Minnesota’s three-game skid. Which brings us to today’s quiz. Can you name the players with the most points in a loss for each NBA…
A United States judge has temporarily blocked Special Counsel Jack Smith from releasing a report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump for his mishandling of classified documents. On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who presided over the now-dismissed case against Trump, directed the US Department of Justice not to release the report until a federal appeals court rules on a request from his two former co-defendants. Those co-defendants, Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, remain the subject of a continuing appeal. They have argued that the report’s release could interfere with their right to a fair hearing.…
President-elect Donald Trump wants the Gulf of Mexico to become known as the “Gulf of America.” During a press conference Tuesday at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he intends to make the change, but did not provide details on when or how. “We’re going to be changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. Gulf of America — what a beautiful name,” he told reporters. “And it’s appropriate.” “We’re going to change, because we do most of the work there, and it’s ours,” he said. Names of natural features in the United States are governed by the…
The 6th Retreat of the Network of all Legal Advisers across the ECOWAS institutions, agencies and offices was organised by the Legal Affairs Directorate of the ECOWAS Commission and held in Banjul, The Gambia from 17-21 December 2024. The Retreat commenced with a brief opening ceremony chaired by the Ag. Director, Legal Affairs, Mrs. Isatou Combeh NJAI. In her Opening Remarks, Mrs. NJAI welcomed all the participants to The Gambia and thanked the members for their commitment to the Network. The participants of the Legal Advisers Network were representative of the ECOWAS Commission, ECOWAS Parliament and the West African Health Organisation…