Rivaldo’s son joins Dinamo Bucharest
Rivaldinho, the son of former Brazil international Rivaldo, has joined Dinamo Bucharest.
$11k in 11hrs: Chelsea Manning GoFundMe page thriving ahead of whistleblower’s release
Manning was convicted under the Espionage Act in 2013 after leaking hundreds of thousands of classified US government documents to WikiLeaks. She was originally due to be released in 2045, but her 35-year sentence was commuted by former US President Barack Obama last month during his final days in office.
Turkish army and Syrian rebels close in on Islamic State town
ANKARA/BEIRUT Syrian rebels supported by Turkish armed forces have seized control of strategically important hills around the Islamic State-controlled town of al-Bab, Turkey’s military said on Wednesday. It said in a statement that 58 Islamic State militants were killed in air strikes, artillery fire and clashes.
Commando was at ‘breaking point’ when he executed unarmed insurgent, court hears
Blackman is currently serving a life sentence for the 2011 battlefield execution, which was caught on camera. His second appeal began Tuesday and is expected to run for three days. The first day saw Blackman’s wife and a number of veterans fill the court.
Huge blast rocks chemical plant in Valencia, Spain (VIDEO)
The incident took place at the Fuente del Jarro industrial site in Paterna on Wednesday morning, Spain’s El Mundo newspaper reported, adding that at least one person was taken to hospital with burns.
Japan’s Sharp planning to build $7bn LCD plant in US
The project was initially outlined by Sharp’s parent company, Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn. The company’s CEO Terry Gou said last month that Foxconn was considering investing in a $7 billion display-making factory in the US.
Nadal wants to be Real president
Rafael Nadal says he wants to become president of La Liga leaders Real Madrid in the future.
Russian court reads guilty verdict to opposition figure Navalny – media reports
In the opening statement of the proceedings, Judge Aleksey Vtyurin said that Navalny “organized the crime” and was “acting out of profit motives.” The judge is also reading a guilty verdict to Navalny’s co-defendant, Pyotr Ofitserov, reports from the courthouse said.
China, US should steer clear of conflict as ‘neither can afford it’ – Chinese FM
“For any sober-minded politician, they clearly recognize that there cannot be conflict between China and the United States because both will lose — and both sides cannot afford that,” Wang Yi said after being asked about the possibility of war between two counties during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday.
General Motors tries back door sneak to return to Russia
GM was forced to leave Russia in 2015 due to US-imposed sanctions against the Kremlin. The carmaker may return using the GM-Uzbekistan subsidiary, and is negotiating with a Russian Derways plant, which assembles Chinese cars, the media reported.