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Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said on Monday that the United States should lift sanctions and give guarantees that mistakes made by the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump will never be repeated.
Source: reuters.com
US President Joe Biden's administration says it has been trying to contact the North Korean government since February but has yet to receive a response.
Source: bbc.com
The American dominated the middleweight division from 1979 until his controversial defeat by Sugar Ray Leonard in April 1987. Hagler fought 67 times during his 14-year professional career, winning 62. He triumphed on 52 occasions by knockout, while he drew two and lost three times.
Source: bbc.com
Health officials in Northern Ireland will continue to use the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after its suspension in the Republic of Ireland. The country's National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) recommended the move after reports of serious blood clotting events in adults in Norway. Ireland's Health Minister Stephen Donnelly said it was "precautionary".
Source: bbc.com
A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian ruins in Egypt’s Western Desert, revealing monastic life in the region in the fifth century AD, the Egyptian antiquities ministry said.
Source: theguardian.com
A woman in Nashville said she was amazed when she was contacted by a microchipping company to let her know that her pet dog had been located. 13 years ago Karen Fox reported her pet Yorkshire terrier missing after a red pickup truck pulled up in front of her home, grabbed the dog and sped off. Earlier this month Fox received a call from the company that microchipped the dog. She then received a call from a Nashville animal shelter confirming that the dog had been brought in after someone found it wandering around on the street.
Source: foxnews.com
It's the fourth solo CD for the singer, which he says was inspired by his wife, actress Priyanka Chopra. The lyrics on a majority of the album's songs deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some political commentary.
Source: cnn.com
A wall of flower petals bursts into a thousand fragments. A huge ball levitates in the air, turning from red to blue to purple. Hundreds of butterflies dart around a screen of tiny water particles. This is the latest creation of Japan’s teamLab collective of engineers, artists and architects, anchored around a maze of seven saunas lit up in hues of red, green and yellow. The Tokyo-based digital art group took over an empty lot in the city’s glitzy Roppongi district and over the last year erected a gigantic tent housing the sauna rooms and three immersive art installations.
Source: reuters.com
Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday. Minister for public security Sarath Weerasekera told a news conference he had signed a paper on Friday for cabinet approval to ban the full face covering worn by some Muslim women on “national security” grounds.
Source: reuters.com
A rare great potoo was spotted by an unnamed woman in Magdalena, Colombia, who initially mistook the bird for a piece of wood. She began filming the camouflaged bird sitting perfectly still on a wooden fence in Chibolo when she noticed things weren't as they seemed. After spending a few seconds making sounds to check if the strange piece of "wood" would move, the great potoo opened its eyes.
77-year-old Jose Villarruel, known to students as "Mr. V.," who lost his job as a substitute teacher due to the coronavirus pandemic and has been living out of his car since May, received a massive check at a surprise birthday party Thursday after an encounter with former student Steven Nava.
Source: foxnews.com
In a public battle at a prominent Washington, D.C. think tank, almost two dozen employees and fellows at the Atlantic Council have issued a statement slamming two of their colleagues for writing what they see as a pro-Russia article on the think tank’s website. Emma Ashford and Mathew Burrows, two senior experts at the Atlantic Council, published an article that said the U.S. should not focus on human rights in its dealings with Russia and wrote that “democratization in Russia would not necessarily be good for US foreign policy interests.” The article led 22 of the think tank’s staffers and fellows to issue a statement on Tuesday distancing themselves from Ashford and Burrows, saying the article “misses the mark.”
Source: politico.com
Spain can reveal that newly re-elected Barcelona president Joan Laporta is set to approach Sergio Aguero to lure the Manchester City forward to Camp Nou. As well as providing experience and substantial striking quality, it is thought that they could tempt his close friend and fellow Argentine Lionel Messi to stay at the club.
Source: eurosport.com
Shops, restaurants and schools will be closed across most of Italy on Monday, with PM Mario Draghi warning of a "new wave" of the coronavirus outbreak. For three days over Easter, 3-5 April, there will be a total shutdown. The country has reported more than 100,000 Covid-related deaths, Europe's second highest tally after the UK.
Source: bbc.com
They say the findings reinforce the importance of tracking animal borne viruses that have the potential to “spill over” into humans.
Source: thesun
Spanish police discovered the nine-metre vessel last month while it was being built in the southern city of Málaga, during a broader international drug operation involving five other countries and the EU crime agency, Europol. The semisubmersible craft was made of fibreglass and plywood panels attached to a structural frame, had three portholes on one side and was painted light blue. It had two inboard 200-horsepower engines.
Source: theguardian.com
Biden, hosting the first leader-level meeting of a group central to his efforts to counter China’s growing military and economic power, said a free and open Indo-Pacific region was “essential” to all four countries.
Source: reuters.com
Eurovision has banned Belarus from entering a song to this year’s contest called «I’ll Teach You», which appears to mock protesters who have taken to the streets against Alexander Lukashenko.
Source: theguardian.com
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