Patrick Vieira has left his role as Strasbourg manager after only one season. Vieira was hired by the Ligue 1 club last July after they had been taken over by Chelsea’s BlueCo ownership group. Former Arsenal captain Vieira was able to lead Strasbourg to 13th in the table and into the quarter-finals of the Coupe...
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People moving overseas from Turkey increased by 53 percent in 2023: TurkStat
More than 700,000 Turks and foreign nationals left Turkey last year, an increase of 53 percent compared to 2022, the state-run Anadolu news agency reported on Friday, citing the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). According to TurkStat, 55.2 percent of the 714,579 people who moved from Turkey to other countries in 2023 were men, while 44.8...
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Global IT outage knocks airlines, banks and others offline
Business and institutions around the world have been been knocked offline after a major IT outage. In the UK, Sky News is off air, while Britain’s biggest train company warned passengers to expect disruption because of “widespread IT issues.” Around the world banks, supermarkets and other major institutions reported computer issues disrupting services, with some...
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Janchev: Wildfires have caused no property damage
Mostly bushes, dry grass, and junipers burned in the wildfires across the country, which have caused no property damage in local towns, according to Kavadarci Mayor Mitko Janchev, who heads the newly formed regional crisis headquarters for fighting fires. “At the initiative of Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, to respond to the regional fires, we have...
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Turkey detains 74 over Gülen links on anniversary of coup attempt: minister
Turkish police on Monday detained 74 people across 27 provinces over their alleged links to the faith-based Gülen movement, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported, citing Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya on Monday. Yerlikaya said the detainees included people who were involved in the movement’s alleged infiltration of the police and military, those who were identified as users...
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Champions Spain parade through Madrid in heroes’ welcome
European champions Spain on Monday joined thousands of fans in a party through the streets of Madrid to celebrate their Euro 2024 triumph. Spain defeated England 2-1 in Berlin on Sunday to claim a record fourth European title. After landing, the squad was received by King Felipe VI, who attended Sunday’s game, at the Zarzuela...
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Hamilton ends long wait with emotional British Grand Prix triumph
Lewis Hamilton made the most of a spot-on Mercedes strategy in wet conditions to claim an emotional first Formula One victory since December 2021 and a record-breaking ninth at one race at his British home grand prix on Sunday. Seven-time world champion Hamilton won in front of jubilant Silverstone fans from season leader Max Verstappen...
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Twenty dead in Russian attacks on Ukraine as children’s hospital hit
At least 20 people have been killed and more than 50 injured in waves of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said on Monday. Kiev was among the cities worst impacted with seven dead and at least nine injured, the city administration said. Kryvyi Rih in southern Ukraine was also badly hit...
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Criminal Court approves indictment in double murder case, dismisses defendants’ appeals as ‘unfounded’
The Basic Criminal Court in Skopje dismissed on Monday the appeals made by the defendants in the case concerning the murder of 14-year-old Vanja Gjorchevska from Skopje and 74-year-old Panche Zhezhovski from Veles and approved the indictment filed by the Skopje Public Prosecutor’s Office. “After reviewing and assessing the indictment as well as the appeals...
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Netherlands come from behind to reach first Euros semis in 20 years
The Netherlands came from behind to defeat Turkey 2-1 in Berlin on Saturday and reach the Euro 2024 semi-finals. This is the first time in 20 years that the 1988 Euro winners reach a semi-final of an European Championships and they will now face Euro 2020 runners-up England on Wednesday in Dortmund. “I think for...