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UEFA has launched an investigation into Turkey’s Merih Demiral for allegedly making a political gesture as he celebrated his country’s Euro 2024 victory over Austria.The 26-year-old defender was the match-winner as he scored both of his side’s goals in a 2-1 win to secure his nation a place in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Germany. But officials at European football’s governing body are understood to be investigating whether Demiral gave a so-called ‘wolf’s salute’ with each hand in a gesture linked to the Turkish nationalist movement.After scoring the second goal, he appeared to make a sign associated with the…

Reading the news about the recent stampede in India, where 121 people died on Tuesday at a Hindu religious gathering in Uttar Pradesh in northern India, you may wonder: How does something like that happen? What was going through the minds of the people in the crowd? How should you react if you find yourself in a similar situation? Officials have said little about any specific factors that caused the crush on Tuesday 2nd July. But crowd control experts have shared insights from studies on past stampede events.People mourns next to the body of a relative outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district.Image: Manoj Aligadi/AP/picture alliance Probably not mass panic…

A norovirus outbreak hit the picturesque village of Torri del Benaco on the shores of Lake Garda, Italy, last week. More than 300 people have sought medical treatment for the highly contagious stomach bug. The virus is known for its sudden onset of gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, stomach cramps and fever. The rapid spread of the illness led to an immediate investigation by health authorities, who confirmed the presence of the highly contagious norovirus in stool samples of affected individuals. It’s not yet clear what caused the sudden norovirus outbreak, but local health experts suspect the local water supply.…

German and Swedish authorities on Wednesday said they arrested eight men suspected of committing crimes against humanity in Syria. Germany’s  Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement that four stateless Syrian Palestinians and a Syrian national are “strongly suspected of killing and attempting to kill civilians, qualified as crimes against humanity and war crimes.” Swedish authorities said three people were arrested for alleged crimes against humanity. What German authorities said Prosecutors said three men, Jihad A., Mazhar J. and Sameer S., were arrested in Berlin. Mahmoud A. was arrested in Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Wael S. was taken into custody near Boizenburg in Mecklenburg-West…

The European Commission on Wednesday said it approved German national carrier Lufthansa’s plans to acquire joint control of Italy’s ITA Airways for €325 million ($349.6 million). “The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the remedies offered by Lufthansa” as well as by the Italian Economy and Finance Ministry, the Commission said in a statement. “Whilst ITA is performing well today, ITA’s long-term sustainability as a stand-alone carrier would have remained highly uncertain absent the transaction,” the Commission added. Competition concerns assessed Margrethe Vestager, the Commission’s executive vice-president in charge of competition policy, said concerns over whether the acquisition would negatively affect…

After the first debate between US President Joe Biden and his presumptive challenger Donald Trump last Thursday night, it’s no exaggeration to say that the liberal-leaning part of the country was in despair. Again and again throughout the night, Biden sounded frail and delivered sentences that made no sense. Social media users joked that Vice President Kamala Harris should be “subbed in” during commercial breaks, and that the debate resembled a humiliating family fight. Biden was not able to dispel voters’ concerns about his age during the first presidential debate on June 27Image: Mike Blake/REUTERS Since then, Biden has blamed his performance…

Vinod Kumar, 36, is inconsolable. He’s just identified the body of his wife and eight-year-old daughter at the district hospital in Hatras. “My world has crashed, I can’t find my mother, I don’t know where she is. I can’t even find her body. And no one is telling me anything,” he told Sky News. The family had travelled from their village in Mathura for Tuesday’s religious function by preacher Bhole Baba. Image: An injured person arrives in an ambulance at a local hospital. Pic: AP Vinod said his mother was a follower and had been to several of these “satsangs” -…

Reading the news about the recent stampede in India, where 121 people died on Tuesday at a Hindu religious gathering in Uttar Pradesh in northern India, you may wonder: How does something like that happen? What was going through the minds of the people in the crowd? How should you react if you find yourself in a similar situation? Officials have said little about any specific factors that caused the crush on Tuesday 2nd July. But crowd control experts have shared insights from studies on past stampede events.People mourns next to the body of a relative outside the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district.Image: Manoj Aligadi/AP/picture alliance   Probably not mass…

Euro 2024 tournament organizer UEFA on Wednesday said it was investigating  for “inappropriate behaviour” during Tuesday’s knockout game in Leipzig.  Turkish national football player Merih Demiral justified his controversial celebration gesture in the Euro 2024 round of 16 against Austria, saying it was an expression of national pride. After a goal on Tuesday evening in the Leipzig stadium, the 26-year-old made the so-called wolf salute with both hands, a hand sign and symbol of Turkey’s far-right “Gray Wolves.” The central defender became the unlikely goalscoring hero, putting his side ahead less than a minute after the match began and scoring a second…

Turkish national football player Merih Demiral justified his controversial celebration gesture in the Euro 2024 round of 16 against Austria, saying it was an expression of national pride. After a goal on Tuesday evening in the Leipzig stadium, the 26-year-old made the so-called wolf salute with both hands, a hand sign and symbol of Turkey’s far-right “Gray Wolves.” The central defender became the unlikely goalscoring hero, putting his side ahead less than a minute after the match began and scoring a second just before the hour mark. After the second, he made the gesture — with index and little finger raised…