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A Spanish prosecutor is reportedly seeking a prison sentence for the former football boss who kissed a female player after Spain won the women’s World Cup.Luis Rubiales, 46, kissed Jenni Hermoso on the lips following Spain’s 1-0 final win over England last August in Sydney. Hermoso, 33, has testified in court that the kiss was not consensual.Marta Durantez, a prosecutor at Spain’s High Court, has charged Rubiales with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in the aftermath of the kiss, Reuters reported.The offences carry jail terms of one year and one-and-a-half years respectively,…

Prosecutors in Spain on Wednesday demanded a 2 1/2-year prison sentence for former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Luis Rubiales following his forced World Cup kiss. Rubiales faces charges of sexual assault and coercion in the case of the nonconsensual kiss he gave to the player Jenni Hermoso after the tournament final in Sydney in August. What the prosecutor’s office said In a document sent to Spain’s National Court in Madrid, the prosecution noted that Rubiales had held the player’s head. Then, it said, “with both hands, and in a surprising manner and without the player’s consent or acceptance, he…

It wasn’t a concert — Taylor Swift was nowhere to be seen. Still, thousands of people packed an arena in San Jose, California, to listen and cheer on March 18. The star of this show was Jensen Huang, who was on stage showing off a new chip that would be launched later in the year. His two-hour performance has since been watched by nearly 27 million people on YouTube. Huang, CEO and co-founder of Nvidia, presented in his customary black leather jacket at the company’s annual developer conference. Though still not a household name beyond the tech community, Nvidia caused waves recently after…

France said Wednesday that it has evacuated 170 citizens and 70 other EU citizens out of Haiti as the security situation worsens there. “More than 170 French nationals and around 70 people of European and other nationalities in a vulnerable situation” were airlifted out, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Haiti’s recent history of turmoil explainedTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video About 1,100 French citizens live in Haiti, many of whom hold dual nationality, according to the Foreign Ministry. Haiti has been engulfed in chaos since February, canceling commercial flights to the country.…

Investigators are focusing on whether dirty fuel caused a ship to lose power before it crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge.The collision in the early hours of Tuesday morning resulted in a large part of the structure collapsing into the water with six construction workers presumed dead. The data recorder has been recovered from the Singapore-flagged ship and will be analysed, US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) chair Jennifer Homendy said.What do we know about the moments before the crash?The operators of the Dali cargo ship issued a mayday call that the vessel had lost power moments before the crash, but…

03/27/2024March 27, 2024Ukraine calls for more Patriot missiles to beef up its defenseKyiv has made renewed calls for its backers to send more shipments of Patriot missiles as the country fends off a new wave of Russian airstrikes.  “The peculiarity of the current Russian attacks is the intensive use of ballistic missiles that can reach targets at extremely high speeds, leaving little time for people to take cover and causing significant destruction,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said during an online press conference. “Patriot and other similar systems are defensive by definition. They are designed to protect lives, not take…

In the early hours of March 26, the Singapore-flagged ship Dali, loaded with 5,000 containers, slammed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing the 1.6-mile (2.5-kilometer) bridge to collapse in a matter of seconds. The Dali was departing for Colombo when the disaster struck. Initial fears were confirmed  that half a dozen people lost their lives in the accident. Baltimore’s port had to be shut down, leaving millions of tons of coal, hundreds of cars, and deliveries of lumber and gypsum stranded. About 40 ships were ready to depart on Tuesday, and a big number of ships coming from the Atlantic cannot dock…

France said Wednesday it has evacuated 170 of its citizens and 70 other Europeans out of Haiti as the security situation worsens there. “More than 170 French nationals and around 70 people of European and other nationalities in a vulnerable situation” were airlifted out, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement.Haiti’s recent history of turmoil explainedTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Around 1,100 French citizens live in Haiti, many of them holding dual nationality, according to the foreign ministry. Haiti has been engulfed in chaos since February, canceling commercial flights to the country. The…

A British man who flew to Russia to fight alongside Vladimir Putin’s forces in Ukraine has insisted he is “not a terrorist”.Ben Stimson filmed himself dressed in Russian combat gear and flaunted a grenade apparently looted from Ukrainian forces. He has posted footage appearing to show foreign fighters walking past dead bodies in the war zone – as well as a road trip out of occupied Mariupol.Follow latest: Death toll in concert attack rises to 140 “Yes, I’m back in Russia and I’m back in uniform,” he says in one video, insisting that he believes what he is doing is…

An Iraqi who burned the Quran in Sweden said on Wednesday he was leaving the country for Norway after the Swedish government revoked his residency permit. ‘Sweden doesn’t respect me’ Salwan Momika, a 37-year-old Christian Iraqi, told AFP news agency that he had left Sweden and arrived in Norway, where he planned to seek asylum. “I left Sweden because of the persecution I was subjected to by government institutions,” Momika said in a text message. In an interview published Wednesday by Swedish tabloid Expressen, Momika said, “I am on my way to Norway. Sweden only accepts terrorists who are granted asylum and given protection, while philosophers and…