Lionel Messi finally achieved his World Cup dream as Argentina won their third crown on penalties in one of the greatest finals in the tournament’s history. Argentina won the shootout 4-2 after a spectacular game which developed into the much-anticipated confrontation between the 35-year-old maestro Messi and his France opposite number Kylian Mbappe. France’s own superstar scored a hat-trick – the first in a Fifa World Cup final since 1966 – but still ended up on the losing side at Lusail Stadium. Messi looked to be securing the one major honour missing from his glittering collection in comfort as Argentina cruised into…
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The Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has made it clear that criminals carrying guns and other weapons are at high risk of being killed through the legitimate use of force by Disciplined Forces Personnel. Mr. Manning said the Government’s announced intention for legislative amendments on offences and categories of assault relating to officials involved in security and public administration will provide a further deterrence to targeted attacks. “The Prime Minister has made it very clear to gunmen and other criminals that choose to carry weapons to cause fear and to harm other people, will most likely be shot and die…
A woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at London’s Brixton O2 Academy that left several others hurt. The concert, by Afro-pop singer Asake, had to be abandoned part-way through after a “large number of people” tried to force their way inside on Thursday, the Met Police said. Mother-of-two Rebecca Ikumelo, 33, from Newham, east London, died in hospital on Saturday morning, the Met said. Her family said she was a nursing graduate known for “care and kindness”. Two other women aged 21 and 23 remain in a critical condition, police added. Asake said he…
Two far-off planets are likely made of water, according to research conducted using NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer telescopes. The so-called “water worlds” are orbiting a red dwarf star, the smallest and coolest kind of star, according to a news release from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The aqueous planets are 218 light-years away in the constellation Lyra, says NASA. And they’re “unlike any planets found in our solar system,” the agency said. The finding that the planets are likely composed of mostly water comes from a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy on Thursday. A research team led by Caroline Piaulet, a PhD student…
The Councillor of Wutung Village, the border village of Sandaun Province and Chairman of the landowner company of the proposed Papua New Guinea (PNG) Trade Centre in Wutung village have reached an agreement with the Minister for International Trade and Investment, Richard Maru and the Sandaun Provincial Government and Administration to provide land for the establishment of the Trade Centre. The agreement reached during the recent trip of Minister Maru and the Japan Development Institute (JDI) Expert Team to visit Vanimo are as follows: The land identified for the Trade Centre at Wutung Village will not be sold to the…
A Sanskrit grammatical problem which has perplexed scholars since the 5th Century BC has been solved by a University of Cambridge PhD student. Rishi Rajpopat, 27, decoded a rule taught by Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language who lived around 2,500 years ago. Sanskrit is mostly spoken in India by an estimated 25,000 people, the university said. Mr Rajpopat said he had “a eureka moment in Cambridge” after spending nine months “getting nowhere”. “I closed the books for a month and just enjoyed the summer – swimming, cycling, cooking, praying and meditating,” he said. “Then, begrudgingly I went…
A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing a man. The 20-year-old was initially sentenced to death by stoning, sparking an international outcry. She was arrested by police after her cousin killed her boyfriend. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) described the initial penalty as a “grave violation of international law”. The divorcee was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of adultery by a court in the city of Kosti, in Sudan’s White Nile state. Following international condemnation, the…
Malaysian search and rescue teams are scouring a holiday campsite in the Selangor state for survivors after a landslide killed at least 21 people. Families were sleeping in their tents when the landslide happened around 03:00 Friday (19:00 GMT Thursday) at a farm stay in Batang Kali township. Some 400 rescue workers spent Friday digging through mud to find 12 missing people, local media reported. Among the victims are five children and 12 women, officials announced. Fire Chief Norazam Khamis also told local media that two of the bodies were found “hugging each other” and are believed to be mother…
Minister Responsible for National Gaming Control Board, Manasseh Makiba, MP has challenged the Board and Management of NGCB to collect annual gaming revenue of K2 billion starting next year. He made this remark during a welcome reception at the Stanley Hotel in Port Moresby on 13th December 2022. Minister Makiba while was pleased with the Board’s performance and achievements for the past 27 years said in line with the Government’s ‘take back PNG’, NGCB must align with Government policy to take back gaming industry. “The Board and Management must reach a target of K2 billion in revenue in 2023 and…
The Prime Minister on Wednesday (14/12/22) responded to the press release by the Deputy Opposition Leader in relation to the reopening of the Porgera Mine. “The Deputy Opposition Leader has never sat down at the table with any project stake holders to negotiate a way forward for any national projects and can only make uninformed statements from the sidelines. “The National Government together with Barrick have jointly concluded all the important milestones contained in the Porgera Project Framework Agreement, which was initially signed in April 2021. Since then, we have concluded the Commencement Agreement, the Shareholders agreement and now Kumul…