LONDON — They danced, set off flares and partied through the night.From London to Paris to Milan, Arabs, Africans and other fans of Morocco’s national soccer team filled the streets after it booted Spain out of the World Cup, a shocking win that made Morocco the first Arab nation to reach the tournament’s quarterfinals. The national team, known as the “Atlas Lions,” is also the first African squad to do so since Ghana in 2010.The tense game in Qatar — the competition’s first Middle Eastern host — culminated in a penalty kick shootout. Nervous fans covered their eyes and held…
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Styles of painting denote states of mind. Helen Frankenthaler’s blooming stains in diluted oils suggest ecstatic cloud-drifts of reverie. An Andy Warhol silk-screen evokes mind-shriveling, media-glazed detachment. Roy Lichtenstein’s Ben-Day dots toot chords of innocent irony.Christina Ramberg’s work summons sex and discipline. And then something extra — something I struggle to get a handle on because I can never answer a nagging question: What is the compulsion behind it? Why did Ramberg need to make it?All I know is that she did.Ramberg deserves to be better known. She died in 1995, shortly before she turned 50. But for more than…
BERLIN — German authorities on Wednesday arrested 25 people suspected of plotting to use armed force to storm parliament and violently overthrow the state, marking one of the country’s largest ever raids targeting right-wing extremists.Those arrested included a 71-year-old German aristocrat and a former parliamentarian with the right-wing Alternative for Germany party, according to the public prosecutor and officials.The majority are accused of being part of a “terrorist organization,” according to the prosecutor’s statement. The remaining three — including a Russian national — were detained on suspicion of being supporters.In addition to the arrests, police searched the properties of a…
Located in the low-lying islands in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans straddle the border between India and Bangladesh and cover more than 1 million hectares, making them the world’s largest single contiguous mangrove swamp. A Ramsar site and a UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1987, they are home to a wide range of critically endangered fauna, including the Bengal tiger, the Ganges dolphin, river terrapin, the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python, along with approximately 428 species of birds, 120 fish, 42 mammal, 35 reptile and 8 amphibian species. More than 60 plant species can be found there, able to tolerate the…
(Getty Images) Young people around the world have been at the forefront of climate change protests, and in the United States, adults under 40 are considerably more likely than their elders to express concern about the issue and attribute it to human activity. This age pattern also exists within major Christian traditions in the U.S., including evangelical Protestants, who are among the groups most skeptical about climate change. Overall, two-thirds of U.S. adults younger than 40 say global climate change is an extremely or very serious problem, compared with roughly half of those ages 40 and older (52%), according to…
In early morning raids on Wednesday, authorities arrested 25 alleged members and supporters of a far-right terrorist organization accused of plotting to violently overthrow the German government.Roughly 3,000 officers took part in the raids across Germany, and two people were arrested in Austria and Italy, according to a lengthy statement from federal prosecutors. The organization was formed last year and those detained include members of the right-wing extremist Reichsbürger (Citizens of the Reich) movement and people influenced by QAnon conspiracy theories.The Associated Press reported that “while police raids against the far right are not uncommon in the country—still sensitive to…
More than 600 aftershocks have been recorded following the M5.6 earthquake beneath Lake Taupō, New Zealand on November 30, 2022 — one of the largest recorded in Lake Taupō region. No further unusual activity has been observed and the minor volcanic unrest at Taupō volcano continues. The Volcanic Alert Level remains at 1. Land movements detected from the GNSS network amount up to 250 mm (9.8 inches) as a consequence of the earthquake Meanwhile, field teams have been measuring lakeside slumping and inundation distances of the small tsunami, along the lakeshore Earthquake activity associated with Taupō volcano unrest continues since…
The round of 16 is over, and the World Cup now finally takes its first breather with the quarterfinal matchups set.Morocco — the last remaining team from Africa — is the biggest surprise after stunning 2010 champion Spain in penalty kicks, advancing to its first World Cup quarterfinal. Later Tuesday, Portugal delivered an offensive onslaught, overpowering Switzerland, 6-1 to set up a meeting with the underdog Moroccans.On Monday, 2018 finalist Croatia rallied from a goal down to Japan before winning in a penalty kick shootout. Then five-time World Cup winner Brazil, the top-ranked team in the world, looked the part…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — A bombmaker in the 2002 Bali attacks that killed 202 people was released from an Indonesian prison on parole Wednesday after serving half his 20-year sentence, despite the opposition of Australia’s prime minister, who described him as “abhorrent.”Umar Patek was a leading member of the al-Qaida-linked network Jemaah Islamiyah, which is blamed for the bombings at two nightclubs in Kuta Beach. Indonesian authorities have said Patek was successfully reformed in prison and they will use him to influence other militants to turn away from terrorism.Patek 55, whose real name is Hisyam bin Alizein, received a total of…
Plans to transform the Sevens World Series were unveiled this week, with World Rugby EventsCo set to assume greater responsibility for the delivery of events around the world. The remodelled Sevens World Series will include seven festival-style events, in seven destinations, across seven months, featuring the best 12 men’s and 12 women’s teams and is set to kick off in December 2023. The changes are meant to attract a younger, more diverse and global fanbase while generating greater revenues. All seven rounds will feature combined men’s and women’s events, with the men’s series being reduced from 16 to 12 teams…