Everton Football Club has sacked Sean Dyche. The club, in a statement, announced that they are in the process of appointing a new manager. Meanwhile, Under-18s Head Coach Leighton Baines and Club Captain Seamus Coleman will take charge of first-team affairs on an interim basis. Everton lies 16 on the league log after playing […]
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The office of President Johnn Dramani Mahama has indicated that it will not contract any company or individual with the printing of his portrait for offices. A statement announcing this said the official portrait of the President has been released. The portrait, according to the statement, captures President Mahama’s leadership and commitment to the people […]
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The Communications Directorate of Ghana Presidency has announced the release of the portrait of President John Dramani Mahama. A statement announcing the release said the portrait captures President Mahama’s leadership and commitment to the people of Ghana. Adding that it serves as a symbol of national pride and unity, reflecting the values of the great […]
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President John Dramani Mahama outlined his vision for Ghana’s future, emphasizing key areas of focus for the nation’s development in his inaugural speech on January 7, 2025. However, there was one glaring omission that has sparked concern among many, including political scientist Dr. Kwame Asah-Asante. Dr. Asah-Asante, an expert in political science, expressed his disappointment […]
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RANGERS have reportedly added a Serbian international to their January transfer shortlist.
Philippe Clement is on the hunt for a new defender this month with several of Rangers‘ first team players on the sidelines for tonight’s clash against Dundee.
And CSKA Moscow star Sasa Zdjelar, who is primarily a defensive midfielder but can play as a centre-back, is believed to be one of the targets the manager is looking at.
Zdjelar, 29, could be available on a free transfer after Fifa granted foreign players the right to end their contracts with Russian clubs due to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The Daily Mail claim he is on the Light Blues’ radar and reports from Russia suggest the Ibrox club have enquired about his availability this month.
Zdjelar, who has been capped nine times for Serbia, currently earns £15,000 a week after tax so he is in Gers’ price range.
However, it is also suggested they could face a battle for his signature as German clubs are also interested.
The 29-year-old has an impressive CV having started his career in his homeland with OFK Beograd before joining Greek giants Olympiacos in 2015 and then returning to Serbia with Partizan in 2018.
He also spent time on loan at Mallorca from Olympiacos before heading to Partizan on a short stint in January 2018 ahead of making the move permanent in the summer.
Zdjelar lifted the Greek title while in Piraeus and won the Serbian Cup twice with Partizan – scoring the winner in the 2018 final to round off his loan spell.
During his time at Partizan – where he was captain – Zdjelar played alongside former Rangers flop Umar Sadiq and even scored a screamer for the Serbian giants during their 4-0 win over rivals Vojvodina – thanks to an assist from the Nigeria international.
The versatile player is a household name in his homeland despite only making nine senior appearances for the country as he played in the Under-20s squad that won the 2015 World Cup.
His form in Serbia earned him his move to CSKA and he picked up further silverware as he helped his side win the Russian Cup in the 2022/23 season.
Zdjelar hasn’t played in any continental competitions since that move after Russian clubs were banned from competing in Europe.
But he made 45 appearances in Europe before then – featuring in the Champions League with Olympiacos and Europa League and Conference League at Partizan.
He would bring great experience to Clement’s squad should he join but it is believed the manager would prefer to bring in younger players this month.
Zdjelar’s contract runs out at CSKA this summer but the club do have the option to extend his deal by a further year if the player does not wish to cut ties early due to Fifa’s contract ruling.
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LABOUR’S Andy Burnham has demanded a national inquiry into child rape gangs in open defiance of Sir Keir Starmer.
The Manchester mayor tonight broke with his party to call for a new probe into the grooming scandal.
His intervention piled more pressure on the PM after he blocked a Conservative attempt to force an investigation.
Despite ordering his MPs to vote down the Tory bid, Sir Keir, his deputy Angela Rayner, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Health Secretary Wes Streeting were all absent.
Downing Street blamed diary clashes and insisted the Cabinet Ministers had not ducked the vote to avoid the public backlash.
Mr Burnham attacked Tory “opportunism” but called on the Government to launch a probe for the sake of victims.
He told the BBC: “I will add my voice into this and say I do think there is the case for a limited national inquiry that draws on reviews like the one that I commissioned, and the one we have seen in Rotherham, the one we have seen in Telford, to draw out some of these national issues and compel people to give evidence who then may have charges to answer and be held to account.”
Mr Burnham said the flaw with local inquiries – which Sir Keir has proposed – is the inability to force witnesses to appear. He admitted: “That is something I couldn’t do at my level.”
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said politicians and officials who hushed up child rape gangs for years must face their “day of reckoning”.
He told The Sun’s Never Mind The Ballots show: “I want to know who covered this up.
“I want to know who failed these victims by being negligent, by disbelieving their accounts. I want to see a day of reckoning for those people who did not do their job properly.”
He admitted Elon Musk’s relentless social media posts had “raised the salience” of the horrors by largely Pakistani-heritage men that shook northern towns.
A No10 spokesman said: “We will be guided by the victims, and what we’ve heard from the victims is that they don’t want to see another national inquiry.”
A YAKUZA boss was plotting to traffic plutonium nuclear materials and several heavy-duty weapons to be used in wars.
Takeshi Ebisawa, 60, has been found guilty of transporting the lethal materials from Myanmar as part of a global web of illegal activity.
The feared crime leader now faces decades in prison after being charged in February 2024.
Ebisawa “brazenly trafficked nuclear material, including weapons-grade plutonium,” acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York Edward Y Kim said.
A year later, he also worked to send over massive quantities of drugs to the US, such as heroin and methamphetamine in exchange for weaponry.
In a New York court on Wednesday, the Japanese nation pled guilty to conspiring with a network of associates to traffic the nuclear materials out of Myanmar.
He also admitted to international narcotics trafficking and weapons charges.
The plan was uncovered by a daring Drug Enformacement Administration (DEA) investigation in 2021.
Ebisawa tried to sell the materials to someone he believed was an Iranian general who wanted them for a nuclear weapons program, the department said in a statement.
During the operation, Ebisawa unknowingly introduced an undercover US DEA agent to his “international network of criminal associates”.
This spanned Japan, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and the US, court documents reveal.
From this DEA agent, the guilty conspired to buy US-made surface-to-air missiles and other heavy-duty weaponry in exchange, in part, for drugs.
It was also noted that he repeatedly attempted to sell the agent 500kg of methamphetamine and heroin for New York distribution.
Ebisawa began contact in early 2020, telling the undercover agent that he had access to a “large quantity of nuclear materials” that he wanted to sell, court papers said.
Prosecutors said that the nuclear material came from an unidentified leader of an “ethnic insurgent group” in Myanmar.
The attempted smuggler sent photos of the substance with Geiger counters measuring radiation.
These pictures were accompanied by pages of what he claimed was lab analysis proving the radioactivity of the material.
The agent went along with the deal, and Ebisawa’s plan eventually unravelled as he was arrested in an operation involving US, Indonesian, Japanese and Thai authorities.
His sentencing has been set for April 9.
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has been embroiled in a civil war since February 2021 when the Southeast Asian nation’s military ousted the democratically elected government.
The country boasts large amount of rare-earth materials vital for civilian and military technology, including uranium.
This has made Myanmar a hotspot for transnational crime.
KATIE Price has sparked fan fears with a new video showcasing her slim figure.
The 46-year-old glamour model and media star modelled a cropped tracksuit from her JYY London range on Instagram in a new video.
But viewers were distracted by Katie’s appearance and believe she’s taken her body transformation a bit too far.
One person said: “She needs help.”
Another concerned fan urged: “Wake up and stop the surgery…”
A third said: “Omg Katie what the hell have u done u where stunning my idol back in the day your ruined yourself so sad.”
A fourth wrote: “Katie used to be stunning, an inspiration in her time, but not only have you gone way to far with the weight crap but the only thing that facelift done was make you look like a frail old woman.”
Back in October Katie, who underwent a facelift and 17th boob job last year, assured fans her slim frame was due to a new gym regime and not weight loss drugs like Ozempic.
A spokesman for her told the Mail: “Katie has always been tiny and she’s recently been enjoying going to the gym more and getting herself into a routine with exercise etc which has been beneficial for her overall well being.”
Meanwhile, Katie and her MAFS UK star boyfriend JJ Slater, 32, recently sparked speculation their relationship was over after it was reported they spent Christmas apart.
The pair attempted to put on a united front as they headed out together for the Geordie Shore series launch this week, but we revealed that they were “frosty” with each other and spent most of the night apart.
An insider told us: “Katie and JJ arrived separately to Geordie Shore launch and didn’t speak at all for a few hours.
“They were with their own friends on separate sides of the room and were really frosty with each other.
“They did finally speak for about five minutes later in the night, took a few pictures together and then left. It was all very bizarre and it’s clear that they aren’t at their best right now.
“They are clearly trying to make things work in some way and haven’t called it quits yet, but the signs don’t look good.”
A rep for Katie told The Sun: “They are 100% still together.”
Mum-of-five Katie confirmed her relationship with JJ in February last year following weeks of speculation.
However they raised eyebrows over the festive period when Katie chose to spend with with close pal Kerry Katona.
And JJ posted a picture of his Christmas celebrations with his family – with Katie noticeably absent.
A WOMAN feared she would never find her dream wedding dress after spending hours in pricey stores trying on gowns.
Julia Webber, 26, went to countless boutique stores but could never find a wedding dress that ‘felt right.’
But she couldn’t believe it when she found the perfect dress in her favourite second-hand store.
Julia tried on the elegant gown and said it fit perfectly and she knew it was the one.
She tied the knot to school sweetheart Michael Webber, 26, a certified public accountant, in December 2024 and said he cried when he saw her down the aisle.
Julia, a speech language pathologist, from West Palm Beach, Florida, said: “I always wanted a thrifted wedding dress.
“I zipped it up and it fit like a glove.
“It was completely meant to be.
“Everyone had the same reaction – their jaws were on the floor.”
Julia has always been passionate about thrifting and grew up hunting through second-hand stores with her mum, Ellen Stern, 53, and sisters Samantha, 23, and Sophia, 21.
After getting engaged in May 2023, Julia tried on wedding dresses in a boutique store first.
She said: “Nothing really felt right.”
After heading to boutique stores, Julia, her sisters, her mum, and her mother-in-law, Julie, 52, decided to give thrifting a go.
She said: “My biggest regret was not thrifting my prom dress.”
They went to their favourite store – Hospice of Palm Beach County Foundation Resale Shop – in December 2023 and Julia immediately spotted the dress.
She said: “It was the first one we went to.
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“Life can be so serendipitous.
“It was exactly what I was looking for.
“I’d wanted something more form fitting at the top.
“I wanted something simple and elegant.
“I loved the beading.”
The stunning white dress featured a sweetheart neckline and drop waist which flowed into a full skirt.
The dress was priced up as $50 but was half off that day so Julia took it away for just £20 ($25.)
Julia said: “It had a brand new tag on it.”
She said she can’t find the Casablanca dress new online but estimates she would have saved $2,975 on the average $3,000 wedding dress.
Julia spent just $40 to have the straps on the dress shortened and $75 to have it professionally cleaned.
Julia said Michael and the guests loved the dress on the day.
She said: “I was so excited – I knew Michael was going to love it. We have very similar tastes and style.
“He cried.
“At the wedding I started telling people the cost and the live reaction of disbelief was amazing.”
Julia shared her thrifted wedding dress on her socials and hopes it has inspired others to go hunting for second-hand pieces.
She said: “People’s eyes opened to the world of thrifting.”
Julia is planning to keep her veil – which was made by her grandmother and out of the lace of her mum’s one – but is passing her dress on.
She plans to give it a bride who can’t afford a dress.
Julia said: “I love that I have this story about my wedding dress – it adds to the fairy tale.”
CHINA has given the green light to plans for the world’s largest hydropower dam, despite protests from neighbouring countries.
Millions could be without water as Tibet is set to become home to the world’s most ambitious individual infrastructure project
The dam in the lower area of the Yarlung Zangbo River could generate three times more electricity than the current largest dam, the Three Gorges Dam in central China.
According to a 2020 estimate by Power Construction Corp of China, it could produce 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
The Asian country’s latest project comes with a hefty price tag as the government has allocated £114 billion to the entire project.
The Three Gorges Dam cost £29 billion in 2008 as it resettled 1.4 million people.
Despite officials claiming the project will not significantly affect the environment or water supplies, it remains unclear how many people will lose their homes.
The stakes are also high for India and Bangladesh who are concerned about how the dam will alter the downstream water supply.
India fears the project could trigger flash floods or create water droughts for the country.
The Yarlung Zangbo becomes India‘s Arunachal Pradesh and Assam river before flowing into Bangladesh.
In July, a ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member, Ninong Ering, told parliament that China could not be trusted.
He said: “We cannot trust our ‘neighbour’. You never know what they can do.
“They can either divert the entire river flow, drying up our Siang or release water at once, causing unprecedented floods and havoc downstream.”
China is planning more hydropower projects upstream of the Yarlung Zangbo to continue its hydropower generation.
The new dam aims to be completed by 2060 to help China achieve its net zero emissions.
Xinhua news agency reports that the newly approved construction project will create jobs in the area and help China meet its carbon peaking and neutrality goals.
The project site is on a tectonic plate boundary, making it a hotspot for potential earthquakes.
Tibet recently suffered from a 7.1 earthquake that saw at least 126 dead and injured 188 in the city.
The recent earthquakes also sent shockwaves of havoc in parts of Nepal and India.
The Chinese Air Force used specialist drones to look for survivors amongst the rubble around 50 miles from the quake’s epicentre.
