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Marseille has signed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Chelsea. The 34-year-old Gabonese attacker made 22 appearances for Chelsea after signing from Barcelona in a £10.3 million transfer last September. Neither team has confirmed if Marseille paid a price for the Frenchman. Aubameyang will leave the Premier League for the second time in 18 months, having spent four years at Arsenal before joining Barcelona in January 2022. He scored 13 goals in 23 matches in his six months in Spain but was unable to replicate that form under three different managers during a season-long stay at Stamford Bridge. The 2015 African footballer of…

The city of New York has agreed to pay $13 million to hundreds of people arrested during the 2020 George Floyd demonstrations, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs, who said it was the largest class action settlement ever paid to protesters in the United States. The protests in New York City and around the country followed the May 25, 2020, death of Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck for about nine minutes while he repeatedly cried out for help, saying “I can’t breathe.” The city agreed Wednesday to pay $9,950…

Tony Bennett, the legendary New York pop and jazz singer, has died at age 96. Bennett was known for songs such as The Way You Look Tonight, Body and Soul, and (I Left My Heart) In San Francisco. He also collaborated with star performers from Lady Gaga to Aretha Franklin and Frank Sinatra, who called him “the best singer in the business”. During a career that spanned eight decades, the crooner sold millions of records and won 20 Grammys, including a lifetime achievement award. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Sylvia Weiner, in a statement to the Associated Press.…

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy fired Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Vadym Prystaiko, on Friday, only days after the envoy publicly criticized the president. Prystaiko was also dismissed as Ukraine’s envoy to the International Maritime Organization, according to a presidential decree, although no cause was given for the dismissal. Zelenskiy signs formal request for Ukraine to join European Union In an interview with Sky News last week, Prystaiko was asked about comments made by outgoing British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who said that Kyiv should be more grateful for weapons delivery from its friends in order to battle Russia’s invading forces.…

Gianluigi Donnarumma, goalkeeper for Italy and Paris St-Germain, and his partner were robbed and attacked at their house in Paris. According to police sources, the couple was targeted by “several people” and tied up at their residence in the capital’s eighth district. They are believed to have then fled to a neighbouring motel. Hotel workers raised the alarm, and the pair was brought to the hospital. “An investigation has been opened on charges of armed robbery in an organized gang and aggravated violence following the events that took place overnight at Donnarumma’s place,” a spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor’s office…

Uba Sani, Kaduna State Governor, has directed the state ministry of health to investigate the diphtheria outbreak and take immediate action after cases of child killer diseases were confirmed in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Ministry of Health confirmed cases of the diphtheria disease in some communities in Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area, on July 20, 2023. Chronicle NG reports that this confirmation comes after several reports were made about residents in Takau Ward, Kafanchan A, and Kafanchan B wards exhibiting symptoms listed as difficulty breathing, high fever, cough, general body weakness, sore throat, and neck swelling.…

Iraq withdrew Sweden’s ambassador on Thursday in response to a planned Koran burning in Stockholm, which spurred hundreds of demonstrators to attack and torch the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. According to an Iraqi official announcement, Baghdad also recalled its charge d’affaires in Sweden, and Iraq’s state news agency stated that Iraq had terminated Ericsson’s working permission on Iraqi land. Anti-Islam protestors, including an Iraqi immigrant who burnt the Koran outside a Stockholm mosque in June, requested for and were granted permission from Swedish police to burn the Koran outside the Iraqi embassy on Thursday. In the event, the protesters kicked…

Police are looking for a wild animal in Berlin’s south-western suburbs after a large cat, thought to be a lioness, was observed in the region. A video released on Twitter on Wednesday morning claims to show a lioness in a woodland in the Kleinmachnow region. Residents are being asked to remain indoors as police look for the dangerous animal. Local zoos, animal sanctuaries, and circuses have all said that no lions have escaped from their premises. “We don’t know where it came from,” a police spokesperson told local media. One witness told police they had watched the lion chase a boar,…

A burst of people signed up for Netflix this spring after the streaming giant cracked down on password sharing. The company ended June with more than 238 million subscribers, adding 5.9 million since March. That was bigger than expected and follows efforts by the company to re-ignite growth following unusual subscriber losses last spring. It is also facing challenges from ongoing strikes in the US by writers and actors. Netflix said it would spend less on content this year than expected as a result of the walkout, the industry’s biggest in six decades, while boss Ted Sarandos said “we need…

Steph Catley’s second-half penalty gave World Cup co-hosts Australia a 1-0 victory over debutants the Republic of Ireland in Sydney. Catley, standing in as captain after Australia’s star forward Sam Kerr suffered a calf injury on the eve of the game, converted the winner in the 52nd minute. The Republic of Ireland frustrated the Matildas in the first half, but their good work was undone when Marissa Sheva pushed Hayley Raso, and Brazilian referee Edina Alves pointed to the spot. Kerr, who is also set to miss Australia’s second game with Nigeria, celebrated on the bench with her team-mates but…