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Image taken from CNN On Sunday, when the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks in a thrilling comeback victory, LeBron James was overheard saying that he felt his foot "pop" after making a layup. Despite being able to see out the victory, the 38-year-old was observed walking gingerly after the game. After three consecutive victories, the Lakers' stars have been on full display, and the new additions have done their part. However, James appears to be headed for the bench for an extended period. According to reports, the 19-time All-Star is awaiting additional tests to determine the full extent of the injury, but he could be sidelined for a few weeks at the very least. It was an ordinary day in Lakerland that couldn't have come at a worse time. The Lakers are in da...

Image Taken From Dawn News David Beasley, the World Food Programme head (WFP), returned to New York on Saturday from the regions of Syria and Turkiye devastated by the recent earthquake. He warned the United Nations that Syria faces a double disaster because the areas that were hardest hit by the earthquake earlier this month had already been destroyed in Syria's 12 years of unrelenting conflict. The effects of this earthquake will only be fully felt for several months, if not years. He urged the authorities in both countries to open more border crossings so that those who survived the earthquakes that struck the region on February 6 could get the assistance they needed. The disaster in Syria has been called a "catastrophe on top of a catastrophe" by the head of the World Food Pr...

Image taken from World Times Today GENEVA: Switzerland's financial institutions own a significant amount of millions of dollars. According to reports that surfaced in Swiss media on Sunday, the head of the Central Bank of Lebanon, Riad Salameh, faces embezzlement allegations. After amassing a fortune in a nation amid a financial crisis, Salameh, who is 72 years old, is the subject of investigations in Lebanon and other countries related to presumptions of money laundering and unlawful enrichment. On Thursday, a judge in Lebanon filed new charges of money laundering and embezzlement of public funds against Salameh, his brother Raja, and his former assistant Marianne Hoayek. The charges were filed against Salameh, his brother, and Hoayek. Despite numerous complaints, summonses, ...

Image taken from Jamaica Observer According to the government's disaster agency, one person was killed, and dozens of others were injured when an earthquake of 5.6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday. The earthquake also caused some damaged buildings to collapse. The district of Yesilyurt in the Malatya province was the epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred on February 6 and killed over 44,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in the neighbouring country of Syria. The district was also hit by the earthquake that occurred on February 6. "The life of one of our citizens was taken. Yunus Sezer, chairman of the AFAD disaster agency, stated in televised comments that there were approximately 69 people injured. A powerful earthquake struck on February 6, and AFAD tweeted that 29...

Image taken from BBC news Palestinian villages in the area have been attacked by Israeli settlers occupying the northern West Bank following the murder of two settlers by a Palestinian gunman. According to the Palestinian health ministry, over a hundred Palestinians were injured, and one man was killed in violence near Nablus on Sunday night. According to a local official, dozens of cars and homes were also burned. It followed the highway murders of the two Israelis, brothers from a nearby settlement. The Israeli military claimed hundreds of additional soldiers had been deployed in a continued hunt for the Palestinian who had shot Hillel Yaniv, 22, and Yagel Yaniv, 20. According to Israel's ambulance service, an Israeli man was shot and wounded in an attack north of Beit...

Image Taken From Saudi Gazette As a rare winter storm sweeps across California in the United States, the state is being hit with widespread power outages, flooding, and the closure of highways and beaches. After several days of strong winds, electricity has been knocked out for more than 120,000 people, most of whom are located in the Los Angeles area. Interstate 5, the primary north-south highway on the West Coast, is currently closed in the mountainous section commonly called the Grapevine. This storm, forecast to become less severe, is one of the most powerful to strike the state. Lightning strikes on Saturday caused the authorities in Los Angeles County to cancel all of the county's beaches for several hours. There were also reports that flights were forced to halt i...

Image taken from Bloomberg.com The first results from Nigeria's most competitive, Since the end of military rule in 1999, elections have been held. are expected to be released later today. However, voting has been postponed until Sunday across a significant portion of the country due to widespread disruptions and some attacks on polling places that occurred on Saturday. Voting went on well into the night There was a high turnout, particularly among young people, who account for approximately a third of the 87 million people who were eligible to vote. Because of this, it is the largest democratic exercise ever attempted in Africa. A never-before-seen challenge to the two-party system that has ruled Nigeria for the past twenty-four years has emerged due to the election. Pe...

Image taken from Dawn.com Russian President Vladimir Putin has framed the conflict between Russia and the West over Ukraine is an introspective battle for the sustenance of Russia and the Russian people. Putin has also stated that he is compelled to consider Nato's nuclear capabilities. A year after giving the order to invade Ukraine, Vladimir Putin portrays the conflict as a defining moment in Russian history. He also stated that he believes the very future of Russia and the people living there is in jeopardy due to the war. "They have one objective: to dismantle the formerly Soviet Union and its fundamental part—the Russian Federation" Putin said during an interview with the state-run Rossiya 1 television channel that was noted on Wednesday but released on Sunday. Putin's comme...

Image taken from NDTV.com The authorities say that 45 people, including some children, were killed when a wooden sailing boat carrying migrants collided with rocks off the coast of southern Italy early on Sunday morning. The boat was carrying migrants. It had been several days since the vessel had left Turkey carrying migrants from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and other countries. It ran aground in a stormy area close to a beach resort on the eastern coast of Calabria called Steccato di Cutro. An official with the provincial government named Manuela Curra told Reuters that the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 45. She reported that 81 people survived, and 22 were taken to hospitals for treatment. According to the customs police of Guardia di Finanza, one survivor was det...