Badou Jack could collect fourth WBC title in Saudi Arabia, reports suggest
RIYADH: Gambian-Swedish fighter Badou Jack could go up against Polish champion Lukasz Rozanski in Saudi Arabia later this year, according to reports on Friday.
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Manchester City’s global trophy tour to make October stop in the UAE
LONDON: Manchester City on Friday announced the details of their global Treble Trophy Tour — presented by official club partner OKX — to celebrate the club’s historic 2022-23 season, with a stop in the UAE on the agenda.
French police raid PSG boss over lobbyist's torture claims
PARIS: French police raided the home of Paris Saint-Germain boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi on Wednesday in an investigation into a man's claims of detention and torture in Qatar, a source close to the case told AFP. Franco-Algerian Tayeb Benabderrahmane, 42, filed a complaint in January saying he was arrested in January 2020 in Qatar, where he had recently moved to work as a lobbyist.
'Democratic backsliding has accelerated': Council of Europe chief Pejcinovic Buric
Council of Europe chief Pejcinovic Buric says there has been a clear trend of democratic backsliding over the last ten years at least, but that there are also some positive stories such as the adoption of the Istanbul Convention against domestic violence.
New rules stop anyone guilty of human rights abuses owning Premier League clubs
Individuals found to have committed human rights abuses will be unable to be an owner or director of a Premier League club under new rules approved by the English top flight on Thursday.
Critics claim Paris using 2024 Games to introduce Big Brother video surveillance
The all-encompassing law that France’s National Assembly is due to adopt on March 28, ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, will allow shops to open on Sundays, establish a health centre in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis (located northeast of Paris) and permit the French state to investigate future accredited persons. However, Article 7 of this law is particularly controversial, as it states that AI video surveillance may be used, on a trial basis, to ensure the safety of the Olympic Games. Human rights groups say the use of this technology will set a dangerous precedent.
UK funding France detention site is 'wrong way to go': EU Commission VP Schinas
'"The EU has not produced a cohesive asylum and migration policy, and this is one of the historic failures of the EU," Schinas tells Armen Georgian. "We've had to work as firefighters, running from one crisis to another. Now the time has come to produce this big agreement. We need to build a house with three floors. The first is relations with countries of origin and transit countries. We'll never be able to manage internally unless we manage externally. The second floor is border management. That means a more collective system for protecting our external border, and uniform border procedures for all member states. And the third floor is the solidarity floor; burden-sharing, across all 27 member states."
Saudi Arabia wields cinema as tool of soft power
In Saudi Arabia, 70 percent of the population is under 30. Young people are benefiting from new entertainment sectors opening up, like the MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival. Such events also help forge a positive image of the country led by Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.