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Performance drugs and lucrative payouts push athletes toward Enhanced Games

New frontier or dangerous spectacle? The Enhanced Games is forcing sport to ask what it values Las Vegas next Memorial Day weekend may host something more than another flashy sporting weekend. The Enhanced Games — a proposed, privately funded competition that invites athletes to use performance‑enhancing substances under medical supervision — has touched a raw nerve in the world of elite sport, exposing fault lines that run from athlete pay and personal autonomy to public health and the meaning of fair play. What the…

EU ministers push for vote to partially suspend trade with Israel

Gaza-bound flotilla reports drone attacks as European ministers push for urgent vote on sanctions Activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla off the Greek island of Crete say several of their vessels were targeted overnight by drones and experienced radio jamming and explosions — claims that add fresh urgency to a growing European push to punish both Hamas and hardline Israeli actors over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. “We will not be intimidated,” say flotilla organisers The Global Sumud Flotilla, a coalition of 51 boats…

Why President Ruto Faces a Delicate Balance in the Push to Oust Gachagua

On October 4, 2024, amid tumultuous proceedings, Kenyans gathered at Bomas in Nairobi to weigh in on the high-stakes impeachment of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. Wilfred Nyangaresi captured the event for Nation Media Group. Kenya's Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua, on Thursday, made a desperate attempt to dissuade the National Assembly from proceeding with an impeachment vote. Over ten legal petitions were filed across various courts, challenging this political storm. Parliamentarians are gearing up for a Tuesday…

US senators push for redeployment of troops to Somalia

US senators push for redeployment of troops to Somalia WASHINGTON- A 12 months after the troops withdrew from Somalia, numerous US senators now need President Joe Biden to redeploy the troops to the Horn of Africa nation, The Military.com notes, including that the transfer will assist "de significantly" within the combat in opposition to Al-Shabaab. In January 2021, former President Donald Trump…

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