NurPhoto via Getty Images Political parties usually survive defeat. What they often struggle to survive is the sudden loss of power.
That is the predicament facing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, a state of more than 100 million people in eastern India.
Barely a month after being voted out of office , the party is facing a rebellion by most of its legislators, a potential split among its MPs and growing doubts about
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup finals, has been denied entry to the United States.
Artan, the 2025 Confederation of African Football men's referee of the year, was barred from entering the country at Miami International Airport and is currently in Turkey.
No reason for Artan's repatriation has been issued by US immigration authorities, but Somalia is one of several countries on a travel ban list introduced by President Donald Trump'
Reuters Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time giant in cryptocurrencies currently in prison for fraud, has applied for a pardon from President Donald Trump.
Bankman-Fried was given a 25-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple federal charges related to FTX, the cryptocurrency exchange that he founded and led, and its related company Alameda Research.
Just two years into that sentence, the 34-year-old former billionaire has
Getty Images Footballer Christian Eriksen says he is "doing well" at home with his family and has already started his recovery, after collapsing during an international match between Denmark and Ukraine on Sunday.
The 34-year-old Dane, whose heart stopped following a cardiac arrest five years ago , was able to walk off the pitch after regaining consciousness - thanks to a tiny device implanted in his chest, called an ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator).
On social media, Eriksen posted: "My ICD did exactly what
Christian Eriksen says he is "doing well" and is at home with his family following his collapse in Sunday's game against Ukraine.
The 34-year-old spent the night in hospital following the incident, and wrote in a statement on Instagram that his "recovery has already started".
The game in Odense was stopped on 65 minutes when he collapsed and was abandoned shortly after, with Eriksen able to walk from the field after regaining consciousness.
The former Manchester United, Tottenham and Brentford midfielder was
AFP via Getty Images Kenya's former Chief Justice David Maraga has been arrested while protesting against, among other things, what activists are alleging is a plan to build a car park on protected land belonging to a wildlife sanctuary in the capital, Nairobi.
He was among a group of demonstrators who were marching along a road running close to the Nairobi National Park.
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