Former Brazil star Adriano has reportedly split from his wife Micaela Mesquita after just 24 days of marriage because he ‘disappeared for two days to watch the World Cup’.
The 40-year-old, who is said to have splashed out £13,000 on 18 prostitutes to cope with the disappointment of his failed transfer to French side Le Havre in 2015, tied the knot last month.
The couple had initially planned to get married on November 30 but decided to move the wedding forward and shared pictures of themselves signing official papers on Instagram.
However, there is said to be trouble in paradise. According to Extra, the couple have broken up following a row over the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Order comes a day after North Korea said it fired more than 130 shells into the sea off its east and west coasts.
North Korea’s military has ordered front-line units to fire artillery into the sea for a second consecutive day in what it called a response to drills by the United States and South Korean forces in an inland border region.
The order on Tuesday came a day after North Korea fired about 130 artillery rounds into waters near its western and eastern sea boundaries with South Korea.
A spokesman for the North Korean military said the latest planned artillery barrage was meant as a “strong warning” to Seoul and was in response to signs of South Korean artillery exercises in the border region.
The official called on Seoul to immediately stop its “provocative” military actions.
The South Korean and United States militaries are currently conducting live-fire exercises involving multiple rocket launching systems and howitzers in two separate testing grounds in the Cheorwon region, which began on Monday and will continue until Wednesday.
The allies say the drills are necessary to deter nuclear-armed North Korea, which tested a record number of missiles this year and has made preparations to resume nuclear testing for the first time since 2017.
On the day the exercises started, North Korea’s military said it detected dozens of South Korean projectiles flying southeast from the Cheorwon region and instructed its western and eastern coastal units to fire artillery as a warning.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said those shells that North Korea fired fell within the northern side of buffer zones created under a 2018 inter-Korean agreement to reduce military tensions and urged Pyongyang to abide by the agreement.
It was the first time North Korea had fired weapons into the maritime buffer zones since November 3, when about 80 artillery shells landed within the North Korean side of the zone off its eastern coast.
In addition to the artillery fire, North Korea has launched dozens of missiles this year, including multiple tests of an intercontinental ballistic missile system potentially capable of reaching the US mainland.
North Korea has also conducted a series of short-range launches it described as simulated nuclear attacks on South Korean and US targets in an angry reaction to an expansion of joint US-South Korea military exercises that North Korea views as rehearsals for a potential invasion.
Experts say North Korea hopes to negotiate economic and security concessions from a position of strength and force the US to accept it as a nuclear power.
The SDG Action Day is a yearly event that takes place on or around September 25, which is the birthday of the SDGs – making it the Dutch event on the Sustainable Development Goals.
To celebrate SDG Action's anniversary on September 25th, we set up a Community Soup Distribution Kitchen for people in need. We served over 200 meals to the most vulnerable individuals and families, helping to prevent malnutrition and food insecurity in our community.
The next-generation innovator Sofonie Dala, with the support of the Adventist Solidarity Action (ASA) department, collected tons of food and distributed meals to dozens of vulnerable people, street children and homeless people.
Currently, her major task is to develop a simplified systems map to grasp and visualize the interconnections of different challenges: poverty in rural, local communities, education, malnutrition in children, agriculture and the role of governments and big corporates, all being part of the Angolan food system.
This solidarity activity had the main objectives:
1. Distribution of free meals to the most needy
2. Health Expo - medical consultations
3. Haircut
5. Evangelism
6. Psychological assistance
There is no doubt that our Soup kitchens can help alleviate some of the burden that people who are trying to provide for their families are facing.
Sofonie Dala is looking forward to bringing together diverse ideas and perspectives from international and national stakeholders, like: Next-generation innovators and systems thinkers, entrepreneurs, farmers, scientists, public and private sector representatives, civil society representatives, activists, financial sector representatives, chefs, as well as individuals outside of the food and agriculture industry.
People and local authorities were very satisfied with our work and were very grateful. Even some people passing by. got out of the taxis to come to eat, drivers abandoned their cars to have a meal.
It was possible to perceive that in Angola there are still many people facing serious problems with hunger.
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We see people as part of an ecosystem. In this ecosystem, health is not isolated but interacts with nature, the environment and concepts such as sustainability. We believe in a value-based society in which all social domains work together in an integrated way.
An Iranian man was shot dead by security forces after Iran’s national team lost to the US and exited the World Cup, as anti-government demonstrations took place inside and outside the stadium in Qatar and across Iran.
Mehran Samak, 27, was shot dead after honking his car horn in Bandar Anzali, a city on the Caspian Sea coast, north-west of Tehran, according to human rights activists.
Samak “was targeted directly and shot in the head by security forces … following the defeat of the national team against America”, said the Oslo-based group Iran Human Rights (IHR).
The contest between the two countries which severed diplomatic ties more than 40 years ago took place against a backdrop of violent repression in Iran after protests triggered by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, in September.
In an extraordinary twist, Iranian international midfielder Saeid Ezatolahi, who played in the US match and is from Bandar Anzali, revealed that he knew Samak and posted a picture of them together in a youth football team.
“After last night’s bitter loss, the news of your passing set fire to my heart,” said Ezatolahi on Instagram, describing Samak as a “childhood teammate”.
A screengrab of Saeid Ezatolahi’s Instagram post. Photograph: Instagram
He did not comment on the circumstances of his friend’s death but said: “Some day the masks will fall, the truth will be laid bare.”
He added: “This is not what our youth deserve. This is not what our nation deserves.”
Ezatolahi, distraught at the result, had been seen after the final whistle being comforted both by his teammates and the US players.
The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) also reported that Samak had been killed by the security forces while celebrating. CHRI published a video from Samak’s funeral in Tehran on Wednesday at which mourners could be heard shouting “death to the dictator”. The chant, aimed at Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is one of the main slogans of the protests.
Late on Tuesday, the exiled Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad posted videos of celebrations on Twitter, writing: “Iran is a country where people are very passionate about football. Now they are out in the streets in the city of Sanandaj and celebrate the loss of their football team against the US.” She also posted a video of fireworks being let off in Saqqez, Mahsa Amini’s home town.
Iranians also celebrated in Marivan, which was among the cities in western Iran’s Kurdish-populated regions where, on 21 November, security forces intensified a crackdown that killed a dozen people over 24 hours, directly shooting at protesters and using heavy weapons, rights groups said.
There were also celebrations in Tehran and Sanandaj, Kurdistan’s capital.
The celebrations came after fans outside the stadium in Doha sought to highlight the protests and the Iranian government’s crackdown. “Everybody should know about this. We don’t have a voice in Iran,” an Iranian living in the US, who gave his name only as Sam, told Reuters.
Speaking by phone from Tehran shortly before kick-off, Elham, 21, said she wanted the US to win because victory for the national squad, known as Team Melli, would be a gift for Iranian authorities. “This is not my national team. It is not the melli team, it is the mullahs’ team,” she said.
Extra security personnel, some mounted on horseback, patrolled outside the Al Thumama stadium before the match, while guards at the perimeter made Iranians unfurl their flags before entering. Police were stationed throughout the stadium alongside regular security guards. Some carried batons.
Early in the second half, a group of fans briefly held up letters spelling Mahsa Amini’s name to applause from the Iranian supporters around them. Security personnel took their signs but allowed them to remain in their seats.
Outside the stadium after the match, Reuters journalists saw security chase two people in a series of scuffles on the ground’s perimeter. Three guards pinned one man to the ground who was wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “woman, life, freedom”, the central slogan of the Iranian protest movement.
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Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong has taken on the vice president, Mahamudu Bawumia, claiming that the second gentleman has allowed himself to be bullied by the embattled finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta.
Agyapong in a viral audio making the rounds on social media throughout Tuesday, November 29, is heard ostensibly addressing a party gathering where he is being cheered by the audience.
He alleges further that the only way out of the current economic headwinds is to take the country from people who serially theorize about solutions to known challenges and hand it over to people with practical hands-on experience.
“If you are a Vice President, how do you stay there for Finance Minister to bully you? If I am a vice president, how can a finance minister bully me? And now you come back and say you have not been given the opportunity.
“What else do you want us to give you to prove that you are effective?” the outspoken lawmaker who is aspiring to lead the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is heard saying.
“Please I am telling you the gospel truth so that you don’t make any mistakes. What we can do to change this country and the way the government is suffering from this economy if we don’t change the same face that has been giving us economic theories…
“Telling us when your fundamentals are weak, the exchange rate will expose you, when you were making that statement, the exchange rate was four cedis, twenty pesewas.
“As of Friday, it was 15 cedis to the dollar, what message are you going to give to Ghanaians again?” he asked again.
Explosive devices concealed in postal packages target the US and Ukrainian embassies, a weapons manufacturer and three Spanish government institutions.
The United States’ embassy in Madrid has received a letter similar to the five letter-bombs sent to the Ukrainian embassy to Spain and other targets in the country.
“We can confirm a suspicious package was received at the US Embassy in Madrid, and are aware of reports of other packages sent to other locations throughout Spain,” the embassy said in a response to an Associated Press news agency inquiry.
“We are grateful to Spanish law enforcement for their assistance with this matter,” it added.
Authorities cordoned off a wide area around the embassy, located in the centre of Spain’s capital.
Deputy Interior Minister Rafael Perez told reporters earlier on Thursday that the letter bombs received by five other offices, including the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid, a Spanish weapon manufacturer and three government institutions were sent from within the country.
“It appears that they were all sent from within the country but we are basing this on early visual inspections without yet having an in-depth technical report,” he said.
The interior ministry said on Thursday that an “envelope with pyrotechnic material” addressed to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez had been received on November 24 and disarmed by his security team.
A “similar” package was received by the Ukrainian embassy on Wednesday was addressed to Ambassador Serhii Pohoreltsev and exploded when it was opened by a security official.
Another package was received on Wednesday night at the headquarters of Spanish weapons manufacturer Instalaza in Zaragoza, northeastern Spain, police said.
Instalaza manufactures the C90 rocket launcher that Spain has supplied to Ukraine.
Spanish security forces also found a device early on Thursday in an envelope mailed to a European Union satellite centre located at an air force base in Torrejon de Ardoz, near Madrid, the defence ministry said.
The satellite centre supports the EU’s common foreign and security policy by gathering information from space intelligence devices, according to its website, and was recently described by EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell as being part of “the eyes of Europe”.
A fifth device was received at Spain’s defence ministry on Thursday morning and defused by specialist police officers, a defence ministry spokesperson said.
The defence ministry package was addressed to Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles. Spain has contributed both military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion.
Robles was visiting Ukraine on Thursday to support its defence effort with another aid package. Authorities did not provide details about the aid, saying they did not want to give away sensitive information to Russia’s forces.
Robles said the disturbing discoveries of recent days would have no effect on Spain’s full backing of Ukraine.
“The police are investigating these packages, but let one thing be perfectly clear,” she said in Spanish. “None of these packages or any other violent act will change the clear and firm support that Spain and other NATO and EU countries have for Ukraine.”
Russia’s reaction
The Russian Embassy in Spain posted a statement on Thursday condemning “any threat or terrorist act” in relation to the letter bombs.
“Any threat or terrorist act, particularly directed at a diplomatic mission, are to be totally condemned,” the statement said
Spain’s High Court has opened an investigation, according to a judicial source.
Ambassador Pohoreltsev told the Ukrainian news site European Pravda that the suspicious package addressed to him was handed to the embassy’s Ukrainian commandant who took it outside to open.
“After opening the box and hearing a click that followed, he tossed it and then heard the explosion … Despite not holding the box at the time of the explosion, the commandant hurt his hands and received a concussion,” Pohoreltsev was quoted as saying.
Luanda РThe Head of State, Jọo Louren̤o, held a meeting this Thursday with representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for African Issues, addressing aspects related to peace and security in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
They are the representatives of the United Nations Secretary General for Central Africa, Abdou Abarry, the head of the UN Regional Office For Central Africa (UNOCA), Valentine Rugwabiza, and the head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), Bintu Keita, as well as the UN Secretary-General special envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Huang Xia.
Speaking to the press at the end of the aforementioned audience, Abdou Abarry said that the meeting with President João Lourenço served to assess the situation in the Southern and Central Africa regions.
Mr. Abarry highlighted the fact that Luanda capital city has been an important hub for decisions about the region and the continent in general.
For Niger's diplomat, the United Nations recognises Angola´s efforts, under the guidance of President João Lourenço, to seek peace in the Central African region.
The senior UN official expressed at the time, on behalf of the organisation, full support for the Angolan government in the search for peaceful solutions for the Great Lakes.
Abdou Abarry expressed his optimism regarding the peaceful closing of the prevailing conflict between DRC and Rwanda borders.
The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, granted this audience after the holding of the Luanda Mini-Summit on peace and security in the Eastern Region of the DRC.
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