Prominent American football journalist has died while covering the World Cup in Qatar.
48 year old, Grant Wahl, collapsed during extra time of Argentina vs. Netherlands.
Multiple reports are suggesting he may have had a heart attack.
Last month, Wahl was detained by Qatari authorities for trying to enter a stadium wearing a rainbow shirt, in support of LGBT+.
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Al Jazeera’s AI predictor, Kashef is betting on France to win over England.
At 52%, Kashef is marginally leaning towards ‘Les Bleus’.
With 58 matches played at this World Cup, Kashef has accurately predicted 67% of the games – The AI robot makes these predictions by compiling more than 200 metrics, including the number of wins, goals scored, FIFA rankings and more, from matches played over the past century.
Kashef correctly predicted seven of the eight games in the last 16 matches.
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The top highlight of the European Parliament’s last plenary session for 2022 will be the award of its Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the brave people of Ukraine, represented by their president, elected leaders, and civil society.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will join in the award ceremony remotely from Kiev and other representatives will be present in Strasbourg for the award ceremony led by President Metsola.
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The Russian President has signed into law a bill that expands a ban on LGBTQ+ making it illegal for anyone to promote same-sex relationships.
This comes as a continuation of the Kremlin cracking down on free speech and human rights as its military operation in Ukraine falters.
The new law has been added to a 2013 law that banned the dissemination of LGBTQ-related information to minors. This new law extends the ban on promoting such information to adults as well.
In a nutshell – The new laws make it illegal to publicly promote or praise LGBTQ+ relationships.
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