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Portugal’s World Cup run came to a shocking end on Saturday as Morocco became the first African team to advance to the semifinals in a 1-0 win in the quarterfinals. The loss for Portugal sends star player Cristiano Ronaldo home after what may be the final World Cup match for the soccer legend.  Ronaldo once again came off the bench for Portugal, entering the game as a sub in the 51st minute. WORLD CUP 2022: MOROCCO STUNS PORTUGAL IN QUARTERFINALS, ADVANCE TO SEMIFINALS FOR FIRST TIME His only chance came in the 91st minute, when he had a shot on goal that Morocco’s…

Exclusive: Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting uncovered the figures and said Labour will train 7,500 more doctors and 10,000 more nurses a year, paid for by abolishing the non-dom tax statusNHS bosses have forked out nearly £3.7billion to hire private agency doctors in the last four years. That works out at almost £1billion a year – enough to pay the salaries of more than 30,000 new junior doctors. The figures were uncovered by Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting, who said: “Taxpayers are picking up the bill for the Conservatives’ failure to train enough doctors and nurses over the past 12…

The Nets will play the Pacers on Saturday in Indiana. Sort of, anyway. Brooklyn (15-12), which has battled a spate of injuries of late, will be without eight of its players, including Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, for the key Eastern Conference showdown against the 14-12 Pacers. Also out for the Nets are Nic Claxton, Seth Curry, Ben Simmons, T.J. Warren, Royce O’Neal and Joe Harris. Most but not all of the absences are injury related. Kevin Durant, who is tied for fourth in the NBA in minutes per game this season at 36.8 per contest, is getting a rest…

Russian forces on Saturday struck a maternity hospital in Kherson as Moscow continues to heavily shell civilian targets as both sides face off across the Dnieper River.No casualties were reported by Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the President’s Office, who confirmed the attack according to local news outlets. The latest strike on a maternity hospital comes one day at 68 missiles reportedly rained down on Kherson and just weeks after Russian forces struck a maternity ward in Zaporizhzhia and killed a two-day-old infant. STRIKES ON UKRAINE HOSPITAL KILL 2-DAY-OLD BABY, OFFICIALS SAYUkrainian police forces on Saturday said they some 47,000 war…

Pepe believes that his side were hard done by due to an Argentinian referee taking charge of Portugal’s 1-0 loss to Morocco in the quarter-finals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. “After what I saw today, they can now give the title to Argentina,” the 39-year-old captain said after the match. “It is inadmissible that an Argentine referee whistled at us today after what happened yesterday, with Messi complaining,” he continued, referring to the referee antics from Argentina’s quarter-final win against the Netherlands. World Cup’Do not take them lightly’ – Souness issues a warning about Morocco after winAN HOUR AGOReferee…

A fast-moving system will sweep across the Northeast on Sunday and Monday when snow could whiten the ground as far south as the lower Hudson Valley of New York and southern New England for the first time this season. Much of the Interstate 95 corridor has yet to pick up measurable snowfall this season. While the majority of this upcoming snow will remain confined to the interior Northeast, the FOX Forecast Center can’t rule out some snow trying to sneak into a few of the larger cities. “As we go into Sunday night, that’s when it could get interesting for New York…

Police have identified the suspect accused of going door-to-door lighting residential flags on fire in Long Beach, California.Law enforcement named John Leo Meylor, 35, as the suspect allegedly captured on video setting American and military flags alight this week.Meylor, 35, is facing 13 counts of arson, as well as an additional charge of arson to an inhabited structure. He is also being charged for violating his previous parole, according to local outlet ABC 7.MAN IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA, WHO ALLEGEDLY LIT AMERICAN FLAGS ON FIRE UNDER ARRESTMeylor allegedly moved from home to home with a lighter around 3:30 a.m. Thursday,…

A federal appeals court on Friday permanently blocked the Biden administration from requiring religious doctors and hospitals to perform transgender medical services that violate their conscience, becoming the second court to do so. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed a lower court ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in Sisters of Mercy v. Becerra, a case concerning a coalition of Catholic groups who have challenged the Biden administration’s attempt to invoke the Affordable Care Act to prohibit doctors and hospitals from discriminating against transgender patients. The Catholic groups, which include hospitals, a university and nuns who run…

The writer, a Labour peer, is a former cabinet minister and anti-apartheid campaignerEarly next year a landmark case will be heard in the South African High Court that will determine if a class action by a community in Zambia should be allowed to proceed after Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, left Kabwe to become “the world’s most toxic town”.The case, filed by Johannesburg and London law firms, Mbuyisa Moleele and Leigh Day, alleges that Anglo American was negligent in allowing uncontrolled lead contamination, and not ensuring that lead in the environment was cleaned up even after…

Russia is looking to obtain hundreds of ballistic missiles from Iran as Tehran becomes one of Moscow’s top military backers, U.K. defense officials warned Saturday. Iran first faced international ire earlier this year when the White House announced that it had knowledge Tehran would be “gifting” Russia hundreds of drones as Moscow’s supplies showed signs of dwindling less than six months into its war in Ukraine.But Tehran has since taken even bolder steps, sending other missile units and agreeing last month to streamline Russia’s ability to develop Iranian drones on its own turf for use in Ukraine. PUTIN SAYS ONE MISSILE…