The administration’s offer risks giving Russia leverage and could undercut U.S. efforts to hold together an international campaign to isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine. But Griner’s high profile — an extraordinary athlete breaking ground for the LGBT community — has elicited outrage from the sports world and lawmakers pressuring Biden to secure her release. Time Magazine’s cover story this week was a profile on Griner, and personal appeals to the president from her wife, WNBA teammates and her coach are credited with sparking Biden to act....

In an open letter to the Lionesses, who will play the eight-time champions in front of a potentially record-breaking crowd at Wembley, the outgoing prime minister wished them luck in their first major final since a 6-2 loss to Germany in Euro 2009. Johnson tweeted images of England flags at Downing Street and said in the letter that the team had inspired girls and women across the country to “know beyond any shadow of a doubt that football is not just for boys”....

Emmanuel Macron passera des vacances d’été “pédagogiques” au Fort de Brégançon, la résidence d’été des présidents de la République dans le Var, où, comme chaque année, il se reposera en regardant des dossiers importants et en préparant la rentrée, a précisé son entourage. Samedi. Le président est arrivé vendredi soir à Bormes-les-Mimosas avec son épouse Brigitte, rapporte le quotidien Var Matin, l’Elysées ne confirmant pas le début de ce séjour “privé”....

Griner’s arrest was improper, legal team says After being stopped by personnel at the Sheremetyevo International Airport on February 17 and asked to open her bags, Griner’s luggage was found to contain what amounted to less than one gram of cannabis oil, according to Russian prosecutors. No attorney was present, Griner testified, and she said her rights were not explained to her, which, according to Russian law, should have occurred within three hours....

Theresa May, to her credit, has ended the meetings of the annual UK-China Joint Economic and Trade Committee. Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak, acting in rare unison, have restarted them: apparently Mr Johnson favored dealing with the Chinese, ruling out the controversial Huawei telecoms deal only under US pressure. Now Mr. Sunak had a revealing moment. In scathing remarks last week he accused China of being “the biggest long-term threat to Britain and the world’s economic and national security”....

However, he only retracted the tweet after Twitter suspended his account. Pelosi, third in line for the presidential succession behind President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, began a trip to Asia on Saturday morning, with official stops planned in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. It is widely speculated that it will also stop in Taiwan, which Communist China maintains is a breakaway province, not an independent country, and has no right to maintain foreign relations....

July 29, 2022 • 1 day ago • 3 min read • 9 comments Subhi Kutob says his business partner Riham Kamil is lucky to be alive after he was shot near his heart in what Kutob believes was a botched robbery attempt or of a robbery at RK Forever Jewelery on Wonderland Road on Wednesday. Photo taken on Thursday, July 29, 2022. (JONATHAN JUHA/The London Free Press) Content of the article The brother of a London jeweler shot dead in an apparent robbery or attempted robbery says he wants to see better police protection for the industry after a spate of violence involving jewelers in the city this year....

Birmingham opened the Commonwealth Games in spectacular style with a captivating, hopeful ceremony at Alexander Stadium. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai highlighted the importance of education in a surprise speech, while diver Tom Daley held a show of support for LGBTQ+ rights as the relay concluded. But perhaps the biggest shock came when a 10m tall animatronic bull steamed into the stadium as part of a ceremony celebrating the multiculturalism of both Birmingham and the Commonwealth....

Seventy minutes into the match, it became clear he was going. Weir had a 90 second lead over the field with about six miles to go. And that’s when the wheelchair’s left tire burst. “Oh no,” he said as he slowed and pulled over to the side of the road. Shortly after his teammate Johnboy Smith had passed him. Smith, 32, called out to ask Weir what had happened and swore loudly when he found out....

Seit 2019 kämpft Manuel Feldmann für seinen Traum. Der gelernte Gärtner entschloss sich, auf dem für den Bau vorgesehenen Grundstück seiner Eltern ein kleines Haus zu bauen. Manuel Feldmann weiß nicht mehr weiter. © Privat Doch die Nähe zu einem Erdgasspeicher in seiner Stadt macht ihm nun einen Strich durch die Rechnung. Aufgrund einer von der Gemeinde Frastanz eingerichteten Schutzzone sind Neubauten in dem dicht besiedelten Wohngebiet verboten, auch wenn die Bauherren das Risiko eingegangen sind....

Erneut sollen ausländische Richter einem politischen Deal im Wege stehen. Denn EU-Staaten müssen Abkommen mit Nicht-EU-Staaten im Energiebereich der EU-Kommission vorlegen, die dann auf Vereinbarkeit mit Unionsrecht geprüft wird. Für das Solidaritätsabkommen mit Bern muss Berlin deshalb den Segen von Brüssel erhalten. Kein Deutschlandzustand „Ein besonderes Problem stellt sich bei der Streitbeilegung: Deutschland hat der Schweiz vorgeschlagen, dass im Streitfall der Europäische Gerichtshof (EuGH) entscheiden soll“, heißt es in dem Artikel von CH Media....

Acting District Fire Chief Jim Gates said crews received a call around 1:20 a.m. Friday about a fire on Moody Park Drive in Williamswood, N.S. When crews arrived, the house was almost completely engulfed in flames and fire was coming through portions of the roof, Gates said. There were two people in the home at the time; one was able to escape without injuries. When crews arrived, the house was almost completely engulfed in flames and fire was coming through portions of the roof, Acting District Chief Jim Gates said....

At a time when the European Commission has proposed a 15 percent cut in natural gas use across the bloc – to help deal with the winter ration in vulnerable states such as Germany, Slovakia and the Czech Republic – countries that are more confident they can to soften the blow. . The unkind words were aimed at Berlin, whose decision to rely heavily on Moscow for its fuel and to shut down its nuclear reactors now looks ill-advised....

ITV was granted unprecedented access to the current crisis in the NHS, which is also causing dangerous delays for ambulance crews. UK Editor Paul Brand reports Hospitals are so overwhelmed that patients are being forced to sleep on trolleys for days on end outside A&E departments, ITV News can reveal. Our cameras were granted unprecedented access to the current crisis in the NHS, which is also causing dangerous delays to ambulance crews....

While positive COVID cases are not overwhelming the health care system as they were at the beginning of the pandemic, the virus is affecting the health care system in Ottawa and across Ontario now in a different way. “This is not going to get better anytime soon, it’s just going to get worse and I think it’s going to get worse quickly,” said Ottawa nurse Christie Cowan. Her candid words come as she experiences the shortage on the front lines....

Meta announced the price increase on Tuesday via a Twitter post. Starting Aug. 1, the 128GB version of the Quest 2 will cost $399, while the 256GB model will cost $499, Meta said. The company said it increased the price of the VR headset “to continue to invest in promoting the VR industry in the long term.” Meta added in a company blog post that “the cost to manufacture and ship our products has increased....

The southern city of Karachi, home to 16 million people, has seen neighborhoods and vehicles submerged in knee-deep muddy waters. the roads are impassable. At least 15 people have died since Saturday. Public services in the city have been suspended and businesses have closed. The country’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said infrastructure, road networks and 5,600 houses had been damaged. Pakistan, which suffered extreme heat earlier this year, is ranked among the most vulnerable countries in the Global Climate Risk Index, which tracks the economic and human loss due to extreme weather....

The chairman of the tainted blood inquiry on Friday called for victims and their families to be paid “without delay” after proposing the level of interim compensation payments. Sir Brian Langstaff said those infected and bereaved colleagues should be given “payments of at least £100,000”. Des Collins, senior partner at Collins Solicitors, which is representing some of the victims, said he would put pressure on the government on Monday after Boris Johnson was told to pay the interim sums to those affected immediately and before more die....

The door to some sort of extension appeared to be opening a crack after the finance ministry in mid-July announced a new “stress test” for the security of electricity supplies. It is supposed to take into account a tougher scenario than a previous test, which ended in May, that supplies were secured. Since then, Russia has cut gas supplies through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany to 20% of capacity amid tensions over the war in Ukraine....

„Bei uns wird es kein Zurück mehr geben“ Antenne! Grünen-Fraktionsvorsitzende Ricarda Lang (28) hat sich klar gegen die Atomkraft ausgesprochen. Im ZDF-Sommerinterview (Sendung Sonntagnachmittag) widersprach Lang einer Aussage von Finanzminister Christian Lindner (43, FDP), dass Atomkraftwerke notfalls bis 2024 am Netz bleiben sollten: „Was für ein Christian Lindner will doch nichts anderes als gehen zurück zur Atomkraft. Und das wird bei uns sicher nicht passieren.” Bei BILD am SONNTAG hatte Lindner den Ausstieg aus der Stromerzeugung aus Gas gefordert....