America s Cup 2021: Sir Ben Ainslie vents frustration as Ineos Team UK risk race disqualification
24 Jan, 2021 12:00 AM
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Beyond the Cup - All of the news from the thrilling INEOS Team UK victory over Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to win the Prada Cup Round Robins, with AUT Sailing Professor Mark Orams and Matt Brown. Video / NZ Herald
Beyond the Cup - All of the news from the thrilling INEOS Team UK victory over Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli to win the Prada Cup Round Robins, with AUT Sailing Professor Mark Orams and Matt Brown. Video / NZ Herald
Christopher Reive is a sports reporter for NZME@chrisreive
Islamabad
January 24, 2021
Islamabad:The British High Commission held a reception here to recognise the incredible achievement of the 10 Nepalese climbers who became the first expedition in winter to reach the summit of Pakistan’s K2, the world’s second-highest mountain at 8,611 meters (28,251 feet), says a press release.
The achievement comes in a year when the UK is hosting the UN’s climate change conference, COP26, in November 2021, and the reception was told that the UK will be using its presidency to ensure the priorities of the most vulnerable are acted on.
The reception included senior representatives from the Government of Pakistan, the Deputy Ambassador of Nepal, the Canadian High Commissioner, the EU Ambassador, media, climate change and the mountaineering community.
But the unwanted friction and single-digit temperature did little to suppress the enthusiasm.
A curling tournament is usually referred to as a bonspiel, and the 42-pound granite stones are normally pushed across ultra-smooth ice at an indoor rink.
That wasnât the case Saturday at the Pandemispiel, where the undulated ice at an outdoor rink at Winnequah Park quickly slowed the stones and required the 16 bundled-up teams from around the state and one from Detroit to put a little more muscle into their throws and brooms as firepits filled the air with wood smoke.
âYou get spoiled with good ice indoors and then you come out here,â said Matt Raine, 39, of Oconomowoc, as he nursed a 10 a.m. Bloody Mary garnished with a beef stick. âIt makes it interesting, but itâs definitely a lot of fun. Youâve gotta push hard.â
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ANI | Updated: Jan 24, 2021 14:54 IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has written to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) to consider aviation employees as frontline coronavirus workers and prioritise their COVID-19 vaccination.
The letter addressed to the Health Ministry read, Considering that the frontline workers of airlines and airports are also involved in the movement of vaccines, this Ministry recognises the merit in the proposal and requests the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to include front line workers of airlines and airports along with front line workers mentioned in the operational guidelines released on 28th of December 2020.