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The roller coaster ride for the UL softball program just never seems to end. If it’s not team-chemistry issues, it’s injuries. If it’s not injuries, it’s brushes with COVID-19. Yet somehow through the past two seasons, coach Gerry Glasco’s Ragin' Cajuns have managed to keep their head above water. Heading to the Clemson regional — starting at 1:30 p.m. Friday against Auburn — this young team with defensive shortcomings and erratic base running has quieted most of the early-season critics by winning both the Sun Belt regular-season and tournament titles. A team that many were convinced could not keep the program’s streak of consecutive Sun Belt series wins intact is carrying a 13-game winning streak into regional play and has won 22 of 23 overall. Raise your hand if you really thought this bunch would be 45-11 after losing 12-10 at Georgia Southern on March 19. And that was before Jourdyn Campbell injured her knee, Maddie Hayden badly sprained … [Read more...] about Does UL’s young team have what it takes to end super regional drought?

A “ dire ” lack of dementia beds, a stretched workforce, training gaps and the need for pay parity are among the issues clamouring to be heard in this year’s budget, leaders from South Canterbury’s health, aged care and advocacy sectors say. Ahead of Thursday’s Budget announcement , Grey Power Timaru treasurer Janya Lobb said the group would like to see taxpayer funds targeted at essential services showing signs of “alarming gaps”, such as the health, emergency services and education sectors. Sayings like “a stitch in time saves nine” and “prevention is better than cure” are especially relevant as services become increasingly stretched, Lobb said. But she warned against “fancy PR and bureaucratic spend”, or money wasted “reinventing the wheel without yielding results”. READ MORE: Anger as rural communities 'left in wilderness' in health reforms Aged care on life support ahead of Budget Day Aged Care Association calls on government to take it seriously The … [Read more...] about Many issues facing health and aged care in region, South Canterbury leaders say

The number of wildfires recorded in England and Wales so far this year has already surpassed the 2021 total, fuelling concern for what the future might hold if the climate crisis is left unchecked. There were 243 wildfires from January to April, compared to 237 for the whole of last year, according to figures logged on the National Fire Chiefs Council National Resilience reporting tool, shared exclusively with The Independent . Firefighters and wildfire experts warn the intensity and frequency of larger wild blazes have increased in recent years, likely due to a dangerous mix of climate change, a lack of land management, arson attacks and accidental fires. “I am very fearful that a member of the public or a firefighter is going to get seriously hurt,” said Craig Hope, a wildfire tactical adviser at South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, who said more prevention work is needed, along with better training for firefighters who tackle the blazes before the problem got … [Read more...] about Climate change fuels surge in wildfires sparking concern of ‘devastating consequences’ if left unchecked

A meeting of the Moscow-led military alliance of post-Soviet countries "did not go well", according to one Russia analyst, amid internal squabbles and no public consensus expressing support for President Vladimir Putin 's invasion of Ukraine. The statement issued after the gathering of the six members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) made no mention of Ukraine nor what Russia calls its "special operation." The group with Putin as its geopolitical center of gravity is the post-Soviet world's answer to NATO and was hosted by the Russian leader at the Kremlin, marking the 30th anniversary of its founding. But only the Russian leader, and his Belarusian counterpart, Alexander Lukashenko, spoke about the war in Ukraine. Russian news agencies reported how Putin repeated unfounded claims that Ukraine was developing biological weapons and revisited his justification for the war he is waging by describing the "rampant neo-Nazism" in his neighbor. Lukashenko … [Read more...] about Cracks are emerging in Putin’s alliance against the west

Armenia reiterated on Friday that it was "ready" for international mediators to help end hostilities with Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh as fighting between the neighbors raged for a sixth day. Baku has insisted only the Armenian withdrawal from the region, recognized internationally as Azerbaijani territory, can guarantee a ceasefire. Armenia said that its military shot down drones belonging to Azerbaijani forces with one reaching within 10 miles of Yerevan, although Baku denies this. "Armenian air defense forces have already eliminated three [drones]," the Armenian government tweeted on Thursday, as the dispute over the predominantly Armenian-populated region threatens to draw in Turkey and Russia. Meanwhile, the defense ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh said that the death toll in the biggest eruption in the decades-long conflict had reached 154, after another 54 casualties on Friday. Olesya Vartanyan from the International Crisis Group said that … [Read more...] about Nagorno-Karabakh conflict creeps closer to Armenia’s capital

Azerbaijan and Armenia have both dismissed calls for a ceasefire amid the latest outbreak of fighting around the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The two sides have been in conflict over the pocket—internationally recognized Azeri land but governed by the ethnic Armenian, self-declared Republic of Artsakh—for decades, but this week's violence is the most serious since a bout of fighting 2016. Both sides have deployed heavy artillery, tanks and drones, and more than 100 people—including civilians—have been killed so far. International calls for calm have fallen on deaf ears. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday: "We only have one condition: Armenian armed forces must unconditionally, fully, and immediately leave our lands." The country's foreign ministry said Wednesday that the government is "resolutely determined to continue the counteroffensive operation until its sovereignty and territorial integrity is fully restored...[and] we clearly see the Armenian troops leaving … [Read more...] about Azerbaijan president demands total Armenian retreat from Nagorno-Karabakh, raising fears of ethnic cleansing

President Donald Trump has said his administration is looking "very strongly" at an outbreak of violence between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, which has left dozens dead and raised fears of a broader war between the Caucasus neighbors. At least 24 people have been killed in fighting that broke out over the weekend and continued into Monday, the Guardian reported. The two sides have long been at loggerheads over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is internationally-recognized Azeri land but is controlled by ethnic Armenians as the self-declared Republic of Artsakh. The two nations went to war between 1988–94 over the region, which broke away from Azerbaijan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since then there have been sporadic border clashes. This weekend's violence is the most significant since 2016, when hundreds of troops on both sides were killed during a spate of border fighting. Heavy artillery, helicopter gunships and … [Read more...] about Trump says U.S. will try to stop Armenia, Azerbaijan war as nations urge calm

Armenia has declared martial law and total military mobilization following reignited clashes with Azerbaijani forces over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Armenia has accused neighboring Azerbaijan of carrying out air and artillery attacks on Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed territory recognized as part of Azerbaijan but controlled by ethnic Armenians. The area in south-eastern Europe has been the subject of conflict for decades between the two countries, which were both part of the Soviet Union until the bloc's collapse in 1991. Armenia's Defense Ministry said it downed two Azerbaijani helicopters, with Azerbaijan accusing Armenia's army of attacking civilians and warning that Armenia is "preparing for a new act of aggression and war." On Sunday, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that martial law has been declared in the country and urged those in the Nagorno-Karabakh region to seek refuge in shelters, Reuters reported. "I urge the staff attached to the troops … [Read more...] about Armenia declares martial law calling on citizens to “be ready to protect our holy homeland” as Azerbaijan launches attack

The American call for a ceasefire in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib has fallen on deaf ears with Russia and Turkey both vowing to continue what appears to be the last battle of the nine-year war, despite the "horrifying" humanitarian crisis unfolding there, as the United Nations has described it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday there is no military solution to the fighting in Idlib, which is the only major area of Syria that remains outside the control of President Bashar al-Assad and his Russian and Iranian allies. The region was home to some 3 million people before the regime launched its latest offensive in December, half of them refugees that fled fighting elsewhere in Syria. The area is largely controlled by Islamist militias, the strongest of which is Hayat Tahrir al-Sham which was formerly allied with Al-Qaeda. More than 900,000 people have left their homes as Syrian forces push into Idlib backed by Russian airstrikes. Rebels in Idlib are being … [Read more...] about U.S. demand for Syria ceasefire ignored as Turkey and Russia vow to continue war’s final battle

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