Xavi begrijpt helemaal niets van de kritiek die zijn oud-ploeggenoot Lionel Messi heeft gekregen. De Argentijnse superster moest het ontgelden bij Atletico Madrids Filipe Luis, tot ongeloof van Xavi. “Messi is een goed persoon”, zegt Xavi, die na meer dan 10 jaar met de Argentijn te hebben samengespeeld afgelopen zomer naar Al-Sadd vertrok.”Lionel is altijd aardig”, vervolgt Xavi bij beIN Sports. “Hij is eerlijk en speelt niet vals. Hij heeft nooit een gebrek aan respect getoond en geeft het goede voorbeeld. Hij is bescheiden, erg professioneel en haat verliezen.(Telegraaf)…[+]
Nieuws volgens datum: 4 May, 2016
Young Somali woman sets herself alight in Australian detention
AUSTRALIA – A 21-year-old Somali asylum seeker has set herself on fire at an Australian offshore processing center on the pacific island of Nauru, less than a week after refugee advocates say she was forcibly sent back there.
The woman, named by refugee advocates as Hodan Yasin, is currently in a critical condition, according to Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. She has been transferred to Australia for medical treatment. On Sunday, another refugee, named as Omid, died in an Australian hospital after setting himself alight on Nauru two days earlier in the presence of United Nations officials. Critics say the self-immolations reflect the desperation of refugees living under Australia’s controversial immigration policy. Asylum seekers who arrive on Australian shores by boat are told they will never settle in the country, and are transferred to remote processing centers on the pacific islands on Nauru and Papua New Guinea. (CNN.COM/photo:www.abc.net.au)…[+]
Miracle as baby girl rescued after 80 hours in rubble of Kenyan building
KENYA – A baby girl has been rescued after 80 hours trapped in the rubble of a collapsed residential building in the Kenyan capital, in what emergency workers are hailing as a miracle.
The infant was pulled alive from the debris yesterday , the Kenya Red Cross said in a statement. “(The) guys were saying it’s a miracle for the baby girl to have been in there without a scratch,” said Bonny Odhiambo, a Red Cross EMT who led the team involved in the rescue. The baby, later identified as 6-month-old Dealeryn Saisi Wasike, has been reunited with her father, according to a statement from the Red Cross. Odhiambo said the infant was discovered by a military search and rescue team using specialized equipment that detected breathing beneath the rubble..(CNN.COM/photo:cnn.com)…[+]
Brazil blocks WhatsApp
BRAZIL – A regional judge on Monday ordered all telephone operators in Brazil to block WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, for failing to turn over data as part of an ongoing drug trafficking investigation.
Starting yesterday the app ceased to function, a move that was sure to frustrate and anger Brazilians who use the messaging and free-calling functions regularly. According to the Sergipe state tribunal’s website, the app will be blocked for 72 hours. Jan Koum, CEO and co-founder of the messaging service, posted a statement on his Facebook page in response to the blocking: “Yet again millions of innocent Brazilians are being punished because a court wants WhatsApp to turn over information we repeatedly said we don’t have,” it said. (CNN.COM/photo: www.huffingtonpost.com)…[+]
