Stuttgart, Germany – Minutes after the results of the first exit polls flashed across German screens, Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) declared in a televised statement at the party’s headquarters that he was going nowhere. “It’s a disaster,” he said of the state elections in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on September 20….

Protesters interrupted Ireland’s match against Austria with tennis balls and Palestine flags, demanding their country’s next UEFA Nations League fixture against Israel be stopped. Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026 Share Protests disrupt Ireland football match with ‘Palestine tennis balls’ on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

NBA says its focus is on new global academy opening in Abu Dhabi as Africa, Mexico and Australia hit by closures. Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026 The NBA has closed its only elite training academy in Africa, less than a decade after it was launched in Senegal to prepare promising young African players…