Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry into the USA ahead of the World Cup, has now been appointed by UEFA to officiate PSG vs. Aston Villa in the Super Cup final.
Incorrect. He had a visa. From the US Embassy in Nairobi. It was valid. They vetted him there, and gave him a visa.
Then he landed in Miami, was detained for 11 hours, and deported to Istanbul.
THEN they branded him a terrorist.
A FIFA referee, simply because he’s Somali.
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Dear Counsellor, I went to my wife a few months ago and said we should open our relationship, as when we got together, we agreed that we both were non-traditional people. We’ve been married nine years, and this is the first experiment with anyone outside the marriage. Anyway, she was all for it, and we both started situationships with other people. No intimacy, just a sort of ‘dating’ without strings. The problem is, I realised after a few weeks that I didn’t want this type of life after all, and cut the woman off. My wife, however, is unwilling to do the same with her younger man. She seems quite taken with the new fellow, and says the ‘relationship’ she has with him is good for her mental health. They do various activities together, and it is like she has found her groove again. She REFUSES to end it with him, and I’m stuck looking like a buzz killer. What can I do, before she falls in love?
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Few people would have predicted that a young woman studying accounting at university would one day find herself helping to shape marketing strategies for some of the world’s most recognised brands.
Yet for Netania Mundell, the path from balance sheets to brand storytelling was never about abandoning one ambition for another.
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JAMAICA’S LAND CRABS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME
Every June, Jamaica’s land crabs emerge in their ancient procession, crossing roads, filling buckets, ending up in cooking pots from Portland to St Elizabeth. It is a tradition as old as our memory, but it may not survive another generation.
The blue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) is classified Near Threatened by the IUCN, with declining populations across the Caribbean. It matures slowly, breeds once a year, and takes years to reach harvestable size; not the characteristics of a species that recovers easily from pressure.
The red land crab (Gecarcinus ruricola) faces similar challenges: over-harvesting for food, habitat loss, and slow reproductive rates that make recovery from population crashes difficult and prolonged.
The warning signs are there: We’re seeing fewer crabs on local roadsides with each passing year.
Puerto Rico saw populations crash over four decades under the combined weight of over-harvesting, pesticide contamination, and coastal development. Regulations finally came in 1999; closed seasons, size limits, protected zones; but only after the damage was done. Recovery remains slow and incomplete. The Bahamas, with even fewer controls, offers a still grimmer picture.
Jamaica has no closed season, no size limits, no monitoring programme. Harvesting is effectively open-access. As more land is cleared for buildings and roads, pressure on crab habitats intensifies each season.
The ecological stakes are high. Land crabs aerate coastal soils, cycle nutrients, and sustain the mangrove ecosystems that underpin Jamaica’s tourism economy.
Jamaica hasn’t lost what Puerto Rico spent a generation mourning. Not yet.
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Jamaican pilot Jabari Brown, 21, has been released by Paraguayan authorities after being detained in connection with a major drug bust. Prosecutors cleared Brown, confirming he was a hired co-pilot with no links to the contraband.