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Eddie Jones suspended for four games over ‘verbal abuse’ of match officials during an Australian tour, Japan Rugby Football Union says.Published On 13 May 202613 May 2026Japan has suspended rugby coach Eddie Jones for four games and cut his salary for “verbal abuse directed at local officials” during an Australian tour.The Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) said on Wednesday that the 66-year-old Australian violated their ethics and disciplinary regulations during a Japan Under-23 team tour of Australia from April 1 to 15.“These measures relate to incidences of verbal abuse directed at local match officials,” the JRFU said in a statement.They…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A whistleblower is set to testify before the Senate on the alleged cover-up of the origins of COVID-19.The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony from an unnamed longtime CIA employee on Wednesday on allegations that there was a cover-up of the origins of the virus with roots that run deep in the federal government and intelligence community.It’s part of Sen. Rand Paul’s, R-Ky., crusade against former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director Dr. Anthony Fauci and his role in examining the origins of COVID-19, his…

On Tuesday during Victims and Survivors of Crime Week in Saskatchewan, Saskatoon provincial court looks a little different. Domestic violence court cases are heard every Tuesday in a therapeutic court aimed at holding offenders accountable and connecting families with support.Statistics Canada data shows that Saskatchewan has the highest rate of family and intimate partner violence among provinces.Domestic violence court was introduced in Saskatchewan to break that cycle and support the people caught in it.“Therapeutic court is designed basically to get to the root issues of why people are offending. Unfortunately, not everybody learns how to deal with conflict in a…

Japanese Rugby has slapped a six-week ban and docked the salary of Eddie Jones for verbal abuse directed at match officials during an U23 tour to Australia.

BESSENT PREPS IN SOUTH KOREAWhile Trump rubbed shoulders with Huang and Elon Musk aboard Air Force One, Bessent held his latest round of trade negotiations with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng at a reception room at South Korea’s Incheon airport.A US official said the talks ran about three hours. China’s official Xinhua news agency described them as “candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges”, but officials did not offer any detailed summary.Trade ties between Beijing and Washington have been fraught in recent years. The two sides are eager to maintain a truce struck last October in which Trump suspended triple-digit tariffs on…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A Michigan man will spend decades behind bars after authorities said he fatally ran over his best friend just hours after celebrating his wedding, according to court proceedings.James Shirah, 24, was sentenced Monday in Genesee County Circuit Court to 30 to 45 years in prison after pleading no contest to second-degree murder in the death of Terry Taylor Jr.The incident unfolded Aug. 30, 2024, in Flint, roughly an hour northwest of Detroit, after Shirah and his bride, Savanah Collier, had gotten married earlier that day. Authorities said the celebration later moved to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cherie DeVaux made history when Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby at the beginning of May, becoming the first female trainer to win the first leg of the Triple Crown.DeVaux, 44, said that while she never made her gender part of her identity as a horse trainer, it was the one thing she wanted to do as a female.”It was the one thing as a female I wanted to do just cause I thought it would be – it’s a neat benchmark. There are 151 runnings with all men and then it’s…

Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s former chief of staff and close aide, is now at the centre of the country’s biggest corruption investigation since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.Anticorruption authorities named him an official suspect on Monday in an alleged multimillion-dollar money laundering scheme linked to a luxury housing project outside the capital, Kyiv.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listYermak appeared at a Kyiv court on Tuesday for a hearing related to the charges, which are part of a widening probe drawing in other senior figures associated with the president, including his national security chief.While Zelenskyy is not…

President Trump landed in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a crucial moment in Mr. Trump’s presidency amid the war with Iran and uncertainty about the economy. “We’re the two superpowers,” Mr. Trump told reporters as he departed the White House on Tuesday. “We’re the strongest nation on Earth in terms of military. China’s considered second.”Mr. Trump was greeted by Chinese officials at the airport in Beijing for an arrival ceremony. The U.S. president and his entourage descended the steps of AIr Force One and were greeted by China’s vice president Han Zheng,…

British Columbia’s public safety minister says that while police in the province have reported declining extortion cases in recent months, combating the crisis remains the government’s top public safety priority. Nina Krieger gave the opening remarks at a roundtable discussion on extortion involving several police officials, saying they, along with the Canada Border Services Agency, have made good progress in holding extortionists to account.RCMP Deputy Commissioner Dwayne McDonald says there has been an overall decrease in extortion-related activities in the province, attributing the progress to the work of the B.C. Extortion Task Force, its partners and others.He told the online discussion…