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Scottish Sun
a day ago
- Sport
- Scottish Sun
Ex-Aberdeen star Bojan Miovski's Girona nightmare could be OVER
THE striker could be on the move again, only a year after he left Scotland ABERDEEN let North Macedonian striker Bojan Miovski leave the north-east for a club record fee last year. The talisman left Scotland for Champions League football with Girona, after the Dons did everything they could to hold on to their star man. 2 Bojan Miovski's Girona career hasn't went as planned so far 2 He left Aberdeen for the Catalan side for a fee of around £6million, Aberdeen's record departure Credit: SNS He earned his move after a stellar spell with Aberdeen, scoring 44 goals in 98 matches, but he had big shoes to fill on the continent. Ukranian forward Artem Dovbyk left Girona for Roma that summer and the former Dons man was brought in to replace the prolific forward. Miovski has not lived up to the high expectations that were set for his move in his debut year though. He has only netted a mere four times for Girona, two of which came against fifth tier side, CD Extremadura, and set up two goals in 25 matches. In the last 10 La Liga matches of the season, the striker only managed 20 minutes of football as his side battled for survival, which has left his future well and truly up in the air. According to AS, Girona chiefs are set for some tough talks in the off-season, with Miovski not excluded from the list. He is under contract until 2028, meaning it won't be easy to find the 25-year-old a new suitor. His transfer value has dropped significantly after his poor season, with the forward now valued at £2.5million, according to Transfermarkt, over £3million less than what he left Aberdeen for. Both Celtic and Rangers were said to be interested when the striker was on Aberdeen's books. Birmingham City were among other clubs outside of the old-firm pair who tried for his signature, before he penned with the Catalan side. Aberdeen's Scottish Cup-winning heroes greeted by thousands on open top bus parade through the city after beating Celtic Girona avoided relegation by just ONE point this season, dropping off from the heights of Champions League the season before. A huge rebuild could be on the cards for the club as they try and climb back up the table next year, and Miovski could very well be one of the players moved on. Keep up to date with ALL the latest news and transfers at the Scottish Sun football page
1News
3 days ago
- Politics
- 1News
Body of Kiwi killed in Ukraine has not been located, says ambassador
Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says the body of the latest New Zealander killed in its war remains missing. As 1News reported exclusively on Thursday, Shan-Le Kearns was recently killed in Ukraine. However, it remained unclear whether his family will be able to say a proper goodbye. Today, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon described Kearns' death as an 'absolute tragedy', but couldn't say what, if anything, could be done to bring him home. Shan-Le Kearns. (Source: Supplied) 'We haven't had official confirmation from the Ukranian authorities so it's not appropriate for me to comment too much further,' said Luxon. ADVERTISEMENT While his remains were still believed to be on Russian-occupied land, the Russian embassy told 1News that, since he was supporting Ukraine, Kyiv was responsible for his fate, along with answering any queries about bringing him home. Ukraine's ambassador to Australia and New Zealand, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, said in a text that Kearns was officially listed as missing, which meant his body had not been located. Shan-le Kearns was the fourth New Zealander known to be killed in Ukraine — after Dominic Abelen, Andrew Bagshaw and Kane Te Tai. Shan-Le Kearns is the fourth New Zealander to be killed. Lisa Davies spoke with his mother. (Source: 1News) Efforts to repatriate their bodies home have taken as little as a few months, and as long as a few years. Former Defence Minister and soldier Ron Mark said: 'They all perform with distinction, and they paid the ultimate price knowing that might well be the case.' Those who went to Ukraine did so without our Government's backing, he said. ADVERTISEMENT 'I think that's sad, personally, but you know that's only a personal view, it's only my view and the government has other things to consider. I know that,' said Mark. New Zealand has supported the war-torn nation off the battlefield instead, helping train its soldiers before deployment. 'I feel for the family. I feel for his mum, I feel for his dad, but I take some consolation they're very proud of their son.'
Yahoo
3 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Opinion - Does Trump know that Putin is using him as his puppet?
As America was observing Memorial Day, Russia launched its largest missile and drone attack of the three-year-old war on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities. Scores of men, women and children were killed, adding to the more than 600 civilian deaths that have occurred since the beginning of the year, despite President Trump's promise to end the war in a day. The deliberate targeting of civilians in schools, playgrounds and hospitals adds to the long list of Vladimir Putin's war crimes, none of which has motivated Trump to escalate either sanctions on Russia and the countries aiding its aggression or to augment and hasten the supply of effective weaponry to Ukraine. By contrast, when Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky hesitated before accepting Trump's ultimatum on a one-sided mineral-rights deal without a security guarantee, Trump immediately suspended intelligence and arms support to Ukraine (since partially restored). Trump has failed to follow through on any of his warnings to Russia, including its latest aerial attack on Ukraine's population and infrastructure. Instead, he has gone from warning Putin weeks ago, 'Vladimir, STOP!' to now declaring the Russian ruler 'has gone absolutely CRAZY.' Trump's latest declaration either serves to excuse himself for vastly misjudging a man he often claims to know well, and greatly admires, or, far less plausibly, to plead that Putin has somehow changed his nature. Trump is not the first U.S. president to claim to have been deceived by Putin and Russia. George W. Bush said he had peered into Putin's eyes and gotten 'a sense of his soul.' Even before Putin, Jimmy Carter said the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan changed his opinion of Russia 'more drastically in the last week than even the previous two and a half years.' The application of Richard Nixon's 'madman' theory, which he used to intimidate potential adversaries by making them think him illogical and volatile, can serve as a pretext for Trump's lack of action — not only for depredations Putin has already committed but to excuse any future outrages. Putin has cleverly fed those fears with his references to the use of nuclear weapons. Like Joe Biden before him, Trump fears provoking World War III more than Putin supposedly does, and so he is prepared to back down in a confrontation with a seemingly irrational adversary. In fact, Putin has shown no sign of suicidal tendencies. Rather, his provocative and escalatory behavior is quite rational, carried out with the confidence that 'responsible' leaders in Washington — Barack Obama, Biden, Trump — will always blink first to prevent the situation from getting out of control. Never has an American president so abjectly subordinated himself to a foreign leader — a proclaimed enemy of the U.S., no less — and been so publicly humiliated as has been the dynamic between Trump and Putin. Explanations for Trump's bizarrely un-American behavior range from the simplistically psychological (his fascination with the world's dictators) to the dangerously sinister 'Russian asset' theory, which posits that Putin has some nefarious hold on him through bribery or blackmail. That would certainly explain their kabuki dance on the war, where Putin pretends to want peace as he proceeds with his Ukraine demolition project while Trump pretends to care. If the latter explanation is closer to the truth than that Trump is entirely out of his depth and is simply overwhelmed by Putin's machinations, then the entire impetus of 'making America great again' is a gigantic subversive smokescreen for the opposite objective: diminishing America's strategic and moral leadership role in the world. Neither gross incompetence nor treasonous intent would be a cause for hope. Joseph Bosco served as China country director for the secretary of Defense from 2005 to 2006 and as Asia-Pacific director of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief from 2009 to 2010. He is a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies, a member of the advisory board of the Global Taiwan Institute and member of the advisory board of The Vandenberg Coalition. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Does Trump know that Putin is using him as his puppet?
As America was observing Memorial Day, Russia launched its largest missile and drone attack of the three-year-old war on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities. Scores of men, women and children were killed, adding to the more than 600 civilian deaths that have occurred since the beginning of the year, despite President Trump's promise to end the war in a day. The deliberate targeting of civilians in schools, playgrounds and hospitals adds to the long list of Vladimir Putin's war crimes, none of which has motivated Trump to escalate either sanctions on Russia and the countries aiding its aggression or to augment and hasten the supply of effective weaponry to Ukraine. By contrast, when Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky hesitated before accepting Trump's ultimatum on a one-sided mineral-rights deal without a security guarantee, Trump immediately suspended intelligence and arms support to Ukraine (since partially restored). Trump has failed to follow through on any of his warnings to Russia, including its latest aerial attack on Ukraine's population and infrastructure. Instead, he has gone from warning Putin weeks ago, 'Vladimir, STOP!' to now declaring the Russian ruler 'has gone absolutely CRAZY.' Trump's latest declaration either serves to excuse himself for vastly misjudging a man he often claims to know well, and greatly admires, or, far less plausibly, to plead that Putin has somehow changed his nature. Trump is not the first U.S. president to claim to have been deceived by Putin and Russia. George W. Bush said he had peered into Putin's eyes and gotten 'a sense of his soul.' Even before Putin, Jimmy Carter said the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan changed his opinion of Russia 'more drastically in the last week than even the previous two and a half years.' The application of Richard Nixon's 'madman' theory, which he used to intimidate potential adversaries by making them think him illogical and volatile, can serve as a pretext for Trump's lack of action — not only for depredations Putin has already committed but to excuse any future outrages. Putin has cleverly fed those fears with his references to the use of nuclear weapons. Like Joe Biden before him, Trump fears provoking World War III more than Putin supposedly does, and so he is prepared to back down in a confrontation with a seemingly irrational adversary. In fact, Putin has shown no sign of suicidal tendencies. Rather, his provocative and escalatory behavior is quite rational, carried out with the confidence that 'responsible' leaders in Washington — Barack Obama, Biden, Trump — will always blink first to prevent the situation from getting out of control. Never has an American president so abjectly subordinated himself to a foreign leader — a proclaimed enemy of the U.S., no less — and been so publicly humiliated as has been the dynamic between Trump and Putin. Explanations for Trump's bizarrely un-American behavior range from the simplistically psychological (his fascination with the world's dictators) to the dangerously sinister 'Russian asset' theory, which posits that Putin has some nefarious hold on him through bribery or blackmail. That would certainly explain their kabuki dance on the war, where Putin pretends to want peace as he proceeds with his Ukraine demolition project while Trump pretends to care. If the latter explanation is closer to the truth than that Trump is entirely out of his depth and is simply overwhelmed by Putin's machinations, then the entire impetus of 'making America great again' is a gigantic subversive smokescreen for the opposite objective: diminishing America's strategic and moral leadership role in the world. Neither gross incompetence nor treasonous intent would be a cause for hope. Joseph Bosco served as China country director for the secretary of Defense from 2005 to 2006 and as Asia-Pacific director of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief from 2009 to 2010. He is a nonresident fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies, a member of the advisory board of the Global Taiwan Institute and member of the advisory board of The Vandenberg Coalition.
Straits Times
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Straits Times
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite American school in Madrid
MADRID - An unidentified gunman or gunmen shot and killed former Ukrainian politician Andriy Portnov on Wednesday morning outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, a source close to the police investigation said. Police received a call about the shooting of a Ukranian citizen at 9.15 a.m. (0715 GMT) local time outside the elite American School of Madrid, located in Pozuelo de Alarcon, Madrid police told Reuters, without identifying the victim. Portnov was a senior aide to Ukraine's former President Viktor Yanukovich who was ousted in the 2014 Euromaidan revolution. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, there have been several crimes involving high-profile Russian and Ukrainians in Spain, which has significant expatriate populations from both countries. In November and December 2022, six letter bombs were sent to high profile targets around Spain, including to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, government offices, a European Union satellite company and the U.S. Embassy. A 76-year-old retired Spanish civil servant whose social media searches suggested sympathy for Russia was jailed for the offences. In April 2022, a Russian businessman tied to Russia's gas company Novatek was found dead in an apparent suicide together with his wife and daughter who had suffered stab wounds. In February 2024, a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his helicopter was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the parking garage of his apartment block near Alicante. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
