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Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press The death of horse Arms Runner overshadowed Sunday’s San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, as he became the 23rd horse to die at the park since Dec. 26. John Cherwa of the Los Angeles Times reported the news, noting Arms Runner fell during the Grade 3 race and was then euthanized after appearing to injure his right front leg. La Sardane tripped on Arms Runner but was able to get up. Dr. Rick Arthur of the California Horse Racing Board confirmed the death. Jockey Martin Pedroza was aboard Arms Runner and avoided serious injury, as did Ruben Fuentes aboard La Sardane. According to Cherwa, 10 of the deaths at the track occurred during training on the dirt surface, seven occurred while racing on the dirt and now six have occurred during turf races. Fox 5 San Diego noted Santa Anita reopened Friday after nearly a monthlong closure for officials to implement new regulations and inspect the track. The California Horse R

Pope Francis  has joined  Morocco ‘s King Mohammed VI in saying  Jerusalem  should be a “symbol of peaceful coexistence” for Christians, Jews and Muslims on the first day of a visit to the North African country. The spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics was invited by King Mohammed VI for the sake of “interreligious dialogue”, according to Moroccan authorities. He is expected to celebrate mass at a Rabat stadium with an estimated 10,000 people attending as well as visiting a church-run social services centre and meeting with Catholic priests and other Christian representatives on Sunday. In a joint statement on Saturday, the two leaders said Jerusalem was “common patrimony of humanity and especially the followers of the three monotheistic religions”. “The specific multi-religious character, the spiritual dimension and the particular cultural identity of Jerusalem… must be protected and promoted,” they said in the declaration released by the Vatican as the pontiff v

Posted April 01, 2019 16:12:51 Photo: Doan Thi Huong pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing hurt by a dangerous weapon. (Reuters: Lai Seng Sin) A Vietnamese woman accused of colluding with four missing North Korean suspects to assassinate the estranged half brother of Kim Jong-un has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for fatally smearing a deadly nerve agent on his face at a Malaysian airport. Key Points: Prosecutors downgraded the murder charge against Doan Thi Huong for her role in Kim Jong-nam’s death Huong is expected to be released from prison by May after a reduction in her sentence for good behaviour She was the only suspect in custody after charges against her co-accused Siti Aisyah were dropped earlier in the month Doan Thi Huong, who was the only suspect in custody for the killing of Kim Jong-nam , pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of causing hurt by a dangerous weapon after her murder charge was downgraded by prosecutors on Mon

By Matt Doran, Georgina Piper and Andrew Kesper Posted April 01, 2019 15:53:57 Shock resignations have dominated the headlines, and when the federal election arrives, voters will farewell some longstanding familiar faces who take with them decades of experience. This is the make-up of the 45th Parliament. Here’s what we know about who won’t be back for the 46th. Christopher Pyne Party: LIB Electorate: Sturt Elected: 1993 Margin: 5.4% Christopher Pyne entered Parliament at the youthful age of 25 in 1993. He’s served in a range of high-profile roles, most recently as Defence Minister and Leader of the House — the Government’s chief tactician in the Lower House. As defence industry minister, he was a campaigner for the future submarine program being built in his home state of South Australia. Mr Pyne is widely seen as one of the more entertaining characters in Federal Parliament, with regular appearances on commercial television and radio. He spoke of his disappoin

Posted April 01, 2019 13:55:32 Photo: Mr Juurik was cleared of negligent driving over the death of homeless man Matthew Hayne. (AAP: Peter Rae) A Sydney magistrate has slammed the “disgraceful waste problem of affluent Sydney” after a frail homeless man was run over and killed by a garbage truck driver who mistook him for a discarded blanket. Key points: Garbage truck driver Ian Juurik was cleared of all charges over the death of homeless man Matthew Hayne Mr Hayne died while sleeping on a thin, grubby mattress on narrow Bourke Lane in Redfern The magistrate said the City of Sydney council removes other large items but mattresses were left on the street for weeks The truck driver and City of Sydney employee Ian Juurik was cleared of negligent driving after he accidentally ran over and killed 31-year-old homeless man Matthew Hayne, who was sleeping on a thin, grubby mattress on narrow Bourke Lane. The court heard Mr Hayne was “very, very emaciated” and residents

Zion Williamson (left), Cam Reddish and Tre Jones lost their shot at a Final Four berth Sunday, bringing to an end their one season as college teammates. Patrick Smith/Getty Images WASHINGTON — They wanted to be together. A few years ago, these four sensational freshmen had been strangers scattered across North America. Then, in fits and starts, they formed friendships. They shared meals at AAU tournaments in South Carolina or roomed together at USA Basketball camps in Colorado Springs. And then, beginning in the fall of 2017, Tre Jones, Cam Reddish, RJ Barrett and Zion Williamson committed—not only to Duke but also to each other. Any of them would have been the prized recruit for almost any college basketball team. Jones was the Russian nesting doll of his brother Tyus, who had guided Duke to a national championship in 2015. Reddish was the do-everything wing who some thought would wind up the most talented NBA player of the four. Barrett was the consensus No. 1 player in the co

Kiev, Ukraine – Comedian  Volodymyr Zelensky will face incumbent President Petro Poroshenko in a runoff vote for  Ukraine ‘s presidency, exit polls have shown. Zelensky,  a political novice  who is better known for playing a president in a TV sitcom, was projected to win 30.6 percent of the votes cast on Sunday,  according to surveys conducted by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology and the Razumkov Centre. “This is just a first step towards a great victory,” he told supporters after the publication of the exit polls.  Poroshenko, who has been in power since 2014, was forecast to come second, with 17.8 percent of the vote. “I critically and soberly understand the signal that society gave today to the acting authorities,” he said, accepting the projected results. It was a different story for  opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who disputed the surveys that showed her coming in third, with 14.2 percent of the vote.   “I urge not to consider exit polls as the ultima

Kyle Guy Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Kyle Guy, Virginia Tournament Stats: 11.8 PPG, 6.3 RPG, 1.3 APG, 21.1% 3PT The first 3.5 games of the tournament were a nightmare for Guy. Through 44 field-goal attempts, he had just 26 points. He was 3-of-29 from three-point range, and he rolled his ankle near the end of the first half of the Elite Eight game against Purdue. Out of nowhere, though, he drained five threes and scored 21 points between the second half and overtime. Guy entered the Big Dance shooting 46.3 percent from three-point range and had games in the first half of March in which he shot 7-of-9 and 8-of-10 from downtown. It was a brutal start, but better late than never. If he can shoot in Minneapolis like he did during the regular season, Virginia should win it all.                   Ty Jerome, Virginia Tournament Stats: 15.5 PPG, 5.5 APG, 4.0 RPG, 2.0 SPG, 40.7% 3PT Jerome is one of those combo guards who is so good that we take him for granted until he has a rare off

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“There’s never been an Arab state here with the capital of Jerusalem,” says Daniel Luria. “There’s never been a Palestinian state here. This talk about Palestine, Palestine … I’ve never heard of anything more absurd.” Luria is the executive director of Ateret Cohanim, a settler organisation working to create a Jewish majority in the city of Jerusalem . Raised in Australia, Luria says Israel is his only home, in spite of only having moved there 25 years ago. He is one of more than 850,000 people residing in Jerusalem. After a peaceful period under Ottoman rule, where Islam, Christianity and Judaism coexisted in relative harmony, the decline of the empire and consequent victory of the British in Palestine during World War I set the stage for the eventual takeover of the city. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Jewish forces captured West Jerusalem as the eastern half became part of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan . Almost two decades later, the  1967 Six-Day War would see the Jewish

Updated April 01, 2019 09:11:06 Photo: Labor argues transport emissions can be reduced while saving Australians money. (ABC News: Nick Haggarty) Businesses would be given tax breaks to buy electric cars under a Labor Party plan to curb pollution and massively increase the number of battery-powered vehicles on Australian roads. Key points: Bill Shorten will announce Labor’s climate change policy aimed at cutting emissions by 45 per cent by 2030 He will confirm Labor will not use carry-over carbon credits, a carbon tax or carbon price to meet emissions reductions targets Labor has set a target of electric cars making up half of all new cars sold in Australia by 2030 Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will today unveil Labor’s climate change policy — the plan it will use to reach its target of cutting emissions by 45 per cent by 2030, and ensure half of Australia’s energy comes from renewable sources by 2050. As expected, Labor is planning to expand the Turnbull Governm

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Updated April 01, 2019 08:49:21 Photo: Zaynab (top left), Hoda (top right), and Humzeh (bottom, middle) survive. (Supplied.) The surviving children of Australia’s most notorious convert to the Islamic State group Khaled Sharrouf have escaped the last brutal battle against the terrorist organisation in Syria and are being held in a refugee camp in the country’s north, as their Australian grandmother pleads for help to bring them home. Key points: The five Sharrouf children were taken to Islamic State territory in Syria by their mother, Tara, in early 2014 Only three children have survived their five-year ordeal, and since mid-March they have been held at the al-Hawl refugee camp in north-eastern Syria Their grandmother Karen Nettleton is calling on the Australian Government to help her rescue the children, following similar actions by other Western nations The ABC has confirmed Sharrouf’s three remaining children — Zaynab, 17; Hoda, 16; Humzeh, eight — fled the sie