
Another dozen states are expected to follow suit with their own restrictions.

Two months after the Supreme Court struck down the constitutional right to abortion, nearly 21 million women have already lost access to the procedure in their home states, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.Īnd with Idaho, Tennessee and Texas joining 10 other Republican-controlled states in implementing near-total bans on abortion, that number is set to rise. In this file photo taken on July 4, 2022, a reproductive rights activist, gagged by a scarf in the colors of the US flag, marches during a protest against a recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion rights, in New York (Ed Jones/AFP)Ībortion became illegal in three more US states today, further restricting access to elective terminations for millions of women. “We are in the process of examining the response of the Americans,” Amir-Abdollahian says. The comments come a day after the United States responded to Iran’s proposals on reviving the landmark agreement trashed by former US president Donald Trump. The issue has poisoned relations between the IAEA and the Islamic Republic, which considers the matter “political in nature, and which should not be used as a pretext to punish Iran,” an Iranian diplomat says, quoted by IRNA. “We are very serious about safeguard issues, and do not want to allow some of the IAEA’s baseless accusations to remain,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says, according to state news agency IRNA. In June, the IAEA’s board of governors adopted a resolution censuring Iran for failing to adequately explain the previous discovery of traces of enriched uranium at three sites that Tehran had not declared as having hosted nuclear activities. Washington has said the United States remains adamant that Iran cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency to clear up suspicions about earlier work at three undeclared sites. Iran’s top diplomat demands that the UN nuclear watchdog drop the issue of three undeclared sites, as momentum builds to revive a 2015 nuclear deal. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian listens to a question during a joint press briefing with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2022.

The 32 teams will share about 2 billion euros ($1.99 billion) in UEFA prize money. The Champions League group stage starts early this season on September 6 and ends five weeks sooner than usual on November 2 because of the World Cup in Qatar, which starts November 20.įixture congestion caused by the first World Cup played in the European winter means the Champions League final in Istanbul’s Atatürk Olympic Stadium is on June 10. No Israeli team has ever made it past the group stage. The top two teams in each stage will advance to the knockout rounds. In their last appearance, in 2009-2010, the team made history by failing to score a single goal in all six matches. It is just the third time Maccabi has made it this far in the UEFA Champions League, European soccer’s premier annual tournament. The team was mobbed by ecstatic supporters upon returning to Israel the next day. Maccabi clinched its spot in the group stage Tuesday on a 90th-minute own-goal by Belgrade Red Star, giving the team a 5-4 victory on aggregate. Haifa’s other matchups won’t be much easier: Juventus and Benfica are both two-time champions, and perennially at the top of the tables in their respective home leagues. The team lost in the Champions League final two years ago, but betting sites list it as one of the favorites this year.

The Maccabi Haifa soccer team has been placed in group H of the Champion’s League group stage, where it will face off against French powerhouse Paris Saint-Germain, as well as Italian club Juventus and Portugal’s Benfica.įrance’s defending champion, PSG, features some of the world’s top players, including Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.
