Daily Post Nigeria EPL: Maresca picks team that will challenge Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal for title Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport Sport EPL: Maresca picks team that will challenge Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal for title Published on December 24, 2024 By Ifreke Inyang Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has refused to rule Manchester City out of the Premier League title race. Maresca believes the reigning champions will still compete with Liverpool, Arsenal, and Chelsea for the title. Liverpool currently sit four points clear at the top of the table heading into Christmas, with Chelsea in second place, two points ahead of Arsenal. Nottingham Forest occupies the final Champions League spot. Meanwhile, Manchester City are in seventh place following a poor run of form, trailing Liverpool by 12 points. Despite City’s struggles, Maresca expects them to mount a title challenge as the season progresses, attributing their current issues to a spate of injuries. Maresca told reporters: “Manchester City, in the end, will be there. They are experiencing a moment that has never happened before. “Every time they play a game, they have an injury, and they don’t have enough players at the moment. The ones they do have are not 100 per cent fit because they are just coming back from injury. It’s a very bad situation.” Related Topics: arsenal chelsea EPL liverpool Maresca Don't Miss EPL: Amorim considers Osimhen transfer You may like EPL: Amorim considers Osimhen transfer EPL: He’s important to us – Guardiola on Man City star EPL: Maresca confirms key player to miss Chelsea vs Fulham EPL: I’m really frustrated – Man Utd manager, Amorim EPL: Alan Shearer predict Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal Boxing Day fixtures EPL: Amorim reveals when he will pick Rashford again Advertise About Us Contact Us Privacy-Policy Terms Copyright © Daily Post Media LtdTrump backs foreign worker visa program splitting his supportersHeavy travel day starts with brief grounding of all American Airlines flights

NEW YORK—The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train used a shirt to fan the flames, a prosecutor said Tuesday at his arraignment on murder charges. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the United States illegally, was not required to enter a plea and did not speak at the hearing in Brooklyn criminal court. Zapeta, wearing a white jumpsuit over a weathered black hooded sweatshirt, will remain jailed and is due back in court on Friday. His lawyer did not ask for bail. Zapeta is charged with two counts of murder, accusing him of intentionally killing the woman and killing her while committing arson. He is also charged with one count of arson. The top charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez called the attack a “gruesome and senseless act of violence” and said it would be “met with the most serious consequences.” The apparently random attack occurred Sunday morning on an F train that was stopped at the Coney Island station. The victim’s identification is still pending. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who may have been sleeping in the train, and set her clothing on fire with a lighter. Zapeta then fanned the flames with a shirt, engulfing her in fire, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said in court Tuesday. Zapeta then sat on a bench on the subway platform and watched, Rottenberg said. According to Rottenberg, Zapeta told detectives that he didn’t know what happened but identified himself in images of the attack. Zapeta’s lawyer, Andrew Friedman, did not speak to reporters after the arraignment. Video on social media appears to show some people looking on from the platform and at least one police officer walking by while the woman is on fire inside the train. NYPD Transit Chief Joseph Gulotta said Sunday that several officers responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be” while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. “Officers who were on patrol on an upper level of that station smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate. What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. They eventually put the fire out, but “unfortunately, it was too late,” Tisch said, and the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. Zapeta was taken into custody Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after teenagers recognized him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. The shelter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta was deported in 2018 but later reentered the United States illegally. Overall, crime is down in the transit system compared to last year. Major felonies declined 6 percent between January and November compared to the same time period last year, according to data from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. But murders are up, with nine killings this year through November compared to five during the same period last year. Policing the subway is difficult, given the vast network of trains moving between 472 stations. Each stop contains multiple entry points and, in many stations, multiple floors and platforms.The country's passport authority has tendered an apology to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for "mistakenly" placing the name of PTI leader and noted lawyer Shoab Shaheen on the Passport Control List (PCL). IHC's single-member bench comprising Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir on Friday took up a petition filed by Shaheen against authorities' decision to impose restrictions on his travel abroad. During the hearing, Shaheen appeared in person before the court and argued that his name was initially placed on the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL). He said the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) removed his name from the list on a court order. "However, my name was later added to the PCL as an act of political retaliation," he said. An FIA representative informed the court that Shaheen's name was not placed on any list by their agency. Meanwhile, a representative of the Passport Office said his name was mistakenly added to the PCL, but the error has now been rectified. Extending an apology, he said Shoaib Shaheen's passport had been reactivated. Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir remarked that re-adding the name to any list in the future would constitute contempt of court. The hearing was then adjourned until January 13. COMMENTS Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive. For more information, please see our

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Your black plastic kitchen utensils aren’t so toxic after all. But you should still toss them, group saysThe City of Prince George and the Prince George Humane Society will soon be partnering with a new location opening in 2025. It will be located at 4011 Lansdowne Rd. The partnership is under a five-year contract with the option for a three-year renewal. This agreement came after the BC SPCA's contract ended, with the city offering a $1,209,315 contract to the Humane Society. The SPCA will still continue its work in the city including working with bylaw in handling animal cruelty investigations. The new location will offer community animal shelter services that will handle stray animal intake and adoption services for both cats and dogs. The Humane Society has also decided to keep its current location on First Avenue open as well allow for an expansion of services. “We have a lot of programs and services that we believe would benefit the community as well as the city," said Humane Society president Angela McLaren. So it would be a great opportunity for us...” Explains Humane Society president Angela McLaren. “That includes working with pets with behavioural issues but also working on providing services for low-income community members. We've recognized that shelters are pretty overwhelmed with the number of animals that have been surrendered ... We felt that we needed to create solutions to prevent animals from coming into the shelters, we just couldn't continue with our old capacity. That's a program we believe that with the city we can provide some additional support to the community members." The First Avenue location will specifically be the cat adoption and humane education centre and will continue to offer the same services and programs as before with no interruption expected. As McLaren notes, this new location is expected to increase community engagement and volunteering efforts. “I know a lot of people didn't necessarily volunteer at the First Avenue location because we didn't always have dogs, but now there will be opportunities for people to get involved with socializing and walking dogs, so we want to encourage people to go to our website and put in a volunteer application," she said. If you are looking to help out the Humane Society in the new year applications can be found at www.pghumanesociety.ca .

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