Новости за 09.08.2021

Chelsea are trying to sign Romelu Lukaku instead of Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane because they view the Belgian striker as ‘more attainable’ (The Guardian).  Fabrizio Romano has stated that Lukaku is now one step away from joining Chelsea with a massive €115m coming as the final fee. The 28-year-old has reportedly already agreed on personal […]

Well, folks, it looks like the New York Mets picked the wrong time to hit the skids. After finishing up a 5-6 homestand last weekend, many of us looked at the upcoming seven-game road trip against the Miami Marlins and Philadelphia Phillies as a way to finally put some distance between themselves and the rest […]

"I want to address the complicated employment issues raised in the press."

Big terror bust by Punjab Police; Nyoma ALG in Ladakh remains busy post India-China military disengagement; more

Pere has emerged as the Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye Head of House for week three. During the head of house games on Monday evening, Pere victoriously got the highest points and earned the most coveted title of head of house for the week. With this new position, he is free from eviction, gets…

European soccer insider Martin Green just locked in his best bets for Tuesday's Champions League qualifier on Paramount+

Twinkle lights, a faux fur rug, wall decor, and more things to make your dorm feel like home.

Olfa Hamdi & Anthony Kim, RCWorld

On Sunday, July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied temporarily suspended the democratically elected Parliament and imposed a national curfew, using the military to enforce these decisions. To justify these extraordinary steps, Saied cited an article of Tunisia's constitution that allows the president to take "exceptional measures" in the event of imminent threats to national institutions, independence or the functioning of public powers.

It could all be up to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to preserve the life-saving Hyde amendment in the budget reconciliation process.  If pro-abortion Democrat senators succeed in first passing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, they then...

Bajrang Punia spoke about being concerned about the injury he suffered shortly before the Tokyo Olympics.

Is it too late to update your banking information for Friday's check? When is the next deadline to opt out? Here's what you need to know before the second check comes.

George Pagoulatos, Ekathimerini

The new map of global threats restructures politics within states, revealing new lines of division. In the Western world it is the cross-party forces of science and rationality versus the "deniers" - deniers of science, vaccines, climate change and empirical truth itself. In the mature American republic, the latter invaded Congress. In Europe they threaten public health and fundamental democratic acquis.

Phillip Orchard, Geopolitical Futures

Senior U.S. diplomats were fanned out across the Indo-Pacific last week. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin toured Southeast Asia, outlining to circumspect U.S. partners a vision for "integrated deterrence" and, in Manila, tending to a festering wound at the heart of U.S. regional strategy. This followed Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman's visits to Seoul and Tokyo, indispensable U.S. allies whose

Rachel Esplin Odell et al, Foreign Affairs

Oriana Skylar Mastro's article "The Taiwan Temptation" (July/August 2021) is one of many recent articles that warns of the growing risk of Chinese aggression in the Taiwan Strait. Such articles have become so common that they have created something of an invasion panic in Washington—one that is damaging to both the United States' and Taiwan's interests. Anxiety about impending Chinese aggression was part of what drove Washington in recent...

Nathan Levine, Foreign Policy

Beijing recognizes promoting human rights and democracy is an ideological challenge. So should Washington.

Annalena Baerbock, Financial Times

Co-leader of Green party says climate neutrality should be made the new engine of prosperity

Stefan Vladisavljev, WOTR

If you walk down the streets of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, your face will almost certainly be recorded by one of the city's 1,000 Huawei security surveillance cameras. Your Instagram post, tweet, phone conversation, or video call will be enabled by Huawei's equipment in the country's landline and

Sumantra Maitra, National Interest

Ideas won't matter if there is no America to preserve anyway.

Anthony Cordesman, CSIS

The U.S. "long war" in Afghanistan may be ending, although it is far from clear what will happen when U.S. forces fully withdraw, and there is no way to predict what kind of new government will emerge and what level of U.S. aid and assistance - if any - will continue. The story in Iraq, however, is very different. The "long war" in Iraq against ISIS and extremist movements has broken up the ISIS "caliphate" - although elements of ISIS remain all too active - but Iraq remains a major strategic interest... Читать дальше...

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Tri-City ValleyCats infielder Brad Zunica and Southern Illinois Miners left-hander Gunnar Kines have won this week’s Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. These awards are chosen by Pointstreak, who is the official statistical provider of the Frontier League.   This is Zunica’s first time winning the Player of the Week award and the second […]

Shehu Muhammad said the state government had on August 6, announced the postponement of school resumption till further notice as advised by security agencies.

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OPINION: It was only through a large dose of luck and a little cleverness that Jacinda Ardern dodged political disaster this week. Today could easily have been the worst, at least of her second term. On ...

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