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The golfer reflects on the emotional backdrop of bereavement to a long-awaited victory and talks of major and Ryder Cup hopes The tears could easily have been mistaken for ones of joy. The three years between Tommy Fleetwood’s victory at the Nedbank Challenge of 2019 and repeat glory in November failed to return a victory. They included a “terrible” run of form and a front-row seat as the United States celebrated a Ryder Cup trouncing of Europe . As Fleetwood held off Ryan Fox by one shot, he was entitled to deep reflection. One of the world’s finest golfers was back where he belonged. There was, however, far deeper reasoning. Fleetwood’s mother, Sue, died at the age of 60 in July. In South Africa, he was understandably hit by a kaleidoscope of thoughts. “That was the emotional part,” Fleetwood says. “I wasn’t emotional about winning. I felt very calm that day, I enjoyed playing and coming down the stretch. My mindset was good, I was playing really well. Continue reading... source

Parties, weddings, back-on-again concerts and overdue catch-ups: The social calendar is back in full swing after nearly three years of pandemic-related lockdowns and restrictions. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Saracens 35-3 Exeter Farrell runs the game to make statement to Borthwick Owen Farrell got Saracens back into the winning habit with a masterly display from the fly-half, which provoked the question: “Why don’t England give him the keys to No 10?” Farrell, more often than not a 12 at Test level, ran the game with his boot and his range of passing and made a statement to England’s new head coach about where he is most effective. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

• It takes 26 hours for the entire world to enter the New Year. See who's next • What will the holiday weather be like? • The team behind CNN's 'New Year's Eve Live' source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Moscow wants to cause darkness and leave the country "in the dark for the New Year," as deadly strikes swept several regions on Saturday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Two people died in a rock slide earlier this week at the Yosemite National Park, according to the local county sheriff’s office. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

President Joe Biden has pardoned six people who have served out sentences after convictions on a murder charge and drug- and alcohol-related crimes. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Broadcaster tells ITV’s Loose Women that daughter Betty’s mental health affected and she is using wheelchair Broadcaster Jonathan Ross has opened up about his daughter Betty’s fibromyalgia diagnosis, saying she is using an electric wheelchair and has experienced an impact on her mental health. Speaking on Loose Women’s final episode before the new year, the ITV chatshow host, who presented Radio 2’s Saturday morning show for a decade, told the panel: “It’s been a tough couple of years for her in particular, but she is getting slowly better.” Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The confirmed death toll from a massive fire at a casino hotel complex in western Cambodia rose to 25 on Friday as the search resumed for victims, officials source https://oto.oto-login.com/

In the year of Russia’s war in Ukraine, rising inflation and fractious US midterm elections, we reflect on the pieces that most struck a chord with readers Support the Guardian from as little as £1 today Less than a week into the invasion, the historian Yuval Noah Harari was trenchant about Vladimir Putin’s error in underestimating the Ukrainian people, declaring that “he may win all the battles but still lose the war”. As shocking images of Russian aggression were spreading fast on social media and news platforms the world over, Harari wrote: “Ukraine is a nation with more than a thousand years of history, and Kyiv was already a major metropolis when Moscow was not even a village.” His was a much-needed message of hope and strength at the beginning of a brutal war, and it was read and shared by Guardian readers in their droves. Pieces about the Ukraine war dominated our most-read list, in particular articles that exposed Russian demoralisation at Putin’s reckless gamble. Thank yo

Patrick Keane, who traveled to Chicago after two canceled flights, had an enthusiastic reunion with his luggage that he says had been missing for a week. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A Nebraska company is recalling alfalfa sprouts sold in three states due to potential salmonella contamination as state health officials investigate a “cluster of gastrointestinal illnesses” caused by the bacteria. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Alleged victim says end of suspension is ‘slap in face to anyone who has experienced sexual harassment’ The SNP has restored the party whip to a senior MP who has sat as an independent since June after an independent parliamentary inquiry found he made an unwanted sexual advance towards a teenage party worker. Patrick Grady quit the SNP group at Westminster after a two-day suspension from parliament, imposed after the independent parliamentary standards commissioner found he had made the advances to the then 19-year-old man in 2016. The man to whom he made the advances said the end of Grady’s suspension was “a slap in the face to anyone who has experienced sexual harassment”. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Democrat Kris Mayes won the Arizona attorney general race, an automatic recount confirmed. The Arizona Superior Court in Maricopa County announced the results of the recount Thursday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

It takes some cheek for the ex-chancellor, whose tenure saw vast sums taken from children’s welfare, to back Jamie Oliver “The best value for a taxpayer’s buck,” said Jamie Oliver, urging the cause of free school meals during his guest-editing slot on the Today programme this week. He’s right about the need to feed hungry children amid soaring hardship levels. It’s a no-brainer: education can’t enter the head of a child with an empty stomach. It’s simple: giving a tray of food to a child arouses none of the “moral hazard” fears falsely raised by Conservatives claiming that parents waste benefits on the wrong things. The cost is negligible: £2bn a year to feed every child in England every day is a cheap price to make sure no child goes hungry in a country so singularly blighted by poverty and inequality. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Mortgage rates rose this week, their first increase after falling for six consecutive weeks, according to the latest data from Freddie Mac. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent source https://oto.oto-login.com/

When Sam Bankman-Fried bought a nearly 7.6% stake in Robinhood, the popular stock-trading app, earlier this year, he financed the deal with more than half a billion dollars borrowed from the his own hedge fund — the entity that prosecutors say was illegally funneling customer funds from its affiliated platform, FTX. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The House sergeant at arms told the Jan. 6 committee that the law enforcement response would have looked much different had the rioters been Black Americans. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

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An additional five charges were filed Tuesday against a Stockton man already charged with murder in a series of killings in Northern California, San Joaquin County prosecutors said Tuesday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

When Puerto Ricans belt the name Roberto Clemente in song, they want the world to understand their pride, unity and culture. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Even oldest resident, aged 100, strips off in venture aimed at revitalising village in Murcia For decades they’ve grappled with a steady exodus as residents set their sights on jobs and opportunities beyond the southern Spanish hamlet. But the dwindling population of Peña Zafra de Abajo may have found a singular strategy to fight back – in essence stripping down to save their town. “When I suggested the idea of a nude calendar, people said, ‘Are you crazy?’” said Lucía Nicolás, who leads the hamlet’s residents’ association. “But I saw it as a way to put ourselves on the map and show off our hamlet of 16 residents.” Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The PM has a track record for being out of touch, but people with failed enterprises do end up homeless – and the problem may well get worse When Rishi Sunak asked Dean, a homeless man at a shelter, whether he was in business and wanted to get into the finance industry, many liberals were quick to ridicule him. Angela Rayner gleefully posted the video , calling it “excruciating”. The shadow levelling up secretary, Lisa Nandy, said: “How much more out of touch could this prime minister be?” Those of a more sympathetic disposition called the conversation “awkward”. Of course, Sunak has a well-earned reputation for not being in touch with the “common people”. In a 2001 BBC documentary, the then-21-year-old Sunak boasted of the breadth of his friendships. He said: “I have friends who are aristocrats, I have friends who are upper-class, I have friends who are, you know, working-class,” before correcting himself immediately. “Well, not working class .” Continue reading... source http

On certain corners of the internet, a segment of women is exhibiting a nostalgia for an era it has never known. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Planning on returning that ugly Christmas sweater? It could cost you to return it online. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A man was arrested on hate crime charges after police said a TikTok video showed him hurling homophobic and racist remarks at a Korean-American man and woman source https://oto.oto-login.com/

China will drop quarantine requirements for all passengers arriving from outside of the country's borders starting on January 8, 2023, its top health authority announced Monday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Netflix’s “The Witcher” in December 2019 was a gift for TV fans made cynical by “Game of Thrones” on HBO. But 'Blood Origin' can't replace Henry Cavill. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Adam Lallana struck against his former club as Brighton inflicted more misery on struggling Southampton with a resounding 3-1 Premier League victory at St Mary’s. The Saints academy graduate Lallana benefited from a major blunder from the home goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu to put Albion ahead before Romain Perraud’s calamitous own goal doubled their half-time advantage. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

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As 2022 draws to a close, President Joe Biden plans to give an upbeat national address Thursday afternoon with a unifying message. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The nation has been rattled by economic crisis, political upheaval and corruption, but many believe the dessert-making custom could spark joy in these bleak times As a child in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Oryan Cumaraiah-Misso remembers excitedly readying himself in front of a handheld meat grinder to crush cashews. It was his part in his family’s annual tradition of preparing a 60-year-old recipe for Christmas cake that had been passed down for generations. Christmas cake – a moist, decadent treat filled with nuts and fruit – usually kicks off the holiday season on the island nation, and for immigrants in the US, has become a way to preserve traditions from back home. Sri Lanka’s Christmas cake is similar to the fruit cake, a quintessentially British dish, but has since evolved from its colonial roots. Like the British version, Christmas cake includes raisins and cherries, but also preserved ginger, the green vegetable chayote (or chow chow, as Sri Lankans call it) in sugar syrup, preserved

A doorbell camera in Alaska captured a moose dropping his antlers in the front yard. CNN affiliate KTUU has the story. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Manager has praise for players he’s got and eyes on impressive additions as Premier League resumes with his side third Eddie Howe would later admit he was not really thirsty but that failed to prevent Newcastle’s manager from unscrewing the top of the small bottle of water in front of him and taking a long, very slow, sip. It was such an obvious timewasting tactic that, by the time he put it back on the table, laughter filled the room. “I’m conveniently drinking my water,” Howe joked after being asked whether he would prefer to finish in the Premier League’s top four or win the Carabao Cup. The 45-year-old had evidently forgotten that, in an unguarded moment, after last Tuesday night’s Carabao Cup win against Bournemouth, he had admitted: “The Premier League’s our priority.” Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

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Pope Francis called for an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts in his Christmas message on Sunday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Maxi Jazz, the British musician best known as the lead vocalist for dance group "Faithless," has died, according to the band. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government on Saturday ordered all local and foreign nongovernmental organizations to prevent female employees from reporting to source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Exeter 20-15 Bath Chiefs extend unbeaten run against opponents to seven games A festive cracker this was definitely not but a relieved Exeter will not particularly care. The Chiefs are back up into the top half of the Premiership table and the finer details of this underwhelming game will soon be forgotten. Bath have now failed to beat their Devon-based rivals in seven attempts dating back to 2019 and tries for Dave Ewers and Henry Slade have maintained that one-sided trend. Had Bath nicked a win right at the end, though, Exeter could not have complained too loudly. Having led 20-10 entering the final quarter, they allowed Bath back into the contest via a close-range try from Neil Annett and endured more than a few late jitters before a last-gasp turnover on their own line denied the visitors anything more than a losing bonus point. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the Ministry of Economy sent to all licensed NGOs. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

As 2022 draws to a close, President Joe Biden plans to give an upbeat national address Thursday afternoon with a unifying message. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles towards the sea off its east coast on Friday, the South Korean military said, the latest in an unprecedented number of source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Exclusive: Andriy Yermak, the Ukrainian president’s top adviser, describes the significance of this week’s White House visit Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to the White House confirmed that Ukraine and the US are “strategic partners” for the first time in history, the Ukrainian leader’s most senior adviser has said in an interview on his return home. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainan president’s office, told the Guardian that the trip on Wednesday had cemented Zelenskiy’s bond with Joe Biden – and with senior US Republicans, despite “dirty” comments made by the Fox News host Tucker Carlson Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

US faces ‘once in a generation’ freeze for Christmas Migrants stuck on US-Mexico border as temperatures plummet Snowplow driver shortage threatens to leave Americans adrift Video posted on Twitter on Friday shows massive waves crashing onto the shores of Portland, Maine amid the winter storm sweeping through the east coast. “Erosion is possible along the coast with potential damage to roads on exposed low-lying shorelines,” said the office of Maine governor Janet Mills. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Fears long delay in gender recognition bill has allowed toxicity to grow After the celebratory whoops and hugs, an initial euphoria has given way to reflection as trans and non-binary Scots consider what the passing of the gender recognition reform (Scotland) bill means for them. The Holyrood parliament on Thursday afternoon voted overwhelmingly and cross-party for Scotland to become the first part of the UK to introduce a system of self-identification to change one’s legal gender, sweeping away requirements for a medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and extending applications to 16- and 17-year-olds. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Symon Hill, 45, charged with using threatening or abusive words, or disorderly behaviour during Oxford event A man has been charged over comments made during a proclamation ceremony for the king. Thames Valley police said on Friday that Symon Hill, 45, of Oxford, had been charged with using threatening or abusive words, or disorderly behaviour. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Plea deal with former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison lists charges of wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering Caroline Ellison, the former chief executive of the FTX sister company Alameda Research, has agreed to plead guilty to seven offences including wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, according to a newly unsealed agreement with prosecutors. The combined maximum sentence for the offences is 110 years, but Ellison’s cooperation with the investigation means she is likely to receive a substantially reduced punishment. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

John Durham, the special counsel investigating potential misconduct in the Trump-Russia probe, has spent nearly $6.5 million on his inquiry, including $2 million this year, according to financial documents released Friday by the Justice Department. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A weak pound, even after a rally once Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng had been bundled off stage, helped In a year of three prime ministers, war in Europe, recession, rising mortgage costs, double-digit inflation, enormous energy bills, strikes, higher taxes, a dramatic plunge in the pound in October and a debacle with pension funds that the Bank of England said threatened to create “a material risk to financial stability”, you may not necessarily have bet on the FTSE 100 index to end 2022 higher than it started. There are still a few trading days to go, so an “up” year is not guaranteed. But, at 7,469, the index was in positive territory for 2022 by a margin of 1.1% at Thursday’s close. Include dividends paid by the 100 constituents and the total return is closer to 5%. You won’t get rich quickly at that rate but you should sleep at night. Over in the US, the broadly based S&P 500 index has slumped by a fifth this year. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Newly downgraded US intelligence suggests the Russian mercenary group Wagner has assumed expanded influence and is recruiting convicts -- including some with serious medical conditions -- from prisons to supplement Moscow's flagging military. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

States would once again be able to terminate residents' Medicaid coverage if the federal spending bill working its way through Congress becomes law. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

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The House passed a bill to posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal to Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

"Yellowstone" prequel “1923” rides into Paramount Plus homes on Sunday night. Helen Mirren and Harrison Ford star in the "1883" sequel about white dominance. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Imber, on Salisbury Plain, was cleared for D-day preparations and is still under MoD control A “ghost village” evacuated almost 80 years ago is to host what might be its final funeral for a man who lived there when he was a boy. The settlement of Imber on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire was cleared during the second world war so that the area could be used to prepare troops before the D-day landings. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Russia is expected to dramatically increase military spending over next two years, as it signals it is preparing for a long war Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updates Vladimir Putin has pledged to give his army anything it asks for in a meeting with Russia’s top military officials as the war in Ukraine enters its 11th month. Speaking in Moscow at the closing session of the expanded board of the ministry of defence, Putin said there were no “funding restrictions” for the military. “The country, the government will give everything that the army asks for. Everything,” the Russian president added. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Here comes the Santa Claus market rally. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Sales of existing homes fell 7.7% in November compared with October, according to the National Association of Realtors. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Microsoft Corp was hit on Tuesday in US court with a private consumer lawsuit claiming the technology company's $69 billion bid to purchase "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard Inc will unlawfully squelch competition in the video game industry. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

CNN's David Culver revisits the journeys of families who have tried seeking asylum in the US the past few months. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Jan. 6 committee found that law enforcement agencies gathered “substantial evidence” of potential violence at the Capitol. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The singer’s musical free spirit scored him hits with everyone from the Specials and Fun Boy Three to collaborations with the Go-Go’s and Bananarama • Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm | Alexis Petridis • Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63 The astonishing split single (with an embryonic version of the Selecter on the B-side) that introduced the Specials and the 2 Tone label to the nation. With the lineup drawing on ska, punk, eastern music and rockabilly, Gangsters radically reworks the tune of Prince Buster’s 1964 ska classic Al Capone. A misunderstanding – or possibly an argument – with Clash manager and Specials champion Bernard Rhodes over some hotel damage provided the initial inspiration for songwriter Jerry Dammers’ lyrical odyssey about paranoia and surveillance. Hall sang two vocals – one bored and deadpan, one combative – which were then mixed to startling effect. The song began life on 5,000 hand-stamped singles; eventually it re

A US Navy investigation found that three suicides within one week in April among the crew of an aircraft carrier in Newport News, Virginia, were "not related or connected." source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Nine-year-old Rubi Mota can't remember the last time she was in a classroom. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Incoming Republican Rep. George Santos may have misrepresented parts of his resume, a report in The New York Times finds. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” and “disobedience." source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Argentina's World Cup final win over France on penalty kicks helped seal Lionel Messi's status as one of soccer's greatest and an icon alongside Diego Maradona. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Biden announced efforts address homelessness, which is persisting despite increased local efforts. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Britain’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has got the go-ahead just as the African country edges towards ‘pariah state’ territory So the game is on, once again. Six months after a last-minute intervention by the European court of human rights prevented a flight carrying seven migrants from taking off for Kigali, the Home Office’s Rwanda asylum-processing deal is back in play, thanks to today’s ruling in favour of the scheme by Lord Justice Lewis and Mr Justice Swift. A summer of political turmoil – which saw the exits of both the scheme’s originator, Priti Patel, and its enthusiastic supporter Boris Johnson – had offered the government a precious chance to shelve the policy, which even some Conservative stalwarts regard as morally distasteful and legally questionable. Michela Wrong is the author of Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad, published by HarperCollins Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

As 2022 comes to a close, President Joe Biden's top adviser Mike Donilon has a rosy outlook on the president's political durability: Biden heads into the new year with a "strong jolt of momentum," he says. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

It was a consecration, the spiritual overtones entirely appropriate. Lionel Messi not only emulated the deity of Argentinian football, Diego Maradona, by leading the nation to World Cup glory, he finally plugged the burning gap on his CV, winning the one trophy that has eluded him – at the fifth time of asking, surely the last time. In the process, he gilded his claim to being recognised as the greatest player of all time. When it was over – after the most outlandish of Kylian Mbappé‑inspired France comebacks, the defending champions punching back from the brink not once but twice – when Gonzalo Montiel had dispatched the winning penalty, Messi sank to his knees in the centre circle, engulfed by his teammates. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman discusses Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign and what Trump's inner circle has to say about it. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

From Sherlockian murder mystery to Hollywood missing person via the mystical Lands Between, it’s been a gripping year Read the Observer critics’ review of 2022 in full 1. Elden Ring FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Hidetaka Miyazaki’s expansive fantasy game , conceived in collaboration with Game of Thrones author George RR Martin, brings to fruition the themes and ideas explored in his previous games in the Dark Souls series. Mystical, challenging and often intimidatingly open-ended, this is a sumptuous world that rewards curiosity, inspires resilience and promotes collaboration with strangers. 2. Immortality Sam Barlow; Half Mermaid An intoxicating blend of film and game, Immortality tells its complex, decades-spanning story via a series of disparate but interconnected clips snipped from three unreleased Hollywood films. The movies share a lead, an apparently ageless actor whose identity and fate you must uncover. Best played with a notepad and pen, you assume the role of a cinema

Rep. Adam Schiff talks to CNN anchor Jake Tapper about the January 6 House committee's possible referral of charges against former President Donald Trump to the Department of Justice. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Family traditions are what you make them, Christmas means honouring the people dearest to you It’s Christmas Eve. The tree lights are off, pine needles dropping on to presents crammed beneath. Cold air seeps in through the window panes and I pull the duvet up tighter around my ears. As I begin to drift off to sleep, I hear the soft click of the door handle, footsteps padding into the room. I freeze, hold my breath, squeeze my eyes shut. A rustle at the end of the bed and then the footsteps retreat. The next morning, I wake to find a stocking – well, not quite a stocking, it’s a pillow case – stuffed with treats. Among the little gifts is a bag of chocolate coins that I tear into, discarding gold and silver foil as I go. This was my first stocking. I was 19 years old. It was my mother-in-law who thought to creep into the room of a young adult on that first Christmas which I spent with my now husband and his family. Her name is Snezana, which means Snow White in Serbian. Her parents em

CNN contributors Shan Wu and Lisa Ling join anchor Amara Walker to discuss the racist remarks made by Thomas L. Keon, the chancellor of Purdue University Northwest, during a commencement speech. The chancellor was following the keynote speaker who referenced using "made up languages" to his grandchildren several times in his speech, which made no mention or reference to Asians. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The legislation aims to tackle problems as wide-ranging as misogyny, disinformation and consumer fraud Nearly two decades after the birth of Facebook ushered in the social media era, the EU is introducing ambitious legislation designed to clean up the world’s biggest online forums. Intended to tackle misogyny, protect children, stop consumer fraud, curb disinformation and protect democratic elections, the Digital Services Act (DSA) is wide-ranging. The UK is introducing its own statute, the online safety bill , but the EU’s rules are likely to have a bigger impact because they cover a bigger market, and the EU is more influential as a regulatory power. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Croatia beat Morocco 2-1 in the World Cup third-place playoff on Saturday to leave Qatar on a high after the European side failed to reach a second consecutive final. Mislav Orsic’s late first-half strike was enough to settle the contest after two goals inside the first nine minutes set the tone for a pulsating encounter, Achraf Dari cancelling out Josko Gvardiol’s opener for Croatia. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Social distancing was put in place after players fell unwell All 24 fit players reported for training before World Cup final France hope they have contained the virus that has swept through their camp after Kingsley Coman, Raphaël Varane and Ibrahima Konaté returned to training before Sunday’s World Cup final against Argentina. The world champions have had to put social distancing measures in place in an attempt to stop more players falling unwell before the final at the Lusail Stadium. Coman, Dayot Upamecano and Adrien Rabiot missed France’s semi-final victory against Morocco on Wednesday and the situation worsened when Varane and Konaté were forced to skip training on Friday. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Aston Villa’s goalkeeper has gone from fan in the stands in 2018 to indispensable part of Argentina’s run to the World Cup final It was an image that spoke volumes. All bar two of Argentina’s players had run to the far corner flag, taking it in turns to leap atop the bundle that had formed around Lautaro Martínez. He had just scored the penalty that confirmed their place in the semi-finals, shaking off the scare caused by Wout Wieghost and the Netherlands. Across the pitch from them lay Emiliano Martínez, splayed over the turf and thumping the grounds with his fists. The keeper was not alone for long: while everyone else had sprinted left, Lionel Messi made a beeline to the right. The pair embraced in a clinch that may yet come to define their side’s campaign. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

For more than three years, Jimmy Hill has kept a weekly vigil outside the offices of the Fulton County district attorney in Atlanta, distributing fliers about his son's death at the hands of police and demanding justice. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Three people were killed in a three-alarm fire in Pittsburgh overnight, according to officials. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Federal investigators have obtained access to several email accounts, a draft autobiography and other writings in which Republican Rep. Scott Perry, Donald Trump elections attorney John Eastman, and former Justice Department officials Jeffrey Clark and Ken Klukowski discussed the 2020 election, according to a newly released order in the DC District Court. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A lavender and chamomile-scented aromatherapy spray contaminated with deadly bacteria that killed two people has also killed one of the victim's pet raccoon, source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé loom large but other tactical elements, including the role of Rodrigo De Paul, may be crucial For better or for worse, this was always going to be the tournament of Lionel Messi. If he fails to win the World Cup, the shadow lies across his career, a sense of destiny unfulfilled. If he wins, it is a glorious culmination. So far, no side have really been able to stop him and there’s a sense that, paradoxically, it is harder to know how to combat him now as he does less in games. For long spells he is not involved; it would seem absurd to man-mark him as Louis van Gaal had Nigel de Jong do in the 2014 World Cup semi-final ; that would be to lose a player for the sake of three or four minutes in the game. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The rioter at the front of a mob that chased US Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman up flights of stairs near the Senate chamber on January 6, 2021, has been sentenced to five years behind bars. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

At least three people were killed when a bus and tractor-trailer collided on a Virginia highway overnight just outside of Colonial Williamsburg, authorities said Friday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Paul Bellar’s sentencing came shortly after Pete Musico and Musico’s son-in-law Joe Morrison were given 12-year and 10-year prison sentences, respectively. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Ben Wallace and Suella Braverman ‘turned their back’ on former BBC journalists who are in danger, high court told Ministers have unlawfully “turned their back” on former BBC journalists whose lives are at risk from the Taliban by refusing to relocate them from Afghanistan to the UK, the high court has heard. Eight Afghan journalists, who worked in high-profile roles for the BBC and other media agencies in the country from which British troops withdrew last year , are challenging the decision to deny them UK visas. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

First African side in World Cup last four beaten 2-0 Head coach had ‘too many players at 60% or 70%’ No African team has ever got this far at a World Cup but the Morocco head coach, Walid Regragui, said his team could have made it all the way to the final on Sunday – when he will be supporting France. The Atlas Lions are the first team from the continent to reach the semi‑final, where they were defeated by goals from Théo Hernandez and Randal Kolo Muani , with Regragui revealing that was the target he had set to continue as coach and insisting they must now always qualify for the competition. In the end, he said, this was a game too far for a team that were struggling physically. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Mortgage rates fell once again this week, dipping for the fifth straight week. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Mississippi has executed Thomas Loden Jr., who was sentenced to death for the 2000 murder of a 16-year-old girl, amid a legal challenge by him and other inmates to the state's lethal injection protocol. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A Washington state man has been charged with seven counts of making interstate threats after he allegedly left more than 400 voicemails over two years for source https://oto.oto-login.com/

They're known as The Atlas Lions, the Moroccan football team that's ripped up the history books at the FIFA World Cup. Their run has upended all expectations, advancing deep into uncharted territory, further than they or any other African team has ever managed before. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday called for the state legislature to end general election runoff contests. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is introducing legislation aimed at cracking down on money laundering in cryptocurrency. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! A penny for the thoughts of Josko Gvardiol after he woke up in Qatar this morning. After untangling his limbs and summoning team doctors to untwist his blood, the Croatia defender could have been forgiven for cussing the name of Lionel Messi to the high heavens. Having worked so hard to establish himself as one of the players of the tournament, the 20-year-old’s efforts were undone in a few seconds. Argentina’s scurrier-in-chief twisted him this way and that down the touchline, before sending Josko skittering haplessly into the middle of next week with a drop of his shoulder as he rounded his outside and nutmegged him to tee up Julián Álvarez. A routine finish cemented Argentina’s place in the final and poor old Josko’s place in the official Fifa Human Rights World Cup end-of-tournament montage. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

It's the knock every resident here dreads. Early Tuesday morning, a sudden loud banging at the door of my apartment in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Instantly, fear washed over me; health care workers in hazmat suits were ordering everyone to go downstairs because a neighbor had tested positive for Covid-19. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

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A Los Angeles jury met for an eighth day Tuesday in the second sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul accused of using his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Centre-forward whose goal knocked England out of the World Cup is often overlooked while all eyes are on Kylian Mbappé I heard someone say recently that the France forward Olivier Giroud, their new record goalscorer , “deserves his flowers”. He does. Before each game for France at this World Cup, all eyes are on Kylian Mbappé, the star who has scored five goals in five games, but the impact of Giroud, who has four in four, flies under the radar. In the buildup to England’s 2-1 loss to France the story was the same: will Kyle Walker be the player to stop Mbappé? How effective is Mbappé going to be able to be? This matches a narrative that has stuck with Giroud throughout his career. We are so preoccupied with the speed, ball control and dribbling skills of players such as Ousmane Dembélé and Mbappé, that top strikers such as Giroud are overlooked. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A little more than ten years ago, President Joe Biden, then Vice President, came out in public support of same-sex marriage for the first time. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Biden administration is shaping plans to slash the number of migrants who can qualify for asylum at the border while opening new, narrow paths for others. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch criticise Fifa Fifa failed to create a fund for injured or killed migrant workers Fifa has been accused of failing to adhere to its own human rights commitments after it chose not to create a remedy fund for migrant workers injured or killed in Qatar. An umbrella group comprising, among others, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch has spoken out as the World Cup enters its final stages in Doha. It says plans announced by Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, to create a legacy fund that “helps people most in need all across the world” falls short of Fifa’s obligations, and undercuts assurances made before the tournament. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Donald Trump is facing a flurry of criticism on Capitol Hill, with Republican fury growing over their failure to take back the Senate and GOP leaders at odds over their strategy with the former president still maintaining a dominant hold on the party. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

A Palestinian hospital said Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the occupied West Bank early on Monday. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Angry scenes followed quarter-final penalty shootout Fifa taking disciplinary proceedings against federations Argentina’s head coach, Lionel Scaloni, defended his team’s behaviour during the fiery quarter-final victory against the Netherlands as they turn their attention to facing Croatia on Tuesday for a place in the World Cup final. Argentina defeated the Netherlands 4-3 on penalties and Scaloni’s players were quick to goad their opponents, with Lionel Messi and the goalkeeper Emiliano Martínez publicly taking aim at the Netherlands manager, Louis van Gaal. The referee Antonio Mateu Lahoz booked eight Argentina players and six from the Netherlands, who had Denzel Dumfries sent off, and Fifa announced disciplinary proceedings against both federations for the misconduct of players and officials in the ill-tempered clash. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Consumers are expecting inflation to improve in the coming months, according to new survey data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Met Office has weather warnings in place and travel is disrupted, but how unusual is this for the time of year? Cold air from the Arctic has been pushed over the UK. This has been caused by a high-pressure weather system over Greenland and Iceland moving eastwards towards another high-pressure system over Russia. The result is a cold air mass in between being squeezed southwards and over the UK. Weather warnings from the Met Office are currently in place for the northern UK until Thursday. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Artemis I mission, an uncrewed test flight around the moon, ended successfully as NASA's Orion spacecraft landed in the Pacific Ocean. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

Russia used Iranian-made drones to target energy infrastructure in and around the port city of Odesa, leaving more than 1.5 million people without power, Ukrain source https://oto.oto-login.com/

England out of World Cup after quarter-final defeat by France ‘I want to make the right decision. I think it’s right to take time’ An emotional Gareth Southgate said he needed time to make a decision on his future after Harry Kane suffered penalty heartbreak during England’s gut-wrenching quarter-final defeat by France. England’s hopes of winning the World Cup came to a tearful end after Kane, who had already scored one equaliser from the spot, blazed over from 12 yards when he had the chance to make it 2-2 during the closing stages at Al Bayt Stadium. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

If you've ever wanted to own a piece of Twitter's HQ, the company is auctioning off dozens of items of memorabilia and supplies from its office in San Francisco. source https://oto.oto-login.com/

England captain’s career has been one of season-on-season progress so penalty miss takes him into uncharted territory Harry Kane looked broken, already haunted. When he stopped to speak to reporters in the small hours of Sunday morning, the crush began on the other side of the barrier, TV cameramen pushing from the back, everybody wanting to see and hear. Kane’s lips moved and there were words, completely monotone, but it was as if he was not there, it was not him. We were looking at a hollowed-out version of the England captain. Somewhere else in Al Bayt Stadium, the real Kane looked at the apparition, too. What was going on? What had just happened? Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The actors revisit a surreal scene from the beloved sitcom As lovable idiot priest Father Dougal McGuire and tea-fixated housekeeper Mrs Doyle, Ardal O’Hanlon and Pauline McLynn were cemented in comedy history with their roles in 90s sitcom Father Ted. Ardal has since appeared in shows such as My Hero, Death in Paradise and Derry Girls , while McLynn has had roles in Shameless and EastEnders. The pair reunite for comedy series Rosie Molloy Gives Up Everything on Sky Comedy. Continue reading... source https://oto.oto-login.com/

The Board of Supervisors in the once-solid Republican stronghold of Orange County, California, put forth a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis. The resolution was unanimously adopted, but was met with contempt by some audience members in attendance, with at least one heard on video yelling an ethnic slur. CNN's Josh Campbell reports. source https://oto.oto-login.com/