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In the August test, a Chinese rocket carrying a hypersonic glide vehicle circled the Earth at low altitude before descending to its target, missing by about 19 miles, according to the Financial Times. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said the test was “very close” to a modern “Sputnik moment”—a reference to the 1957 Soviet satellite launch that birthed the Cold War space race. Several lawmakers on the Senate and House armed services committees told Newsweek that the U....

Scientists from China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region recently cloned three Holstein Friesian cows. As China’s middle-class population grows, the demand for items like milk and various seeds is increasing. However, according to an article by Global Times, a tabloid published by the People’s Daily, China must import 70 percent of its dairy cow population from overseas. The cloning experiment was to bring more dairy access to the nation and reduce the country’s reliance on others....

3 gold, 2 silver, 0 bronze – 9th place overall Day 9 review Sunday February 16 was a quiet one for China with Chinese athletes well down the standings in figure skating and (long track) speed skating), and one curling game that went down to the wire. Unfortunately, Liu Rui and his team were edged out 9-8 by Canada in the first extra end. China had been up 6-3 at one point, but had to score 2 points in the 10th end to keep the match alive....

The Trump administration has had its eye on banning TikTok for a while now. According to The Verge, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on July 7th that a ban was “something we’re looking at,” and just yesterday, Trump himself told reporters on Air Force One that he’d give the order to ban TikTok via executive action as early as today. In response to this, ByteDance offered to sell TikTok off while keeping a minority share in the company, but the US government rejected this....

That match saw the start of the second half delayed for 50 minutes, and Zhejiang Yiteng released a statement accusing security guards of a disturbing attack on their players at half-time. “The electricity of our dressing room was suddenly cut off at half-time, and all the lights went out,” the statement read. “Then, dozens of security guards showed up unprompted and began beating up our players with batons. Erpat Dilxat, who got his name on the score-sheet in the first half, was injured in this assault....

The new measures include a ban, for those under 18, on online video gaming between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m., in addition to a total daily limit of 90 minutes of online play, or three hours on national holidays. The directives also target micro-transactions, capping monthly expenditures on in-game items and perks at approximately $28 and $57 thresholds, depending on age. The new prohibitions also extend to the full gaming market in China, targeting games that feature “sexual explicitness, goriness, violence and gambling....

The organization in question is eStar Gaming which has been a franchised member of the League of Legends Pro League since the end of 2019. Consisting of several veteran pros, eStar’s roster also includes the jungler Wei. As League players know, jungling is one of the most important roles in-game with having to balance farming monster camps and ganking lanes to get their team ahead as well as securing key objectives with the summoner spell Smite....

Zeng Yixin, deputy head of China’s National Health Commission, made his comments in a press conference in Beijing on Thursday. He also announced that China wouldn’t be participating in the next stage of the World Health Organization’s COVID origins investigation, which highlights the possibility the virus could have come from a Chinese lab. Zeng said the plan “disregards common sense and defies science” and added that “no worker or researcher at the WIV got infected by coronavirus,” CNN reported....

The finding was reported on Friday last week by Our Space, a Chinese social media channel associated with the China National Space Administration, according to Space.com. In a blog post on WeChat, Our Space authors said the cube-shaped object, which they variously described as a “mysterious hut”, an “obtrusive cube” and a “mysterious house”, was stumbled upon by operators controlling the Yutu-2 rover while they were taking photos of the surrounding skyline....

At a press conference, Garland announced the government was pursuing three separate cases in which Chinese spies allegedly violated international norms and tried to disrupt the U.S. justice system. In one case, two intelligence officers allegedly tried to bribe a law enforcement officer $61,000 in exchange for confidential information about witnesses, evidence and possible charges in a criminal investigation into an unidentified Chinese telecommunications company, according to court filings....

Halle Berry’s Storm came, well, storming into the X-Men movies and into the hearts of audiences around the world (even if it became worthy of being a meme). With Disney either rebooting certain old franchises in the MCU or bringing their older stars back, fans have been wondering what direction they’ll take with famous X-Men characters like Storm. During an interview with Variety, Chloe Bailey explained why the role of Storm appeals to her....

Choose the Best 4 Camera Phone from the List Given Below Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra is a different ballgame altogether when it comes to smartphone cameras. This device includes a 108 MP Wide, 12 MP ultrawide, 10 MP periscope telephoto, and 10 MP telephoto sensor. The 108 MP wide sensor LED setup is quite the versatile camera setup currently available. There is a reason for Samsung to have included two telephoto sensors- One is used for 3X optical zoom and the other is used for 10X optical zoom....

MORE: Simmons not appearing on any ESPN platforms | Where will Bill Simmons go? “We are thrilled to have a journalist of Chris’ caliber join us on an interim basis as we go forward and build on the smart, fun, adventurous, creative, unexpected and vital spirit of Grantland,” Marie Donoghue, ESPN’s executive vice president, global strategy and original content, said in a statement. “Chris has been an award-winning journalist and storyteller in sports, music and pop culture for over three decades, and as a longtime contributor at Grantland, he appreciates the incredible team we have assembled....

Match tickets (www.ticketpros.co.za) are on sale for all 32 tournament matches costing from R50 each through Ticketpro and retail outlets (Edgars, Jet, CNA, and Spar across the country). Gayle, with his swashbuckling batting style, is arguably one of the best ever limited overs cricketers and is considered the prototype T20 cricket player, holding the distinction of the highest T20 score ever (175 not out). The 39-year-old West Indian has a great history at the 34 000-seating Bidvest Wanderers, popularly referred to as the “Bull Ring”, where he scored the first ever century in the shortest format of the game back in 2007....

The 29-year-old cornerback and the Broncos agreed to an adjusted deal for 2019, the team announced Tuesday. Harris will get $12.05 million in salary and bonuses this season, which amounts to a 35.4 percent raise from the $8.9 million he was set to get in what would’ve been the final year of his five-year contract, 9News.com reported. “We have a lot of respect for Chris as a player and for everything he’s meant to our organization,” Broncos president John Elway said in a statement....

Chris Jericho heaped praise on Tony Khan’s past accomplishments and talked about how it helped him assemble a good roster in AEW. Christian Cage was his guest, and the two former WWE Superstars agreed that Vince McMahon and Tony Khan are very different kinds of bosses. However, their leadership style is the same as they both make the final call. Here’s what Chris Jericho had to say: Chris Jericho and Christian Cage credited the AEW founder for his vision....

In a huge surprise, it will be none other than Chris Jericho squaring off against Kenny Omega at the New Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom event on Jan. 4 at the Tokyo Dome. MORE: Teams coming together for WWE Survivor Series The news came at Sunday’s NJPW Power Struggle event where Omega successfully defended his IWGP United States Championship against Trent Baretta. Immediately after the match, Omega began cutting a promo on who would be his next opponent, teasing there was no one left for him to face....

A program that won its last national championship 25 years ago and hasn’t been to the Rose Bowl since 2000 can announce its arrival as a Pac-12 and College Football Playoff contender under third-year coach Chris Petersen. We can even throw in a montage of Mark Brunell, Steve Emtman and all those big, bad Huskies from the early 1990s to back it up. Too bad third-year coach Chris Petersen doesn’t share that perception....

The preview for The Tomorrow War shows a group of time-traveling soldiers arriving on a soccer field, in the middle of a game, and informing the world’s population that they are fighting a war 30 years in the future and that their “enemy is not human.” Pratt, who plays a veteran-turned-teacher named Dan Forester, is among those who are recruited to help them fight this war. The Tomorrow War trailer goes on to show Pratt’s Forester arriving at a secret facility and getting a machine cuffed to his arm, which is supposed to help him travel between timelines....

Smith stunned viewers when he walked on stage and slapped the comedian moments after he made a joke about the actor’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith. Smith slapped Rock over a joke about his wife’s shaved head, which was due to alopecia—a hair-loss condition. The subsequent controversy overshadowed Smith’s best actor win, the ceremony as a whole and brought intensified attention to him and Rock. Commentators and people online criticized both Rock and Smith over the joke and slap, respectively....