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The 29-year-old admitted that being on the frontline over the last few months had given him a different perspective on the pandemic and did not want to expose himself to the risk of contracting the virus purely to play football. A medical school graduate from McGill University in Canada, Duvernay-Tardif, who won Super Bowl LIV in February, has spent the last few months assisting in a long-term care facility in Montreal....

The Texans beat the Bills in overtime to open wild-card play last week. The Chiefs enjoyed the bye week after jumping the Patriots, who have since been eliminated in Week 17. Deshaun Watson and Patrick Mahomes make it another marquee matchup of dynamic young quarterbacks. Here’s everything to know about betting on Chiefs vs. Texans in the NFL playoffs, including updated odds, trends and our expert’s prediction for the AFC divisional game....

TikTok user giuliavalentina05 posted the video September 15 featuring chihuahuas Chewbecca (also known as Roberto) and Gue with the caption: “Identity theft is not a joke.” The light-hearted video features the two pups with a text overlay reading: “I realized my dogs don’t have pictures on their IDs. To avoid identity theft we will take them today.” Guilia takes her dogs to the groomer where they receive a full bath, trim, and blow-dry....

The state of emergency—which can remain in place for 15 days, according to the the Chilean constitution—hands responsibility for security to the military, while providing the government with additional powers to restrict the movement of citizens and the right to assembly, The Guardian reported. “I have declared a state of emergency and, to that end, I have appointed Major General Javier Iturriaga del Campo as head of national defense, in accordance with the provisions of our state of emergency legislation,” President Sebastián Piñera said....

The 29-year-old Chilean forward, dropped from the squad for Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League win over Swiss outfit Young Boys, suffered the injury in training on Thursday. “It is an aggressive muscular injury,” Mourinho said at Friday’s press conference. “He has not had a scan yet but the player is experienced. He knows what injury is. “From my experience, the painful scream and way it happened, it will be a long time....

This Air clone from Chillblast starts at a tuppence short of £700, with a similar specification and an attempt at duplicating the all-metal casework. The Chillblast Helios i5 is a 13.3-inch ultraportable weighing under 1.4 kg, 19 mm thick, and packing the latest Broadwell Intel processor plus full-HD display. This has IPS-like technology for improved image over cheapest TN types. See all laptop reviews. Chillblast uses the far-eastern Topstar U731 laptop and makes it available in the UK with 2....

Before Russia’s invasion in February, Kyiv counted Beijing as its largest goods trading partner. The two capitals are marking 30 years of formal diplomatic ties this year, but China’s noncommittal position in the last seven months has frustrated Ukrainian lawmakers. In an interview with Ouest-France last Friday, Ukraine’s president described China’s position on the war as “ambiguous.” Zelensky pointed to a number of “communications channels” before the war began, but he said talks with China’s President Xi “would be difficult today....

The aftermath of the partial building collapse in the Miami suburb of Surfside has generated a number of trending hashtags on Weibo, China’s largest social media platform, where local media organizations are replaying images of rescue operations. Twelve people have now been confirmed killed in the Surfside tragedy on June 24, while 149 people remain missing among the rubble of the 12-story apartment complex. In China, the disaster continues to receive intense coverage, but some online commenters have complained about the media’s apparent lack of interest in major local stories—including the deaths of 18 children in a building fire in central China, which took place just 24 hours after the Florida condo collapse....

This grim testimony doesn’t square with the happy story the People’s Republic of China has been telling the world for more than a decade. Each year since 1988, Chinese officials have reported a steady rise in the number of fish caught off China’s shores, even as fish stocks almost everywhere else have declined. Last year, according to China Daily, an official newspaper, fishermen caught a record 41 million tons of fish....

The illustration published in state-owned newspaper China Daily appeared to depict the U.S. as two snarling white men carrying the Grim Reaper’s scythe on their shoulders. The character of Death, who artist Luo Jie calls “COVID-19,” strolls by casually smoking a cigarette and puffing out smoke, while the hooded figure’s scythe is lugged along by men labelled “protectionism” and “anti-intellectualism.” China Daily’s cartoon appears to suggest that U.S. coronavirus deaths—now over 221,000, with 8....

China claims Taiwan is a breakaway province determined to declare independence with the help of “external forces,” despite Taipei’s repeated statements to the contrary. The Taiwan Affairs Office, which is established under China’s State Council, returned to familiar rhetoric on Wednesday when spokesperson Zhu Fenglian blamed Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for destabilizing the Taiwan Strait. It was Zhu’s first press conference since two large groups of People’s Liberation Army warplanes buzzed the skies near Taiwan over the weekend, drawing a statement from the State Department expressing “concern” at Beijing’s actions and reaffirming the Biden administration’s “rock-solid” support for Taipei....

Team China gave a strong performance in the men’s gymnastics rings, with Liu Yang and You Hao claiming the gold and silver medals. Liu scored 15.500 points to finish top, followed by You with 15.300 points. Eleftherios Petrounias, the defending champion from Greece, took bronze with 15.200 points. Liu secured China’s first artistic gymnastics gold medal in Tokyo. China also beat Germany to win the Olympic gold in the women’s team sprint....

The announcement of the arrest of Xiaolei Wu by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Massachusetts comes at a time of rising concern for U.S. authorities over Beijing’s reach into the country to harass and intimidate opponents of China’s ruling Communist Party, as reported by Newsweek in a recent investigation. Wu targeted someone who had posted a flier around the campus of the Berklee College of Music in Boston that read “Stand with Chinese People”, “We Want Freedom,” and “We Want Democracy”, the U....

Based on Jack Kirby’s Marvel comics, Eternals centers on an immortal alien race that was created by the Celestials and has been living secretly on Earth for thousands of years. They finally have to reunite to stop their evil counterparts known as the Deviants. RELATED: Chloé Zhao Shares How Denis Villeneuve Helped Her With Eternals Zhao took to Instagram, posting a drawing of the Eternals group and leaving a message letting fans know when more Eternals bonus features are coming....

The Celestials are a cosmic race that is responsible for many creations, including humans, Eternals, and the Deviants. All are very different but come from the same origin (at least they do in the comic books). Thanos has both Eternals and Deviant DNA in the comics, which fans suspect will be addressed in the Eternals film. RELATED: Eternals’ Kit Harington Reveals Which Avenger He Wants To Work With Marvel typically excels at introducing new heroes to the world, but Eternals has the difficult task of debuting several new characters all at once....

At least not yet. MORE: Bosh an example of why positions matter in the NBA Bosh sat on the Heat bench during the team’s 124-119 win over the Nuggets — the first game he has attended since being sidelined with a calf injury at the All-Star break. Blood clots caused Bosh to miss the second half of last season after a similar injury, so doctors have been extra cautious. He has missed 14 games this year....

Thor: Love and Thunder will be the second Thor film to be directed by Taika Waititi. He first directed Thor: Ragnarok back in 2017. The film is credited with revitalizing the God of Thunder’s franchise through the use of eccentric comedy and the introduction of new characters including Valkyrie (Thompson), the Grandmaster (Goldblum), and Korg (Waititi). With Waititi also serving as a writer on Love and Thunder, this path for the Thor franchise will continue....

Over the last few months, the Japanese star has been a huge part of AEW and has competed all over the American independent circuit. Taking to Twitter, Jericho quoted a tweet from Takeshita, claiming that he will be a world champion in the future. Considering that the former is regarded as one of the biggest heels in AEW, having him praise a babyface like Takeshita is definitely something fans wouldn’t have expected....