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Tournament: Cincinnati Open 2022 Date: August 15, 2022 Round: First Round (Round of 64) Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Ohio, United States Category: WTA 1000 Surface: Hard Prize money: $2,527,250 Karolina Pliskova vs Venus Williams preview 14th seed Karolina Pliskova will face off against Venus Williams in the first round at the Cincinnati Open on Monday. Pliskova hasn’t fared well in 2022. The former World No. 1 has recorded 14 wins but incurred 13 losses....

LAS VEGAS – Kansas City comes into Week 12 as one of the hottest teams in all of football. This week, the Chiefs face the coldest team in all of football, the Raiders. Maybe the age-old rivalry will give this game a boost as it will be a standalone primetime contest, but on paper there is no contest. Luckily for fans and bettors, this game won’t be played on paper but at O....

Just look at 20-year-old Rishi Arya. The guy has prostrated himself on the ground in front of Korn lead singer Jonathan Davis and is weeping hysterically. ““I can’t believe I met you, man!’’ sobs Arya, ripping open his green coveralls to display the KORN tattoo on his stomach. The unfailingly polite Davis (also branded with the band’s logo on his back) urges his crazed acolyte to stand up, offering him a hug and a consoling ““It’s OK, dude....

Nearly 80 percent of the settlement will go to children who were exposed to the locally polluted water in 2014 and 2015. The settlement, the largest in Michigan state history, was reached with the state of Michigan, the city of Flint, McLaren Regional Medical Center, and Rowe Professional Services. In her 178-page decision approving the settlement, U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy called it “a remarkable achievement.” “(It) sets forth a comprehensive compensation program and timeline that is consistent for every qualifying participant,” Levy wrote....

Ren Guoqiang, a spokesperson for China’s Defense Ministry, also fired off bellicose comments at democratic Taiwan, saying its future lied in “national unification” with the mainland. Ren called his remarks a response to recent reports of “collusion” between Washington, D.C. and Taipei, referring apparently to the Biden administration’s vaccine diplomacy as well as its advocacy for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. “China is firmly opposed to any form of official exchange or military contact between the U....

At a press conference on Thursday, China’s defense ministry spokesperson Wu Qian accused the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer of “persistent close-range reconnaissance” as the People’s Liberation Army task group led by Liaoning conducted exercises this month. USS Mustin “severely disrupted” China’s naval exercises and “threatened … the safety of vessels and crew,” said Wu, who described the conduct as “very vile in nature.” Wu, who claimed PLA Navy warships “warned and expelled” the USS Mustin, said the U....

Shi Zhengli, the deputy director of the Wuhan Institute of Virology, who has been dubbed “bat woman” due to her team’s work on SARS-like coronaviruses in these animals, made the remarks on Monday in an interview with Chinese state TV station CGTN. The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is believed to have originated in bats, with another animal thought to have acted as an intermediary host. Shi said her team’s 15 years of work on these pathogens has shown other coronaviruses could pose a threat to humans....

Alibaba, which becomes the official e-commerce and cloud services partner, joins a dozen other companies - including Coca-Cola and McDonald’s - as top Olympic sponsors. No financial details were disclosed. IOC sources have previously told Reuters that major sponsors pay about $100 million per four-year cycle, which includes one summer and one winter games. (Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Pravin Char) 0 votes

Reefs and shoals within the energy-rich waters are contested by five other claimants including Taiwan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei, while Indonesia claims rights to exclusive fishing zones. Additional stakeholders comprise other littoral states and extra-regional parties, all of which have an interest in maintaining critical commercial sea lines that run through the waters. Beijing’s response to regional government concerns about its construction of artificial islands and imposing of unilateral fishing moratoria in the sea has been to cite history and its expansive “nine-dash line....

The Tel Aviv political scientist was skeptical about the message that popped up on his social media feed offering attractive rewards if he came to work in China. “I just ignored it,” he told Newsweek. “It was kind of funny.” Yet the message from the Zhejiang Torch Center in Hangzhou was completely serious—part of a multiyear, multi-prong effort by the Communist Party of China (CCP) to transfer human talent and top technology to fuel its “China Dream” of global preeminence by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the Communist revolution....

The conservative wing of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), including its largest faction, led by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is pushing for an official boycott of the Winter Olympics, after the United States’ decision was followed by Australia, Britain and Canada this week. In response to a Sankei Shimbun report, in which the Japanese government was said to be mulling an Olympic delegation without any cabinet members, China said on Thursday that it opposed the “politicization of sport under the pretext of so-called ‘human rights and freedom....

The city in East China’s Jiangsu province won the bid as the sole candidate on the first of the two-day 207th IAAF council meeting chaired by President Sebastian Coe, reports Xinhua. The International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) governing body’s council meeting concluded here on Thursday. Since Russia is currently suspended from IAAF membership, the original hosts of the worlds, Cheboksary city of Russia, which had been chosen by the council in late 2013, was deprived of the right at the council’s last meeting during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games....

Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated Wednesday in a virtual summit with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the first such high-level engagement nearly six months into the new U.S. administration. He discussed a range of issues, including joint efforts against COVID-19 and climate change, but also introduced a geopolitical initiative to offer the United States’ backing against its top rival, the People’s Republic of China, and its broad territorial claims....

Wang Yunfei told Hong Kong’s Wen Wei Po that China could take Taiwan by force if it felt compelled by the current Taiwanese government or “external forces”—a phrase that generally refers to the United States. Wang’s comments in the pro-Beijing newspaper were published on Tuesday, a few days after China’s Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng was interviewed by The Associated Press. The official said the Chinese government had “no room for compromise” on what it calls the “Taiwan question....

“We have stated China’s position on many occasions,” Wang told reporters on Tuesday. “I think it would be behind the curve for us to latch onto this issue. We hope the international community will say and do more that are conducive to dialogue and negotiation and make joint efforts for realizing peace and seeking a political settlement of the Ukraine issue at an early date, instead of setting up obstacles....

Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux will replace the Chinese bidding group, identified by AC Milan’s owners as Sino-Europe Sports Investment Management Changxing Co Ltd, the spokesman said in a statement, adding that the new entity was controlled by investor Li Yonghong. The company is “completely external to China”, the statement said. The accord - originally inked in August and expected to be signed off first in December and then in March - is set to be finalised on April 14, the statement added....

A kindergarten class in China performed a fun dribbling dance on the TV show “Amazing Chinese” while rocking Michael Jordan’s No. 23 Bulls jerseys. That’s really all the context you need for this awesome video. MORE: LeBron James Jr.’s crazy handles | Yao Ming makes everyone look tiny The kids’ handles are seriously impressive, but some of the passing tricks could use a little help. If you want to see more, you’re in luck!...

Some questioned why Kelly didn’t keep this move a secret. We’ll let him explain. WEEK 6 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread “We live in a society where there are no secrets,” Kelly said Thursday (via CSN Bay Area). “So if Colin took all the reps with the ones Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, somebody’s ‘mole’ would tell you who’s taking all the reps. “And I don’t really care. We have two similar quarterbacks....

Yonny Chirinos covered splendidly for a taxed bullpen, Austin Meadows hit his second homer and the Rays took three of four games from the Houston Astros with a 3-1 victory Sunday. Chirinos pitched seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks while striking out six. The only run came on Jake Marisnick’s homer in the sixth. The Rays had planned to use an opener for the first time this season, but manager Kevin Cash instead turned to the 25-year-old Chirinos rather than push his fatigued relievers....

Chiron was in the Scorpio constellation from November 10, 1946 to November 27, 1948, as well as from September 2, 1997 to January 6, 1999. [2] X Research source Chiron won’t be back in Scorpio until about 2049. Some people label Chirons in Scorpio as having a “wound of control” or a “wound of depth. ” Chirons in Scorpio often find themselves in empathetic career paths where they can help others—think therapists, nurses, and schoolteachers....