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With the Islanders potentially playing their last game in historic, fan-favorite Long Island dump Nassau Coliseum on Wednesday night, Isles fans showed appreciation for the 3-2 overtime win over the Lightning the only way Long Islanders truly know how: Beer cans. Soon after Anthony Beauvillier netted the overtime game-winner to even the series at 3 games apiece, Isles fans showered the sheet with hats, rally towels and (some presumably empty) beer cans....

Szczesny made five saves in a brilliant performance as Juve overcame a poor display to win 2-1 on Sunday, extending their lead atop Serie A to 11 points over Napoli. The away side came from behind to score twice in the final 16 minutes, substitute Joao Cancelo netting his first goal for the club before earning the match-winning penalty scored by Cristiano Ronaldo two minutes from time. Emre Can had earlier scored an own goal and it looked like Juve were on course for their first league defeat of the campaign, but the efforts of Szczesny, who made his best save from Marco Parolo in the first half, kept them alive before the fightback....

The customer, @thatdumbdiver, issued the warning on TikTok. He said: “To anyone working at Chili’s, just know [the restaurant] limits what people are allowed to tip you.” The post has amassed over 677,000 views and sparked a discussion about tipping in cash. You can watch the full video here. In his video, @thatdumbdiver punches in a $12 credit card tip when paying his bill via the restaurant’s pay-at-table tablet. But when he tries to complete the transaction, a pop-up message appears on the screen....

For those who see the threat of a total meltdown of American democracy as very real and very near, it was a body blow. Ranging from deeply frustrated to downright enraged, many assumed that all hope was lost. They were wrong. Yes, losing those bills hurts. And Democrats shouldn’t give up on the federal level: The torrent of Republican laws to suppress votes and subvert elections remains a clear and present danger to American democracy, and perhaps to our the ability to hold together the country itself....

Many have been skeptical about China’s ability to be transparent about the pandemic, including White House officials who believe Beijing’s hidden some information. The U.S. intelligence community can’t rule out the Wuhan Institute of Virology as the origin point and last week, Biden instructed them to identify specific questions that China needs to answer. On Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accused the United States’ investigation of “stoking confrontation and sowing division....

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses, the powerful state planner said on Sunday, after a multi-year campaign to tackle illegal development in the sector. Beijing banned new golf courses in 2004 to protect scarce arable land and water resources but new projects continued to be built to meet growing demand from China’s wealthy. Of a total 683 courses in the country, 111 have been ordered to close following a crackdown launched in 2011, said the National Development and Reform Commission....

The detention of the outspoken academic came soon after Beijing’s June 30 imposition of the draconian National Security Law, applicable to Hong Kong. Xi, of course, demands complete obedience from mainland China and Hong Kong, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic, but his ambition knows no bounds these days. He believes “New China,” as the Communist Party calls the country, should replicate the old imperial tributary system. Chinese emperors demanded the respect, good will and cooperation, as well as the submission and obedience, of all peoples, both near and far....

Wang Yi said Thursday that the U.S. and China were facing the biggest challenge since the establishment of full diplomatic ties in 1979. Wang addressed a virtual forum on U.S.-China relations Thursday, warning that too many people in Washington, D.C. now see China as an adversary or “enemy” amid poor bilateral relations, Chinese state media reported. Trade tensions, territorial disputes, human rights abuses and the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic have all undermined U....

The Taiwanese Defense Ministry released daily updates as it tracked large numbers of Chinese aircraft and naval vessels in its surrounding sea and airspace, with record numbers crossing the unofficial, but previously observed, median line in the Taiwan Strait. Between August 4 to 11, Chinese warplanes flew more than 300 sorties around the island, which Beijing claims as its own. Chinese officials framed the war games as a direct response to Nancy Pelosi, after the House speaker visited Taiwan between August 2 and 3, and met with democratically elected leaders including President Tsai Ing-wen....

The halt in production has prompted some concern that there will be global supply shortages for smartphones and other goods as the holiday season approaches. The Chinese government is attempting to cut back power consumption, as the country’s rate is almost double its usual amount. The ruling Communist Party is trying to reduce energy intensity, or the amount of energy used per unit of economic output, to meet goals in combatting climate change....

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has been publicizing PLA Air Force sorties into its air defense identification zone for 13 months. An ADIZ is a self-declared airspace not regulated under international law, and a part large of Taiwan’s zone extends into the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangxi, even though it only concerns itself with activity that occurs on its side of the Taiwan Strait median line. As of September 30, Taiwan had logged 117 ADIZ incursions by Chinese military aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers, fighter jets and reconnaissance planes....

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin openly fortified their nations’ “comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for the new era” during a summit held in Beijing earlier this month as the Winter Olympic Games began. Just a day after the international sporting event ended, however, Putin offered recognition of two separatist, self-proclaimed republics in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region and sent troops he deemed “peacekeepers” to support them, laying the groundwork for a “special military operation” he ultimately commenced late Wednesday....

The death toll in the condo building collapse rose to nine people on Sunday, with a further 10 injured and more than 150 others still unaccounted for. The Champlain Towers South collapsed in the town of Surfside on Thursday and three days later, responders are still digging debris in search of the residents that have remained missing. Hu Xijin, the editor for the Chinese Community Party’s Global Times, called the U....

The comments follow China flying record numbers of warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense zone in recent weeks and escalating tension between Beijing and Washington over the self-governing island. On Friday, Abbott said of China, “Sensing that its relative power might have peaked, with its population aging, its economy slowing, and its finances creaking, it’s quite possible that Beijing could lash out disastrously very soon.” His comments came in a speech at the Yushan Forum in Taipei, where he called upon Beijing to scale back “the aggression....

The Chinese foreign ministry sent a tweet on Monday suggesting there were “growing doubts over the US government’s handling of the #COVID19.” “When did the first infection occur in the US?” the foreign ministry asked. “Is the US government hiding something? Why they opt to blame others? American people and the international community need an answer from the US government.” The foreign ministry did not elaborate on the assertions. A State Department spokesperson told Newsweek that the president and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo “regularly answer questions about the U....

Wang hit back at the comments made last month by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who said international engagement with China had failed and that Beijing bites “the international hands that fed it.” Pompeo’s broadside, delivered at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda last month, also included swipes at Chinese “propagandists” and the Chinese government, which “ripped off our prized intellectual property.” But in an interview with the state-run Xinhua news agency, published on China’s foreign ministry website, Wang said China was open to reconciliation....

U.S. lawmakers and President Donald Trump’s administration have been passing legislation and introducing sanctions on Chinese individuals and companies believed to be undermining Hong Kong autonomy, prompting retaliation and protests from Beijing. On Monday, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the U.S. will revoke Hong Kong’s special status under American law, which had afforded the territory preferential trading status. The U.S. will halt defense exports and restrict Hong Kong’s access to high-technology products....

Suga will appear with Biden in the White House’s Rose Garden late on Friday following the two leaders’ first face-to-face meeting, according to White House advisories. The conference is likely to include such topics as the coronavirus pandemic, climate change and China’s repression of the Uyghurs, an ethnic group native to the Xinjiang region. China’s military expansion is also expected to receive mention, a prediction China is both counting on and already working to suppress....

Man Utd at 15/4 odds to win PL It has been reported by the Sunday Times that a mysterious Chinese buyer has expressed an interest in purchasing a holding in the English club, who are owned by the Glazer family. According to the report, some of United’s independent shareholders have been contacted. However, Ping An Insurance Group distanced itself from the rumours on Monday. What Perisic signing means for Rashford...

Then there is China, which no one mentions as a model for the Middle East, precisely because it has never held national elections. Admittedly, you have to swallow hard to say that China, with its reprehensible record on human rights, is a model for anyone. But China’s record is no worse than the sham democracies of Central Asia and Africa, where elections have done nothing to safeguard individual liberties. Those basket-case states point to the likely future of Iraq, too, if elections are pushed with too much haste....