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Teofimo’s dad and trainer isn’t exactly shaking in his boots over Ryan Garcia.

1. DPH: Georgia reports 1st case of COVID-19 variant  WJCL News
2. New coronavirus strain spreads in U.S. and U.K.  CBS News
3. UK coronavirus variant most likely to spread among this age group, study suggests  Fox News
4. 32 COVID-19 variant cases now identified in San Diego County  CBS 8 San Diego
5. What we do and don't know about new COVID mutations  Japan Today
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The central D-color stone is internally flawless.

In its biggest move toward a nuclear bomb, Iran has reduced its nuclear breakout time to six weeks.

When I joined Twitter back in 2015 it wasn’t a particularly nice place, which I must admit thrilled my little Canadian heart. This was around the time you would see long, overthought meditations on what was motivating people to be mean to each other online and it seemed very clear to me then as it does now that the…

In line with Iraq’s currently perilous finances and with its future target of increasing crude oil production to 7 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2027 at the latest, Baghdad last week announced plans to boost southern crude oil export capacity by 72 percent within the next three years. In this vein it signed a US$2.625 billion deal with South Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) to build out the Al-Fao main export depot to the south of Basra. In broad terms, Iraq’s Undersecretary... Читать дальше...

Headquartered in OōEli Comprehensive Art Park, Hangzhou, the interior design of GOA is done by its own team, which follows the rigorous modulus system of architectures in the park. Meanwhile, this building manages to integrate the work scenes of large design companies into it, expressing a delicate and rich sentiment in the overall style of “Cool and Natural”.

SEA Junction, a Thai nonprofit organisation and foundation, will start 2021 with the "Southeast Asia Mini Book And Craft Fair", which will be held on Jan 16-17 from 11am to 7pm.

Bangkok and its emotions are presented in a series of photographs by Marcelo von Schwartz during "Bangkok Dreamscapes", which is running at RCB Galleria 3 of River City Bangkok, Charoen Krung 24, until Feb 17.

Situated next to the Chao Phraya River, visitors who travel by boat to The Jam Factory can experience either a powerful or peaceful river. In her latest exhibition titled "Unnamed Tremble", artist Narissara Pianwimungsa explores her feelings about the power of nature along with her chaotic state of mind as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Bangkok's art scene is kicking off to a great start this year with 333 Anywhere Art Gallery showcasing the unique talents of Rungploy Lorpaitoon and Puttalak Dadsada, who have worked in collaboration with Samsung TV for this event to create installations which are thought-provoking and inspirational.

It seems like a very challenging task to successfully adapt hit video games into live action TV and movies as the quest has frustrated far more creators and studios than it's rewarded. High expectations from diehard fans often hobble these adaptations from the start. Yet one fearless filmmaker is Paul W.S. Anderson who moved from one video game franchise adaptation to another, beginning in 1995,...

Alternatives to meat are nothing new in Thailand. What is new is who's eating them.

Who should the public listen to regarding Covid-19 regulations? The provincial governor? The prime minister? The Public Health Ministry?

The rapid rise in Covid-19 infection cases among migrant labour -- thousands are located in Samut Sakhon alone -- has caused alarm.

On Monday morning, a British judge finally rejected the US attempt to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and jail him forever (or at least for 175 years in a high-security 'supermax' prison) on the grounds that he is, as Joe Biden once called him, a "high-tech terrorist".

OSLO: The sale of electric cars in Norway overtook those powered by petrol, diesel and hybrid engines last year, with German automaker Volkswagen AG replacing Tesla Inc as the top battery-vehicle producer, new data showed on Tuesday.

1. The world should be wary of ‘feeding crocodiles’ in China  Financial Times
2. Hong Kong: Dozens of arrests look more like a purge than law enforcement  Sky News
3. China to punish lawyers hired to help Hong Kong protesters  Telegraph.co.uk
4. Independence of Hong Kong courts on Beijing's target list  The Times
5. China Moves to Punish Lawyers Hired to Help Hong Kong Activists  The New York Times
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1. Hospitals in two NHS regions treating twice as many Covid patients as in first wave  Telegraph.co.uk
2. Covid-19: UK daily coronavirus cases top 60,000 for first time  BBC News
3. Coronavirus in numbers: UK Covid cases up by nearly 61000 in new record high  Evening Standard
4. Covid UK: Daily deaths DOUBLE to 830 week-on-week with 60,916 cases  Daily Mail
5. November lockdown failed to drive down virus in areas infected with new strain, data shows  Telegraph.co.uk
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The results suggest ongoing expansion of the I and M gold zones.

Geoff LaMear

Deter Iran, Middle East

The current approach of deterrence through a large U.S. troop presence is ineffective at deterring Iran or its Iraqi militias.

Deterring Iran doesn’t have to involve a massive U.S. presence or military action. Currently, the United States places between 45,000-65,000 troops in the Middle East at the cost of billions of dollars per month. Despite this, Washington’s costly strategy still fails to prevent the type of rocket attacks against... Читать дальше...

Democrat Jim Brewster's election win was certified by the state.

Here are the latest updates on the coronavirus in the Chicago area and the rest of Illinois.

When I think about diversity in last year’s crop of big-budget games I can see the bright spots. Some of PlayStation’s marquee games, for example, featured some of the most diverse casts I’ve seen with men of colour and queer women front and centre as main characters. But there’s still...

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