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Morrison announced his positive COVID test on Twitter, saying that he had been testing himself daily since Sunday and had been receiving negative results. Hours before posting the tweet, Morrison posted a picture of himself shaking hands with Nauruan President Lionel Aingimea. The two had met in Sydney earlier in the day “to reinforce strong Australia-Nauru ties, resilient infrastructure, Pacific Islands Forum unity and Ukraine’s sovereignty,” Morrison said. Neither of the leaders was wearing masks in the picture....

A top official from Western Australia Police Force has confirmed that the suspect will be charged with breaking the state’s self-quarantine requirements. He was found at a hotel in Northbridge on Friday night after ignoring orders to remain at a hospital. The suspect, who has not been identified by name, had complained of “non-COVID-19 related symptoms” after flying to Perth on Friday following a visit to Queensland. He was allowed to enter, then brought to a hospital by ambulance....

“I called the NCAA in mid-March,” Powell said, via the Indianapolis Business Journal. “I spoke with a young white guy, and I was telling him that I had a story about a college that was trading sex and all that stuff for money.” MORE: Six things we learned from ‘Breaking Cardinal Rules’ | Indiana booster sparked NCAA investigation into Louisville, AD says The book, “Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen,” was co-written by investigative reporter Dick Cady....

Not frequently seen in major crimes, slingshots are often imagined as the weapon-of-choice for mischievous, young delinquents. No doubt aided by countless popular media representations—a notable example being the slingshot-toting Bart Simpson—they’re are rarely seen as capable of causing real-life harm. The recent crimes in San Jose, however, serve as a reminder that slingshots, which also have histories of use in game hunting and political demonstrations, can actually be quite powerful....

The two sides have been in conflict over the pocket—internationally recognized Azeri land but governed by the ethnic Armenian, self-declared Republic of Artsakh—for decades, but this week’s violence is the most serious since a bout of fighting 2016. Both sides have deployed heavy artillery, tanks and drones, and more than 100 people—including civilians—have been killed so far. International calls for calm have fallen on deaf ears. Azeri President Ilham Aliyev said Wednesday: “We only have one condition: Armenian armed forces must unconditionally, fully, and immediately leave our lands....

Many fans and observers thought that the dispute between the Selangor FA (FAS) and its former president and Selangor state Menteri Besar (chief minister) Dato’ Seri Azmin Ali was already over following the latter’s acrimonious resignation from the association, and withdrawal of state funding at the end of 2016. However, last week they were surprised by the news that a new building complex in the outskirts of Shah Alam in Puncak Alam, which had initially been built by the state government for FAS’ use, will not be handed over to the association after all....

Now, more than five and a half decades later, the mystery kidnapping may have been solved, after Paul—now middle-aged and living under a different name—was tracked down to rural Michigan, according to a U.S. news channel. In 1964, the details of the case riveted the nation. On April 26, a woman dressed as a nurse went into Dora Fronczak’s room at Michael Reese Hospital, saying she needed to take her day-old baby away to be checked by a doctor....

Beavers were extinct in mainland Britain by the 16th century, targeted by hunters for their fur, meat and scent glands. However, wildlife experts have pointed out that they can bring measurable benefits to the ecosystems they live in, so there has been a push over the past decade to return the water-dwelling mammals to the British countryside. In January 2020, the U.K.’s National Trust charity released an adult pair of Eurasian beavers into Exmoor’s Holnicote Estate....

In a general sense, we know what happened to Bondar. His doctor at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Dr. Edward Gerstenfeld, later determined that Bondar’s left anterior descending artery was 99 percent blocked by a coating of plaque, leaving a passage “the width of a hair.” A blockage in that vessel, the largest artery feeding the heart, is known to cardiologists as the widowmaker. A tiny clot lodging there would have sent his heart into a brief burst of the ineffectual rhythm known as fibrillation, before it stopped altogether....

The MCA holds the promise of boosting American foreign aid by half over three years, to $5 billion annually–if the plan’s administrators find sufficient evidence of progress to merit doling out the funds. Apparently they have: on May 10 President George W. Bush announced the first 16 nations to qualify for $1 billion in U.S. grants available this year. All have met a series of good-governance incentive standards established by the new program....

Kolodziejek worked first at Auschwitz, carting rubber solvents for I.G. Farben’s war effort, then at Mauthausen, building Messerschmitt planes. He spent the entire war in the camps. His untold experience is a reminder of the secret behind the thousand-year Reich’s 12-year reign. Nazi Europe was a kind of pyramid scheme: conquer a country, then enslave its able-bodied citizens to empower the machine to conquer more. And under fascism the corporations that built this empire thrived on low overhead, thanks to millions of slave laborers like Kolodziejek....

Iron is a vital nutrient, and the high levels contained in meat-rich Western diets have long been presumed safe. But Sullivan has identified several trends suggesting that the dangers of “normal” iron levels may dwarf those of high cholesterol. For example, women’s cholesterol levels change little after menopause, yet their iron levels rise sharply, and so do their heart-attack rates. Experts have traditionally blamed hormonal changes for the sudden surge in cardiovascular illness....

To get specific about the weather, early morning reports showed there was ice on the field. An afternoon report, however, claims the field is in better condition, but the weather will still be awful. The game temp will likely be about 20 degrees, but the wind chill factor will make it feel like single-digit weather. So how does this impact Thursday night’s players? We take a look below. WEEK 14 RANKINGS: Quarterback | Running back | Wide receiver | Tight end | D/ST | Kicker...

Thousands of other Sunnis like Kamal have been cleared out of the western half of Baghdad, which they once dominated, in recent months. The surge of U.S. troops—meant in part to halt the sectarian cleansing of the Iraqi capital—has hardly stemmed the problem. The number of Iraqi civilians killed in July was slightly higher than in February, when the surge began. According to the Iraqi Red Crescent, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has more than doubled to 1....

The 2017-18 campaign proved to be a particularly frustrating one for the Ivory Coast international. He helped to get United off to a bright start, but an untimely injury picked in November kept him sidelined for three months. Once he did return, Jose Mourinho began to tinker with his approach as he sought to manage a hectic schedule and offer more minutes to those heading to World Cup 2018....

Bakayoko’s cryptic series of tweets Goal understands that the Monaco midfielder traveled to London on Thursday and passed his medical with the Blues a day later, despite lingering concerns over his knee. He was set to sign a contract later Friday, having spent the day at the club’s training ground in Cobham and speaking with Antonio Conte. However, the move was complicated by several factors, with Monaco vice president Vadim Vasilyev asking for a higher fee at the last minute and Bakayoko having signed several mandates with mulitple agents or intermediaries, making it difficult to identify the parties who needed to be paid and slowing down the process of finalizing the deal....

In a recent interview with GQ Magazine, the Browns quarterback revealed how he essentially snubbed the Chargers ahead of the draft. Since they had the No. 17 pick of the first round, Mayfield — who became the top pick of the draft — didn’t make much of their interest in him. Via GQ: MORE: 2019 NFL Predictions with Cowboys winning it all This type of attitude just shows off Mayfield’s personality, albeit to an extreme....

Either that, or he’s going to be making a very awkward return next season. On Tuesday night, as rumors of shared interest between Deshaun Watson and the Browns heated up as the Texans continue to pursue a trade partner, Mayfield tweeted out a letter to Browns fans saying that he too doesn’t know what’s going on, but he is grateful to the city. “This is not a message with hidden meaning....

The future-former Cleveland Browns quarterback is still sitting on the Browns’ depth chart, but behind Deshaun Watson, as he waits for a potential trade. Speaking on a recent episode of the “Ya Neva Know” podcast, Mayfield explained that he hasn’t had the best go of it in Cleveland, saying that the organization promised him one thing but actually did another, leading to feeling disrespected by the organization (timestamp: 1:07:34): Mayfield would also say that Seattle might be the most likely landing spot for him for the 2022 season (editor’s note: video contains NSFW language):...