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Perak and Malaysia Under-22 midfielder, Ahmad Khairil Anuar is confident that he will be fully fit for the upcoming AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers as well as the South-East Asian (SEA) Games next month. Ahmad Khairil who is more commonly known at ‘Beto’ was speaking to reporters after the launch of Puma’s new football boots - Puma One at a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur on Friday morning. The new design of the boots comes with the tagline “Fit, Fast and Feel” and Beto has given his thumbs up on the new creation and reckoned the shoe can help his performance....

“The scores of Haitian immigrants who were living in filth under the city’s bridges, corralled and charged by mounted Patrolmen like they were animals, had in many cases been on an odyssey lasting more than a decade,” O’Rourke, a Democrat and former presidential candidate, wrote in the op-ed published by El Paso Matters. “We should have seen them coming and ensured that the people of Del Rio, the women and men of the Border Patrol and especially the refugees themselves would not have to endure what has shocked the world over the last week,” he added....

The call, which featured actor Eva Longoria riling up the troops and labor icon Dolores Huerta pledging to join O’Rourke in south Texas cities in September, was watched by an additional 40,000 people across YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. O’Rourke, making one of his first appearances since a bacterial infection had sidelined him, spoke passionately on a wide range of issues including abortion, immigration, and ending “the schoolhouse to jailhouse pipeline” for Latino students who are disproportionately suspended and expelled — all issues that his campaign believes he can win on in November to defeat Governor Greg Abbott, who is seeking a third term....

According to The Texas Tribune, both Cruz and his fellow Texas Senator John Cornyn confirmed that they plan to attend the inauguration, where Biden will be sworn in as the 46th president. O’Rourke, who ran against Cruz for his Senate seat in 2018, condemned the senator for his intention to attend, saying he shouldn’t be allowed. The former congressman accused Cruz of sedition and inciting the violent protesters who invaded the Capitol on January 6, which lead to the deaths of five people....

Campy and over-the-top, the family-friendly comedy was tailor made for Bette Midler. The Sanderson sisters (Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) are awoken from a spell cast in the 17th century and proceed to try to steal the youth of the children of modern-day Salem, Massachusetts. Released in July 1993, though, Hocus Pocus was steamrolled by that summer’s blockbusters, among them the first Jurassic Park, Tom Cruise in The Firm and Harrison Ford in The Fugitive....

The dimpled bat works on the same principle as a golf ball. When something moves through the atmosphere, a thin layer of air sticks to it. This air pushes against the swung bat, slowing it down with a drag force. Dimples are the Pac-Men of drag. The roughness of the surface causes turbulence around the bat, mixing the stationary ““boundary layer’’ with faster-moving layers farther away. Rather than piling up in front, air slips to the back ofthe bat....

The module, called Zvezda (“star” in Russian), is due to complete its rendezvous with the first two sections of the space station on July 25, putting ISS construction back on track. Manned missions to the station will start in September, and the first crew–two Russians and an American–will set up house in late October. No word yet on whether they’ll be getting a visit from the delivery guy.

LAS VEGAS – Both the Texans and Steelers come into tonight’s game at 3-3 and sorely needing a win to keep pace in their divisions. The Texans have dropped two straight, but the Steelers are likely coming in with less confidence after getting blown out by the Browns. Houston will meet Pittsburgh for what should be an entertaining AFC matchup on Monday night (8:30 p.m., ESPN). The Line: Steelers -3, Total: 44....

And this is better than air travel. I’m the fatalistic type–when my number’s up, it’s up. And I’ll be damned if I’ll let the terrorists dictate my life, even on something as mundane as travel plans. But the plain fact is that the country is under attack again (whether the anthrax letters turn out to be home-grown or part of an Al Qaeda plot), and not enough has been done yet to secure public safety....

I didn’t think I’d be a frightened man at this stage of my life. I picture myself as a solid citizen, a guy who mows the lawn on weekends, takes care of things, a good neighbor. I thought I had everything covered. My kids are young adults; I thought I would have enough in the bank to help them over the rough spots, be there for them when times get tough in the early years....

Social reforms have been a woefully low priority throughout Asia. In Thailand, as elsewhere, economic restructuring and legal reforms must be accompanied by a more fundamental rethinking of how we do things. But social reform is such a sensitive issue that governments would rather sidestep the topic. This reluctance to address social reforms is worrisome. In Thailand, four social evils, namely cronyism, collusion, corruption and complacency, have spread to all levels of the society....

Ronald Koeman has revitalised the Goodison Park outfit over the past three months, turning them from a side still recovering from the farcical end to Roberto Martinez’s reign into one of the most watchable sides in England, and arguably across the continent. ‘Only one team in London!’ A group of young attacking players have finally begun to fulfil their potential while the solidity that evaporated under Martinez has finally returned, meaning Everton head to Anfield on Saturday as genuine top-four contenders....

Iganzio Cassis, Switzerland’s foreign minister, presented the project in a video message for the inaugural “summit” on Thursday and Friday of the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator, or GESDA. Backed by the Swiss government, GESDA aims to join government policy and science in the international city. GESDA would serve as an “honest broker” to spread advances in science to countries across the economic spectrum, bringing together hundreds of global scientists and policymakers....

During the Omicron surge, many COVID-positive patients struggled to get their hands on the life-saving antiviral drugs. Now, the White House said Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Lagevrio are in “ample supply,” but the pills aren’t getting into the hands of those who need them. Paxlovid can reduce the risk of hospitalization or death by almost 90% when taken within three to five days of symptom onset. It is authorized for people who are 12 years or older, 88 pounds or heavier, and are at high risk for developing severe COVID-19....

Biden made the comments in June of 2020 during an economic reopening roundtable in Philadelphia, weeks after Floyd’s death. During the discussion, Biden was explaining how smartphones have mobilized people all over the world to participate in the movement against police brutality. “Even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George Floyd’s death did,” Biden said during the discussion. “It’s just like television changed the Civil Rights movement for the better when they saw Bull Connor and his dogs ripping the clothes off of elderly black women going to church and firehoses ripping the skin off of young kids....

At home, this already means devoting trillions of dollars to domestic work. But abroad, the task is even more gargantuan, as Washington attempts to align allies in a concerted yet costly effort to take on Beijing’s intercontinental Belt and Road Initiative as it expands across the globe. The message Biden brought with him to the G7 summit in the United Kingdom earlier this month was a direct extension of his “Build Back Better” campaign slogan, now marketed as “Build Back Better World” for international audiences....

A Rasmussen Reports poll released Wednesday found that 51 percent of voters said they would vote for the former vice president, compared to 43 percent for Trump. The survey found that 3 percent are undecided, while another 3 percent intend to vote for a third-party candidate. A Rasmussen survey from two weeks earlier was the only national poll out of more than 100 conducted in September to show Trump ahead, leading Biden by 1 percent....

The nominations will run the federal prosecutors’ offices in Hawaii, Rhode Island, North Carolina, Colorado, Ohio, Vermont and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the White House said Tuesday. Sandra Hairston, the acting U.S. attorney in the Middle District of North Carolina, would be the first Black woman to serve as the federal prosecutor in her state. The same distinction would apply to Dena King, who is eyeing being U.S. attorney for the Western District of North Carolina....

Under the Trump administration, then-Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin preemptively increased government borrowing and amassed well over $1 trillion, according to Politico. The rainy-day fund was accumulated in advance of possible future relief measures due to the uncertainty of the economy amid the pandemic. “Early on in the Covid crisis, I made sure we always had ample funds on hand to be prepared for any needed economic response,” Mnuchin told the outlet in an email....