Chinese businessman Li – who purchased the Italian club for 740 million euros ($911 million) in April 2017 – was responding to reports that he has been ordered to auction off his assets to repay unpaid loans to two banks. Italian daily Corriere della Sera claimed that the 48-year-old entrepreneur was already insolvent at the time he purchased the club from Italian media tycoon and former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi....
The second-year Hurricanes coach didn’t lead his team to a miraculous turnaround, a 10-win season and a potential College Football Playoff berth by letting it get caught up in the magnitude of the moment. And he has no intention of starting now. WEEK 14 PICKS: Straight up | Against the spread “I’ve never said to the team, ‘Let’s prove to everybody The U is back,’” Richt said during ACC media availability on Friday....
The bodies were burned so badly that they couldn’t be counted precisely; it wasn’t clear whether Kibweterie himself had died. Some estimates put the number of dead at more than 235. As modern mass suicides go, it ranked second only to the 914 followers of an American cult leader, the Rev. Jim Jones, who died in Guyana in 1978. And in Uganda, a country racked by AIDS and atrocities dating back to the dictator Idi Amin, the horror was only too familiar....
The director is trying to put a brave face on the spy scandal, the worst since CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames was caught working for the Russians in 1993. Last week Freeh claimed that arresting Hanssen on charges of espionage was a “counterintelligence coup.” From some kind of unidentified “sources” U.S. intelligence obtained what seemed to be virtually the KGB’s entire file on Hanssen’s case. Sources tell NEWSWEEK the bureau was able to identify the turncoat–who used code names like “B” and “Ramon”–from his fingerprints on the packages he allegedly sent to his Russian handlers....
But lately spymasters have moved directly into the spotlight of the Middle East peace process. First, there was U.S. Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet brokering Palestinian-Israeli ceasefires in the 1990s. Now it’s the head of Egypt’s intelligence service, Omar Suleiman, who’s been knocking heads in Arafat’s compound, getting a new Palestinian government in place as the first step toward adoption of Washington’s Roadmap for peace. Suleiman is more than just a friendly intelligence chief in an unfriendly neighborhood....
The dream of a national school lunch program is just as important to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Almost every tragedy imaginable has afflicted this large nation in Central Africa. The DRC is about the size of Western Europe. War, disease, poverty and even a volcanic eruption have happened this year. The DRC has suffered from the COVID-19 pandemic, cholera, as well as outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus....
Like Bush, Major is the pragmatic successor to a radical reformer of the right. Like the Democrats in America, Labor tried to regain power by moving toward the center, decrying the Darwinian downside of conservative economics. “It’s time for a change,” said Labor’s campaign posters. The party wanted to end Thatcher’s calculated neglect of the public sector and raise taxes substantially on upper-income citizens. But the prospect of further upheaval proved unpalatable....
Here are the top 5 things we believe you must know about the Olio wonder- The top feature that will attract buyers to the Olio smart watch will be its dual compatibility with iOS as well as Android. The Model One has a swipe and glance orietnted interface. Therefore, the watch actually personalizes its working based on how long you use it. It can work around organizing notification lists on an intuitive timing and simpler basis as compared to other smartwatches....
Why the change of heart? The Navy is facing an alarming shortage of new recruits. With the economy surging and jobs plentiful, potential sailors are turning up their noses at military hardships–and meager military pay. A recent Pentagon survey found that only 9 percent of young men between 16 and 21 were likely to consider joining the Navy, the lowest among the four services. At the end of last year, there were 22,000 vacancies in the fleet....
Last week NEWSWEEK’s Marcus Mabry spoke with three leading Arab intellectuals–based in Amman, Beirut and Damascus–to get their views. All three believed that the chances of the rising violence in Israel and the territories escalating into a wider, regional conflict are virtually nil, particularly given Israel’s overwhelming military might. They also unanimously defended Yasir Arafat’s rejection of the deal offered by former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak at Camp David last year, arguing that no Arab leader could have agreed to a peace plan that did not include significant Arab control of East Jerusalem–even if, in hindsight, Arafat’s rejection of the offer may have contributed to Sharon’s landslide victory in Israeli elections earlier this month....
Industry insider Jeff Grubb has teased that fans will see the next game from Josef Fares “soon.” This could indicate that Fares will reveal the new game as part of the ongoing Summer Game Fest events, which would make sense considering Fares’ connection with SGF and Game Awards host/organizer Geoff Keighley. There are a number of Summer Game Fest events coming up, including EA Play 2020, and so maybe Fares’ new game will be announced then....
The Senate welfare bill, which Clinton has warmly endorsed, is, says Sen. Pat Moynihan, “an obscene act of social regression.” Charging that the administration has suppressed a study showing that more than a million children would fall into poverty as a result of the bill (which is marginally less severe than the House bill), Moynihan says with icy fury, “Just how many infants we will put to the sword is not yet clear....
In a letter to her Democratic colleagues that was released to the public, the California Democrat said she’s asked House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) to “be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate.” The transfer of the articles is coming after a growing number of Democrats were beginning to break with Pelosi, telling Newsweek and other media it was time to move forward with a trial....
We didn’t meet again until last week. I was back in Baghdad for the anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and I tracked Ali down. She’s doing well, renting her old house to Western journalists for a hefty $5,500 a month. But she worries about the city’s unsafe streets, especially the threat of terrorist attacks. Not that she regrets being free. “Of course things are better than they were under Saddam,” she said, and she began reminiscing about the glorious sound of U....
In the note, Munn says she’s proud of the Packers for the “positive” way they faced adversity this season, both “on and off the field,” leaving some wondering if she’s referencing Rodgers’ rift with his family. Olivia Munn’s Instagram note to Packers, fans MORE: Five things Packers must do to give Aaron Rodgers another Super Bowl shot A photo posted by Olivia Munn (@oliviamunn) on Jan 22, 2017 at 6:19pm PST...
The Packers had one of their more complete wins of the season against the Rams Monday, winning 24-12 to knock the Rams out of playoff contention and keep their slim playoff hopes alive. But a snafu by the Packers near the goal line kept it from being at least 30-12 as a final score. The Packers lined up with two receivers bunched, and Rodgers threw a ball at the ankles of Watson due to a miscommunication....
The Packers’ quarterback looked to be in vintage form as he drove Green Bay down the field in 37 seconds to set kicker Mason Crosby up for the game-winning 51-yard field goal to walk off the 49ers on the road. On the Pat McAfee Show, which aired Tuesday, Rodgers said he made it a rough night for some out there. “It’s a rough night for some of those, ‘he doesn’t care’ campers,” Rodgers said....
“I savor every moment, every season,” Rodgers told reporters. “I don’t take any of it for granted. I don’t know what the future holds. I know I can control this year and my play and my approach and my attitude.” Two-time MVP Rodgers is under contract through the next four seasons and the 36-year-old quarterback has previously spoken of his desire to follow peers Tom Brady and Drew Brees and play in his 40s....
In the month-and-a-half since Abbott Elementary solidified itself within ABC’s Tuesday night lineup, the mockumentary-style sitcom created by Quinta Brunson has generated massive social media buzz, and has earned the ratings to match. Earlier today, Deadline reported that the sitcom’s second episode, which aired on Jan. 4, amassed 9.0 million viewers and a 2.3 rating in adults ages 18-49 after 35 days of viewing across multiple platforms, marking the best MP35 performance by an ABC comedy since the Modern Family series finale in April, 2020....
The visitors head into the game on a blistering 15-game unbeaten run in all competitions and will look to keep the juggernaut rolling. Aberdeen continue to struggle for form as they fell to a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Livingston last Saturday. They have now failed to win any of their last four league games, managing two draws and losing two in that time. With 29 points from 24 games, Aberdeen are currently seventh in the Premiership table, one point off sixth-placed Dundee United....
