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The UFC welcomed back a full crowd at UFC 261 last weekend. A 15,000 strong audience enjoyed live action at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. The event marked the first to be held in front of a full crowd in over a year. There aren’t enough adjectives to describe the shocking and memorable moments the pay-per-view brought us. Understandably, fans are looking ahead to the next event with fans and another exciting looking PPV, but the APEX isn’t finished providing us with great matchups just yet and this week’s headliner could be a classic....

Microsoft announced its $68.7 billion acquisition on January 18 earlier this year, which would see Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King brought into the Xbox Game Studios fold. Since then regulatory bodies have been investigating the supposed merger, with judgments ostensibly still pending. Brazil recently approved the deal, criticizing Sony’s foray into the discussion, which saw the competitor argue that the potential for Microsoft to turn industry defining franchises exclusive, such as Call of Duty, was anti-consumer....

Ukraine’s Operational Command South (OCS) said in a Facebook post on Monday that the military had dashed Russian hopes “of establishing a connection between the banks” of the Dnipro by attacking the barge and stopping “attempts of the occupiers to restore the carrying capacity of the bridge in Nova Kakhovka,” which is located in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region. Ukraine has repeatedly targeted and destroyed bridges over the river in recent months, cutting off a crucial supply path for the Russian military....

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s barbaric assault on Ukraine has awakened Europe to the reality that he is truly evil and could continue his march westward. It is no coincidence that Sweden and Finland—once fiercely neutral countries—now show serious interest in joining NATO. Ukraine is not in NATO, which is why members of the military alliance have held back in sending in their forces. It is also the West’s good fortune that Joe Biden is president and not Donald Trump....

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz decided to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed sources. At least one company of tanks, often comprising 14 tanks, will be provided. The tanks will come from Bundeswehr stocks. Berlin also will authorize the supply of the same tanks by other countries, notably Poland. “If true, this could be a true pivot point in the war,” Stavridis, a retired U....

“Our Irpin has been released from Moscow filth!!! Glory to Ukraine! Glory to her defenders! Eternal memory to the fallen heroes!” Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn wrote in a translated caption for the video. Markushyn also informed CNN of the purported reclaiming of the city, though the claim has not been independently verified. Newsweek has reached out to Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry for confirmation and comment but did not hear back by publication time....

The portable powerhouse looks the same, sounds the same, and even uses the same old micro-USB port. In fact all that’s new is an extra hour of battery life, slightly better Bluetooth range, and the use of more environmentally friendly materials. That makes the Wonderboom 3 a little harder to get excited about, especially for anyone who owns the last model. But it can’t change the fact that this is once again an excellent option for a compact, portable, waterproof Bluetooth speaker that can take a kicking and keep on ticking....

Diagnostic Ultrasounds To get a clearer picture of what is going on under the skin, a healthcare provider may order a diagnostic ultrasound. Diagnostic ultrasounds use high-frequency sound waves that bounce around, providing a picture of specific areas in the body. If you think of the type of ultrasound used in pregnancy, you are picturing something pretty close to a diagnostic ultrasound for chronic pain. Diagnostic ultrasounds may be used to determine the cause of pelvic pain, to diagnose tumors causing pain or to examine other structural abnormalities that may cause certain types of chronic pain....

UMass Amherst school administrators enacted a zero-tolerance, “high risk” COVID-19 pandemic stance in February that led to three female freshmen being cut off from online classes and having their $16,000 in tuition voided for the entire semester. The suspended students’ parents on Friday blasted the school’s decision, which was made after someone handed administrators a photo that showed the freshman friends posing outside without masks at an off-campus event....

According to The Boston Globe’s Pete Abraham, West will call it a career after the campaign. In May, he set the MLB record for most games umpired with his 5,376th game. FAGAN: Max Scherzer could top list as best midseason pitching acquisition of all time West has been around baseball for close to half a century. He made the majors at 23, with his debut game on Sept. 14, 1976....

“We took a good, bitter lesson from what happened in Rwanda, and we said this should never happen,” Smail Chergui, AU commissioner for peace and security, told Newsweek. The 1994 Rwandan Genocide violently took the lives of hundreds of thousands, perhaps a million people in what likely remains the deadliest mass killing of the past quarter-century. Much of the ethnic cleansing was orchestrated by hardline majority Hutus against the Tutsis, other ethnic minorities and moderate Hutus amid civil war and political unrest in the East African nation....

Becoming a game developer in India looks much more plausible now that the United Nations is looking to fund game developers in the country. This initiative has the National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) Gaming Forum and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (UNESCO MGIEP) coming together to search for studios and developers in the nation....

While Britain recognizes the 15,000 people as vaccinated, the Novavax dose has not been approved in other countries and therefore those volunteers cannot travel abroad. Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, England’s deputy chief medical officer, told BBC that when the trials began, the U.K. did not know which vaccines would succeed to be approved internationally. “The measures we have taken will allow U.K. COVID-19 vaccine trial participants to travel freely overseas once they have had the additional vaccinations,” he said....

In the co-main event, Alistair Overeem upset Junior Dos Santos, winning by second-round TKO. Other action included Nate Diaz beating Michael Johnson by unanimous decision in lightweight action; and Karolina Kowalkiewicz defeated Randa Markos by unanimous decision in women’s strawweight action. MORE: UFC on Fox 17 prelim results | UFC on Fox 17 winners and losers | January’s best fights Here are the highs and lows of UFC on Fox 17....

Round 2: Colby Covington was going for bod shots and made sure not to go high-volume right from the get-go. Colby Covington ate a shot to the face but that didn’t stop him from pressing forward, clinching Woodley and getting shots to the body. Tyron Woodley burst forward and escaped the clinch and he ended up with a takedown. Tyron Woodley went for the guillotine but he got up, and Colby Covington got back in a favorable position, pressing the former Champion up against the fence....

Improving that experience is precisely the goal of the deafening jackhammers, towering cranes and grinding cement trucks now transforming the palazzo built in 1560 by the Medici duke Cosimo I. They are part of a massive €50 million, five-year expansion and renovation aimed at giving the Uffizi display spaces worthy of its collection. Though the top floor has been a gallery for the private Medici collections since 1581, the horseshoe-shaped building was never intended to accommodate millions of visitors each year....

Kasumba’s unique elegance saw him score five out of seven goals scored by Batoto ba Mungu in the month alone which came with a Sh30, 000 award. Kasumba went further to be declared the player of the month and received a similar award during a short ceremony held at the team’s training ground at Eastleigh High School on Wednesday. Mohammed Kilume tied up with Rodgers Aloro for the best player runner-up accolades although it was the former, who scooped Sh 20, 000 that was at stake following evaluation during matches against Chemelil Sugar, Ulinzi Stars, Kariobangi Sharks, Kakamega Homeboyz and Gor Mahia....

The draw leaves Bharat FC in 10th place on the Hero I-League table. The Lions have 12 points from 13 games while Shillong Lajong FC are in eighth place courtesy of the draw with 13 points from as many games. Lions’ head coach Stuart Watkiss rung in a few changes opting to start Subash Singh and Surajit Bose as a strike pairing with New Zealand international striker Kris Bright beginning the game on the bench....

“As of November 29, 2022, Russia has lost more than 2,900 tanks and nearly 5,900 armed combat vehicles since late February. The Ukrainian military thinks that it’s not enough and the number of losses of the enemy until he gets out of Ukraine, will increase every day,” the Tuesday update said. “This ‘works’ our artillery, aviation, tanks, and the infantry has something to say! Together we will win!” The update included photos from the war of Ukrainian soldiers on the battlefield, including them manning tanks on rough terrain and fighting in the snow....