Richard Daschbach, 84, was on Thursday charged with seven counts of engaging in illicit sexual conduct in Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor. Daschbach, a U.S. citizen, was originally from Pennsylvania but has resided in what is now known as Timor-Leste for more than 50 years. He founded the Topu Honis shelter in 1992. Since 2018, at least 15 of his alleged victims have accused him of sexually abusing them while they were children residing at the shelter....

Scaramucci, who campaigned for Trump and served briefly as the president’s communications director, has become one of his strongest critics in recent months. He argued in an interview with CNN on Monday that Trump’s actions with Ukraine were illegal and certainly impeachable offenses. “We know that it’s completely impeachable and completely illegal,” he said “We can argue about whether [Republicans] are gonna vote for it or not,” the financier and political consultant told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota....

Gore, who has recently transitioned to boxing, entered the league at 22 years old and is retiring at 39 after not playing for a team in 2021. He spent the bulk of his career with the 49ers until 2014, before going to Indianapolis for three years. He ended his career by running an AFC East circuit sans Patriots, playing for the Dolphins, Bills, and finally the Jets. Gore announced his plan to sign a one-day deal with the 49ers in April....

Currently, there are two men behind bars for Halbach’s death. Both claim they are innocent. Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey have both spent years fighting for their freedom. Dassey took his case all the way to the Supreme Court, where his attempt at a new trial was rejected, while Avery continues the appeal process. Shawn Rech, director of Convicting a Murderer, told Newsweek his crew were given the confession while filming the documentary series....

Who was to blame for undermining the case against Saddam? One Bush administration official told NEWSWEEK that the uranium story was promoted by the British. “U.S. intelligence has always been skeptical,” said one official, saying there was “no corroboration” for the British report. However, the British government never named Niger as the potential supplier for Iraq’s nuclear program. The Brits carefully said in September that Iraq had sought “significant quantities of uranium from Africa....

Next month, New York’s American Museum of Natural History’s aptly named exhibit “Gold” will offer a comprehensive review of how different cultures have used the lustrous, malleable element and will feature artifacts that stretch from ancient times to modernity. Their common thread? Rank and privilege. “Societies that used gold as ornamentation, money … were societies that had social stratification,” says Charles Spencer, chairman of the museum’s anthropology division. “Even in our own culture, that’s how gold operates … I think that may be the draw....

The game in those pits is derivatives, those highly mathematical financial instruments that few people understand but many insist are dangerous. For corporate financial officers, the universe of ““quantos,’’ ““swaptions’’ and ““principal-only strips’’ has long since ceased to be exotic. But to politicians and reporters whose knowledge of finance ends with stocks and bonds, derivatives, seemingly created out of nothing by mathematicians wielding incomprehensible models, are the next savings and loan crisis in the making....

Garza eyes MLS move Gerardo “Tata” Martino’s side picked Donny Toia with the top choice in the draft, then shipped the former Montreal Impact defender to Orlando City in exchange for the eighth overall pick in the 2017 SuperDraft. Atlanta also chose FC Dallas defender Zach Loyd, Irwin, Orlando defender Mikey Ambrose and Sporting Kansas City goalkeeper Alec Kann in the draft. Minnesota United, meanwhile, selected New York Red Bulls defender Chris Duvall in the first round before promptly trading him and general allocation money to the Impact for Johan Venegas....

It’s an approach also backed by one leading clinical psychologist, who described it as the “first step” in separating herself from him and her previous life. While the idea of cheating on a pregnant partner may sound shocking or absurd to some, according to Scott Haltzman, a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Brown University Medical School, “it’s probably more common than people suspect.” Speaking to the website Parents, Haltzman put it down to the changes in the sex life of couples during pregnancy....

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Mock drafts can take a while to complete, though, especially if there are slow drafters in your mock. If you’re busy, you can check out the FantasyPros Mock Draft Simulator, which allows you to do a mock draft in minutes. That said, if you want to be on the clock in a pressure-packed environment, participating in a 10- or 12-team mock draft can be beneficial. I recently participated in a 15-round mock draft with Walter Cherepinsky of WalterFootball....

El-Shenawy damaged his anterior cruciate ligament earlier this month while playing for Zamalek in the Egyptian Premier League and the injury ruled the 24-year-old out of the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia. However, Hegazi who was in action against Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool in Saturday’s English Premier League encounter, has travelled abroad to check on his compatriot. “Peace be upon him,” Hegazi wrote on Instagram. “Praise be to Allah. First and foremost, I will like to thank everyone who supported me very hard and my brother Ahmed Yahya,” El-Shenawy wrote on Instagram after the surgery....

In December 2016, Aubameyang called the world 100m record holder out for a race. “I am waiting, man. I want to do that race, I want to see how I am, because everybody says I am fast but I don’t think so. I hope to see you one day. I want to do this challenge,” the 28-year-old was quoted as saying by FIFA.com. However, after meeting with his ‘hero’, the Gabon international admitted he stands no chance of dethroning the sprint legend....

The 2002 Fifa World Cup winner took to Twitter on Sunday to announce his retirement after enjoying a trophy-laden time in Europe with Real Madrid and AC Milan. And the Gabon international has showered praise on the 2007 Fifa World Player of the Year by sharing how he motivated him in building his pace. A post shared by Aubameyang (@aubameyang97) on Dec 18, 2017 at 6:48am PST

We have a mixture of fan and club anticipation for the big game tonight.

The youngster who was dressed in the club’s jumpers, joined Gabriel Jesus, John Stones, Leroy Sane, Karen Bardsley and Georgia Stanway to kick off the Christmas spirit in the Etihad Stadium.

The Brazilians went into the second leg holding a 1-0 lead from the first leg, but Wydad scored through Saidi to level the aggregate scoreline. It was a surprising defeat for the holders as the majority of South African football fans had hoped they will win and book a place in the semi-finals. What left the fans buffled was the way Sundowns took their penalties during the shoot-out. However, some are still proud of the Tshwane giants despite the defeat....

The deepwater shark was discovered dead by local fisherfolk in a remote area of Gubat, in Sorsogon on June 11, Philippines news outlet Rappler reported. Officials from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) do not yet know the cause of death. However, BFAR spokesperson Nonie Enolva told Rappler that she suspects it may have become tangled in a fishing net. Photographs posted to Facebook by Enolva show the shark lying dead in the shallows....

The single-seater F-16V jet was being piloted by Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) Capt. Chen Yi when the aircraft disappeared from radars off Dongshi Township in Chiayi at around 3:30 p.m. local time, ROCAF Maj. Gen. Liu Hui-chien told a press briefing. Chen’s F-16V—tail code 6650—was unarmed while taking part in a ground firing exercise at the Shuixi shooting range when the American-made jet was seen “crashing into the sea at a steep angle,” said Liu....

The newly crowned back-to-back world champion produced a fine final flying lap to finish ahead of George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who had led the way in the final practice session. Russell said afterwards he felt he had let down his team with a “terrible lap”, saying: “I felt like it was our pole to have.” Verstappen’s first pole in Mexico City stands him in a strong position to win his 14th grand prix of the season and break the record for the most race wins in a single campaign....