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“You’ll get used to it,” Rasheed said. “With time, I bet you’ll even like it.” They took a bus to a place Rasheed called the Shar-e-Nau Park, where children pushed each other on swings and slapped volleyballs over ragged nets tied to tree trunks. They strolled together and watched boys fly kites, Mariam walking beside Rasheed, tripping now and then on the burqa’s hem. For lunch, Rasheed took her to eat in a small kebab house near a mosque he called the Haji Yaghoub....

Andi wakes up Wednesday morning in Baghdad. She takes an hour to get ready. She showers, brushes her teeth, and thinks about placing a Crest whitening strip on her smile. She eats only a Zone bar, high nutrition, and drinks a bottle of Ocean Spray cranberry juice from her small refrigerator. Her room is in the Ramal Hotel off Karrada Street on the fourth floor. It is a two-star establishment pretending to be four-star....

American anxiety springs from something much deeper, a sense that large and disruptive forces are coursing through the world. In almost every industry, in every aspect of life, it feels like the patterns of the past are being scrambled. “Whirl is king, having driven out Zeus,” wrote Aristophanes 2,400 years ago. And—for the first time in living memory—the United States does not seem to be leading the charge. Americans see that a new world is coming into being, but fear it is one being shaped in distant lands and by foreign people....

The transcript has been lightly edited for space and clarity. NEWSWEEK: You’re the first foreign head of state President Biden has met with during his presidency, which seems like an important statement. Many analysts say the U.S.-Japan alliance is now on a par with the “special relationship” between the U.S. and Britain. Could you speak to us about how you see that relationship, what role Japan will play for the U....

Similar to other Legendary events in Pokémon Masters, trainers will proceed through a mini-story that introduces the new trainer and Legendary in the Pasio region. “The Dragon That Rules The Sky” is the title of this new story and will run from January 30 to February 14 at 12:59 a.m. EST. Players will team up with Zinnia and Professor Kukui from the Alola region. Zinnia was the main character of the Delta Episode post-game in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire....

In addition to the natural improvements in executive function that you can expect to develop throughout the years, it is also possible to pay attention to the different components of your executive function and to work on improving them so you can be happier and more productive. Types of Executive Function There are several ways that executive function is defined. It is sometimes divided into three major components—inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility....

The most common form of rhinitis is allergic rhinitis. It may be triggered by things in your environment, like pollen or dust mites. A high percentage of people with allergic rhinitis also have allergic conjunctivitis (watery eyes that are usually also red and itchy). A less common form of rhinitis is nonallergic rhinitis (NAR). This is also known as vasomotor rhinitis. Nonallergic rhinitis is more difficult to diagnose. It is a diagnosis of exclusion rather than a disorder that you can be tested for in a doctor’s office....

Week 5 gives us the biggest favorite of the year so far with Pittsburgh sitting as 14-point underdogs to the Bills. Using Buffalo comes with a cost in survivor pools, though, as it will be favored by large spreads in several weeks going forward. In this post, we’ll break down the Bills and four other popular Week 5 picks since you’re probably considering picking at least one of those teams....

“Crypto assets continue to rank as the poorest hedge for major drawdowns in equities,” JP Morgan said in a research report, “with questionable diversification benefits at prices so far above production costs, while correlations with cyclical assets are rising as crypto ownership is mainstreamed.” The analysts said greater adoption of Bitcoin will make it track more closely to other cyclical assets, reducing its utility as a way to diversify holdings....

Jake Williams, chief technical officer of cybersecurity firm BreachQuest, said the numbers currently claimed are likely low due to Kaseya customers being managed service providers (MSPs). “Given the relationship between Kaseya and MSPs, it’s not clear how Kaseya would know the number of victims impacted. There is no way the numbers are as low as Kaseya is claiming though,” Williams said. Most of the more than 60 Kaseya customers that were informed via email that they were affected on Sunday are MSPs with multiple customers of their own....

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov addressed reporters shortly after Russia said it downed a drone on Thursday over the Black Sea in the waters of Sevastopol, the largest city on the Crimean peninsula. “There are certainly risks because the Ukrainian side continues its policy of organizing terrorist attacks. But, on the other hand, information we get indicates that effective countermeasures are being taken,” Peskov said. The governor of Sevastopol, home to a Russian naval base, said that a Black Sea Fleet ship shot down a drone over the sea, causing an explosion....

The broad details of the rape are, except among the Japanese, not in dispute. In November 1937, after their successful invasion of Shanghai, the Japanese launched a massive attack on the newly established capital of the Republic of China. When the city fell on December 13, 1937, Japanese soldiers began an orgy of cruelty seldom if ever matched in world history. Tens of thousands of young men were rounded up and herded to the outer areas of the city, where they were mowed down by machine guns, used for bayonet practice, or soaked with gasoline and burned alive....

The ex-Cote d’Ivoire international who scored 164 Premier League goals across two spells at the Stamford Bridge has changed the distinctive look accustomed to football enthusiasts for over a decade. While celebrating his son’s 17th birthday on Friday, the 39-year-old also took the opportunity to announce the ’new’ Drogba, but with a bald head. A post shared by didierdrogba (@didierdrogba) on Dec 15, 2017 at 1:21pm PST

The Italian giants will welcome Arsene Wenger’s side to the San Siro Stadium on March 8 for the first leg of their last-16 tie. And the Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder who was on parade in AC Milan’s 4-0 thrashing of the Gunners in a Champions League last-16 clash six years ago, is reminiscing on the electrifying performance after both teams were paired together on Friday. In an encounter that had Robinho and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on target, Boateng started the rout as the Rossoneri outclassed the Premier League outfit 4-0 on February 15, 2012....

The 24-year-old was born to a Ghanian father, Dennis Depay and a Dutch mother Cora Schensema in Netherlands in 1994. The former Manchester United forward was once courted by the Black Stars before he made his international debut for Netherlands against Turkey in October, 2013. After his exploits for the Kids last season, Depay chose Ghana for his holiday destination and was welcomed to the west African country in style....

The 24-year-old who joined Mauricio Pochettino’s men on a five-year deal from Paris Saint Germain in August, is gearing up for an unusual celebration in north London after spending most of his life in France. Ahead of Spurs’ visit to Turf Moor to take on Burnley on Saturday, the former Lens and Toulouse player discussed how he celebrated the festive period in the previous years and his Christmas wish with the club’s official website....

Here’s the official announcement on Twitter, as well as an early interview on Ajax TV. 

It was a common opinion Elliott would be an NFL star, at least to anyone who watched him run up and down the sidelines at Ohio State. But now that Ezekiel is in the moment, his father, Stacy Elliott, is worried he won’t be able to handle it. MORE: NFL Power Rankings “My biggest worry is … I don’t believe my son knows how to navigate in life being a superstar,” he said, via ESPN....

The aircraft, assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing, reportedly crashed near Stevens Lake in Delta County in the state’s upper peninsula. One pilot was on board at the time, according to the Wisconsin National Guard. A statement early on Wednesday morning confirmed the crash. “An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field Air National Guard Base in Madison crashed in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula at approximately 8 p....

In an interview with The Guardian, Brewster accused UEFA of not taking racism “seriously” and said it felt like occasions when he was on the receiving end of abuse during UEFA Youth League matches had been “brushed under the carpet” by European football’s governing body. The 17-year-old striker recounted several instances of racial slurs, including one from an opposition player during England’s Under-17 World Cup final win over Spain in October – a tournament Brewster finished as top scorer....