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It’s tempting to dismiss Chen as a desperate politician in the fight of his political life. After all, he scheduled the referendum to coincide with his campaign for a second presidential term, intentionally poking Beijing in the eye to provoke a reaction that would garner him votes at home. Yet much more than campaign politics is at play: Taiwanese pride is welling, islanders perceive Beijing as the neighborhood bully and in recent years support for the one-China policy has all but collapsed....

Mexico ‘prodigals’ could boost morale While most players chat with their coaches or general managers, Brotherton has an extra step when coach Anthony Hudson brings him into the New Zealand side, as he’s done for October friendly matches against Mexico and the United States. Brotherton, a sophomore, has to tell his business professors at the University of Wisconsin. “The conversations I’ve had over the last couple weeks, explaining the situation which is obviously quite unique, it can take a little bit of explaining and takes a little while to get it through sometimes,” the 20-year-old told Goal USA....

RELATED: 10 Games To Play If You Love Risk Of Rain Runald’s Band offers an 8% chance to strike enemies with ice runes, which reduces their movement by 80% and deals 250% damage; on the other hand, Kjaro’s Band offers an 8% chance to hit an enemy with a runic flame tornado that deals 500% damage. Both bands will always activate together if players have both and also stack in damage....

RELATED: Risk Of Rain 2: Pro Tips For Playing The Mercenary Even experienced players haven’t tried every combo in the game, and some are a little more out of the way than others. It’s hard to find rare items sometimes, and other times it’s difficult to get a good number of stacks on items that benefit from stacking. However, if you do get to run with one of these Risk of Rain 2 builds, you’ll feel unstoppable....

“I think the defense is sweating a little more [than the prosecution] because I think they felt far more confident—and had a right to feel confident,” Wisconsin defense attorney John Birdsall told Newsweek. Typically, when juries reach a verdict on the first or second day of deliberations, the lack of robust, extended discussion tends to favor the defense. But when the jurors confer for three or more days and begin asking about particular elements of the trial, it signals that they are looking even closer at the details....

New Delhi - Ritu Rani will lead the 18-member squad while Chanchan Devi will be her deputy in the 18-member women’s hockey team for the Hero Hockey World League Round 2 to be played at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Feb 18-24. The team was selected after trials in Patiala held Jan 19. It was attended by Hockey India Selectors Balbir Singh and Surinder Kaur along with government observer Harbinder Singh and chief coach Neil Hawgood....

In Europe, the evidence of American strength – and Europe’s startling weakness – is overwhelming: American and Japanese companies control 75 percent of the market for computers. That figure will only increase as mainframes are replaced with PCs – an industry the Americans already own (chart). Tying the machines together into seamless networks – a highly profitable market segment – is also almost solely an American province. EDS, a provider of computer services, has almost no non-American competition in Europe....

Chrysler understands that some Americans hate to leave the comforts of home behind. That’s why it built this fifth-generation Town & Country, which is the closest thing to a living room on wheels. Back seats swivel 180 degrees to form a conversation pit where four captain’s-style chairs face one another. Add the removable table and it’s an instant homework station, or a comfy spot for a game of Monopoly. All back-seat riders are perfectly positioned in stadium seating to see video screens, should Mom or Dad decide to quiet the troops with a dose of “Toy Story....

According to ESPN.com, the Patriots tight end is among the original minority shareholders in Las Vegas’ expansion NHL franchise, the newly named Vegas Golden Knights. MORE: Classic photos of Gronk It’s the latest business venture for Gronkowski, who already counts a party cruise ship, a party bus and a “Yo soy fiesta” T-shirt line among his side hustles. The Golden Knights will open their inaugural season in 2017-18 in the brand new T-Mobile Arena, located on the famed Las Vegas Strip....

Europe’s most decisive players The Netherlands international signed a one-year extension with Bayern on Monday that will keep him at the club until June 2018. Several top players have been swayed by ludicrous offers from the Chinese Super League with the likes of Oscar, Carlos Tevez and Axel Witsel having made the move to China this month. But former Real Madrid winger Robben, 32, had no intention of contemplating an exit from Bundesliga champions Bayern....

Dortmund were unbeaten in their first seven league fixtures under Peter Bosz and sat five points ahead of Bayern at the summit, but a drastic change in fortunes has seen them triumph just once in their last six in all competitions. Bayern 15/2 to win Champions League Their slump has coincided with the Bavarians launching a winning run since Jupp Heynckes replaced Carlo Ancelotti as coach, Saturday’s 3-1 Klassiker victory at BVB their seventh in a row....

Shiny, bedazzled Air Force 1’s. MORE: Jets’ spelling struggle | Tom Brady, the Jet? | Shanchez eats more food on the sidelines Robert Kraft’s style > your style.

Following Dortmund’s 2-0 win over 1860 Munich, the 25-year-old was quoted as saying by Eurosport that a contract with Bayern Munich will be confirmed as soon as the January transfer window opens. The Polish international has now retracted his comments by saying: “Looking at the video [of his interview] again, I became frightened of it. What I really wanted to express right after the game was that I will be able to pen a new deal in January at the earliest....

Apparently, thieves came by Lewandowski’s house at night on Monday, and left his sports car on bricks after taking away the tires. Police in Dortmund are yet to find the hooligans. Previously a fan favourite, the growing hostility for Robert Lewandowski is terrifying. He has reportedly hired personal security for the remainder of his time at Borussia Dortmund. 0 votes

Reactions to his death reflected his complex legacy and how his 37 years in power—first as prime minister from 1980 to 1987 and then president until 2017—corrupted his liberating zeal and led the young country to economic ruin. Reactions to his death, both in Zimbabwe and further afield, demonstrate his lasting footprint on global and African politics. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who replaced Mugabe after he was forced to step down by the military in 2017, announced Mugabe’s death “with the utmost sadness....

Initially launched in 1992, Batman: The Animated Series kicked off what is now known as the DC Animated Universe as the first of many lauded productions run by Bruce Timm, hence its alternate name, the Timmverse. During that era spanning over a decade, DC saw the introduction of many of its most famous animated character designs like “classic” jester Harley Quinn or the Joker that went on to give Mark Hamill his most iconic role, after Luke Skywalker....

This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other hand, wants to liberate black people from police brutality and centuries of systemic racism. As of this writing, it looks like Trump is losing and America winning, but the contest is hardly over. Trump knows he can’t be re-elected on his disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic or on what’s likely to be a tepid economic recovery....

No other developed nation has nearly the inequalities of income and wealth found in the U.S., even though all have been exposed to the same forces of globalization and technological change. The three richest people in America have as much wealth as the bottom half of all Americans combined, even as 30 million Americans reported their households didn’t have enough food. American capitalism is off the rails. The main reason is that large corporations, Wall Street banks and a relative handful of exceedingly rich individuals have gained enough political power to game the system....

Taking up the whole of the south-facing wall of the building, the portrait of Roberto Clemente is arresting. The mural was completed in June 2018, but Lenny Verdetto Jr., proprietor, has already grown accustomed to seeing passersby pull to the side of Madison Avenue to take a longer look. “There was a lady that came down from Puerto Rico. She was with her daughter, and she rode past,” Verdetto told Sporting News....