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Last week a more combative Mugabe was on display when he unveiled an election manifesto for his Zimbabwe African National Union for voting that must be held by July. Mugabe seemed to be accelerating his relentless drumbeat against the country’s whites, whom he has accused, among other things, of conspiring with a surprisingly strong opposition party that’s posing a threat to his presidential tenure. The 76-year-old Mugabe, a lifelong Marxist, attributed his country’s woes to economic sabotage by capitalist powers....

Wendell Scott won in Jacksonville, Fla., in December 1963 in what is now known as the Sprint Cup Series, the highest of NASCAR's three national levels. "This means everything," the 20-year-old Wallace said. "This is an emotional win for me, especially doing it in Wendell Scott's backyard. I love coming here to Martinsville, it's always good to me. It finally paid off. I think it's my third trip here. I love coming here....

The NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, Troy Vincent, warned team executives, general managers, head coaches, athletic trainers and public relations directors across all 32 teams that further violations could result in suspensions or forfeitures of draft picks. The league has already fined five head coaches and their respective franchises for failing to ensure their faces remained covered during Week 3 games. Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks, Vic Fangio of the Denver Broncos, Jon Gruden of the Las Vegas Raiders, Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints and Kyle Shanahan of the San Francisco 49ers were each fined $100,000....

In February, Working Washington called out DoorDash for their payment structure. According to the organization, DoorDash paid just $1 per delivery, but also guaranteed its workers a base amount that they were guaranteed for that delivery. So, if a delivery was worth $10, but the customer didn’t tip, DoorDash would pay the driver $10. That policy was to protect their drivers from customers who might choose to tip nothing. But if a customer did tip, DoorDash would put that money towards that base amount....

Trudeau has said he is “deeply sorry” for the offensive incidents, which were first excavated by Time magazine with the publication of a photograph from 2001 for which Trudeau posed wearing brownface and sporting a turban at an “Arabian Nights” theme party. Only months earlier, reports began to emerge implicating Trudeau in a wider scandal involving allegations of corruption and undue influence. The fallout from that conflict led to the resignation of several cabinet ministers and calls for his resignation....

From a financial standpoint, UFC 229 will be an unequivocal success, generating massive box office returns and millions more in pay-per-view receipts. It will surely end up as one of the biggest, more successful events in the company’s history and the entry in the company’s ledger next to this past weekend’s show will look especially impressive given the underwhelming returns most of this year’s previous pay-per-view events have generated....

As previously reported by Newsweek, soon after Trump concluded his speech, Pelosi stood up behind him and tore her copy of the address in half. Leaving the House of Representatives afterward, Pelosi explained that she had done so, “because it was the courteous thing to do considering the alternatives.” The White House tweeted soon after the ripping incident, criticizing Pelosi by pointing out some of the people who had been invited to attend the State of the Union address in person....

Right now, instead of continuing their petty squabbling, the United Nations’ leading members should be working together to strengthen the organization created in 1945 to deal with just such a crisis. And the primary role should be played by the organization’s founding member, its largest contributor, its host country. After all, the attack on the United Nations was also an attack on the United States. Yet at this crucial moment the leadership needed from Washington is curiously missing....

As it takes power once again after a two-decade hiatus, it brings with it a well-earned reputation for historical and cultural violence. There have been reports of human rights abuses and clear attempts to limit the personal freedom of citizens. As before, Taliban repression has three primary areas of focus: women, art and education. “It was heartbreaking to see the Taliban walking so easily into a city that is a cultural hub, a city of poetry and culture,” Fereshteh Forough of Herat, Afghanistan, told Newsweek....

Halpern explained the motivations behind his decision in an op-ed piece for the San Diego Tribune published Wednesday, and primarily cited U.S. Attorney General William Barr’s conduct during President Donald Trump’s term in office. “After 36 years, I’m fleeing what was the U.S. Department of Justice — where I proudly served 19 different attorneys general and six different presidents,” Halpern wrote, noting his respect for federal leaders was consistent regardless of their political affiliations....

I expect some takers but not a lot. Forty- and fiftysomethings have other things on their minds, like college tuition and retirement savings. At 65, your odds of spending a year or more in a nursing home are only one in four–a risk that many are willing to run, especially if they can hire help or live near willing daughters or daughters-in-law. If you do come up against heavy expenses, public programs often pay–even for people who could afford to cover part of the cost themselves....

Aguero was named as a substitute for tactical reasons at Camp Nou but started against the same opposition on Tuesday and played a starring role as City won 3-1 at the Etihad Stadium. Mourinho’s worst signings Guardiola has often spoke of Aguero’s need to improve in various different areas of his game but praised the striker’s performance against the Catalans as “awesome”. It had been reported that the forward took exception to the manager’s decision to leave him out of the starting lineup at Camp Nou a fortnight ago, but he says he never had any issues....

The poll was conducted ahead of the anniversary by the research agency Opinium for The Observer. The survey found that 42 percent of people who voted to “Leave” the E.U. in 2016 now have a negative view of how Brexit has turned out. Of those with a negative opinion, 26 percent of respondents said the plan has gone worse than they had expected, and 16 percent said they had expected it to go badly and the results proved they were right....

Sunday’s fight is the first for Dillashaw since departing Team Alpha Male in October and joining up with Duane Ludwig at Elevation Fight Team in Colorado. Drama ensued when Dillashaw left the gym owned and run by former WEC featherweight champ and UFC star Urijah Faber. “The California Kid” recruited Dillashaw to train at the gym after he graduated from Cal State Fullerton in 2009. MORE: Stunning UFC photos | Don’t mess with Tim Kennedy | Dana White’s popularity problem...

Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was killed on February 23, 2020, in Brunswick, Georgia, as he ran through the neighborhood of two white defendants who said they chased and shot him, believing he was a nearby burglary suspect. Greg McMichael and his adult son, Travis McMichael, armed themselves with several guns and pursued the jogging Arbery in a pickup truck. Cell phone video recorded by neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan oversaw the close-range shooting death of Arbery....

Speaking to ABC’s Good Morning America on Thursday, attorney S. Lee Merritt, who is representing the family, argued that prosecutors could directly indict the suspects, Travis and Gregory McMichael, and that there was nothing stopping police from arresting the son and father. Arbery was shot multiple times on February 23 in Brunswick, Georgia after the McMichaels followed him in their truck during his routine afternoon jog. No arrests have been made and no charges have been filed....

Nuclear fusion is the process of joining atomic nuclei together, which releases energy. It is the same process that powers stars, including our sun. For decades, scientists have tried to harness the energy released by nuclear fusion reactions because of the many potential benefits this form of energy generation would have. Fusion reactions are clean and do not produce greenhouse gases or large amounts of radioactive waste. They also release huge amounts of energy, and the hydrogen isotopes that fuel them are abundant....

Spieth was among the early starters able to take advantage of favorable weather. He had five birdies in the first seven holes. MORE: First-round images from St. Andrews | Johnson’s play no surprise | Tiger Woods terrible Spieth gained another shot to par on No. 11, but — with the inward nine at St. Andrews posing a stiffer challenge — he dropped shots at 13 and 17 before bouncing back impressively with a three on the last hole....

Experts in health, the built environment and microbiology at the University of Oregon and the University of California, Davis, made the recommendations by reviewing existing studies on germs including SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19 disease). They also looked at data on other members of the large coronavirus family of bugs which trigger severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS). They published their findings in the journal mSystems....