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“Guwahati stone-throwing incident NOT reflective of our security measures. Aus team & FIFA are content w/those. India remains a graceful host,” Rathore posted on his twitter account. The sports minister said that he has already spoken to Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal about the incident. “Have spoken to @sarbanandsonwal ji about the Guwahati incident. Personal security of visiting athletes & teams is extremely important for us,” he tweeted. A window pane of the Australian team bus was damaged in the attack....

Or, as a so-called clutter consultant once said, “Our homes have become landfills.” I’ve become a bit of a crank about the hyperconsumerism of the American holiday season, and I get into high gear as soon as December looms. (In late November I am hopelessly focused on the belief that any nation that builds its annual harvest feast around a dish as lame as turkey should be paying less attention to Hawthorne and more to Marcella Hazan....

The fifth episode of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad spin-off has dropped on HBO Max. While most of Peacemaker’s installments up to this point have felt like pieces of a larger story, “Monkey Dory” is more or less a standalone adventure. Peacemaker and his A.R.G.U.S. cohorts drive to a warehouse, take out some Butterflies, then drive home. It’s not a particularly complex story, but Gunn uses the simplicity of the external conflict to focus on the team and their developing dynamic....

RELATED: Peaky Blinders: Most Heartbreaking Deaths, Ranked This left a sour taste in the mouth of some fans as these underused characters had a lot of potential and if used in the proper way, they could have been on par with the other characters. There are several characters in Peaky Blinders, who could have used more screentime, and this list will take a look at the best of the bunch....

There are two main types of pediatric scleroderma: localized and systemic. Both are uncommon in children with the localized type affecting 1–3 per 100,000 children and the systemic type affecting one per million children. The average age of onset for both types of pediatric scleroderma is between ages 7 and 9. Keep reading to learn more about the types and symptoms of pediatric scleroderma, how it is different than the adult type, and more....

Chelsea had an uncomfortable afternoon against the Lancashire side and were pegged back by a Robbie Brady free-kick after Pedro and Victor Moses combined to open the scoring in the 14th minute. Manchester City could close the gap with a win over Bournemouth on Monday night to eight points and Pedro thinks that Burnley showed the difficult nature of the Premier League against them this weekend. “We know we have a good advantage, but this league is very difficult,” He said at Turf Moor....

The former Manchester City and Real Madrid boss was named as David Moyes’ successor at London Stadium on Tuesday, signing a three-year contract. The 64-year-old says he was encouraged to take the job after positive talks with joint-chairman David Sullivan and is determined to take the club into European competition. Indeed, sources have told Goal that Pellegrini has informed Sullivan that he feels he can take this Hammers team into the Champions League, provided he is allowed to strengthen his squad....

It will feature a lineup of 33 artists across rock, pop, country, dance, Latin, and hip hop. The artists include Maggie Rogers, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Saweetie, Florence+ The Machine, and Wu-Tang Clan, among others. This year’s All For One festival experience will feature two exclusive remix drops from The Beach Boys and Sofi Tukker. Starting this year, members can join instructors for live classes in the New York studio....

Football Association of Penang (FAP) will be looking to sign two new import in this mid-season transfer window. This comes after Penang termintated the contracts of Diogo Ferreira and Andrew Russell following poor performances in the first half of the 2017 season. Ferreira, a midfielder, had previously played for Persib Bandung in Indonesia and Perth Glory in Australia. Meanwhile centre back Russell came to Penang having spent time in the Hong Kong league....

During an interview with Fox and Friends on Friday morning, Pence said neither the convention as a whole nor Biden in his nomination acceptance speech addressed the country’s economic battle with China or the violence connected with the recent Black Lives Matter protests. “There was no attention paid to two of the most important challenges that our nation faces, either during the convention or during Joe Biden’s acceptance speech last night,” Pence said....

Kelly went on injured reserve Sunday with a broken right ankle, according to the Boston Herald. He was injured in Saturday's 3-2 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins and likely will miss a month. Thornton will have an in-person hearing with NHL disciplinarians, the league announced. The meeting, at a date to be determined, portends a suspension of at least five games. In the game's opening minute, Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik hit Eriksson with his shoulder near Eriksson's head as Ericksson turned to move up the ice....

Coach Mike Sullivan declined to get into specifics about Crosby’s injury. Crosby did not miss a shift and played more than 21 minutes during Pittsburgh’s 4-2 loss to New Jersey on Tuesday night. The 31-year-old Crosby is off to an uneven start for the Penguins, with eight goals and 11 assists in 16 games. Pittsburgh has dropped five of six games overall and is 7-6-3 nearly a quarter of the way into the season....

Senior forward Donovon Jack scored a career-high 19 points off the bench for Penn State, which withstood a late surge by the Hawkeyes. Forward Peter Jok made things interesting by hitting two 3-pointers with less than a minute remaining in regulation. MORE: Field of 68 | Best four-year stars in college ball Brandon Taylor’s free throw with six seconds to go helped secure the win for Penn State (13-13, 4-9 Big Ten)....

Chapman will be the Pennsylvania Department of State’s fifth secretary or acting secretary during Wolf’s seven years as governor. She is set to take over January 8. “As we move into a new year and new election cycle, I have full confidence that Leigh M. Chapman will continue the Department’s efforts to lead Pennsylvania through a smooth election process and ensure that Pennsylvania voters continue to experience free and fair elections, among many responsibilities,” Wolf said in a press release on Monday....

Unofficial results put Biden at 306 electoral votes, but while reliable, vote tallies aren’t confirmed until the results are certified. The Trump campaign has fought vigorously in Pennsylvania to have the president declared the winner to little avail, but has vowed to continue the battle even after results are certified. Governor Tom Wolf announced the Pennsylvania State Department certified the results on Tuesday morning, adding that he signed the certificate of ascertainment for the state electors for Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris....

Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby told MSNBC’s Morning Joe co-host Willie Geist Tuesday that there could still be hundreds of Americans left in Afghanistan. “I don’t think there’s an exact figure, Willie,” Kirby said. “We believe we got the vast, vast majority of American citizens out, something to the tune of 6,000 of them. And we think it’s probably in the low hundreds that are still there. And there were also several hundred others that didn’t want to leave....

United manager Jose Mourinho hit the headlines on Friday after he was spotted in Zagreb ahead of Croatia’s World Cup 2018 qualifier against Ukraine. Mourinho is a big fan of the 28-year-old winger, who is determined to leave the Serie A club this summer. Top 50 teenagers in world football Goal understands that only Champions League football could potentially convince Perisic to remain at San Siro, but that seems unlikely with Inter eight points off a playoff place with just nine games to go....

In Persona 5 Royal, Fox’s strengths are his Strength, Endurance, and Agility. His Persona, Goemon, learns Bufu/Ice and Physical skills. Players needing a fast, heavy-hitter on the team should consider equipping Fox with his best weapons and armor to help give him that edge in battle. RELATED: Persona 5 Royal: Best Equipment For Joker Best Melee Weapons for Fox For melee weapons, Fox uses various katanas. Like his fellow Phantom Thieves, some of these weapons have special effects, such as inflicting status ailments or increasing one of his stats while equipped....

While Persona 5 fans wait, Atlus has provided a steady drip of teases for the new content. This latest tease shows off Takuto Maruki interacting with some of the students throughout the school. Takuto seems to have a big presence in the expanded game although the trailer doesn’t provide much information about his personality to western viewers because of its Japanese text. RELATED: Persona 5 S Revealed And It’s Not a Switch Port...

That’s the kind of magic that Persona 6 needs to imitate. Persona fans already know that Atlus wants Persona 6 to be an even bigger hit than Persona 5, and that means coming up with a protagonist that’s as relatable and charming as Joker. That’s a pretty high bar to clear, though. Joker was something of a breakthrough in Persona player character design. Thanks to a few subtle and not-so-subtle changes to the Persona protagonist formula, he’s a step forward for the franchise in some big ways....