Lazio led 2-0 from the semi-final first leg and twice led in the return fixture, again through Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Ciro Immobile, to give Roma a huge deficit to overturn. The Giallorossi did hit back through Stephan El Shaarawy and Mohamed Salah’s brace, but could not prevent Lazio progressing to the final despite a 3-2 victory. Pep learning from ’excellent’ Conte And Inzaghi was delighted with the result, praising both his players and their supporters as he looked forward to an enjoyable 41st birthday....

The report determined the decline in babies born in Xinjiang occurred in areas with many Muslim ethnic minorities, such as Uyghurs and Kazakhs, after examining Chinese government data from more than nearly a decade ago. Over 160,000 less babies were born in 2017 and 2018 in counties mostly made up of ethnic minorities compared to an increase in China’s Han majority population. “As far as it’s possible to find out, it is by far the largest drop there is,” said ASPI researcher Nathan Ruser who co-authored the report....

In a closed-door testimony conducted by the House Select Coronavirus Subcommittee on October 12 and 13, Birx testified that more than 130,000 American lives could have been saved if the administration promoted mask-wearing and social distancing in the early days of the pandemic. “I believe if we had fully implemented the mask mandates, the reduction in indoor dining, the getting friends and family to understand the risk of gathering in private homes, and we had increased testing, that we probably could have decreased fatalities into the 30 percent less to 40 percent less range,” Birx said, according to excerpts shared by the committee....

The world’s largest cryptocurrency rose to a high of $60,316 on Friday and has remained around the $60,000 mark throughout the morning, CoinMarketCap data shows. As of 10:10 a.m. Bitcoin was worth $60,045, taking its market cap—the total value of all bitcoin in circulation—to $1.13 trillion. It means the digital currency is not far off its all-time high of $64,863, which it achieved in April this year according to CoinMarketCap....

Bitcoin’s rally got a boost Monday when Elon Musk said Tesla would again accept the crypto as payment for its electric cars if clean energy usage reaches about 50% in the cryptocurrency’s mining operations. However, Musk didn’t say how the energy usage of Bitcoin miners would be monitored. Bitcoin miners solve complex hexadecimal puzzles to earn new Bitcoin. The process is needed to refresh the blockchain, the unbreakable record of the crypto’s transactions....

“Bitcoin’s value will continue to rise and fall depending on what people believe it is worth,” Dr. Marion Laboure said in a research report. “This is sometimes called the ‘Tinkerbell Effect’—a recognized economic term stating that the more people believe in something, the likelier it is to happen,” she said, “based on Peter Pan’s assertion that Tinkerbell exists because children believe she exists.” Bitcoin has risen more than 100% in 2021 and hit a record high of $61,556....

Normally, we wouldn’t bother to mention any of this: why burden you with another miserable tale of dashed hopes when we have Harry Thomason to kick around like a soccer ball? But next Sunday the nation begins a yearlong run-up to the grand games with a round robin called the U.S. Cup. We are, of course, a bighearted nation, and so have invited three of the great national teams-England, Germany and Brazil-to come to the States and kick us around....

The controversy began yesterday when 50 Cent shared an image taken from CNBC’s Power Lunch program that broke down what Joe Biden’s tax plan would mean for different states. The rate showed a tax rate of 62% for New York, just below the 62.6% estimate for California. The rapper captioned it the photo: “WHAT THE FCK! (VOTE ForTRUMP) IM OUT, FCK NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway. I don’t care Trump doesn’t like black people 62% are you out of ya fucking mind....

Total War Three Kingdoms is 20 percent off and now costs $47.99. You can get 50 percent off Dead by Daylight which is now $9.99 and Tom Clancy’s Rainbox Six Siege has 60 percent off and is now $7.99. The Steam Controller is also now on sale for $5 down from $49.99, which is a 90 percent saving. This is your last chance to buy the Steam Controller as its the last batch to be made and there is a limited number available....

Durham Police said in a news release Saturday that two other shooting victims—an adult male and a juvenile—“sustained non-life-threatening injuries.” While three people were shot during the incident, three other people suffered non-life-threatening injuries that were not gunshot-related, said police, without specifying what their injuries were. The shooting happened Friday at The Streets at Southpoint mall, and was reported at 3:23 p.m. Police said that off-duty officers working at the mall heard shots fired and requested assistance....

More than 500,000 refugees have fled from Ukraine into neighboring countries since Russian invaded its neighbor last week. But African students trapped in the country have taken to social media to document the hurdles and hostility they have faced while trying to flee, raising awareness for their plight using the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine on Twitter. Several videos that have gone viral on social media appear to show Black people being denied access to trains, including one that showed Ukrainian forces apparently pushing a Black girl off a train but allowing a white girl aboard....

Rittenhouse made the comment in his first television appearance since being acquitted on all charges stemming from killing two men and wounding another during unrest that erupted over the shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, by a white police officer in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August last year. “This case has nothing to do with race,” he told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in an interview that aired on Monday evening during Tucker Carlson Tonight....

The two clips were shared on Twitter on Wednesday by user Havoc Six, and the first video has so far been viewed more than 800,000 times. Four individuals, all wearing army camouflage uniforms with an American flag on them, are seen walking through a shopping center that is allegedly in Poland. The individual recording the video repeatedly attempts to antagonize the soldiers and insists they aren’t welcome in Poland. Newsweek hasn’t been able to independently verify where the footage was taken or when it occurred....

The Blackhawks, as hockey players tend to do, weren’t offering a ton on that front ahead of Game 6 against the Tampa Bay Lightning. That’s understandable to a large extent; athletes, if they want to scale peaks this high, can’t look too far ahead. At the end of the day, it’s still a hockey game, or something. Gotta take it one play at a time, get traffic in front, chip pucks deep and make the right play....

Kris Versteeg scored at 1:58 of the first and Corey Crawford came up with tough save after tough save among his 34 stops for the Blackhawks, who advanced to the Western Conference finals to meet either Anaheim or Los Angeles. Anaheim leads that series 3-2 and Game 6 is Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Erik Haula scored and Ilya Bryzgalov stopped 25 shots for the Wild, who pushed a frenetic pace for much of the night but missed prime chances to score....

Ross, a 23-year-old left winger, is accused of distributing a sexual image without the person’s consent. According to police, the woman involved said Ross took a video she sent to one of his teammates with whom she had previous relations. Ross then distributed the video in August 2015 without her consent after he allegedly said the woman was the cause of his breakup with his girlfriend. MORE: Dennis Wideman suspension controversy | Patrick Kane investigation closes...

Tennessee lost 68-65 in College Station on Antwan Space’s 3-pointer in the closing seconds of overtime, dropping the Vols to 16-11 overall and 7-7 in SEC play. Space also did in the Vols in January, hitting a 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left to give the Aggies a 57-56 win after trailing by as much as 14 points. Tennessee has dropped four of its last six games. Its final four regular-season games are winnable, and it may need all of them to be considered for the Dance....

title: “Blame Game” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-05” author: “Steve Allen” title: “Blame Game” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-01” author: “Margaret Sandoval” Washington’s approach to No Gun Ri could damage future U.S.-Korean relations, at a time when, according to one senior U.S. official, North Korea’s opening up to South Korea has given rise to “a different kind of anti-Americanism” in the South. But reconciling different views of the event is difficult, with both sides “seeing things through different prisms,” said the official....

A 2-1 defeat at Guingamp on Saturday represented PSG’s second successive away loss in Ligue 1 and made it one win in their last five games in all competitions, leaving the champions at risk of losing further ground on title rivals Nice and Monaco, who both play on Sunday. Gerrard: Man Utd are back on title track Leaders Nice could finish the weekend seven points clear of PSG, but Verratti moved quickly to laud former Sevilla boss Emery, who only took charge in June, and cooled suggestions that the club is in a crisis....