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Positioned as the nation’s second-largest property developer, Evergrande employs roughly 200,000 people and said it creates 3.8 million jobs a year. Analysts fear the company could soon crumble under its over $300 billion of debt and create an economic fallout akin to the collapse of Lehman Brothers bank in the U.S. that precipitated the Great Recession. Recently, a number of smaller, but nonetheless significant firms, have shown signs of severe financial struggle....

Bryce Zabel, writer and producer of NBC’s Dark Skies, published a Medium article on Monday that questions if debate moderator and NBC reporter Kristen Welker could bring up the topic of UFOs during the final presidential debate before the 2020 election. The post by Zabel references a few current events in which the Department of Defense acknowledged three legitimate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) videos, which were filmed by the United States Navy....

“Foul more,” the former U.S. international said, according to the Toronto Sun. “I think we need to use fouls as a tool to end these dangerous situations more. “[That] doesn’t mean being nasty, doesn’t mean taking yellow cards all the time. It means slowing the game down, stopping the game, getting numbers behind the ball.” He went on, explaining the value in snuffing out counterattacks by illegal means. “If you take a good defending position at the start of the play and you’re between the man and the goal and the ball and the goal and you foul a player, a lot of times you probably won’t get a card," he reasoned....

Guardiola said he watched NYCFC’s MLS Cup final match against the Portland Timbers and was impressed by the player, who broke onto the scene in the U.S. top-flight this past season with 19 goals and eight assists in 32 matches. It was a performance that earned him the league’s Golden Boot award. In the Dec. 11 final, Castellanos scored the opener for NYCFC just before halftime and also converted in a victorious penalty-kick shootout....

Neymar joined PSG in a world-record €222million switch from Barcelona last August and the Brazil superstar’s arrival alongside teenage sensation Kylian Mbappe equipped Emery with an enviable array of attacking talent. Although the capital city club regained Ligue 1 from Mbappe’s former side Monaco at a canter, Real Madrid ended their Champions League hopes in the round of 16 and ex-Sevilla boss Emery did not have his contract extended beyond the end of the campaign....

These reports following the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines, documented by the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), relate to two types of heart inflammation known as myocarditis and pericarditis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not released figures on the number of cases, but said the reports of heart inflammation are “rare” considering that 165 million people have received at least one vaccine dose. It is important to note that it is still unclear whether these case of heart inflammation are linked to vaccination....

It emerges approximately one-third of the way from the top of the fibula, from the lateral or outer side. After rounding the lateral malleolus of the ankle, it terminates at the fifth metatarsal bone of the upper and outer side of the foot. Along with the other lateral leg muscle, the peroneus longus, the peroneus brevis plays an instrumental role in foot motion. It helps with flexion, the ability to point your foot away from the body, as well as eversion, which is tilting the sole of the foot away from the body....

For this and more Opta stats ahead of Sunday night’s blockbuster between Perth Glory and the Sky Blues at nib Stadium, check these out… Adam Taggart (11), Andy Keogh (10), and Diego Castro (10) have combined to contribute more than 70% of the Glory’s total goals so far this season. Glory’s 312 fouls conceded so far this season are the second fewest of any team in the competition behind only the Central Coast Mariners (290)....

Bill Clinton was more chief legislative mechanic than chief executive in his first two years as president, He defined himself almost exclusively through his bruising battles on Capitol Hill, constantly scuffling for last-minute votes to carry his budgets and measures like NAFTA and the crime bill. Clinton will still engage Congress – on welfare reform, a minimum-wage hike and the defense of his cherished national service program. But as the Mexican bail-out suggests, he is looking for a different way to govern, flexing what executive muscle the office provides....

Images taken at the scene of the rescue on Thursday (January 13) and posted by Plainville Fire Department to Facebook showed the small dog, reportedly a Shih Tzu, standing out in the middle of the Seneca River, which was partially frozen over with ice. Subsequent photos taken during the rescue effort showed firefighters in specialist gear lying on the ice to spread their weight and minimize the chance of it cracking as they inched their way towards the dog....

The people made the allegations about the Detective Sgt at a city council meeting. “Something really needs to be done about Beck,” one of the residents said at the meeting, Fox 46 reported. Those at the meeting had different stories about their interactions with the officer, with some saying he pulled them over multiple times for no reason and issued no ticket, while others say he verbally harassed them....

Buttigieg participated in a Fox News town hall event on May 19, 2019 hosted by the network’s Chris Wallace. Wallace pressed the then Democratic presidential hopeful on recently passed laws in Alabama, Georgia and Ohio that restricted access to abortion. “Do you believe, at any point in pregnancy, that there should be any limit on a woman’s right to an abortion?” Wallace asked. “I think the dialogue has gotten so caught up on when you draw the line that we’ve gotten away from the fundamental question of who gets to draw the line,” Buttigieg said....

Carroll did not expand, but commented a day after he said he was unsure whether Harvin would play again this season. Harvin had hip surgery in early August to repair his labrum. He returned to practice in late October and made his Seahawks debut in Week 11 against Minnesota. Harvin had one reception and a 58-yard kickoff return in the victory. But he's been absent since that game, unable to overcome what Carroll has called "soreness" in the hip area....

It remains to be seen how Seattle’s quarterback situation will play out between Geno Smith and Drew Lock. But Carroll, who said he’s “wide open for whatever happens,” will apparently take as much time as necessary to decide on his starter for the 2022 season. Even if that includes letting both quarterbacks play during the season. “That could happen," Carroll told reporters on Tuesday. “Yeah, that could happen.” Of course, Carroll did not specify how such a scenario would play out, whether that be to play a quarterback a half at a time, a game at a time or in specific game situations....

No, Rob Manfred hasn’t had a change of heart. The all-time hits leader will be honored as a member of the Reds Hall of Fame. “Inducting Pete into the Reds Hall of Fame will be a defining moment in the 147-year history of this storied franchise,” team president Bob Castellini said Tuesday (via WXIX-TV) in a prepared statement. “He is one of the greatest players to ever wear a Reds uniform and it will be an unforgettable experience watching him being honored as such....

On Tuesday’s episode of The Beat with Ari Melber, Melber asked Navarro to explain the details of this plan, previously referred to as the Green Bay Sweep. A clip of the interview where Melber accuses Navarro of attempting a coup has been viewed over 1 million times on Twitter. The full interview can be viewed here. During the interview, Navarro said: “The plan was simply this, we had over 100 congressmen and senators on Capitol Hill ready to implement the sweep....

Navarro spoke to Steve Bannon’s War Room Pandemic program on Tuesday and claimed that COVID-19 originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. This has not been proven, but Fauci has said he’s in favor of a thorough investigation. Fauci, who is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), previously called Navarro’s claim that he was the “father” of COVID “bizarre,” but Navarro reiterated that attack in his interview with Bannon....

Navarro is the latest of Trump’s allies to face a subpoena in the House committee’s investigation into the build-up of the Capitol riot on January 6. The committee wants him to discuss the alleged development and implementation of a plan to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral win, but Navarro will only comply if the committee negotiates the terms of Trump’s executive privilege. Navarro told Newsweek that it’s not his “privilege to waive” Trump’s invocation of executive privilege....

Although more than 500 reporters are accredited by the court, only a few dozen stuck around for the 11 weeks it took to interview nearly 1,600 potential jurors. Many on the celebrity legal circuit flocked to big cases elsewhere, from Michael Jackson to Kobe Bryant and Martha Stewart. The cable networks will be back this week, but they aren’t dropping big bucks. County officials, who at one point wanted to charge each network $51,000 to pitch a broadcasting tent at the courthouse, have agreed “to eat” the costs of accommodating the media, says a spokeswoman....