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A deal worth 75 million pounds, including transfer fee and salary, was finalized at a meeting in London less than 24 hours after Costa's penalty inspired Atletico Madrid's 3-1 Champions League win over the Blues on Wednesday. Chelsea will pay around £35 million for the striker, although a significant portion of the transfer fee includes agents' fees. The Europa League champion will also more than triple the wages of Costa, who is believed to earn around £50,000 per week at the Estadio Vicente Calderon....

If anyone tried to tamper with the primary system, a network of backup systems would kick in, Zanin explained. The core of the work is so secret that he refused to discuss it-except to say cryptically it would allow Gorbachev to restore any interrupted communications with nothing but pen and paper. The mystery deepened with a report in the weekly Commersant that border guards noticed only a brief disruption of all communications in the area during the coup....

A lot would depend on how Federer adapts to clay during his training blocks. That said, there are certain obvious benefits if he were to opt to play in Munich, which is slated to take place one week before the Madrid Masters. The BMW Open in Munich, a 250 tournament, doesn’t commence until the end of April, and taking byes into account the top players wouldn’t have to be play any match before the first week of May....

Less than 24-hours before the NHL’s trade deadline, it’s a three-headed goaltending monster at The Garden and while the team is right back in the middle of the playoff race, the future between the pipes is here for the Blueshirts — and it does not include The King. TRADE DEADLINE: When is it? | Tracker So what is general manager Jeff Gorton to do? Here’s a quick breakdown of the situation on Broadway....

Seventy years later, new cold war tensions are stirring. This time, the adversary is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The White House is once again asking allies to step forward. Israel is expected to oblige. After all, America is its most important ally. But Jerusalem can’t afford to move too quickly, this time. Its financial stability is at stake. It all began with Washington’s miscalculation that money would seduce the hard men of Beijing to become responsible global stakeholders....

Like so many other kids, Andy was convinced his pot use was not disturbing his life. He was “fine.” But things changed. Over the course of five years, Andy suffered a downward spiral in life due to his crippling addiction to marijuana. Those years were punctuated by calls to suicide hotlines, hospitalizations in at least five different mental health facilities and two sentences of court-ordered mental health treatment. In 2014, at the age of 31, Andy was found hanging from a tree, dead by suicide....

Released in October 2022, Overwatch 2 is the free-to-play sequel to developer Blizzard’s hit 2016 hero shooter, Overwatch. Featuring the return of fan-favorite characters like the Omnic monk Zenyatta alongside new faces such as Ramattra and Junker Queen, and introducing new game modes and maps, Overwatch 2 was highly anticipated by fans of the first title. While many of the new additions to the sequel were welcomed by gamers, the change to a 5v5 format for online matches and a myriad of technical problems have left many players less than satisfied with Overwatch 2 since the game’s release....

Courtois spent last season with Atletico Madrid after joining Chelsea from Belgian side, Genk, and was an immediate success, winning a place in the first team and forming part of the team that ended the season crowned as Europa League champions following a 3-0 win over Athletic Club Bilbao in the final, reported Xinhua. The goalkeeper, who has only celebrated his 20th birthday in May had stated that he would be delighted to return to the Vicente Calderon after his rapid adaption to the team, but there was a doubt over whether or not Chelsea would want him to stay in England in order to provide cover for veteran keeper Petr Cech....

Courtois was substituted at half-time in Tuesday’s 2-2 Champions League draw against Club Brugge, with Madrid 2-0 down at the time. The 27-year-old was arguably at fault for Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis’ ninth-minute opener and was again beaten by the Brugge striker later in the half. Courtois’ early withdrawal was put down to illness by boss Zinedine Zidane, but Lemmens has accused Madrid of failing to get the most out of a player that previously impressed for Atletico Madrid and Chelsea....

The games are scheduled to be held in Tokyo between July 24 and August 9 but their fate appears increasingly in doubt as the world battles to contain the virus. The terms of the agreement between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japan stipulate the games have to be held in 2020, but Seiko Hashimoto suggested that did not rule out the possibility of postponing the event. “The IOC has the right to cancel the games only if they are not held during 2020,” Hashimoto told parliament on Tuesday,...

In countries like Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, low-paid workers—whether working in construction, retail, domestic roles or elsewhere—are the most at risk as coronavirus spreads through the region. Though the number of cases has been relatively low compared with other nations, the toll is fast rising. Working conditions for migrant employees in these countries—particularly in the construction industry—have long been a cause for concern among human rights organizations. Now, these vulnerable workers are working without adequate protection or being quarantined in cramped and unsanitary living conditions, with limited access to food and medical supplies, according to several watchdogs who spoke to Newsweek....

However, to make things a little easier, companies are making their resources available to access for free, helping parents educate and entertain their children. Free Children’s Books on Audible Audible is making kids’ books free to listen to while schools are closed. Its website states: “For as long as schools are closed, we’re open. Starting today, kids everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids....

Jazz stars Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell have tested positive for coronavirus, and the NBA announced on Wednesday it was suspending its season. MORE: Charles Barkley takes coronavirus test, self-quarantines Silver said the suspension would last at least a month because of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, which has killed 4,983 people around the world. “What we determined today is that this hiatus will be most likely at least 30 days,” he told TNT....

Business went on at the World Cup without the presence of the United States, although the tournament’s visibility decreased across America. “The absence of the U.S. team here doesn’t change what we’re doing,” said Ricardo Fort, The Coca-Cola Co.’s head of global sponsorships. “The real value is based on how broad our programs are implemented. We have over 180 countries doing work.” FIFA said after the group stage that of 2....

What Causes Audio/Video Sync Problems? The most common reason audio and video gets out of sync is due to audio processing speed. Audio often processes a lot faster than video, particularly when it comes to 4K videos. High-resolution video files take up a lot of space, and as a result it can take longer to process a video signal than an audio signal. If your receiver or display is set to do a lot of video processing to the incoming signal (such as upscaling), the audio and video can get out of sync, with the audio arriving before the video (or vice versa)....

Join Zac Landry and Aaron Leach every week for the same Game Rant-flavored awesome-sauce that you’ve grown accustomed to… only now with pictures! Our job here at Corrupted Saves is not to merely make with the funny. We’d like to offer our services to guide, educate, to dispense the sage-like wisdom that one finds buried deep within the fortune cookies of only the fanciest of Chinese restaurants. Therefore, today we offer to you the secret recipe for creating a modern shooter....

With a sleek black design, the Corsair M65 Pro RGB is unassuming at a glance, but there is quite a lot working under the hood. From a style perspective, the mouse offers three separate lighting sections, which can be customized using the Corsair Utility Engine. There are options for static colors, rainbow patterns, or even unique color combinations. Again, these options are purely cosmetic and in no way impact the utility of the mouse, but they do make for a PC accessory that stands out....

The signal, known as a fast radio burst (FRB), was detected by researchers using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) radio telescope in December 2019. First discovered in 2007, FRBs are a relatively new phenomenon. As their name suggests, FRBs are intense radio emissions that typically last for just a fraction of a second, flaring up in some deep part of the cosmos before blinking out of sight again....

The striker joins fellow new signing Vitolo among the substitutes for Diego Simeone’s men for the last-16 first leg at Camp d’Esports in Catalonia. Costa will be hoping to make his first competitive club appearance since Chelsea’s FA Cup final loss to Arsenal on May 27 last year. Star forward Antoine Griezmann is also among the replacements, with Fernando Torres and Kevin Gameiro named in a two-pronged attack for the visitors....

However, the past seven days were not all about the inclement weather, as India and Australia met in a blockbuster at The Oval, while hosts England got back to winning ways against Bangladesh. India captain Virat Kohli was unhappy with his own fans’ booing of Steve Smith, while Jason Roy celebrated his century in unusual fashion – an unintentional collision with the umpire prompting plenty of laughs among his team-mates....