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Taiwan’s defense minister, Chiu Kuo-cheng, said his forces would be compelled to respond militarily if a hostile aircraft or vessel crossed the 12 nautical mile threshold of territorial airspace or sea, including on Taipei-controlled islets off China’s eastern coastline. “We will give warnings and lock on as it approaches. Locking on also is a form of warning. If it ignores these warnings and continues its approach, then we will act in self-defense,” said Chiu, referring to hostile aircraft or vessels....

App developer ByteDance, headquartered in Beijing, was suspected of running a subsidiary in contravention of a law that restricts a variety of Chinese firms, including social media companies, from operating offices in Taiwan, the Mainland Affairs Council, which is responsible for China policy, said on Sunday. The identical apps, which share an interface but not content, cater to respective Chinese-language and international markets. In Taiwan, home to an estimated 5 million of TikTok’s over 1 billion-strong global user base, the app lags behind Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram....

Driving his Subaru Impreza Dreams India car, Takale bounced back after having crashed out in the last round in Malaysia, to finish second behind Gaurav Gill of Team MRF Sunday. The penultimate round of APRC, however, was the last for Takale as he had notified at the start of the season that he would skip the season-ending China Rally (Nov 2-3). In the five rounds, Takale came out empty-handed only from Malaysia, but scored points at every other round in New Zealand, New Caledonia, Australia and Japan for an aggregate of 151....

Acetaminophen, the Active Ingredient The active ingredient in Tylenol is acetaminophen. Categorized as an analgesic, acetaminophen is an over-the-counter medication used to relieve pain and reduce fever. Acetaminophen is found in many other pain medications besides Tylenol, including Excedrin, Vanquish, and Aspirin-Free Anacin. Acetaminophen is also available in generic form, as well as in combination with other drugs. Acetaminophen is neither an opioid (i.e., narcotic pain reliever) nor an NSAID (anti-inflammatory....

Projecting Mexico’s roster for Hex matches You’ve read the projection (if you haven’t go ahead and click the link above and then come back. Back? Great.), who we think actually will be there. But here are Goal’s picks for the 23-man El Tri squad if we ruled the world: Goalkeepers: Alfredo Talavera (Toluca), Guillermo Ochoa (Granada), Moises Munoz (Club America) Defenders: Hector Moreno (PSV), Miguel Layun (Porto), Carlos Salcedo (Fiorentina), Diego Reyes (Espanyol), Jorge Torres Nilo (Tigres), Jesus Duenas (Tigres), Jesus Sanchez (Chivas), Jordan Silva (Toluca)...

Qatar’s Islamic authorities have joined in the edict. Dubai’s have declared Pokemon un-Islamic. In Jordan rumor has it that “Pokemon,” which is short for “pocket monsters,” means “Jewish” in Japanese. In Egypt the hysteria has reached fever pitch, with parents declaring that a substance found in the cards’ coating will cause their children to grow up infertile. Bizarre as it seems, many explain this as an Israeli conspiracy. “They want us to be less in population, in order to defeat us,” says Mahmoud Abdallah, a primary-school history teacher....

When the Taliban ruled the country in the late nineties, public executions and violence against women were frequently reported. Women were confined mainly to their own homes. The Taliban lost power in 2001 after a U.S.-led invasion in response to the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11, 2001. However, since they seized power back last weekend, the militant group has looked to portray a message that they have changed and that Afghan women will now have more rights than they did under their previous regime, as long as they comply with Sharia law....

The Baghdad Neighbors Conference, bringing together all of Iraq’s neighboring countries, plus the permanent five members of the UN Security Council, as well as Egypt and Bahrain, has attracted enormous attention, mainly because it’s the first forum in which the United States, Iran and Syria would be sitting at the same table to discuss Iraq. It’s also the biggest international conference held in Iraq since 1991. And while there have been nine previous neighbors’ conferences, this one comes in the midst of a spiraling war of words between the United States and Iran, especially, over that country’s role in Iraq....

Retribution was on the cards, and judging by the way United dominated the first half, a 6-1 scoreline in United’s favor wouldn’t have been a surprise. Whatever the final margin of victory may have been, one can be nothing but happy with the outcome. Here are a few highlights of the match in which United exacted their revenge…well, sort of. Welbeck-Rooney-Valencia If there was ever a well-oiled machine worth watching, it was this one....

Miami are reportedly considering moving on from the 30-year-old quarterback, who has spent his entire seven-year career with the team, in the offseason. Tannehill, however, would like to stay. “I have a lot of belief in myself,” Tannehill said on Wednesday, via the Miami Herald. “I want to be here and finish my career here. I love this organisation. I love competing with the guys on this team. I’ve been here my whole career and love it in South Florida....

Paige’s turning, twisting, double-clutching 3-pointer, of course, tied the national championship game with only 4.7 seconds left on the clock. MORE: SN’s way-too-early 2016-17 top 25 | UNC-Nova was greatest title game ever “I don’t know that I’ve ever had anybody make a tougher shot than Marcus Paige made,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said in his postgame press conference. What happened next, the buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Villanova’s Kris Jenkins that trumped Paige’s shot in importance though not difficulty, will probably haunt North Carolina fans for years....

The move comes after many retailers saw strong sales last year after being forced to rethink the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season by offering extended sale events beginning as early as October. The adjusted holiday shopping format was originally meant to limit crowds in stores that could worsen the virus’ spread, AP reported. But American shoppers seemed to favor the shift to take advantage of sales and offers over a longer time period, rather than the usual frenzy in the first few days after Thanksgiving....

Bragg’s announcement came as the prosecutor introduced murder charges against an individual who allegedly attacked a man in East Harlem last spring “for no other reason than his race,” causing injuries that ultimately resulted in the man’s death. Anti-Asian hate crimes have been on the rise since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, with the Stop AAPI Hate coalition reporting more than 10,300 hate crime incidents nationwide between March 2020 and last September....

[HTML1] Between four episodes of The Wolf Among Us earlier in the year and Game of Thrones on the horizon, 2014 has been an excellent year for fans of Telltale Games — and that’s without mentioning the hotly anticipated Tales from the Borderlands. The first episode of the new series released this week, alongside a launch trailer that offers a peek into its new vision of Pandora. Set after the end of Borderlands 2, Tales from the Borderlands centres around co-protagonists Fiona and Rhys, an unlikely couple who are thrown together in the search for riches....

Synovial fluid can also provide information about joint diseases and may be extracted and analyzed to check for sign of infection, bleeding, or inflammatory diseases like rheumatoid arthritis or gout. This article describes what synovial fluid is, what is involved in a synovial fluid analysis, and ways to supplement synovial fluid levels with exercise, diet, nutritional supplements, and injections of hyaluronic acid or platelet-rich plasma. Do You Have Low Synovial Fluid?...

While seated at the podium awaiting questions, McConnell opened by borrow a line from Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch. MORE: Best dunkers | IYER — no mystery to Lynch | Best Super Bowl halftime shows Well played.

Leicestershire started their Vitality T20 Blast campaign with a win but failed to continue their winning momentum and moved down in the points table. Lancashire, on the other hand, didn’t have a good start but have now won three games in a row after the first game. As of today, Lancashire stands at second place and Leicestershire stands at sixth place in the points table. However, a win for Leicestershire would make them go straight ahead to compete for the second place with Lancashire themselves, depending on their run rate....

Jaffer shared a picture where New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is seen talking to Australian counterpart Aaron Finch, who seems to be listening intently. In the picture, it’s written: “If you know you know,” Jaffer captioned the picture, along with a cake emoji. Twitterati quickly got about decoding the message and soon came to the conclusion about what Jaffer meant. Fans believe Jaffer’s tweet was about Pakistan players calling their opponents to their dressing room after the match and sharing cake with them....

Chasing 167, the Kiwis were behind for the most part. However, a wonderful knock of 72* off 47 from opener Daryl Mitchell lifted New Zealand to a hard-fought win with six balls to spare. James Neesham (27 off 11) played a spectacular cameo to switch the momentum of the semi-final before Mitchell took the Kiwis over the winning line with some incredible hits at the end. The 17th over bowled by Chris Jordan, which went for 23, was the game-changer....