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Protests are planned to take place across the country on Wednesday evening, opposing Putin’s decree to partially mobilize Russia’s armed forces. Russian media outlets have warned that anyone taking part in “illegal rallies” will be subject to military conscription, according to Samuel Ramani, an associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Top Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov shared a post on Telegram outlining the measures....

Oleksiy Vadatursky, 74, was a prominent tycoon in the Ukrainian grain industry, owning and operating exporting company Nibulon. He was ranked as the 24th richest person in the country and was at one point the recipient of the “Hero of Ukraine” award. He and his wife, Raisa, were killed in their home during a heavy Russian bombardment of Mykolaiv, a major city in Southern Ukraine, local officials reported on Sunday....

Real Madrid are preparing to offer Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois a huge deal to move to the Bernabeu this summer, according to The Sun. The Belgium international is keen to return to Spain even though he is happy at Stamford Bridge under Antonio Conte.

That is the way President Bush, who values loyalty and dislikes the Washington game, wants it to be. But last week Rumsfeld let his mask slip for a moment and bared his teeth at a colleague. It was one of those moments of Washington theater that, while stylized and partly in code, spoke volumes about longstanding rifts in Bush’s foreign-policy team. That these divisions are now surfacing publicly may be related to Bush’s poll standings, which have dropped 20 points in the past four months–largely because of public dissatisfaction over postwar Iraq....

Runner Niall Atwood was competing in an 800M heat at the Irish University Indoor Championships when a pole vault warm-up bar snapped next to the track. The cord flew toward the track and got tangled around his legs. MORE: LeBron James and others star in Nike’s powerful equality ad Fortunately, Atwood was allowed to compete in the final after the strange incident. This video shows the pole vaulter hitting the bar on the right, snapping the cord:

With attentions turning towards The Open Championship at Carnoustie, the stars leading the way for an automatic spot in the United States team remained unchanged. Michael Kim took the opportunity to claim his maiden Tour victory at the John Deere Classic, but it was another good week for European star Molinari, who finished in a tie for second after a strong Sunday. Molinari had himself won on the Tour for the first time at the Quicken Loans National at the start of the month and remains in fourth place on the European points list....

Team Europe captain Thomas Bjorn will likely pick Poulter if he does not make the line-up on merit, with the Englishman boasting a proud record in the event. Opposite number Jim Furyk’s squad for the trip to Le Golf National next month came into sharper focus after the conclusion of the US PGA Championship, won by American Brooks Koepka. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods’ impressive charge at Bellerive saw the 14-time major winner further cement his claim for a captain’s pick as the visitors seek to retain the trophy on French soil....

For Clinton, everything is a character issue. Once touted as the most “electable " Democrat, his hopes for the White House hinge on whether he can convince voters that he has the honesty and integrity to be president. The “Slick Willie " label, pinned on him years ago in Arkansas, has become shorthand for the uneasiness voters feel about Clinton. The late Lee Atwater, godfather of negative campaigning, believed no candidate was electable with negative poll ratings over 40 percent....

Cat 6, Cat 5, or Cat 5e Ethernet cables can be run outdoors to network computers with a local area network (LAN) between homes or other buildings. Although ordinary Ethernet cables can be used, the better option is to use the more expensive weatherproof Cat 6 cables. Using Ordinary Ethernet Cables Outdoors With its thin plastic casing, ordinary Ethernet cabling deteriorates quickly when exposed to the elements. For best results, when using ordinary Cat 6 Ethernet cables outdoors, place the cables in a conduit such as PVC or other plastic pipe installed with waterproofing....

The franchise league, a first of its kind for the sport of volleyball is a joint initiative between Baseline Ventures and the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) and will feature six teams in the inaugural season. As we step into yet another stage of Indian sport, here is the preview to the high octane opening clash between Kochi Blue Spikers and U Mumba Volley. Match preview One of the most balanced sides in the competition, the Kochi Blue Spikers appears a happy bunch as they made some strong signings with the likes of USA Gold medallist, David Lee, Asian Games’ best Indian attacker Prabhagaran, along with one of the best setters in the game, Mohan Ukkrapandian, as their captain....

The Kochi Blue Spikers capitalized on a strong all-around performance when they beat the U Mumba Volley side on the opening day of the league, with a thumping 4-1 win in front of their home crowd. Match Overview Kochi Blue Spikers opened their campaign in style against U Mumba Volley, winning four sets in a row before succumbing to a final set loss. Manu Joseph, Rohith P and David Lee were the high-scoring players for the Spikers, enthralling the home crowd with their display on the court....

Pearlstine and Huey were facing a potential public-relations nightmare. For months, they’d been trying to untangle Time magazine from “Plamegate,” the scandal involving press leaks from the Bush West Wing that had compromised the identity of an undercover CIA agent, Valerie Plame. Cornered by a special prosecutor who was probing the mess, the magazine editors were still pressing for legal relief, but also realized that their only other recourse might be to cross that most sacrosanct journalistic line: revealing their reporter’s confidential source—who in this case happened to be Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, I....

Lana stuns Rusev on RAW On the RAW season premiere, Rusev was left in a state of shock as his wife Lana got together with a returning Bobby Lashley. The new lovebirds have since professed their love for each other, and the storyline is getting an incredibly mixed response on social media. Although the videos featuring these three Superstars are bagging huge numbers on Youtube, fans are slamming the angle on Twitter and Instagram....

Of course, with Patrick Mahomes, it’s never that simple. The Chiefs ripped off wins in nine of their last 10 games, ultimately clinching the AFC West for the sixth straight year and tightening their stranglehold on the division. This offseason, the rest of the West seems to be fed up. The Broncos and Chargers both made major moves this week, with the former landing Russell Wilson in a blockbuster megadeal and the latter acquiring veteran pass rusher Khalil Mack to bolster a defensive line that already boasts Joey Bosa and Jerry Tillery....

That news follows a series of sub-standard games for the first-year Denver signal-caller, who in five games this year has completed 101 of 170 passes (59.4 percent) for 1,254 yards and four touchdowns to three interceptions. Wilson appeared to confirm Saturday on Twitter that he will need treatment: The Sporting News looks at Wilson’s injury, how much time he may miss and Denver’s quarterback situation behind him if he must sit out any games....

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in a statement to Russian state-owned news agency TASS, that he could not make any speculation about progress toward an end to the Ukrainian conflict at the present time. However, he did note that the mere fact that a new round of face-to-face talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegates are set to begin soon is a positive sign. “We cannot and will not speculate about progress for the time being, but the very decision to go ahead with face-to-face talks is important, of course,” Peskov said....

In August 2018, NASA ground control detected depressurization aboard the ISS, which was traced to a 2mm- (1/16 of an inch) wide drill hole in part of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked to the space station at the time. Crew members patched the breach up with epoxy resin for the remainder of the time the Soyuz was docked to the space station. Now, Russian space agency Roscosmos has told the Russian publication RIA Novosti that the results of an investigation into the hole had been sent to law enforcement officials....

On Saturday evening, the missile hit a multi-story apartment building in the city of Dnipro leaving at least 35 people dead, among them two children, the Dnipropetrovsk regional governor, Valentyn Reznichenko, said on Monday. In a post on Telegram, he said 75 people had been injured, including 14 children, and search and rescue efforts would continue. However, Dnipro’s mayor, Borys Filatov, told the Reuters news agency that the chances of “saving people now are minimal,” and the agency reported that rescuers in the sub-zero temperatures were using periods of silence to help locate those potentially screaming for help underneath the rubble of the building....

In a Sunday, October 2 post Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said 23 tanks, 26 armored combat vehicles, eight artillery units, and six drones had been destroyed in the past 24 hours. According to Kyiv Russia has now lost 2,377 tanks, 4,975 armored combat vehicles, 1,405 artillery units, and 1,015 drones since the war began on February 24. It added some 60,110 Russian personnel had been “eliminated” since Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine....

Russia’s FSB security services said in a statement Monday that Ukrainian national Bogdan Tsyganenko was involved in the death of 29-year-old Dugina, daughter of Russian political commentator Alexander Dugin. Dugina was killed on August 20 when a bomb placed in a Toyota Land Cruiser exploded as she drove on a highway on the outskirts of Moscow. According to Russian media reports, Dugina borrowed her father’s car at the last minute....