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Despite its weaker symptoms, the Omicron variant is far more infectious than other COVID-19 variants. With the holidays over and children beginning to go back to school, they are experiencing a major increase in cases. Nearly 326,000 pediatric cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the final week of December, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Additionally, from December 27 to January 2, 672 children age 17 and under were admitted to hospitals per day due to COVID-19....

The U.S. and several other NATO nations this week committed dozens of main battle tanks of various types to Ukraine, which has for months been calling for expanded Western support to facilitate its planned spring counter-offensives. Russian officials met the Western announcements with anger. Russia’s Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechayev said in a statement Wednesday that the “extremely dangerous decision takes the conflict to a new level of confrontation,” framing the step as a “permanent escalation....

The White House on Monday said it believes Iran is providing Russia “hundreds” of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including armed drones, to use in its invasion of Ukraine. The new information came as fighting between the two Eastern European countries has now lasted about four and a half months—and ahead of President Joe Biden’s scheduled trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to discuss Iran’s nuclear program....

The U.S. registered over 752,000 new cases over the past week, by far the most by a single country and a 30 percent increase over new cases reported the prior week. Overall, Europe saw a 2 percent dip to just under 2.7 million new cases among the 53 countries in the region, with Germany and Britain reporting the second and third highest numbers behind the U.S. at over 396,000 and 310,000, respectively....

Those Kabulites not desperately trying to find a way out are either sheltering at home or trying to go about their daily lives, navigating heavily armed Taliban checkpoints and reported house-to-house searches for suspected collaborators. Among those facing an uncertain future are employees of international aid organizations, who have spent two decades working to improve the health and opportunities of Afghans so long choked by authoritarian rule and devastating wars....

Donovan is the most accomplished player in U.S. national team history: first in goals (57), first in assists (58), first in World Cup goals (five) and second in appearances (156, behind only winger Cobi Jones). He announced his retirement from the game effective at the end of the current Major League Soccer season earlier this month. Coach Jurgen Klinsmann tweeted it will be “awesome” for fans to be able to show their appreciation for Donovan at the Oct....

A Wednesday afternoon update by Michael McDonald, the University of Florida professor who leads the election data project, said at least 30 million early ballots have already been returned to election officials across the country with six days remaining until Election Day. As of 5:15 p.m. ET, the U.S. Elections Project reported 30,148,621 early votes. Most of those early votes—more than 17.3 million—were cast using mail-in ballots. Texas currently leads all other U....

The Turkish soldiers died Thursday when a Syrian airstrike hit a military base in the Behun area of Idlib province, where the Syrian regime—backed by its Russian and Iranian allies—is trying to crush the last significant area held by Turkish-backed rebels. Though Turkish troops have already been attacked and even killed by the regime, the scale and brutality of Thursday’s attack marked an escalation in the conflict. Russia has denied involvement....

Nowadays, there seems to be a growing sense — or hope, maybe — among the best of the rest on the men’s tennis tour that the quartet might be more vulnerable than ever. Nadal, the 2013 champion at Flushing Meadows, won’t play because of an injured right wrist. Federer is 33 and hasn’t won a major championship in more than two years. Djokovic is coming off a triumph at Wimbledon, yes, but he also has a ....

Heading back out on the course early Saturday morning to complete his third round, Lowry added two more birdies to shoot a 5-under 65 and get to 7 under, four shots ahead of Dustin Johnson and Andrew Landry heading into the final round. GENTILLE: No shade at Oakmont | MORE: U.S. Open roars into Sunday Lowry broke through for his first PGA Tour victory at the WGC-Bridgestone last year, but the 41st ranked player in the world rankings also has two wins on the European Tour....

Koepka, the world No. 1 who last month claimed his second straight PGA Championship, won last year at Shinnecock Hills after winning in 2017 at Erin Hills. He headlines a star-studded field set to take on one of golf’s iconic venues as he tries to match Willie Anderson, a Scotsman who won three straight U.S. Opens from 1903-05. Masters champion Tiger Woods, aiming for his 16th major title, will be grouped Thursday and Friday with Jordan Spieth and Justin Rose....

Chambers Bay has been under fire in recent months from PGA Tour pros getting an early jump on practice rounds but has been revered by others as well. The Robert Trent Jones Jr.’s design is a relatively new course, established in 2007. The course has hosted only one major event — the U.S. Amateur in 2010 — and presents a unique challenge compared to U.S. Open courses players and fans alike have become accustomed to....

The Under-20 World Cup, Club World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup are some of the competitions the All India Football Federation (AIFF) is keen to host. For the Under-17 World Cup, there were countless inspections done including a couple by the Sports Minister of India before the tournament kicked-off. Despite that, the amenities in the stadium were deplorable. The seats were soiled and dirty at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi....

The Blazers (19-15) hit 47 percent (9-of-19) of their 3-point shots and 52 percent from the field. Junior guard Robert Brown hit four 3-pointers and led the Blazers with 22 points. The Blazers also outrebounded Middle Tennessee State 33-22. This will be UAB’s first time in the NCAA Tournament, or any other postseason tournament, since the 2011 NCAA Tournament when they lost to Clemson in the first round. UAB coach Jerod Haase joined the program in 2012 and steered the Blazers to steady improvement....

These loot pool changes will be taking place after the new Season releases. Operation Solar Raid will be introducing this Alpha pack change along with tons of other additions. However, Ubisoft is yet to announce anything officially related to the loot pool changes of the Alpha packs. This rework will be rather different for players to get used to, as many newcomers will no longer have access to some of the original game skins....

The Ubisoft annual autumn sale, which is currently live and runs until October 13th, has a variety of games available at heavy discounts. Installments in iconic games series like Far Cry, Tom Clancy, and Assassin’s Creed are marked down as much as 75%. Ubisoft, the historic international video game company, has been delivering high-quality titles for more than 35 years. One of their most original games, Riders Republic, is also included in the company’s autumn sale....

It seems Ubisoft’s Guillemot isn’t done talking up the new Nintendo device. In a Facebook post, the Ubisoft CEO shared his feelings about the Nintendo Switch, and dropped some hints about another major title coming to the new Nintendo console/handheld hybrid. Guillemont said: We can only speculate about what that surprise title may be, but considering the timing of the Nintendo Switch release in March 2017, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Ghost Recon Wildlands make its way to the device....

A month back Ubuntu seemed Utopian to us. However, news now about the open-source operating system coming to smartphones has now been confirmed officially. Come October and the OS from canonical would make way to your smartphone. One surprise that would only be revealed in October would be the phones that would be compatible with Ubuntu. Just that– we know Samsung Galaxy Nexus would be seamlessly compatible with this OS....