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The first semi-final encounter will be held between Spain and Portugal, both of which started their championship as favorites. Although Spain (World No. 1) are not looking as lethal as witnessed in the last edition of EURO 2008 as well as in the World Cup 2010, they do have a team with vast potential and are quite confident to grab the championship this time also. Portugal did survive from the “group of death” and their captain CR7 is looking in sublime form....

The majority of the roughly $480 billion approved—$380 billion—is designed to replenish initiatives that provide small businesses with loans for operating and payroll costs, mainly the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) that offers forgivable loans. The initial $349 billion assigned to the program under last month’s $2.2 trillion stimulus ran dry last Thursday amid partisan infighting over how the fund should be refilled. Of the approximately $380 billion for small businesses, $60 billion is set aside for community banks and “underbanked” businesses and non-profits that Democrats said lacked access to the program, such as those that are rural or owned by minorities or women....

Efforts are underway to evacuate all but a core team of personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul as Taliban forces continue to take over cities and provinces across the nation, edging closer toward Afghanistan’s capital. Cotton urged Biden to deploy air power to ensure the safety of Americans and criticized the president’s handling of the withdrawal on Saturday. “At a minimum, President Biden must unleash American air power to destroy every Taliban fighter in the vicinity of Kabul until we can save our fellow Americans....

Send Newsletters and Emails With Inline Images Not Attached in Outlook 2003 and 2002 For inline images to appear in emails without being attached to the email, the images must be downloaded from a remote server when the recipient opens the message. Outlook likes to go the safe route and won’t display remote images if there’s no internet connection when the email is opened or if the remote server is down....

While the new coronavirus pandemic called into question the safety of in-person voting, leading states to expand eligibility for absentee ballots and mail requests to voters, Trump railed against widespread mail-in voting, saying it could lead to fraud and a rigged election. Behind the scenes, McCarthy warned Trump that his battle against mail-in voting could backfire. If Republicans who are afraid of getting COVID-19 stay home on Election Day and Democrats utilize mail-in ballots, the GOP could lose down the ballot, he told Axios....

A 3-0 demolition of Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday saw City move 16 points clear at the top of the table, five days after routing the Gunners by the same scoreline in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Guardiola’s 100th game could hardly have gone smoother, Leroy Sane involved in sublime team goals scored by Bernardo Silva and David Silva before scoring the third himself before the break....

Seol was part of the 2002 World Cup squad that reached the semi-finals on home soil, scoring the equalizer against Italy in the last 16 before Ahn Jung-hwan gave the Koreans a stunning 2-1 win with a ‘golden goal’. South Korea’s qualification campaign for the 2018 World Cup finals under German Stielike has been far from plain sailing, and while they are second in Group A behind Iran they are just a point ahead of Uzbekistan in third....

Barring a surprise, both men will be banned by FIFA. And both will appeal the decisions. MORE: Soccer officials in trouble | Russian strongman touts Blatter | Time for Africa to lead? Blatter is FIFA president and the sport’s most powerful figure. Platini, head of Europe’s soccer agency, had been seen as Blatter’s likely successor. They were banned from the sport earlier this year amid scandal that has grown to involve soccer officials from around the world....

Blatter won re-election when Prince Ali bin al-Hussein withdrew from consideration on Friday. WOMEN’S WORLD CUP: 10 stars you should know | U.S. soccer schedule | Group stage schedule Blatter, who spoke in French, had his remarks translated to English on FIFA’s YouTube channel. “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I have thoroughly considered my presidency. Thought about my presidency and about the last 40 years in my life. These years were closely related to FIFA and this wonderful sport of football....

How To Play Wordle While originally created by the developer behind powerlanguage, Wordle was purchased by the New York Times in February of this year. This is the original version and the subject of this article. Other sites and versions will have different answers, and some might even have slightly different rules to play. Here is how to play the NYT’s Wordle: RELATED: September 17 Wordle Answer 455 First, head to the site and choose a starting Wordle word....

The U.S. team awaits its final opponents after completing a clean sweep of victories at Perth Arena. Canada also tried to book a berth in the finals, but were denied when Eugenie Bouchard and Vasek Pospisil lost a difficult mixed doubles match. Williams came through with a three-set win over Lucie Safarova. Despite saving two set points in the penultimate game of the first set, Safarova was behind after 38 minutes but leveled after a hard-fought tie-break in the second....

As this season introduces two new realtors to the cast, it is harder than ever for any particular Oppenheim Group employee to get screen time. Cast members react to this in different ways: Some make every outfit a visual event, while other seem intent on milking every last drop of drama out of even the most minor events – all while wearing five-inch heels on some of the most dangerously shiny floors ever captured on television....

Pumas went in front 2-0 thanks to a pair of goals from the in-form Juan Ignacio Dinenno, but Seattle fought back as Nicolas Lodeiro scored twice from the penalty spot. Now, the Sounders hope a raucous crowd at Lumen Field can push the MLS side to victory. No MLS club has ever won the CONCACAF Champions League in its current format (since 2009), and no MLS club has won a continental title since the LA Galaxy in 2000....

The race was not without its share of incident. Force India’s Nico Hulkenberg lost control and careened into the barrier, losing his right front tyre. WEC winner Hulkenberg was safe and walked away from the crash. Polesitter Lewis Hamilton had a bad performance this race, receiving drive-through penalties. The Mercedes driver was investigated and later penalised for causing a collision with Red Bull Racing’s Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian, who won last year’s race, finished this race in third behind his teammate Daniil Kvyat....

But one aspect of game day, scantily-clad college girls, bothered Huffington Post contributor Rebecca Walden so much she wrote a since-deleted piece imploring these co-eds to put some appropriate clothes on. “Dear young ladies of the SEC, can you do us all a solid and start covering it up,” Weldon asked. “Standing amongst many of you at the recent Alabama-USC game in AT&T Stadium, I was bewildered.” MORE: Five things we learned from Alabama’s win over WKU...

Maty Mauk, Missouri’s sophomore quarterback, says he can be like Johnny. That’s right, another talented, charismatic blur of beauty seizing the moment every fall Saturday. “He could turn anything into a big play,” Mauk said of the college football supernova Johnny Manziel. “I feel like I have the ability to do similar things.” MORE SEC: SEC icons | SN All-SEC | Hayes on Spurrier | Sumlin | Marshall Only this time, without all the baggage....

Crystal Cruises said the Crystal Serenity, the second ship, arrived at the Bimini Islands on January 31 after officials said the ship was not permitted to dock in Aruba the Friday prior as scheduled, the company said in a statement to Newsweek. Passengers were taken via ferry back to Fort Lauderdale to avoid the U.S. ports after their sister ship, the Crystal Symphony, could be seized as a part of a lawsuit accusing the luxury cruise line of failing to pay $4....

These changes occur because the proteins and other compounds that make up the lens begin to change structure. This, in turn, changes the way light refracts through the lens, causing a temporary improvement in near vision. Will Everyone Experience “Second Sight?” Although we all experience the changes that occur inside our lens, the effects depend on what type of vision problem you had before, what the refractive status was with the eyes beforehand....

The RealReal, a luxury resale marketplace that has accrued more than 23 million members since going public more than two years ago, said that orders for unbranded jewelry with gift boxes increased by 73 percent in November compared to the same month last year. The marketplace, which has an online site and a handful of stores across the U.S., also saw a 60 percent jump in orders with gift boxes during the 2020 holiday season compared to the year before, according to company data....

It can also occur as the result of a migraine headache, brain-related circulation problems, or medical conditions affecting the retina of the eye or the gel-like substance within the eye called the vitreous. This article describes possible causes of photopsia, both common and uncommon, and explains exactly what happens when you are seeing stars. Why Am I Seeing Stars? When the lining in the back of the eye (retina) senses light, it sends a message to the optic nerve....