God of War Ragnarok will pick up the story between Kratos and his son, Atreus, when it launches later this year. God of War Ragnarok is currently slated to release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on November 9. Sony promises that the game will offer a look into the changing dynamic between the father and son as Atreus works hard to learn more about the prophecy of “Loki,” while Kratos struggles to let go of his past and be a good father to his son....
Chinese law forbids the export of art more than 200 years old. Under that law, neither the Qing bowl nor the eight other major pieces in the porcelain sale–among them a Ming-dynasty “Lotus Pond” jar that also went for more than $2 million–could be exported. Though Beijing’s Cultural Relics Bureau announced in March that Hong Kong can write its own laws governing exports after the handover, many experts aren’t convinced that China won’t interfere....
Players are rated from one (worst) to five (best) stars: MORE: International soccer rivalries | Lampard welcomes ‘perfect challenge’ of joining NYCFC Goalkeeper Brad Guzan (3 1/2 stars): Made some key saves early and couldn’t be blamed for the Honduras goal. Looked awkward a few times on clearances but didn’t make a mistake. Defenders Fabian Johnson (2 1/2 stars): Took awhile to find his way into the game, though he should have had an assist on a great Yedlin chance....
Szabados, who won her second Olympic gold medal with the Canadian women's hockey team last month, announced via Twitter she will play for the Columbus Cottonmouths of the Southern Professional Hockey League. "Well here goes nothing Heading to the @SPHL to join the @Cottonmouths for the remainder of their season See you on the 12th guys! #snakes" she wrote Friday. The 27-year-old will be the first female player in the SPHL, adding to her "first female" accomplishments in the Western Hockey League and the Alberta Junior Hockey League, where she recorded a shutout in her first game....
Meet Chance the gila monster. The reptile is symbolic of Las Vegas’ wildlife. “Chance represents the inclusive culture of hockey,” the Golden Knights said in a statement. “Everyone is welcome. He demonstrates how important life skills can be developed by playing hockey, such as strong character, dedication, fitness and teamwork.” Golden Knights fans got their first glimpse of Chance at T-Mobile Arena on Friday. When Vegas announced its team name, many expected that the mascot will resemble a Golden Knight....
Arsenal risks losing Ozil if Wenger leaves Since joining Barca in 2014, Suarez has scored 93 goals in 108 appearances, winning the league, Copa del Rey and Champions League treble in his first season with the club. The Uruguayan followed that up with 40 goals in the 2015-16 Primera Division, a haul which earned him the European Golden Shoe award and helped the Catalan giants to defend their title....
Mickelson is playing this week at Torrey Pines, the course in San Diego that is the site for the PGA Tour's Farmers Insurance Open. Yet his long-term plan is to win this summer at Pinehurst, the posh North Carolina pasture where the Open will be played the week of June 9. MORE: John Daly wears loud proud | Leaderboard: Torrey Pines In fact, Mickelson believes he will win several times before his career is over....
Woods struggled with his driver before his round was cut short because of fading light. He and most of the field were unable to complete their round after the start was delayed three hours. He was at 1 under after 10 holes following a bogey on No. 9 in the next-to-last event of the European Tour season. Ricardo Gonzalez and Thorbjorn Olesen were the clubhouse leaders after 6-under 66s. Fifteen players finished their round before darkness halted play....
Grove Golf and Bowl in Leominster, Herefordshire, west of Birmingham, in England is asking customers to “knock some sense” into the Russian leader while raising money for the people of Ukraine. Owner Roger Helme has printed giant photo portraits of Putin and attached them to the redesigned targets, which are dotted around the driving range. Visitors are encouraged to use their golfing prowess to channel their anger over the unfolding war in Ukraine by whacking balls at Putin’s face....
The “Iron Men – Fashion in Steel” exhibit, which runs through June 26 at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria, features 170 artifacts that throw a new light on this complex subject, along with selected paintings, textiles and sculptures. Men liked the exaggerated codpieces because they felt more masculine, brave and virile during public events, such as tournaments, and at court, according to the museum. The museum has assembled codpieces from all over the world — historical Habsburg suits of armor from Austria’s own collections, as well as pieces from London and New York....
The plot involves the disappearance of a brass crucifix from a down-at-the-heels Manhattan Episcopal church ministered by Thomas Pemberton, a doubting, ponytailed relic of the ’60s. When the cross turns up on the roof of the Synagogue for Evolutionary Judaism, Pemberton sees solving the mystery of how it got there as an opportunity to renew his flagging faith. And Pem’s writer friend Everett recognizes a premise for his next novel....
If Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t already know he was mortally wounded, the Sunday phone call from Minsk should have told him. On the line was Stanislav Shushkevich, chairman of the Belorussian Parliament. The message was straightforward: the union is dead, long live the Commonwealth of Independent States. Acting alone, the republics of Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine had voided the union treaty embodying Gorbachev’s hopes of clinging to power. They had formed a new alliance....
““All the other steam shovels were being sold for junk, or left out in old gravel pits to rust and fall apart. Mike loved Mary Anne. He couldn’t do that to her.'' Here are enduring themes: of man’s emotional bonds with machines; of the struggle against adversity; of the transforming effects – for good and ill – of new technology. In our times, we think ourselves assaulted by unprecedented forces of trade and business ““restructuring....
But he did. The result, Imperium (331 pages. Knopf. $24), masterfully blends personal travel stories, history and personal observations into what Kapuscinski terms a “literary collage” – a technique that served him so well in previous books such as “The Emperor,” “Shah of Shahs” and “The Soccer War.” He readily concedes he had only “haphazard, superficial” knowledge of the Soviet Union before he undertook this book. But he movingly evokes his memories as a 7-year-old at the outbreak of World War II in 1939, when his hometown of Pinsk shifted from Polish to Soviet control, and its Polish inhabitants experienced the terror of mass deportations....
As fellow Australian Brad Jones was helping Feyenoord to the league title back in Rotterdam, Goodwin was introduced at half-time on Sunday and ensured the Netherlands’ second-largest city will have three clubs in the top tier next season. The former Adelaide United flyer’s free-kick set up striker Martin Pusic to open the scoring after 57 minutes, but the hosts pegged back an equaliser with less than 20 minutes to go....
The Dalles, located in Wasco County, is suffering extreme and exceptional drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, after the region had its hottest days on record last summer, reaching 118 degrees. Dawn Rasmussen, who lives on the outskirts of The Dalles and has seen the water level in her well drop, said during public comments before the vote that she worries Google would have priority above residents if water becomes scarce, because of climate change, and that there won’t be enough for everyone....
Trump has refused to concede the November election to President-elect Joe Biden, baselessly claiming that widespread voter fraud perpetrated by Democrats handed Biden the victory. Trump and members of his legal team have alleged that voting machines distributed by Dominion Voting Systems were programmed to flip votes from Trump to Biden. While a majority of Trump’s legal efforts to have the election results overturned have failed, some House Republicans have stated they plan on objecting to the results of the Electoral College during the official Congressional count of the votes on Wednesday....
Tara Setmayer announced her GOP departure in a tweet on Thursday. Setmayer is a longtime critic of President Donald Trump and a senior consultant for the Lincoln Project, the political action committee of current and former Republicans who this year launched a costly ad campaign boosting Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. “This is something I’ve been wrestling with for a long time,” Setmayer said in a video explaining her decision....
Dave Bateman, co-founder of property management software brand Entrata, stated these beliefs in a mass email that was sent to numerous people within his company, as well as state officials and other tech moguls. This was first reported by the Deseret News, which was able to obtain a copy of Bateman’s rant containing a number of antisemitic conspiracy theories. “I write this email knowing that many of you will think I’m crazy after reading it,” Bateman began....
Trump—during a Texas rally on Saturday evening—floated the suggestion that he’ll pardon his supporters who stormed the federal legislative building a little over a year ago, if he were to become president again. “We will treat them fairly, and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons,” the former president said. In a Sunday morning segment of CNN’s State of the Union, anchor Dana Bash played the clip of Trump’s remarks from the rally held at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe....
