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But in Communist-led Cuba, having citizens get their shots simply doesn’t seem to be a problem. “People in Cuba are anxious and motivated to get vaccinated,” Carlos Fernández de Cossío, director-general for the United States at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, told Newsweek. “We don’t have the cultural problem that seems to exist here in the U.S.” Cuba is the smallest country in the world to develop its own vaccine, and the only one in the entire Western Hemisphere to do so other than the United States....

Asensio has made an impressive start to the season , scoring four goals in six matches for Madrid. Asensio 17/4 for score goal Wednesday The 21-year-old Spain international has been lauded for his performances, and Zidane has clearly been impressed. Asensio says the Frenchman has compared him to Barcelona maestro Messi, who is arguably the best player in the world. “Zidane told me that since Messi, he had never seen a left foot like mine,” he told COPE ....

Centuries from Steve Smith and Matthew Wade wrested the initiative away from England on a sensational Sunday for Australia, who declared on 487-7 to set the hosts 398 for victory at Edgbaston. It means England, who closed at 13-0 in reply, have to bat out the whole day on Monday to rescue a draw on a pitch that should be well suited to Australia spinner Lyon. Thorpe recognised that, but says Lyon has a tough task ahead of him as well....

Andrew Strauss will take charge of the post on an interim basis. He will look after arrangements for the upcoming West Indies tour amid the search for a full-time replacement. England narrowly escaped a 0-5 embarrassment against Australia in the Ashes, managing to draw the Sydney Test with one wicket standing. However, the pressure was rising on Giles to quit in the wake of the team’s abysmal showing in the Test format....

Opener Aiden Markram (94), playing on his home ground, missed a well-deserved century by a whisker after he was caught behind off Ashwin (2-53). Overall, he faced 150 balls and hit 15 fours. At the break, Hashim Amla (35) and AB de Villiers (16) were at the crease. Resuming at 78-0, Markram and Dean Elgar (31) took their opening stand to 85 runs before Ashwin got the first breakthrough for India early in the session....

Ashwini Ponnappa has made the country proud time and again on the badminton court, winning multiple medals for the nation. She acknowledges the support her family provided her over the years and credited her parents for where she is today. The doubles specialist is known for not being an easy competitor especially due to her sheer determination to keep bouncing back after a hit. Ashwini opens up about how important a role her parents have played in helping her hone her skill:...

The Asia Cup 2018 will be featuring six teams, namely India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong. The league matches will be played in two groups of three each. Although many players will be playing the Asia Cup for the first time, there will also be some senior cricketers who might be playing this very tournament for the last time in their career. Hence, without further ado, let us have a look at five players who might feature in the Asia Cup for the very last time in their career....

Jakarta, Aug 17 (PTI) Indian women’s team, led by Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu, will have to punch above its weight to salvage any hopes of a medal after being handed a tough draw in the badminton event at the 18th Asian Games. Indian women’s team, which won a bronze medal in the last edition at Incheon after finishing third, will face top seeds Japan in the quarterfinals after receiving a first-round bye....

The young shooter gave India their third gold medal this year and fourth overall medal at shooting. He not only won the medal but also ended up creating a new Asian Games record in 10m Air Pistol event with 240.7 points. He defeated 2010 World Champion shooter from Japan, Tomoyuki Matsuda on the penultimate shot to clinch the gold medal. Abhishek Verma: Shooting In the Men’s 10m Air Pistol event, another Indian athlete won a medal, a bronze....

Mental fitness is essentially a set of mental exercises that each and every one of us should be doing to ensure our minds are in good shape and our attitudes are flowing in the right direction. Correct knowledge of mental health awareness should be spread, that’s why top Indian Table Tennis paddlers, who are currently training in China for Asian Games 2018, popular for their recent Commonwealth games historic gold shared with us the importance of mental health and how they keep themselves fit mentally and physically....

The ministry, in a letter to the IOA, said, “There have been concerns raised from various quarters that many deserving athletes/teams are not able to participate due to their inability to meet the guidelines because of various reasons including less exposure and restrictive spread. “Based on the IOA recommendations the ministry may consider including sports disciplines/athlete as part of Indian contingent.” Ever since the contingent was announced, the IOA has been in the midst of one controversy after the other....

That flux might ebb and flow depending on surges of the virus in your area. Still, it’s not clear when this back and forth will end. Constantly changing guidelines and uncertainty have brought about “pandemic flux syndrome,” according to Amy Cuddy, PhD, and writer JillEllyn Riley. Although it’s not an official clinical term, the duo coined it in a Washington Post report. Philadelphia-based therapist Amanda E. White, LPC, founder of Therapy for Women, posted about the “syndrome” in late September....

During a recent stream, he was talking about his views on New World when he encountered a stream sniper. The sniper perfectly timed his roasts in a manner that left Asmongold both dumbfounded and impressed. Asmongold baffled by stream sniper’s perfectly-timed roasts Stream snipers have become a recurring problem for many popular streamers, causing many to rage quit games. This is because they destroy the experience for both the streamer and their fans....

Asmongold’s shocking revelation came during a recent Twitch broadcast on his alt account, Zackrawrr, playing the release of World of Warcraft Classic’s Wrath of the Lich King expansion. Asmongold expressed his own insecurities about returning to the channel amidst the controversy surrounding OTK, with the drama causing significant mental distress for the streamer. Asmongold even claimed he was “having a panic attack” at the thought of streaming on his main when composing a tweet for the stream that morning....

Zack, a notorious critic of microtransaction heavy gacha games, recently uploaded a video to his YouTube channel titled “I Spent $500 on This Gacha Game..” In the video, he splurged a lot of money to buy in-game items before lambasting the game’s economic system, deeming it deceptive. A comment noted that the streamer uses similar tactics to critique almost all microtransaction-heavy, pay-to-win games, such as Diablo Immortal, and gave a comprehensive guide to the pattern of criticism....

A statement issued by the White House claims: “After the financial crisis more than a decade ago, it took America over four years to regain 9 million lost jobs. But following the Coronavirus shutdown, it took the Trump Economy only a few months to do just that.” “We had such a strong foundation that we’re recovering much faster than anybody anticipated,” President Donald Trump said at a news conference on Saturday....

Like Russia and Ukraine, Armenia and Azerbaijan are two post-Soviet nations with a long history of deadly territorial disputes. Their most recent war erupted in September 2020 in the form of a bloody, 44-day conflict focused on the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where ethnic Armenians established a separatist state called the Artsakh Republic three decades ago on land recognized internationally as part of Azerbaijan. The latest all-out bout of hostilities in the century-long feud over this soil largely ended with an agreement that allowed Russian peacekeeping forces to enter the battlefield....