The move comes shortly after Trump officially announced to Congress his intent to remove Sudan from the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. Khartoum agreed to provide $335 million to victims of terrorism ahead of the decision. “The State of Israel and the Republic of Sudan, have agreed to make peace,” Trump said at the White House. “For many many years, they’ve been at odds, to put it nicely and didn’t normalize their relations....

Over the past three years, Whittaker has built himself back up to become a title contender. Adesanya is ready to put him back down. Adesanya and Whittaker will face off in a rematch for the title at UFC 271 on Feb. 12. The atmosphere should be electric inside the Toyota Center in Houston for a fight years in the making. Since winning the title back in 2019, Adesanya has defended it three times....

While attending the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Erdogan told assembled diplomats that Turkey views “the Holocaust in the same way we view those besieging Gaza and carrying out massacres in it,” according to the Anadolu news agency. Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on Gaza in 2007, preventing spare parts and even construction materials from entering the enclave, claiming they would inevitably be diverted to military use....

The move comes as the country grapples with a fourth wave of infections, driven by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus. The venues covered by the “Green Pass” system, first introduced earlier this year, include restaurants, bars, cafes, museums, libraries and gyms. The pass is not required for malls and shops. Salman Zarka, an epidemiologist serving as Israel’s coronavirus czar, told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday that the country was “at war” with the virus, despite having one of the world’s fastest inoculation campaigns....

Both sides tell Newsweek they’re prepared for the real thing if necessary. The drills, which the Israelis are calling Lethal Arrow, launched Sunday and ran through Thursday. They involve multiple branches of the Israel Defense Forces, including active and reserve land, air and sea units, as well as intelligence, technical and cyber forces. While multiple fronts were addressed, the focus was on the north, where Israel has accused Iran-backed militias in Lebanon and Syria of setting up missile factories and forward bases....

It reminds me of the bold cover story of Look Magazine back in 1964. The blaring title read “The Vanishing American Jew.” By 1971 Look Magazine had vanished and American Jewry was stronger than ever. This does not mean that there are no concerns. If I were a citizen of Israel, I would have cast my ballot for a more centrist party. I oppose the sentiments of the extreme right wing Religious Zionist party together with the Kahanist Otzmah Yehudit....

Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s office confirmed that Israel will loan the Palestinian Authority 500 million shekels ($155 million) and will be repaid with tax funds that Israel normally collects for the Palestinians. Israel will also resolve residency issues for some 5,000 families living in the West Bank, including Palestinians originally from Gaza and foreign spouses of local Palestinians, the AP said. Hussein al-Sheikh, a senior Palestinian official overseeing relations with Israel, said the deal was “a first batch in the road to finalizing this file entirely....

The comedy, which debuted on HBO back in 2016, has become a favorite with critics as well as fans. As viewers prepare to see how the characters’ romances and friendships play out in the remaining episodes, star and creator Issa Rae is being asked whether she plans to give the show the big-screen treatment. According to Rae, it would take a major change of heart—and circumstances—for fans’ movie dream to come true....

Hazard has often been likened to the Argentina international due to his style of play and technical ability on the ball. Praise for the Belgian was particularly frequent last term when he scored 16 times in Chelsea’s Premier League-winning campaign. But Hazard is adamant that, aside from their physical stature and tendency to dribble, he and similar players are not of Messi’s ilk. “We cannot be compared to Messi,” Hazard told reporters on Monday....

In March, the South China Morning Post published an article based on Chinese government data that showed the first known case of COVID-19 can be traced back to November 17, 2019—possibly a 55-year-old individual from Hubei province, although “patient zero” has yet to be confirmed. Chinese authorities did not officially identify the first case of the new disease until December 8, 2019. Over the weeks that followed, medical staff in Wuhan treated dozens of patients suffering from pneumonia of unknown cause....

The single-story house, located next to a golf course and surrounded by mountains, was built in 1962 and has some of the original features from when Disney lived there until his death in 1966. Although the exterior of the house is unassuming, the inside of the house and backyard are bright and spacious. The midcentury ranch boasts 2,443 square feet and has four bedrooms, each with en-suite bathrooms. The master bedroom is still set from the time Disney himself lived there....

On a team, honeysuckle represents a dominant, unchecked personality. Unless the culture is clearly defined, it can become defined by that dominant personality. That’s where things can get ugly — people disengage or leave, productivity sinks, some organizations even fail. Company culture is a living energy that is experienced by all who are a part of the organization — positive or negative. I see The Great Resignation as a great reveal of those areas of discontent that result from not having the space to be healthy, contribute their best and offer a path for growth....

Our baseball betting strategy includes rarely taking a favorite priced above -140, and always looking for reasons to support the underdog. In baseball, you don’t have to hit 50 percent winners to show a profit over the long haul. So if there is any reason to support the underdog, whether it’s past performances, team history or spring training numbers, we recommend doing so. Note to baseball bettors: The Aliante Casino sports book is offering the best line in Nevada, using a five-cent split all the way up to -135....

"I was on the bench, thank God," Landeskog told Sporting News on Monday. The Avs' 20-year-old captain, naturally, was talking about Roy's three-way throwdown with Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau and a Pepsi Center partition on Oct. 5. It came 60 minutes into Roy's first game, when he took exception to what he thought was a knee-on-knee hit delivered to Avs rookie (and No. 1 pick) Nathan MacKinnon. After the game, a 6-1 Colorado win, Roy fantastically called it "just a normal night....

Proved again that he has the talent to race and win at NASCAR’s highest levels. Now it’s time for someone — some team and some sponsors — to step up and give him that chance. Wallace, 20, won the prestigious Mudsummer Classic at famed Eldora Speedway and demonstrated remarkable skill and patience in doing it. MORE: How Wallace won | Stewart wants Cup race at Eldora | Gordon enjoys returning ‘home’ to Indy | Indy TV schedule...

But when you’ve done it enough in the playoffs alone to fill a “Draymond Green nutshots” supercut, you’ve done enough. Intent ceases to matter. And that’s why Green deserved to be suspended for Monday’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals. MORE: Ranking every Finals rematch The move also helped provide an answer to a question that everyone should’ve been wondering about for the last couple days: How many times is the league going to let him get away with this?...

Thousands of supporters took to the streets of Naples on Wednesday night to celebrate their team’s first Italian Cup title in six years after Napoli beat Juventus in an empty stadium in Rome. Fans without face masks flooded into crowded central piazzas, celebrating with fireworks well into Thursday morning. Several health officials have criticized the celebrations and their lack of safety measures amid the new coronavirus pandemic. World Health Organization assistant director general Raineri Guerra called the decision to celebrate on the streets “reckless....