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Azar made the comments on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Tuesday, after Kathrin Jansen, the head of vaccine research and development at Pfizer, told The New York Times it was “never part” of Operation Warp Speed. Launched in May, the effort aims to speed up the creation and distribution of vaccines, treatments and diagnostic tools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Health Secretary told CNBC: “I don’t know why they [Pfizer] made that [statement] originally....

Azerbaijan assumed responsibility for what it claimed was an accident, but the ramifications could run deep. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed Monday that one of its Mil Mi-24 gunships was downed by man-portable air-defense system (MANPAD) fire while accompanying a convoy of forces attached to Russia’s 102nd military base through Armenian territory near Yersakh, a village located along the border with Azerbaijan’s exclave of Nakhchivan that also neighbors Iran and Turkey, Russian state-run media reported....

Oscar failed to become a Chelsea superstar The defender, who signed a new three-and-a-half-year deal at the club on Tuesday keeping him at Stamford Bridge until 2020, has been a huge success since joining from Marseille in 2012. Azpilicueta has had to adapt to a central role this season, as part of Antonio Conte’s back three, but has flourished with the Blues currently topping the Premier League table. Coach Antonio Conte has recently described the 27-year-old as a bargain for the Blues who go in search of a 10th consecutive Premier League win against the division’s bottom side....

Three of the four matches in the recent T20 series between West Indies and Pakistan produced no results as rain wreaked havoc. Pakistan won the series, thanks to their win in the second match. Speaking at a press conference ahead of the two-match Test series against West Indies, Babar Azam lamented the fact that his side could not try out players in the T20I series as part of their preparations for the T20 World Cup....

Speaking in a teleconference from Worcestershire where the Pakistani team is currently observing a two-week long isolation period, Babar Azam opined that it is crucial to convert scores into really big ones, something he’d like to do in the three-match series: According to Babar Azam, winning the series is top priority The right-handed middle-order batsman said that Pakistan’s recent record on English shores have been really good and that winning the series would be the foremost priority for them:...

As fans wait for the first official image released by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex this year, here’s a look back at some of the heartwarming snaps we have already seen. The birth Archie had his first outing in front of the cameras when he was just two days old during a photoshoot at St George’s Hall, in Windsor Castle. Prince Harry held the 7-pound-3-ounce baby boy, wrapped in a blanket and hat, while new mother Meghan stood beside them....

What is the best method to treat eczema and stop your baby’s itching? See our top baby eczema treatment recommendations. What Is Baby Eczema? Eczema (also called atopic dermatitis) is a dry, itchy skin rash that can appear anywhere on the body, but it commonly appears on the face and limbs. Anyone can have eczema, including infants. Some things tend to make people more prone to developing eczema, including:...

The cygnets, whose bodies were discovered between 9 and 10 a.m., were “quite clearly shot through the head,” a spokesperson for London Wildlife Protection (LWP) told This Is Local London. Tragically, they were among the first cygnets to successfully hatch in the park in some time, the spokesperson added. Under U.K. law, the murder of a swan is punishable by prison time because the waterfowl are considered the property of the English royal family, according to My London News....

In a post on Steam, the June 2022 update for Back 4 Blood has now gone live, with the developer saying that there have been several new features that have been added, plus some alterations and tweaks. Among many other things, one implementation is the ability to kick players during matches. Previously, some complained that negative gamers were making the experience less fun, and Turtle Rock promised to do something about it....

The 6-foot-9 center, who has 10 of the 13 regular-season dunks recorded in the WNBA and is a four-time league All-Star, enters her sixth season in the league, and she says she’s a long way from that lanky kid from Baylor who arrived for her first Phoenix Mercury training camp in 2013. “Oh man, when I first walked in here I was green-eyed and, I don’t know, thought the world as unicorns,” Griner said on Thursday as the Mercury prepared to open training camp....

Good credentials to play Anne Frank, but onstage Portman’s chief credentials are her hair-trigger spontaneity and the sweetness that remains even when she plays Anne being mean to her mother or mercilessly teasing the teenage Peter, from whom she r eceives her first (and last) gingerly kiss. Holed up in the ““secret annex” with her parents and sister, along with Peter and his parents, the Van Daans, and the dentist Mr....

Less than two months before primary night, the new Gore has yet to find his footing in New Hampshire. His tendency to stretch the truth is only one of his troubles. Bill Bradley, flush with cash, has poured at least a million dollars into television ads for the Boston and Manchester markets. And after enduring a month’s worth of Gore’s shrill attacks on his health-care plan, Bradley finally had enough....

From King George to “that man” (FDR) to our own era’s Newt Gingrich, there have always been plenty of individuals in high places to blame not only for their own indisputable faults, but also for just about everything else. But the far more common phenomenon has been blame of groups–real and unreal, seen and unseen–for whatever is ailing the electorate. Classically these malign forces are believed to be vast, intricately structured, enormously powerful and corrupt and greedy beyond describing....

Palembang, Aug 18 (PTI) Indian rower Dattu Baban Bhokanal, the favourite to win single sculls gold at the Asian Games, is back to his best after a traumatising period during which he lost his mother. The strong rowing contingent expectedly has not attracted much attention but they can significantly contribute to India’s medals tally at the Games. Indian rowing technical director Nicolai Gioga expects medals in seven events including singles sculls where Bhokanal will be vying for the gold....

Hughes printed a third of Plath’s journals in 1982, omitting material about sex and her hated mother–and him. He said he destroyed one notebook from just before her suicide, to protect their children; another is missing. But what’s left has Plath in full voice: smart, funny, unsparing of herself and anybody else. And in the Hughes archive sits a still sealed footlocker, hiding God knows what. “I find it hard to believe he really destroyed those things,” says Fran McCullough, Plath’s American editor....

On Thursday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that after hours of negotiations with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, an agreement was expected to be struck on Friday “one way or another,” but not without debate. One point of contention, according to The Hill, was upset among Republicans over the inclusion of an expanded paid leave program for workers affected by the outbreak. The other sticking point, the newspaper reported, was GOP demand for the inclusion of language from the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal funds for abortion services, be included in the bill....

Goldberg is a former WCW World Heavyweight Champion. He also had the famous 173-0 undefeated streak at the beginning of his WCW career. Goldberg is also a two-time WWE Universal Champion. On the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer gave more details on WWE’s plans for Goldberg vs. McIntyre at Royal Rumble. Meltzer said that the decision to have Drew McIntyre face Goldberg was only made on Saturday....

In July 2022, Mr. McMahon announced his retirement from the company amid accusations of millions of dollars worth of hush money being paid to multiple women who have worked with WWE in the last couple of decades. Since then, it’s been very quiet in regard to what Mr. McMahon is up to in his post-WWE life. According to Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (via Fightful Select), those within WWE he’s spoken to haven’t heard from Vince McMahon much lately since he’s no longer with the company....

Game Rant spoke to PseudoZap co-founders Peter Mosur and Konrad Messyasz about the backstory behind their debut project Bad Boro, as well as recent developments leading into a planned Kickstarter campaign. Interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. RELATED: Space Chef’s Kickstarter is Building an Inclusive Community to ‘Hunt, Cook, Deliver’ Q: What’s been your path into game development? Mosur: For me, from an early age through late high school I wanted to do something creative....