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Pussetto, 24, joined the Serie A outfit from Huracan in 2018 and scored five times in 50 appearances - including one during last month’s 3-1 defeat to Juventus, although he has been used predominantly as a substitute this term. Udinese owner Giampaolo Pozzo is the father of Watford owner Gino Pozzo and transfer business between the clubs has been frequent over recent years. The Hornets’ scheduled FA Cup third-round replay at Tranmere Rovers was postponed due to heavy rainfall on Tuesday....

The Russian leader launched a heated attack against the Western nations that have assisted Ukraine in the conflict that began after Putin launched a full-scale invasion on February 24. The U.S. has provided just over $50 billion in military, financial and humanitarian aid since the conflict began, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, a think tank in Germany. On November 20, Europe, for the first time, surpassed the U....

The Russian ambassador to North Korea presented the medal to North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Mansudae Palace of Congress, Pyongyang. Kim was not present to receive the honor, which came days after he re-emerged from a 20-day public absence that prompted speculation that he might be dead. Ambassador Alexander Matsegora presented the “75 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” medal to North Korean officials “in accordance with the Russian president’s decree,” according to the Russian embassy’s Facebook page....

On Wednesday, Putin announced that he had signed a decree authorizing martial law which would apply to the oblasts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. During a video conference on Wednesday, Putin said the decree will “immediately be sent for approval to the Federation Council, and the State Duma will be informed of the decision,” state news agency Tass reported. This was in keeping with the legal requirement that the two houses of government be informed of such a move, the agency added....

On Thursday, Putin advocated for an end to the “war,” a word he has avoided using to describe what he and the Kremlin have otherwise insisted was a “special military operation” for the last 10 months. “Our aim is not to fan the flames of this military conflict, on the contrary, it is to end this war,” Putin told reporters. Up until now, the Russian president has repeatedly asserted that the ongoing escalation in Ukraine is not a “war” but a “special military operation” that Russia had “no choice” but to conduct to protect Russians living in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions....

The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA), an independent research organization located in Finland, said it found that Russia brought in 93 billion euros over the first 100 days of the conflict, which converts to around $97 billion. Using this figure, Russia made approximately $1 billion a day exporting fossil fuels. With crude oil alone, Russia brought in 46 billion euros ($48 billion), while pipeline gas made the country 24 billion euros ($25 billion)....

The sanctions targeting Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova will freeze any assets they have in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. An anonymous U.S. official told Washington Post journalist John Hudson that the U.S. has reason to believe that Vorontsova and Tikhonova have assets in the U.S., stating, “We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members and that’s why we’re targeting them.” The move means all of Putin’s close family members are now cut off from U....

Russia is a major player in the world’s energy markets. In 2021, it exported 14 percent of the world’s supply of crude oil and it’s also the world’s largest exporter of natural gas. It has several pipelines sending gas directly to Europe, and accounted for almost 40 percent of European Union gas demand in 2021. Amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia has cut its gas supplies to Europe by 88 percent over the past year, causing the wholesale price of gas to soar over the same period....

Long-serving defender Pique recently hit out when he blamed the demands of Barca’s pre-season travels for the poor start to their LaLiga title defence. He also suggested the Barcelona board may have been planting stories in the media that were critical of players. Messi, by contrast, rarely speaks out, and former Barcelona captain Puyol indicated he would follow the superstar forward’s lead when it comes to handling club issues....

Skipper Ashwal Rai produced a phenomenal performance to help his team record a thrilling 3-2 (15-13, 12-15, 15-10, 12-15, 15-13) win against Calicut Heroes at the Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Monday. The spiking prowess of Ashwal held the team together in giving the team their first win of the tournament. The Kolkata Thunderbolts got off to a strong start, taking a 5-2 lead early on in the match....

Van der Veer: There’s no point in predicting the oil prices, because it tends to be a pretty bad prediction. Why is that? Because there are so many factors at play. What I will say is that [recent data] shows that crude-oil stocks in factories around the world are very normal or even better than normal. Its a bit of a mixed picture, but by and large, there is no physical shortage in the world....

NEWSWEEK: Why did you quit? Lanny Davis: I came to the conclusion that the board could not be independent under the structure that Congress enacted—namely an oversight entity within the Office of the president. Those two things just couldn’t be reconciled. A lot of people said that was pretty clear from the beginning. You were located within the White House staff. Why would anybody think you would be anything other than an arm of the administration?...

The transitional government’s Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, who took office three months ago, faces the challenges of reconciling Somalia’s warring clans, keeping Islamic terrorists out and squelching a boom in piracy along the coast. And he must survive, of course—when he made the symbolically important step of moving the TFG back to Mogadishu last month, insurgents promptly shelled Somalia’s presidential palace. Hussein, previously the chairman of Somalia’s Red Crescent society, the Islamic equivalent of the Red Cross, recently spoke with NEWSWEEK’s Jason McLure about the humanitarian crisis, his relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency and Somalia’s tourism industry....

DICKEY: What was your relationship with Diana? BROWN: I met her … it must have been four or five times over the years. At Tatler, our job was to cover her. We were all young at Tatler. And she was just about to turn 20, and so there was kind of a generational echo with Diana. I’ve always felt that kind of bond with the story. And then I saw her at the American Embassy dinner, at different embassies, two or three times....

Barr, who served in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003, was best known for his leading role in the 1998 impeachment effort against President Bill Clinton; he was one of the most conservative members on Capitol Hill. But in 2006 Barr exited his party and became a Libertarian, strongly criticizing President Bush’s handling of the war in Iraq and the government’s infringement on social liberties. Later this month Barr will join 13 other Libertarian candidates, including Democrat turned Libertarian Mike Gravel, at the party’s convention in Denver, Colo....

Speculation among the QAnon followers was sparked in the aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan’s capital last week, which cleared the final hurdle to it controlling the country. Ron Watkins, who previously has been accused of being the elusive ‘Q’ persona (something he denies), shared a post with his 395,000 Telegram followers where he pondered whether the ongoing disaster was a “distraction” to draw attention away from the upcoming report on the Maricopa audit....

Rittenhouse, 18, hit out at Wood and said the attorney was fired last year over his statements about QAnon and election fraud, during an interview with NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield on Tuesday. The teenager, who was acquitted of all charges after fatally shooting two people and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, also called QAnon-supporting Wood “insane.” When pressed on what he meant, Rittenhouse added: “How he thinks he’s God and he just says all these weird things....

Tournament: Qatar TotalEnergies Open. Date: 22 February, 2022 Round: Second round (Round of 32). Venue: Doha, Qatar. Category: WTA 1000. Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt. Prize money: $2,331,698. Maria Sakkari vs Ann Li preview Sixth seed Maria Sakkari takes on Ann Li in the second round of the Qatar Open on Tuesday. The Greek started 2022 at the Adelaide International, where she lost to Shelby Rogers in the second round. At the Australian Open, she was eliminated in the fourth round by Jessica Pegula....