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Don’t look now, but the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which takes place in Qatar, is less than a month away. And judging by the odds, it’s anybody’s guess who will lift the Jules Rimet Trophy on Dec. 18. Oddsmakers have installed Brazil as the +400 favorite, but the five-time winners have plenty of company at the top of the board with eight other teams sitting between +600 and 12/1. And while a strong argument can be made for any of those teams to win the tournament, there is a sleeper hanging out at 50/1 that deserves your attention. Perhaps no…

A 15-year-old girl was stabbed during a fight with another teen in East Harlem early Monday, cops said.  The teens – who appeared to know each other – clashed at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 105th Street around 8 a.m., police said.  During the fracas, one of the girls stabbed the other in the hip, cops said.  A 15-year-old girl was stabbed during a fight with another teen at the corner of Lexington Avenue and East 105th Street around 8 a.m. Monday, cops said.J. Messerschmidt/NY Post The injured girl was taken to Harlem Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities…

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Alexander Zverev’s season looks to be over after he was not included in Germany’s squad for the Davis Cup quarter-final against Canada.Zverev has been out of action since tearing ankle ligaments during his French Open semi-final against Rafael Nadal on June 3.He was hoping to play for Germany in the Davis Cup group stage in September, but suffered a setback with a bone edema on his foot.ATP FinalsDjokovic qualifies, but who else will make ATP Finals? And will Nadal play?10/10/2022 AT 09:54He will not play at next week’s Paris Masters and will also not feature at the Davis Cup Finals,…

CNN  —  The 2022 campaign isn’t even over yet, but Donald Trump is already starting a 2024 fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. It began with DeSantis’ decision to record an automated phone call in support of Joe O’Dea, the Republican nominee for US Senate in Colorado. “America needs strong leadership and desperately,” DeSantis says in the robocall, as first reported by the Washington Examiner. “That’s why I’m endorsing Joe O’Dea for US Senate. Colorado, please vote for Joe O’Dea.” Trump, quickly blasted DeSantis’ move. “A BIG MISTAKE,” Trump called it on his Truth Social site. A little history is…

Skied at all of the most famous resorts or looking for a weekend break on the slopes?The best-known ski destinations tend to offer expensive Saturday to Saturday stays with little flexibility. This is cost and time prohibitive for many snow sports enthusiasts.“People have missed out on ski holidays with COVID, and many don’t want to skip yet another season but they do want to find a great value way of getting back to the slopes,” says Marcus Blunt, co-founder of travel agent Heidi.This newly launched online platform offers skiers more flexible options than traditional sites, according to its founders. Weekend…

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Canada’s competition watchdog is launching a study of the grocery industry to examine whether the highly concentrated sector is contributing to rising food costs. The Competition Bureau said in a news release Monday that it will explore how the government could act to combat grocery price increases.In September, grocery prices rose at the fastest pace since 1981, with prices up 11.4 per cent compared with a year ago. The Competition Bureau will provide a set of recommendations for the government in its final report, which it plans to publish in June.Earlier this month, the House of Commons Agriculture Committee voted…

More and more Asian companies have announced share buybacks in recent weeks. Chinese internet giant Alibaba has said it will increase its share buyback program from $15 billion to $25 billion.Sheldon Cooper, SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty ImagesShares of Chinese companies listed in the U.S. dropped sharply Monday after Beijing tightened President Xi Jinping’s grip on power, souring investor sentiment for non-state-driven companies.The Invesco Golden Dragon China ETF, which tracks the Nasdaq Goldman Dragon China Index, plunged 20% to hit a new 52-week low. The index holds 65 companies whose common stocks are publicly traded in the U.S. and the majority of…

About 1,000 students at a Virginia high school were out sick last week with flu-like symptoms after the school’s homecoming event may have turned into a superspreader, officials and students said.Nearly half of the student body of Stafford High School in Fredericksburg, Virginia, had symptoms and were absent from school on Oct. 21, a spokesperson for the school, about 50 miles south of Washington, D.C., told NBC Washington.The school said in an Oct. 21 Facebook post that it would be canceling all school activities and athletics through Oct. 23 due to the high number of student and staff illnesses.The school’s…