#early-january

#early-january

Exeter boss Rob Baxter has dismissed reports that England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie's move to French champions Montpellier is under threat.Cowan-Dickie has been sidelined by an ankle injury since early January, while he is also understood to be suffering from some nerve issues in his neck.It has been suggested that 29-year-old Cowan-Dickie missed a recent medical in France, riling Montpellier chiefs, who have also signed his Exeter and England colleague Sam Simmonds for next season.

England hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie is like a caged lion as he continues his recovery from an ankle injury, according to Rob Baxter.The Exeter forward has not played since early January, missing England's entire Guinness Six Nations campaign.He will join French heavyweights Montpellier Exeter's Heineken Champions Cup last-16 opponents on Sunday after the World Cup later this year.

Salt gave us work and salt gave us life, said Ruslan, a salt miner turned soldier.Ruslan, 45, was working 1,000 feet below the earth in one of Europe's largest salt mines when the Russians launched their full-scale invasion.Almost a year later, he was fighting near the ruined city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine when the Russians took control of his nearby hometown, and the mine with it.

Liam Hendriks is making progress through his cancer treatments and will not be placed on the 60-day injured list to start the season, Rick Hahn told the media on Wednesday.This a great update for the White Sox star closer.It's important to note his health is seemingly improving since Hendriks announced his battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma back in early January.

Most of the hype, projections and questions surrounding a guy name Chase on the Washington Commanders focuses on one with the last name of Young.Being the second overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft often does that to someone.After a dynamic rookie season that saw him named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and get his first and only Pro Bowl nod, the hype was everywhere.

Most of the hype, projections and questions surrounding a guy name Chase on the Washington Commanders focuses on one with the last name of Young.Being the second overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft often does that to someone.After a dynamic rookie season that saw him named as the Defensive Rookie of the Year and get his first and only Pro Bowl nod, the hype was everywhere, but an inconsistent start to his second NFL season and a serious knee injury has since clouded his long-term future with the team and certainly tempered expectations among fans.

For utmost accuracy, Wolverine must be ripped like a superhero.As a performer, Hugh Jackman has an extensive on-stage and cinematic resume dating back decades.Though, despite such a laundry list of credits per IMDb, Jackman might be best known for his role as Marvel's Wolverine in the "X-Men" film series.

California is bracing for yet another powerful, atmospheric river storm this week, continuing the onslaught of major weather whiplash after a yearslong, historic megadrought.Many welcomed this winter's heavy rain and snow since it was so desperately needed to replenish the state's severely drained reservoirs and depleted groundwater.

China says US destroyer warned off for second day, US Navy said its ship successfully challenged China maritime claims.China's defence ministry has said that it had for a second time monitored and driven away the US Navy guided missile destroyer USS Milius after it entered what Beijing claims as its territorial waters in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands.

Philadelphia Eagles fans booed the NFL's Walter Payton Man of the Year, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, when he was announced at the Super Bowl.Prior to the kickoff of Super Bowl LVII between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs, the NFL honored Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and the medical staff who saved his life after he went into cardiac arrest after he made a tackle in early January.

The authorities in China have raided the Beijing office of the Mintz Group, an American corporate investigations firm, and detained all five of its Chinese employees, the company said on Friday.Mintz Group said in a statement that the authorities closed its operations in Beijing.The company has not been able to contact the employees since they were taken away.

R ail and tube strikes look to have knocked London office occupancy levels below the 30% mark for the first time in 2023 since early January, but property giants said the longer term recovery is progressing well.This month marks the third anniversary of the UK's first lockdown when the public were ordered to work from home where possible, and post-Covid hybrid working is popular.

UK consumer prices jumped by 10.4% in February compared with a year ago, as food inflation hit its highest level in more than 45 years, and as the cost of visiting restaurants and hotels increased, official data showed Wednesday.Food prices soared 18.2% through the year to February, the sharpest rise since the late 1970s.

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The reality of any negotiation is that the potential sweet spot for agreement lies in the place where both sides can claim a victory and argue that their course of action all along was pragmatic, sensible and justifiable.After months of argument and weeks of serious talks, that is where many of the health unions and the government each find themselves in many of the disputes in the NHS in England.

Social media platform Facebook unlawfully processed Dutch users' personal details without consent for advertising purposes for almost a decade, Amsterdam-based judges ruled on Wednesday.The judgement by the Amsterdam District Court said Facebook Ireland - custodians of Dutch users' personal details - not only used the data for advertising, but also passed it to third parties without properly informing people or having legal grounds to do so.

In recent weeks, Merced neighbors Mariya Nelson and Beth Lee took on more than just rebuilding their storm-battered homes.After a series of break-ins, they're now the de facto neighborhood watch for a well-to-do strip of homes that runs along a road abutting Bear Creek, which has flooded multiple times in recent weeks during California's series of storms.

South Korea says it will remove the entry restrictions it placed on short-term travelers from China since the start of the year as officials see the COVID-19 situation in that country as stabilizing.South Korea in early January stopped issuing most short-term visas at its consulates in China, citing concerns about a virus surge in the country and the potential for new mutations.

Anyone who has a friend or family member living with chronic illnesses knows the toll these diseases take.Hereditary chronic illnesses such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia affect kids from the moment they are born.At this point, no cures are available, and the only option patients have is to identify and access the best possible medicines and treatments to help their child manage the disease.

Andrew Benintendi homered to right in his first at-bat against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday at Camelback Ranch.The trip around the bases was nice.But for Benintendi, the third at-bat of the day stood out when the Chicago White left fielder reached on a fielder's choice on a ball fielded by shortstop Miguel Rojas.

White Sox closer Liam Hendriks took to social media to provide an update for the first time since he revealed he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in early January.Here is Hendriks' full statement:
"Cancer is scary... and weird... and hard.Treatment is tough.If you've ever been thru this, you know what I'm talking about.

The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.

The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.

The Chicago White Sox have difficult choices ahead as they build their opening-day roster.That's the way manager Pedro Grifol prefers."It's not going to be an easy decision, which is a good thing for us as an organization," Grifol said Wednesday."Easy decisions are not good for any organization.

Multiple criminals, including at least one nation-state group, broke into a US federal government agency's Microsoft Internet Information Services web server by exploiting a critical three-year-old Telerik bug to achieve remote code execution.The snafu happened between November 2022 and early January, according to a joint alert from the FBI, CISA, and America's Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) this week.

The Golden State Warriors have played 19 games since the start of February, and their 10-9 record over those contests both captures the motion of their roller-coaster season and maps a nearly perfect pattern.No, the Warriors aren't just winning when Steph Curry plays and losing when he's injured.Nor are they simply beating the bad teams and losing to the good ones.

One day after Signature Bank collapsed, an affiliate of loanDepot moved $225 million of cash balances to a large money center bank, the mortgage company disclosed Wednesday morning.With the transfer, the lender said all cash and cash equivalents are now distributed across large money center banks, according to an 8k filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

The Washington Capitals summoned Joe Snively from the Hershey Bears on Tuesday morning.Snively was recalled after captain Alex Ovechkin was announced to be stepping away from the team for personal reasons.NEWS | The Capitals have recalled forward Joe Snively from the Hershey Bears.#ALLCAPShttps://t.co/Dzkq2294Xl

Culver City voted to ban camping in public places, a move that opponents say only forces homeless people off the streets at a time when the city offers few housing alternatives.A bitterly divided Culver City Council voted 3 to 2 to approve the ordinance Monday.Officials claim the ban will not be enforced until several key goals are met by the city, including the opening of a designated safe-camping site with supportive services and the conversion of 73 units into housing through the Project Homekey program.

Environment "We're cooking the planet, and we're feeling it locally firsthand."FAIRLEE, Vermont - Far out in the middle of the lake, Mark Avery could still see dark ripples of open water.Nearer to shore, the ice was about three inches thick.He prayed it would hold him and a snowblower.It was Jan. 26.

(CNN)The man who faces charges stemming from a string of suspicious activities at the Dallas Zoo allegedly admitted to stealing two tamarin monkeys and trying to steal the clouded snow leopard last month, according to arrest warrant affidavits.Davion Irvin also told police that he wants to return to the zoo and take more animals if he gets out of jail, the affidavits claim.

A secret pardon granted by President Vladimir V. Putin to a Russian prisoner who fought in Ukraine shows that the former inmate received clemency on the day he left jail to join the war, an act that rights activists say short-circuits the existing legal process.The document, a copy of a prison release certificate reviewed by The New York Times, is the first published evidence of what activists say is a mass pardon campaign instituted by the Kremlin to entice tens of thousands of prisoners to enter battle.

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images San Francisco Public Works is helping the city's residents and businesses prepare for yet another atmospheric river that's expected to bring " anomalous moisture " to the region this week.From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Saturday, residents can grab up to 10 sandbags from the intersection of Marin and Kansas streets, near Cesar Chavez Street.

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A post-mortem examination is to be held after the remains of a baby were found as police continue to question Constance Marten and Mark Gordon.The baby's body was discovered after a huge 48-hour search by hundreds of officers and volunteers near Brighton.The couple, who had been missing for 53 days, were arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter.