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Bieber is set to perform on December 5 at the 2021 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, a new street circuit in Jeddah near the coastline of the Red Sea, but Kasparov, in his role as chairman of the Human Rights Foundation co-authored a letter to the performer encouraging him to cancel due to the country’s abuse of women, gays and political dissenters. Under MBS, Saudi Arabia has tortured women with electric shocks, flogging and rape for the crime of advocating for equal rights, like driving a car and accessing education, Bieber is informed in the letter co-signed by HRF CEO Thor Halvorssen....

The casual footwear brand—which caters to women, men and children—is partnering with the Grammy Award-winning pop sensation Justin Bieber to release the Crocs x Justin Bieber clog. The design pulls from the Classic Clog range as well as Bieber’s signature yellow from his personal clothing brand, drew house. There are also eight custom Jibbitz charms designed to match, letting wearers make their own shoes unique in design. The idea behind the new collection is promoting comfortable fashion as well as “coming as you are,” which is a mantra for the shoe brand....

Just after returning to world No. 1 status, Rose turned in two ugly rounds at Augusta National and missed the cut at the Masters earlier this month. He’s used the last two weeks to erase those memories and hopes a strong showing in Charlotte will rekindle his body and his game before the PGA Championship in mid-May. “I think I got my preparation a little bit wrong, I guess, going into Augusta is what it felt like,” Rose said Tuesday....

“China’s sanctions are an attack on transparency and freedom of expression - values at the heart of our democracy,” Trudeau wrote in a tweet Saturday, shortly after the new sanctions were announced. “We stand with Parliamentarians against these unacceptable actions, and we will continue to defend human rights around the world with our international partners.” The foreign ministry’s statement released Saturday said that Gayle Manchin, head of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (and Senator Joe Manchin’s wife), would not be permitted to visit China’s mainland, Hong Kong or Macao, nor engage in financial dealings with China....

Cuadrado has spent the past two seasons on loan at Juve having failed to establish himself at Stamford Bridge after arriving from Fiorentina in January 2015. The Colombia international returned to Chelsea in July 2016 before another temporary switch to the Turin giants was agreed, and those terms have resulted in his switch being been made permanent. An official club statement read: “Juve announces that, following the achievement of the conditions provided by the contract, its obligation to definitively acquire the registration rights of the player Juan Cuadrado from Chelsea became due....

Juventus in race with Liverpool to sign Nuno Mendes Sporting Lisbon’s 18-year-old sensation Nuno Mendes has become the subject of interest to a few European giants. He has been doing well and growing into a promising footballer at Sporting Lisbon and now Juventus and Liverpool are in a transfer battle to secure his services, as per Calciomercato. Nuno Mendes is represented by none other than Jorge Mendes who happens to be the agent of Cristiano Ronaldo as well and is heavily tipped to join one of the European giants at the end of this season....

Dos Santos makes Mexico better While Osorio said his team will look to go after the game, he also said he’ll be wary of a U.S. side that can find goals in a variety of different ways. “Well, the idea is always the same, to try to play to our strengths, but we also understand the United States is a strong team,” Osorio said at a news conference after the match....

Black’s family’s claim that police used excessive force on Black isn’t conclusively contradicted by body camera video of Black’s encounter with the police, Blake said in a 27-page ruling, the Associated Press reported. Blake said that a reasonable jury “could reach more than one conclusion” regarding if officers used a reasonable degree of force when dealing with Black. The chief medical examiner’s autopsy report said Black’s death was from “sudden cardiac death,” according to WBAL-TV....

Cannon on Thursday partially signed off on the plan for an independent arbiter, or special master, to filter out any protected documents carted off by the FBI during a court-approved search of Trump’s home in August. Former prosecutors say Trump’s lawyers are now off the hook from having to go to court to back up the ex-president’s allegation that the FBI may have planted evidence in his south Florida home....

Announced at the Tokyo Game Show conference, Project Judge (or Judge Eyes) was revealed today by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi and is scheduled to release in the West sometime in 2019. Judge Eyes sees players in the shoes of the private eye Takayuki Yagami who’s forced to use his “investigate skills” in order to resolve the mysteries behind the plot of Judge Eyes. There aren’t many details revealed for the upcoming detective thriller from Ryu Ga Gotoku studios, however screenshots that have shown up following the announcement suggest features such as branching dialog, combat mechanics, and stealth aspects that will play their respective roles as Yagami’s repertoire of skill sets....

During a chaotic night of protesting for Black rights, Rittenhouse, who was 17 at the time, traveled to Wisconsin armed to join a Kenosha militia group who said they wanted to protect businesses from protesters. Rittenhouse’s lawyers will argue he acted in self-defense when he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz. Jury selection for Rittenhouse begins Monday. Bruce Schroder, the judge in the case, has spent months deciding how the jury will receive the case....

In a decision released Wednesday, Justice Lawrence K. Marks tossed out a June 2014 arbitration ruling by Major League Baseball that awarded the Nationals millions in broadcast rights fees.MORE: Chris Davis tops the list of free agent first baseman | Is Dusty Baker right for the Nats? The dispute dates to 2005, when the Expos moved from Montreal to Washington and became the Nationals. Orioles owner Peter Angelos opposed the relocation, but eventually agreed to cede territorial rights in exchange for the license to carry Nationals games on his television network, Mid-Atlantic Sports Network....

He lasted over 57 minutes in the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble match before being eliminated by John Cena. Balor entered the match at number two and made four eliminations before he was thrown over the top rope by the 16-time world champion. Speaking with Rob Armstrong on BT Sports’ What Went Down show, the 41-year-old revealed that he wants another shot at lasting an hour in the highly-contested match....

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is desperate to end his team’s eight year trophy drought and it seems that this season can be the perfect time as he finds himself at the top of the Barclays Premier League table at the end of 22 game weeks. The EPL leaders have played excellent football till now, but still a lot has been talked about the lack of strikers in the team and the depth in front....

But Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones warned the Cowboys star wideout not to rush his comeback and urged him to allow time to mend his foot injury. MORE: Cowboys ranked seventh in local TV ratings | DeMarco Murray tweaks hamstring “With Dez, he’s just going to have to take time and get healed up properly,” Jones said Wednesday, via the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “You don’t want to rush it and then it sets you back....

Exhibit A: Titans receiver A.J. Brown, who posted a voice message to Jones’ Instagram on Tuesday selling him on the idea of joining Tennessee. “Just come mess with your boy,” Brown said in the message. “Hey, real talk: We waiting on you over here. You say you want to win, right? We just need a couple more pieces. Hey, trust me. Come vibe with me, man.” MORE: Aaron Rodgers to Julio Jones?...

Jones, who is Black, was accused of murder in the 1999 death of Paul Howell, a white man. Jones, who was 19 at the time of Howell’s death, was convicted in 2002 and placed on death row. Jones has said he is innocent. His case gained widespread attention after it became the focus of the 2018 documentary series The Last Defense. As the date of Jones’ scheduled execution drew closer, his family called upon Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt to grant him clemency....

The original Jurassic World, while set in the same universe as the previous films, told a mostly self-contained story that didn’t rely on too many callbacks. Featuring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard as employees at a new dinosaur park, the first film saw a familiar dinosaur outbreak plot that took a great deal of inspiration from the first film. The second film, Fallen Kingdom, featured a more original story where they return to the park to rescue the remaining dinosaurs from on incoming volcanic eruption....

RELATED: Jurassic Park & World: Every Dinosaur Fight In The Franchise, Ranked Players aren’t just limited to Las Cinco Muertes, in terms of islands they can build on in the game. From the classic Isla Nublar seen in the movies to hidden areas fans have never been able to see before, there are a lot of options for players to build on that present unique opportunities and difficulties. 7 Isla Matanceros Isla Matanceros is the second-largest island in Las Cinco Muertes....