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Ukraine to dominate UN General Assembly amid geopolitical divide | United Nations News

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Climate change, Iran sanctions, and worsening global poverty will also feature at the annual meeting of world leaders in New York this week.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a global food crisis aggravated by the war will be the focus of world leaders when they convene at the United Nations in New York this week, a gathering that is unlikely to yield any progress towards ending the conflict.

“It would be naive to think that we are close to the possibility of a peace deal,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday in advance of the high-level meeting of the 193 member states, which starts on Tuesday.

“The chances of a peace deal are minimal at the present moment.”

Geopolitical divides, hardened by the seven-month-old war, are likely to be on full display as the United States and Western allies compete with Russia for diplomatic influence.

Moreover, the US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said there are no plans to meet Russian diplomats.

“They have not indicated that they have an interest in diplomacy. What they are interested in is continuing to raise this unprovoked war on Ukraine,” said Thomas-Greenfield.

She added while the war in Ukraine will be discussed, “we cannot ignore the rest of the world”.

Guterres said the geopolitical rifts were “the widest they have been since at least the Cold War” and “paralyzing the global response to the dramatic challenges we face” highlighting conflicts, climate, poverty, hunger, and inequality.

‘Huge tension’

Russia and Ukraine are major grain and fertiliser exporters and the UN has blamed the war for the worsening food crisis that was already fuelled by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The United States will co-host a food security summit with the European Union and the African Union on the sidelines of the UN gathering, along with a COVID-19 global action plan meeting and a replenishment conference for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

“Underlying a lot of these meetings will be a huge amount of tension between Western countries and representatives of the Global South in particular,” said Richard Gowan, UN director at the International Crisis Group.

“There’s still a lot of ill feeling over issues such as the COVID vaccine rollout, climate financing … and now food prices. All these issues are driving major wedges amongst UN member states,” Gowan said.

Men work to cover damaged windows of a residential building after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine [File: Leo Correa/AP Photo]

Russia has been trying to chip away at its international isolation after nearly three-quarters of the UNGA voted to reprimand Moscow and demand it withdraw its troops within a week of its February 24 invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, his US counterpart Antony Blinken, and French President Emmanuel Macron all visited African states in the past several months, vying for influence. Africa has been hard hit with a famine expected to be declared in Somalia in the coming months.

Macron intends to use his two-day visit to New York to lobby countries that have remained neutral in the war to try and bring them onside with the West, French officials said, with a focus on India, Gulf countries, Africa and some Latin American states.

In-person attendance

For the past two years, leaders were allowed to submit video statements because of pandemic restrictions, but this year they have to travel to New York City to speak in the UNGA chamber. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are sending their foreign ministers.

However, the UNGA agreed to allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to send a pre-recorded video statement. The decision was adopted with 101 votes in favour, seven against, and 19 abstentions. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba is expected to attend.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is also travelling to New York. While it is unlikely Tehran and Washington will overcome an impasse to salvage a 2015 nuclear pact soon, Iran will use the gathering to keep the diplomatic ball rolling by repeating its willingness to reach a sustainable deal.



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Tottenham 4-1 Southampton: Spurs dominate after early deficit

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Tottenham Hotspur opened the season with a slow start, many knowing that’s how the games go as a Spurs fan. Then the opening goal by Southampton’s James Ward Prowse connected to put the Saints up 1-0.

Oh no, here we go.

Normally it would be a dire fight to get one goal and grab a point to open the season. Not under Antonio Conte. Spurs pulled up their socks and tightened their boots and put on a performance for the home fans and supporters around the world.

Four goals were scored with two coming in each half and some huge contributions by the wing-backs. Yes, the starting XI was the same as the closing matches of last season that pushed the team to the Champions League. Some injuries and others not being fully fit in Conte’s eyes forced him to have Ryan Sessegnon and Emerson Royal to run up the flanks.

They delivered.

Sessegnon scored the opening goal and Royal added an assist (and our best friend own goal) to be the deciding factor in the game.

Eric Dier scored for the other Spurs goal from a defender, his first in over three years (not including his preseason rocket).

Here are a few game notes that came to mind while watching Spurs route to victory

  • Sessegnon is big, in a good way of course. He had great pace and Kyle Walker-Peters was bouncing off the 21-year-old. His goal was great to see and his second one, called offside, was brilliant with the pattern looking to be practiced on kickoffs.
  • After going down 1-0, Spurs took over on both ends of the pitch. They pressed highly with their fitness levels showing off and the defense put in big tackles to stop anything for Southampton.
  • It is frustrating to see Royal take one too many touches inside the box. He is fun to watch and in the second half, he seemed to notice the open spaces with his pass to Dejan Kulusevski for the fourth and final goal.
  • Son Heung-min and Harry Kane were off and normally that means doom for Spurs. Not anymore.
  • Three new faces made their debuts for the club with Ivan Perisic getting 30 plus minutes and Yves Bissouma and Clement Lenglet getting under 10 minutes. Perisic had the most time to create chances and boy can he deliver crosses with ease. The other two didn’t have much to do with the game in the bag, even though Bissouma teed one off in the final seconds.
  • Lucas Moura and Matt Doherty came in during the quadruple subs and didn’t show much but that’s ok.

Game week one is done and Tottenham Hotspur is a force under Conte

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Lakers Dominate Heat In California Classic Opener

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The Los Angeles Lakers kicked off their summer league in a way they hope the 2022-23 season will end — in dominating fashion.

The Lakers cruised past the Miami Heat in a 100-66 victory behind a suffocating defense and efficient offense. It was a far cry from the Lakers’ 2021-22 season, but a strong start for prospects L.A. may be able to utilize during the season.

Mac McClung led the Lakers with 17 points. Paris Bass added 15 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Cole Swider contributed 13 points on 83.3% shooting including 8 in the fourth. Second-round draft pick Max Christie struggled, finishing with 5 points on 2-for-11 from the field. However, he gobbled up nine rebounds.

The first quarter began with sloppy passes and poor shots reminiscent of a first Summer League game. L.A.’s active defense kept them in control while the offense started slow.

The Lakers began the game hot, jumping to a 7-0 lead within two minutes. Vitto Brown Jr. had the first five points of the game for L.A. before Scottie Pippen Jr. extended the lead. Shareef O’Neal, who had six points in the game, also scored the first possession he came in.

Miami cut the Lakers’ lead down to as little as two midway through the first. The Lakers though snatched control of the game with a 16-2 run. It wasn’t as strong a finish to the second quarter, however, with the Heat chipping the Lakers’ lead to 12.

The Lakers’ surprisingly strong defense carried into the second quarter. They held Miami to just four points in the first four minutes. The Heat shot 20.5% from the field in the first half and 28% for the entire game.

The defense became key as L.A.’s offense fizzled midway through the quarter. They found their groove later led by a familiar face — two-way player Jay Huff.

He did his best LeBron James impression, providing the Lakers juice with solid rim protection and efficient scoring. A reverse dunk with two minutes left pushed the Lakers’ lead up to 20 and L.A. never looked back.

Huff scored seven points in the second after none in the first 10 minutes. The Lakers entered halftime up 24.

Miami came out bringing the heat on defense to start the second half. L.A. didn’t score the first four minutes of the game but still managed to be up 18 points. Pippen Jr. finally ended the drought with two free throws.

Similar to the second quarter, L.A.’s offense improved as time went on, however, it took longer this time. Bass scored six consecutive points near the end of the quarter to snag some momentum.

Even with a poor start to the half, the Lakers still finished the quarter up 29.

The Lakers’ strong play continued into the fourth quarter. Swider came alive with two 3-pointers and a nice dribble pull-up. They extended their lead to a game-high 38 after Swider drilled a three and Christie finally got on the board.

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Yankees look hardly beatable as they continue to dominate

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Little-known, light-hitting Rays infielder Taylor Walls, in a moment of courageous silliness, suggested about a week ago that the Yankees are “very beatable.” That only proves Walls has no future in scouting once his ballplaying days are over. 

The Yankees are very beatable in the sense that Secretariat was very beatable. 

Or Michael Phelps. 

Or Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros. 

The Yankees are just bludgeoning folks daily. Some nights, like Friday, it doesn’t even seem fair. 

The Dodgers were supposed to be baseball’s best team, and right now they are no better than a clear second. The Yankees’ 13-0 victory over the Tigers on a cool night in The Bronx was the season’s most dominant performance yet. 

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole was pitch-perfect two batters into the seventh inning before Jonathan Schoop lined a clean single to center field to halt history. It was the second straight night the Yankees’ starter threatened the history books, after Jameson Taillon carried a perfect game into the eighth the night before. 

The Yankees are a threat to do something special, and they nearly did so two nights is a row. 

This time, they even had room for some very nice nostalgia, and the comeback kid, Manny Banuelos, made his Yankees debut a decade after he was supposed to become the club’s next ace. Banuelos threw two shutout innings following Cole’s seven. 

The Yankees look a cut above the rest of MLB.
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“We banged, we played good D and Manny got in. It was a good night,” Cole declared. 

Aaron Judge posted a four-hit night, including his 20th homer, as “MVP” chants rang out on Judge bobblehead night. But afterward, when the team had sealed its fourth straight win and eighth victory in 10 games, the talk was as much about Banuelos as the team’s two biggest stars. 

“I’m so happy man. I made my dream come true” Banuelos declared, triggering some teary eyes among even the hardened reporters. “This is amazing … everyone knows this is a great team. To be part of it is huge.” 

This team looks so good, its biggest hurdle is the record book, as the league appears to be little challenge lately. 

The Angels brought the supposed best two players in the sport here earlier this week and they left The Bronx bruised, battered and swept. So what was anyone expecting from the Tigers, the fashionable preseason pick who have turned out to be toothless? 

Surprise star Jose Trevino plus sudden hero Matt Carpenter and Anthony Rizzo all joined Judge in the homer brigade. Carpenter has four homers his first five games as a Yankee, off the scrap heap (he’s the third to do so in pinstripes, joining Dave Kingman and Eric Hinske). 

The Yankees have turned out very different from what we all imagined, and very different indeed from what Walls suggested. 

Beatable? Maybe. 

Very beatable? Hardly. 

Manny Banuelos makes his Yankees debut Friday during the team’s win over the Tigers.
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Manny Banuelos reacts after making his Yankees debut.
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Sure, they are beatable, in the way that every team loses games here or there. Even the 1998 Yankees, the modern hallmark for baseball perfection, lost 48 games. So technically, the team that won 114 games was also beatable. 

“I think everyone in here knows how good we are,” Isiah Kiner-Falefa said. 

They know where they stand, and right now that’s at the top of the heap. Their 37-15 record is the best in the game. 

It also puts them on pace for 114 wins, same as that 1998 squad. 

Aaron Judge crushes a homer in the third inning.
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For those who watched them have to hustle to make the playoffs last year, and follow it up by mostly watching their competitors spend, it’s still a little hard to believe. 

They shored up shortstop, added a talented but aging irritant for third, swapped middle relievers with the Mets and mostly hoped for the best. 

Anyway, unknown critics on rivals aside, by now we can say it’s no fluke. 

The pen is good, the rotation better, and Judge needs to clear his trophy case for the coming MVP. 

Cole finished the night allowing two hits and no walks while striking out nine. Twice, he struck out the side. The perfectionist was almost perfect. 

Cole has gotten heat and taken criticism as only the extraordinary is expected after he signed a pitcher record $324-million, nine-year deal. But fairly, he is a true ace. 

Gerrit Cole walks off the mound after his near-perfect start.
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And two others are pitching like that, too. Cole himself endorsed Nestor Cortes, who comes from Baltimore, Seattle and all angles to fool hitter after hitter, for hardware of his own as the Cy Young leader. 

And it feels like Taillon, the third ace, finally has arrived as a star. After being selected second overall the star-studded 2010 MLB Draft, right between Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, Taillon endured two Tommy John procedures and one even more serious surgery, for testicular cancer. So like Cortes, in a way he’s a late bloomer, too. 

Greatness seems to come for fellows when they get out of Pittsburgh. New closer Clay Holmes, who like Cole and Taillon started in Pittsburgh, has been nearly perfect. 

Which means he has something else in common with Cole. 

Lately actually, the entire team has seemed just about perfect.

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USFL Week 2 scores, highlights: New Orleans Breakers dominate Tampa Bay Bandits to close out Week 2

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The New Orleans Breakers established themselves as the early-season best team in the USFL on Sunday, as they defeated the Tampa Bay Bandits, 34-3. Quarterback Kyle Sloter completed 25 of 39 passes for 266 yards and two touchdowns, and virtually all of his offensive weapons had big days. Jordan Ellis rushed 21 times for 64 yards, and Jonathan Adams caught five passes for 92 yards.

The Breakers jumped out to an early lead and didn’t look back. The offense scored touchdowns on both of their first two possessions, and the defense forced three consecutive three-and-outs from the Bandits on their first three possessions. No. 2 overall pick Jordan Ta’amu was seen as one of the best quarterbacks in this spring league, but he struggled Sunday, completing just 8 of 18 passes for 62 yards and one interception. Brady White also got some run, and he completed 3 of 10 passes for 35 yards and one pick.

The Bandits are a much better team than what they showed in this shocking loss, but the real story is that this Breakers team looks loaded. Be sure to check out the USFL standings and season schedule as well. We’ve got all the latest news on our USFL page here.

Friday
New Jersey Generals 10, Michigan Panthers 6

Saturday
Philadelphia Stars 30, Pittsburgh Maulers 23 
Birmingham Stallions 33, at Houston Gamblers 38 

Sunday
New Orleans Breakers 34, Tampa Bay Bandits 3

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NBA playoffs: Scores, live updates for Nuggets-Warriors as Golden State goes for sweep; Bucks dominate Bulls

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The NBA playoffs continue Sunday with another action-packed four-game schedule. Things got started in Chicago, where the defending champion Bucks blew out the Bulls for the second game in a row to take a commanding 3-1 series lead. In the second game of the day, the Warriors will try to become the first team to reach the second round as Golden State goes for the sweep of the Nuggets in Denver.

Jordan Poole has been one of the surprising stories of the first round with Golden State’s new Splash Brother averaging 28.7 points per game through the first three games in the series vs. Denver. Can Poole, Stephen Curry and Draymond Green close out the Nuggets? Or will Nikola Jokic and company force a Game 5?

Follow along below for live updates, analysis, highlights and more.

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Angels’ Shohei Ohtani makes history even before he takes the mound to dominate Astros

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On Wednesday night in Houston, Shohei Ohtani’s latest appointment with history was prelude to a dominating performance on the mound against the division-rival Astros. 

The Angels’ two-way superstar and the 2021 AL MVP was batting leadoff in Joe Maddon’s lineup, and in the top of the first Ohtani and his mates were able to hang six runs on Houston starter Jake Odorizzi, who lasted just 2/3 of an inning. In all, 11 Angels hitters came to the plate in the top of the first, and that means Ohtani came to the plate twice (he walked and doubled). That, in turn, meant that Ohtani has once again made history: 

To repeat, until Ohtani on Wednesday night at Minute Maid Park, no starting pitcher had logged two plate appearances in a game before ever throwing a pitch. This, of course, is partly a function of the DH being in place in the AL since 1973 and in the NL pitchers almost always batting at the very bottom of the order. Now that the universal DH is in effect, Ohtani will almost certainly be the first and last to achieve this rare feat. His prowess with the bat is such that he DHs even when he’s the Halos’ starting pitcher. 

Speaking of Ohtani the starting pitcher, after that bit of history he got busy dominating the Astros. Here’s his final line in the 6-0 Angels’ win: 

Ohtani at one point struck out six in a row – two shy of Nolan Ryan’s franchise record – and he didn’t permit a three-ball uncount until Yordan Alvarez worked it full to lead off the fifth. Ohtani’s 12 strikeouts ties a career high, and that comes against a Houston lineup that’s been difficult to strike out in recent seasons. 

Ohtani was also working on a perfect game until Jason Castro singled to center – Castro’s first hit of the season – with one out in the sixth. Relevant: 

Prior to the game, Maddon said Ohtani would be limited to 95 pitches. However, the right-hander’s developing bid for history changed his thinking: 

That, suffice it to say, would’ve been something. Up until Castro’s hit, it looked like that kind of night, as Ohtani was working in the high 90s with his fastball and commanding his array of secondary offerings. In related matters, he also racked up 20 swings and misses on the night. 

Ohtani hadn’t performed up to his standards in 2022 until this game. His gem on the mound lowered his ERA for the season from 7.56 to 4.40, and his 2 for 4 night at the plate (with a walk) lifted his seasonal OPS from .691 to .743. That’s still not vintage Ohtani, which means the (first-place) Angels might be able to bank on improving numbers from this point forward. Whatever the case, he provided a night to remember on Wednesday.

To sum it up: 

There remains nothing like him. 

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Cavaliers vs. Nets score, takeaways: Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant dominate as Brooklyn clinches No. 7 seed

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The NBA’s play-in tournament is a survive-and-advance situation, and on Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets survived the Cleveland Cavaliers, 115-108, to advance to the playoffs as the East’s No. 7 seed, which earns them a first-round date with the No. 2 Boston Celtics. 

Here are five takeaways from Brooklyn’s win.

1. What can the Brooklyn take from this victory? 

Well, it turns out they’re a pretty formidable team when Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant combine for 59 points on 21-of-31 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3. Irving made his first 12 shots, which would be a postseason record if the play-in counted as a real playoff game, which is doesn’t. He finished the first half with this madness:

That’s the kind of stuff Irving was pulling off all night. He was not piling up buckets on easy looks. These were largely tough shots that only a few players in the world, like his teammate Durant, make look easy. 

Durant and Irving finished with 19 points on 10-of-10 shooting in the first quarter to put Cleveland in the hole from which it couldn’t crawl out. Durant hit a lull through parts of the second and third quarters, but he closed strong with two clutch jumpers as Cleveland had cut the lead as low as five. Durant was also tremendous defensively, blocking three shots and altering a handful of others.

2. What about when Durant/Irving sit?

This was a problem on Tuesday. When Durant took his first rest of the game at the conclusion of the first quarter, the Nets scored two, yes two, points over a the first four minutes, 23 seconds of the second quarter before Durant came back. 

By that time, even with Kyrie still in the game, Brooklyn’s momentum had disappeared, and the next thing you knew the Nets had scored just eight points through the first nine-plus minutes of the second quarter. 

Irving and Durant both played 42 minutes on Tuesday, and the Nets needed every one of them. Steve Nash doesn’t have a choice: he’s going to have to play Durant and Irving monster minutes for as long as this team is alive. And even then, what does it say that Brooklyn, with its two stars playing huge minutes and pretty close to perfect as a combo, had to go to the wire to beat a Cleveland team that was playing without Jarrett Allen? 

3. Brooklyn’s defense was encouraging

It wasn’t just Durant defending the rim; Nic Claxton was in there with five blocks. Everyone was committed to rotating and recovering and contesting shots all over the court; even non-shot blockers were making shots difficult in the paint. The Cavs are a limited team offensively, and they had success in transition and early offense, but when Brooklyn got back and set, it put forth a relatively good defensive effort. 

Of course, the Celtics pose much bigger problems with multiple big-time scorers and a stable of solid creators, to say nothing of Boston’s switching defense that can throw multiple bodies at Durant and Irving. 

Cleveland got a good amount of point-blank layups and dunks off over-the-top passes in the half-court as Brooklyn found itself out-sized in the paint. When Andre Drummond is out or switched off, Al Horford and Daniel Theis will look to take advantage of similar real estate. For the Nets, this is the best time to catch the Celtics as Robert Williams likely won’t play in the series, or else Boston would be even bigger. 

4. Nets need more from Seth Curry

Curry was held scoreless in 34 minutes. He took just four shots. He’s dealing with a bum ankle, but there’s not really much more to be said. The Nets obviously need more from him. Boston is going to anticipate Bruce Brown’s short rolls and paint cuts, and Curry waiting in the corner for secondary-assist 3s can be a massive weapon for Brooklyn. Don’t bet on Curry staying cold. He’s one of the best shooters in the world. 

5. Cavs get a second crack

Cleveland isn’t done yet. It will play the winner of Wednesday’s Atlanta/Charlotte play-in game, and whoever the Cavs get, they’ll get them at home. Darius Garland and Evan Mobley were superb against Brooklyn; Garland went for 34 points and Mobley was 9-for-13 from the field. Garland took it right at Brooklyn, and the Cavs looked much better when they attacked early rather than getting late in the shot clock. When that happens, Garland is the only guy who can reliably create a decent look. It feels like the flame has burned out on this Cavs season, which started out so fun and promising. Losing Jarrett Allen and Ricky Rubio has been a killer. But Atlanta and Charlotte are obviously beatable. We’ll see what kind of resolve Cleveland can muster on Friday. 

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Luke is threatening to dominate Street Fighter 5

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We’ve been exploring Street Fighter 5’s Definitive update for a good two weeks now, and as the tier lists and Twitter opinions roll in we’re beginning to see some potentially problematic problems when it comes to the franchise’s newest character: Luke.

Many wondered about (dare I say, hoped for) how Capcom might go about nerfing Luke to make him play a bit nicer with the rest of SF5’s cast, but as the dust further settles it seems he might very well be better off than he was before this latest update. Depending on what Capcom wants for its final season of Street Fighter 5, this might be a bad look.

We’ve seen a few tier lists roll out in the last week, all of them placing Luke as a matter of fact, highest tier fighter. Furthermore on social media we’ve seen community figures sound off about Luke’s dominance as Capcom Cup champion BG|MenaRD, Evo champion Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, and the might BST|Daigo “The Beast” Umehara have all expressed concern.

Mena deemed Luke “unbeatable” in a recent tweet while Snake Eyez expressed an expectation to see a ton of Luke mirror matches in this year’s Capcom Pro Tour brackets. The Beast feels that Luke’s dominance will make him a necessary pick for those wanting to perform well in tournament, noting that this will make things relatively boring and that he’s sad to see it.

It’s clear that Capcom has a lot riding on Luke as they’ve set him up to be a big part of the franchise’s future, likely nodding to the fact that he’ll be the protagonist of Street Fighter 6 (and that some of his unique mechanics will likely be more commonplace in that game). There’s a clear push to make sure he’s played, but is this the right way of going about it?

We discuss all of this and more on this segment of Talk and Block, and would love to hear your input at this relatively early stage in Street Fighter 5’s final main stage chapter. Do you think Luke needs to be further tuned down, or is he right where he should be to achieve Capcom’s larger goals?

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00:00 – Intro
01:45 – Luke’s nerfs not enough
05:13 – Notable community figure opinions
09:00 – What is Capcom’s overall objective with Luke?
11:50 – Tier list opinions and popularity
13:05 – Luke’s tools and why they’re so good
16:40 – Will Luke be tweaked further?

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Women Dominate Shortlist for International Booker Prize

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LONDON — Olga Tokarczuk, the Nobel Prize-winning Polish novelist, is among five female writers shortlisted for this year’s International Booker Prize, arguably the world’s most important award for fiction translated into English.

Tokarczuk is nominated for “The Books of Jacob,” along with the translator Jennifer Croft, just four years after the pair won the same prize for “Flights.”

Other high-profile nominees on the six-strong shortlist, which was unveiled at the London Book Fair on Thursday, include Mieko Kawakami, the star Japanese author best known for “Breasts and Eggs,” and Claudia Piñeiro, the Argentine crime writer.

Tokarczuk’s “The Books of Jacob” tells the story of Jacob Frank, a self-proclaimed messiah who wanders around 18th-century Europe, acolytes in tow. When the Swedish Academy awarded Tokarczuk the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019, they called “The Books of Jacob” her “magnum opus.”

Originally published in Poland in 2014, the almost 1,000-page-long novel has received rave reviews in the United States since the English translation was published this year. Dwight Garner, in a review for The New York Times, called it “Chaucerian in its brio.” The book is “an unruly, overwhelming, vastly eccentric novel” that is “sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit,” he added.

Kawakami is nominated for “Heaven,” a novel about a relentlessly bullied 14-year-old, translated from Japanese by Sam Bett and David Boyd. Nadja Spiegelman, in a review for The New York Times, said the book’s bullying scenes are “so lucid you can almost feel the pain yourself.”

Piñeiro’s shortlisted book is “Elena Knows,” about a grief-stricken mother who turns detective to investigate her daughter’s apparent suicide. Kathleen Rooney, in a review for The New York Times, said that the novel, translated from Spanish by Frances Riddle, may at first glance seem like “a tight and terse mystery.” But, she said, “it’s also a piercing commentary on mother-daughter relationships, the indignity of bureaucracy, the burdens of caregiving and the impositions of religious dogma on women.”

The International Booker Prize is separate from the Booker Prize, which is for novels originally published in English, but comes with the same prize money: £50,000, or about $65,000. For the International Booker Prize, the money is split equally between the author and translator.

The other shortlisted titles are:

  • “A New Name: Septology VI-VII,” by Jon Fosse, a Norwegian writer and playwright who is a star in his own country. Translated by Damion Searls, the novel is the last in a series and follows a highly religious artist in the moments before his death.

  • “Cursed Bunny,” a short story collection by the Korean writer Bora Chung. Translated by Anton Hur, it combines elements of horror and science fiction to critique capitalism. Frank Wynne, the chair of the judging panel for this year’s prize, said in an online news conference that the collection was “somewhere between David Lynch and the early body horror of David Cronenberg.”

  • Geetanjali Shree’s “Tomb of Sand,” translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, which follows an 80-year-old Indian woman’s journey to Pakistan after her husband’s death. Wynne said the novel’s premise may sound depressing, but the book “was anything but.” It was filled with humor that must have made it very difficult to translate, he added.

The winner of this year’s prize will be announced on May 26 at a ceremony in London.

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