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More than 11,000 people were arrested in demonstrations on January 23 and January 31. Cells in Moscow and St. Petersburg in particular have been unable to handle the sudden influx. The protests across Russia backed Navalny, whose suspended sentence—on a 2014 embezzlement charge he says was trumped up—was converted into a jail sentence of two years and eight months on Tuesday. Video has been shared of up to 28 people crammed together in a cell in Moscow that was intended for no more than eight, with many being forced to stand for hours with no access to food, water or bathrooms....

“We suppose that Navalny has possibly been transferred to the prison hospital, and the [prison] colony administration are trying to cover it up. We believe that Navalny’s life is in danger and demand immediate access to him for his lawyers,” Maria Pevchikh, the head of investigations at Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation, tweeted Wednesday. Pevchikh said that since the end of last week, Navalny has reported experiencing severe back pain and numbness in his leg but was given only two ibuprofen pills for relief....

This time, however, there may have been extra motivation to fly back home. The atmosphere at Arsenal has become insufferable, and the Tocopilla native if nothing else must have been eager to escape the endless Premier League rumour and, perhaps, even his embattled manager Arsene Wenger. Wenger denies PSG agreement “It does not look good,” Wenger told reporters after Alexis was forced to limp off in the second half against West Bromwich Albion....

The Gunners endured another frustrating summer on the recruitment front, with a £90 million deadline day move for Monaco’s Thomas Lemar coming to nothing. That means Sead Kolasinac and Alexandre Lacazette are the only additions at Emirates Stadium, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s £35m switch to Liverpool among the more high-profile departures. Arsenal 14/1 to win the Prem Alexis Sanchez’s expiring contract also saw him generate plenty of exit talk, as Manchester City stood poised to complete a £60m deal, but he eventually stayed put and must now focus on events in north London until at least January....

OpenAI was founded in San Francisco in 2015 by a group of entrepreneurs, researchers, and philanthropists such as Sam Altman and Elon Musk. Alinity chatted with Open AI’s ChatGPT during a recent stream and during the conversation asked the AI its opinion on the best female streamers. While it was able to grasp that there’s no way to definitively label anyone the best, it then tried to give a list of popular ones, only to accidentally insult another streamer....

The Reds are eight points clear of second-place Leicester City ahead of Saturday’s home game against Brighton and Hove Albion. Liverpool narrowly missed out on the title last term but a blistering start to the new campaign, in which they have won 12 of their first 13 league matches, has restored hope of a first top-flight triumph since 1990. Alisson believes it would be nothing less than the European champions deserve....

Ronaldo moved to Juve nine days before Alisson finalised his own transfer, leaving Serie A and Roma in a deal which could eventually cost Liverpool £67million. Juve’s signing of Ronaldo has been described as a major coup for both the club and Italian football, particularly given the Portugal international’s significant contribution to Real Madrid’s Champions League-winning campaign last term. Although Alisson - who turned 26 on Tuesday - secured himself a big move and a step up, he concedes he would have liked to face Ronaldo in Serie A due to his admiration for the former Manchester United star....

Jurgen Klopp’s side reached the Champions League final last term - at the expense of Alisson’s former club in the semis - as the free-scoring Mohamed Salah swept the board in terms of end-of-season awards. Virgil van Dijk arrived as a club-record signing in January and, following the captures of midfielders Naby Keita, Xherdan Shaqiri and Fabinho, Alisson becomes the most expensive goalkeeper of all time. It is a long-held status the 25-year-old takes away from an all-time great, while Ederson’s switch to Manchester City last year means Brazil’s first and second-choice keepers now occupy spots one and three in the standings....

Antoine Griezmann opened his account for the season with a goal in the second half, canceling out Luis Rioja’s opener off Neto’s horrendous mistake. However, the Catalans couldn’t find a way beyond the resolute Babazorros. Alaves were reduced to 10 men just moments before the Frenchman’s goal, with Jota sent off after picking up his second yellow card of the game for a foul on Gerard Pique. The draw leaves Ronald Koeman’s side languishing at 12th place in the La Liga table, eight points behind front-runners Real Madrid, albeit with a game in hand, and are now winless in four straight top-flight games....

With so much dominance from iOS and Android in the smartphone market, we were beginning to wonder whether any partners would make Windows phones ever again. It appears that they were just waiting for Windows 10 to arrive in order to give it another shot. Also see: Best MiFi 2016. While the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL are now available, Alcatel offers something more affordable with the Fierce XL going up for sale for under $150....

He won’t be a kid anymore. He won’t have the benefit of the doubt that youth gives players, or of having lots of time left to make up for his mistakes. Ray Rice is 28. He probably will never play in the NFL again. MORE: 25 best NFL players under 25 | Aldon Smith banned one year Smith probably won’t, either. The second-chance argument won’t fly, at least not in NFL terms....

The embattled actor teamed up with the animal rights organization to urge the public to avoid facilities that offer bear cub petting as a form of family entertainment. In a video shared with Newsweek, Baldwin makes an appeal to families never to visit any operation that tears cubs away from their mothers and treats them as photo props. “These events are part of an industry dependent on destroying families,” Baldwin says in the video....

The Slovenian was elected in September 2016 to complete the four-year term of Michel Platini, who was banned by world soccer’s ruling body FIFA for financial misconduct. European soccer’s governing body UEFA says the deadline for candidates ahead of the election in February passed on Wednesday and no challengers entered the contest. There will be a challenge for the FIFA vice presidency reserved for the four British associations, with former Manchester United chief executive David Gill vacating the position next year....

Both charges are classified as misdemeanor charges. According to online records from the Brazos County Jail, the 27-year-old had less than two ounces of marijuana on him when he was apprehended at approximately 2 p.m. CT (3 p.m. ET) while trying to board a flight at Easterwood Airport in College Station, Texas. The airport is located on Texas A&M University property. Lt. Bobby Richardson of the Texas A&M Police Department told ESPN a herb grinder containing marijuana was found in Caruso’s bag when the Transportation and Security Administration searched his luggage....

The World Series winning manager, a native of Caguas, Puerto Rico, said he’ll be skipping the event. “Puerto Rico is very important to me. During the winter I spent a lot of time back home, visiting my family and friends. Unfortunately, we are still struggling, still fighting," he wrote in a letter to the El Nuevo Dia. “Some people still lack basic necessities, others remain without electricity and many homes and schools are in pretty bad shape almost a year and a half after Hurricane María struck....

Jones, the owner of far-right conspiracy theory website Infowars, is on trial again following his claims that the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012 was a hoax. Families of eight of the 26 Sandy Hook victims and an FBI agent are suing Jones for emotional harm caused by his claims about the shooting. In his first trial, Jones was found guilty of causing emotional harm by default on claims that he failed to provide financial and analytics data that were requested multiple times....

The trial in Austin, Texas—where the conspiracy theorist lives and broadcasts his show—follows months of delays. Jones has racked up fines for ignoring court orders and he put Infowars into bankruptcy protection just before the trial was originally set to start in April. At stake for Jones is another potentially major financial blow that could put his constellation of conspiracy-peddling businesses into deeper jeopardy. He has already been banned from YouTube, Facebook and Spotify over violating hate-speech policies....

It was a four-round seminar and, as he has done previously, Volkanovski urged his fellow 145lbers to “get your shit together”, string together some wins and challenge him. Volkanovski will likely have his trilogy fight with Max Holloway first but, should he get past the former champion for the third time, it’s unclear who, if anyone, can come near one of Australia’s greatest ever combat sports heroes. UFC 273 results 3:10pm AEST/ 1:10am ET...