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The Line: Broncos -13, Total: 51.5 Line movement: This game opened at 12.5 at the SuperBook on Sunday, and the spread has toggled between that price and 13 throughout the week. The total has bounced between 51.5 and 52. For updated lines around Las Vegas, visit our live odds page. Trends that matter: The UNDER is 5-1-1 in the last seven meetings. Denver is 6-2 ATS in the last eight meetings and 6-2-1 ATS in its last nine division games....

The win came at a price, though: Star quarterback Patrick Mahomes suffered a knee injury in the second quarter on a sneak. He remained on the turf after the play and pointed toward his right knee. He later walked to the locker room to be evaluated. MAHOMES INJURY: Early indications say QB has dislocated knee, report says The Chiefs ruled Mahomes out for the remainder of the game shortly after his exit....

The Portuguese international made the sensational switch from Real Madrid this summer and only made his first friendly appearance for the club when Juve’s senior side thrashed their Under-23 team 8-0. The Italian champions will be looking to defend their title for an eighth consecutive season, and will not be a complacent side as they gear up to face Chievo, who finished 13th in Serie A last season. Here is everything you need to know ahead of Saturday’s Serie A clash....

The South-American nation have been fancied by many to cause upsets against the big shots of the tournament and with the likes of Arturo Vidal and Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez in their ranks, we can expect them to give it a good shot. There have been no major changes as Sampaoli has gone with the players who were instrumental in the World Cup qualification phase. But the inclusion of Swedish-Chilean hybrid defender Miiko Albornoz will surely surprise many....

At the center of the push appears to be Washington’s top strategic competitor, Beijing, whose delegation held its first face-to-face talks with officials from U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration, resulting in a rare flare-up that may only serve to enflame their feud. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was present alongside Chinese Communist Party Foreign Affairs Commission Director Yang Jiechi at the tense Alaska talks last Thursday, was set this Friday to head to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, and President Hassan Rouhani....

A spokesperson for the embassy issued a statement on Saturday criticizing the Five Eyes intelligence sharing group, which consists of the U.S., UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, after the countries called on China to reinstate the lawmakers. “Their statement has openly breached international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interfered in Hong Kong affairs and China’s internal affairs. The Chinese side is strongly concerned about and firmly opposed to it,” the Chinese embassy said....

Hua Chunying, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry, posted a multi-tweet attack on the U.S. after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Donald Trump’s administration now considers almost all Chinese maritime claims outside its internationally recognized waters to be illegitimate. The Chinese embassy in the U.S. quickly condemned the statement and released its own statement accusing the U.S. of “interfering in the issue” under the pretext of preserving stability....

Wang said that the U.S. is “the source” of some of the world stage’s worst ongoing conflicts, even as President Joe Biden ordered all U.S. troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11. Biden’s move to finalize the withdrawal has been criticized by some GOP lawmakers who say it will destabilize the region. However, the White House has reiterated the necessity of ending the longest war in U.S. history....

The University of Sydney’s United States Study Center published on Friday a comprehensive, 104-page document entitled “Averting Crisis: American strategy, military spending and collective defence in the Indo-Pacific” that explained how “America no longer enjoys military primacy in the Indo-Pacific and its capacity to uphold a favorable balance of power is increasingly uncertain.” The report focused on China as a “great power” competitor identified as a top adversary in President Donald Trump’s 2018 National Defense Strategy....

Officials in China tend not to remark publicly on elections, particularly those concerning local offices. However, the state-owned press has taken a great interest in partisan shifts in Congress, which have the potential to influence U.S. foreign policy. With 35 seats in the Senate up for grabs on November 8, China Daily, among the country’s most widely circulated English-language publications, called the midterms a “looming train wreck for Biden’s presidency....

The decision to include the island, which the United States doesn’t officially recognize as a country, was the subject of public discussions as early as March. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory, made clear its opposition to Taipei’s potential participation. Beijing, however, is not on the guest list. Taiwan’s inclusion at the democracy-themed summit appeared all but certain as senior Biden officials continued to praise the island as a “vibrant democracy” throughout their first year in office....

While speaking at a daily media briefing on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, “In response to the U.S.’s unreasonable actions, China must make a necessary response and safeguard its legitimate rights,” but declined to detail any specific measures, according to Reuters. “This is tearing down the friendly bridge between the people of China and the U.S.,” he added. The comments from the Chinese foreign ministry come shortly after the U....

The alleged cyberattacks were said to have targeted the Northwestern Polytechnical University in China’s Shaanxi Province—an institution known for aerospace and navigation research. Specifically, the NSA group accused of carrying out the attacks is the Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), which is the NSA’s cyber-warfare and intelligence-gathering unit. The cyberattacks were announced by the university in June after emails were sent to students and teachers that contained malicious software intended to steal their personal data....

China and Russia have grown closer as their relationships with the United States deteriorated, raising concerns about a potential alliance. As President Joe Biden attempts to repair America’s ties with Russia, China’s vehemently reinforced the narrative that Beijing and Moscow are united against the United States. “China and Russia will not take the initiative in provoking the U.S. and its allies, but if they encounter new serious provocations, the two countries’ counterattack will be determined and immediate,” the Global Times wrote in an editorial....

Police froze $2.3 million of Apple Daily’s assets and searched its office, charging founder Jimmy Lai under the national security law of foreign collusion. Lai is serving a prison term for involvement in the 2019 pro-democracy protest movement in Hong Kong. Zhao Lijian, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said China’s national security law is focused on “cracking down on a small group of anti-China elements in Hong Kong who have seriously endangered national security, and which protects the rights and freedoms enjoyed by the vast majority of Hong Kong residents in accordance with the law, including freedom of the press....

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Tibet Military Region shared recent footage Tuesday showing personnel “practice for war” as a brigade conducted combat exercises in the highlands that meet India. The area is an ill-defined junction that has been the source of renewed tensions between the nuclear-armed Asian neighbors. Rare skirmishes between the two forces turned deadly earlier this year, and both sides on Monday accused the other of trying to cross the contested boundary known as the Line of Actual Control....

A delegation from the European Parliament’s (EP) Special Committee on Foreign Interference in All Democratic Processes is to meet senior Taiwanese justice and foreign affairs officials, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post reported late on Tuesday. The visit, which has yet to be officially acknowledged by Taiwan, will involve French Member of the European Parliament Raphaël Glucksmann, who was among five MEP to be sanctioned by Beijing in March, the Post said....

Data released by the Local Government Association (LGA)—the national membership body for local authorities in England and Wales—reveals that these cases have risen from 1,460 to 1,950 between 2016/17 and 2018/2019. This increase represents a 34 percent rise, with the figures indicating that around 38 cases linked to faith or belief are reported every week. The figures also show that there were 1,000 reported cases of children undergoing—or being at risk of—female genital mutilation (FGM) between 2018/2019....

Chile are second in Group A, having accumulated five points from three matches played. They remain unbeaten in the tournament, having registered a win and two draws so far. Chile played out a 1-1 draw against Uruguay in their last Copa America game. Eduardo Vargas’ first-half goal gave La Roja the lead, but Luis Suarez netted a 66th-minute equalizer, denying Martin Lasarte’s side three points. Meanwhile, Paraguay are coming off a 1-0 loss to pre-tournament favorites Argentina....

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken joined foreign ministers from around the world at the meeting in Matera, Italy. He spoke of empowering multilateral institutions to defeat COVID-19, fighting global inequality and for nations to work together to battle climate change. “On these challenges and many others, a strong multilateral system is essential,” Blinken said to the group. “That’s why the United States is committed to supporting effective and accountable multilateral institutions,” he continued....