It’s not an easy market to crack. A repressive military regime restricts not only access to the country and its artists but also what those artists can portray in their work. Even so, Burmese works are increasingly visible in museums and galleries throughout Asia. Curators for the Singapore Art Museum have traveled regularly to Burma since 1993; the museum now owns 150 works by Burmese artists, “mainly older masters but a few contemporary artists as well,” says Low Sze Wee, assistant director for exhibitions and collections at SAM....

This story applies, of course, to Burma. But North Korea is also headed toward widespread food shortages and famine. Hunger-related deaths are nearly inevitable, on a scale that could rival Burma’s. Most of the food consumed in North Korea today is produced locally, but since 2005, harvests have been shrinking due to retrograde policies, adverse weather and a fertilizer shortage. The fertilizer is normally supplied gratis by Seoul but was cut in 2006 in response to Pyongyang’s missile and nuclear tests....

The agency confirmed that, despite the coronavirus pandemic, the contest between Joe Biden and Donald Trump saw the highest voter turnout of the 21st century. Nearly 67 percent of Americans 18 and older cast their ballots. Another record-breaking milestone was the number of Asian Americans who participated in the general election. Turnout among the demographic was at an all-time high of 59.7 percent. The finding comes as Asian Americans, the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the United States, push for more political representation....

And when it comes to diabetes management, ignorance is not bliss. Do-Eun Lee, MD, an endocrinologist who specializes in diabetes treatment, tells Verywell Health that late diabetes detection can increase someone’s risk of having more severe complications down the road, some of which are life-threatening. More sobering still, she adds that undetected or late-diagnosed diabetes appears more common among minority patients or people who are otherwise vulnerable than people who are White....

Real-estate prices don’t exactly follow the stock market. Yes, they rose in the boom, as real incomes and investments gained. But when growth in home prices slows (as is happening in some places now), people may simply decide not to sell. What’s more, a lot of unhappy investors are switching some of their stock-market money into homes. The economy has to go bad for quite a while before the housing market cracks....

NEWSWEEK: Tell us what this announcement means. David Albright: Iran has installed about a thousand centrifuges underground, distributed in six or seven “cascades,” and Ahmadinejad is declaring today that this is “industrial-scale” enrichment. A year ago, they were saying the goal was 3,000 centrifuges, so he has changed the benchmark somewhat. But I would be surprised if they started enrichment today. They have led governments in the European Union and the IAEA [the International Atomic Energy Agency] to believe that they would not....

The former Chelsea legend has joined the Championship club on an initial one-year contract, and Villa hold the option of extending that by a further year. Bet on Aston Villa to win the Championship Terry made his bow in a match against Shrewsbury Town, which Villa lost, but their pre-season is about to begin in earnest, and the 36-year-old will hope for better results as Steve Bruce’s men prepare for a promotion challenge....

Approval would mean that the drug will be prioritized for people with compromised immune systems who don’t get enough protection from the virus through vaccines. The Anglo-Swedish company said Tuesday that the treatment, AZD&442, would be the first long-acting antibody combination to get emergency authorization for preventative purposes. “Vulnerable populations such as the immunocompromised often aren’t able to mount a protective response following vaccination and continue to be at risk of developing COVID-19,” Mene Pangalos, AstraZeneca’s executive vice president for pharmaceutical research, said in a statement....

The star, known as T Ursae Minoris (T UMi), is a red giant—a hugely inflated type of star in a late phase of its lifecycle—located around 3,000 light-years from Earth in the Ursa Minor constellation. In just a few billion years, our sun will likely become a red giant like T Umi, expanding to the point where the inner planets will be consumed. “We anticipate our sun and T UMi will end their lives much more quietly and slowly compared with a supernova—a powerful and luminous explosion,” Meridith Joyce, lead author of a study from The Australian National University, said in a statement....

According to Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football , which is based on the research of Der Spiegel journalists Rafael Buschmann and Michael Wulzinger and is due to be published in Germany this week, Ibrahimovic earns a base salary of £367,640-per-week - which equates to £19.11m-a-year. The 35-year-old, who has seen his season ended by injury, is also reported to be due a goal bonus for the 2016-17 campaign of £2....

In the eighth inning of Thursday’s Astros-Mets matchup, the Houston shortstop collided with outfielder Yordan Álvarez in short left field as both players chased down a Dominic Smith pop-up. Álvarez lay on the ground for several minutes before he was carted off, and Peña also departed the game following the collision. Thankfully, both players were conscious and alert following the collision. The cart was likely more of a precaution for the outfielder....

It was July 2013 and Altuve was hitting .280 with 21 stolen bases and 28 RBIs. He put up a modest stat line, but he was nothing more than a light-hitting second baseman on a team that would eventually lose 105 games. Still, Jeff Luhnow was willing to wager bigger things awaited the 5-6, 165-pounder. MORE: Jose Altuve voted SN’s 2017 MLB Player of the Year So the Houston general manager gave Altuve a four-year, $12....

Houston entered the eighth inning of Game 4 of the ALDS with a 6-2 lead against the Royals and just two innings from the ALCS. Then the bullpen collapsed, allowing five runs without recording an out in the eighth inning. The Royals went on to win the game, the series, the ALCS and the World Series, but Astros fans will remember how close they were. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow remembers, which is why he thinks his team could take that next step this season....

The first round of stimulus checks in last spring’s CARES Act cost about $290 billion, so including them in new targeted relief package was going to mean forgoing other measures. Given the price tag of the latest bipartisan proposal, a second round of stimulus checks could have required Democrats to sacrifice federal unemployment benefits, something they weren’t willing to concede, according to Senator Joe Manchin. “To say that we only have X amount of dollars and I’m going to send checks to people that still have a job, still have a paycheck coming in—but I’m going to ignore and not help the people who are still unemployed or becoming more unemployed because this pandemic is ravaging—I don’t think that makes any sense to anybody,” Manchin told CNN’s New Day on Wednesday....

Last June, the Independent Commission on Sexual Abuse in the Church (CIASE) was set up to look into abuse claims committed by the clergy in France since the 1950s. A hotline for victims to come forward has so far received more than 5,000 phone calls. The number of estimated victims represents an average of 40 cases per year over seven decades. The head of the commission, Jean-Marc Sauvé, said that around 1,500 clergy and church officials carried out the abuse....

A US-Bookies spokesperson said that Chuck Grassley, endorsed by Trump, was the odds-on favorite to win the November 2022 Senate election in Iowa, at 1-6 odds. Grassley, who will be 89 years old next year, is running for reelection to an eighth term. He will be running in the Republican primary against Jim Carlin, while three Democrats face off. Among other candidates Trump has endorsed, Greg Abbott, Herschel Walker and Ron Johnson, follow in a three-way tie with 1-5 odds to win their respective elections....

Mickelson’s chances of retaining his Scottish Open title looked doubtful on Saturday after he bogeyed No. 18 for the third consecutive round. LEADERBOARDS: Scottish Open | PGA: John Deere Classic | Women’s British Open That completed a third round of 1-under 70 and left him a long way off the pace in the warm-up for the British Open, which he also won last year for a memorable links double....

Qualifying, scheduled for 6:45 p.m. ET, will set the field for Sunday’s second race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup’s Eliminator Round. And as much as Joey Logano needs to win the AAA Texas 500, so too does Keselowski. MORE: Who will stop Logano? | His focus: winning | Kenseth loses appeals | Vows not to change Entering Sunday’s race sixth in the Chase standings, Keselowski might have the luxury of relying on strong finishes to make the final four at Homestead....

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