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CNN —Flights from Catania airport in Sicily were grounded on Sunday after volcanic ash from an eruption of Mount Etna covered the runways. Volcanic ash in Nicolosi, near Catania Orietta Scardino/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockPictures and video footage show black volcanic ash covering planes at the airport, and blanketing roads in the area. In 2010, a volcanic eruption in Iceland sent a huge plume of ash moving across the Atlantic, causing massive disruption to air traffic across Western Europe. In the aftermath of the crisis, international aviation regulators introduced new risk management guidance on flight safety and volcanic ash. Mount Etna is Europe’s most active volcano, and also the highest, at about 3,350 meters (almost 11,000 feet) tall.

Russia has 110 official billionaires in the list, up 22 from last year, according to Forbes' Russian edition, which said their total wealth increased to $505 billion from $353 billion when the 2022 list was announced. "Last year's rating results were also influenced by apocalyptic predictions about the Russian economy," Forbes said, adding that the total wealth of Russia's billionaires was $606 billion in 2021, before the war began. The price of Urals oil, the lifeblood of the Russian economy, averaged $76.09 per barrel in 2022, up from $69 in 2021. Many Russian billionaires cast Western sanctions as a clumsy, and even racist, tool. New Russian names in the Forbes list include billionaires who made their money in snacks, supermarkets, chemicals, building and pharmaceuticals, indicating that Russian domestic demand has remained strong despite the sanctions.

CNN —Tennis great Boris Becker says he’s grateful just to be alive as he reflected on spending time in prison in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. Soon after his release, Becker told German broadcaster Sat 1 that a prison “inmate tried to kill” him during his incarceration. “It feels great [to be out],” Becker told Amanpour. “Prison life is a very dangerous place. In tennis, as in life, thing were “never easy” and “always a bit of a struggle,” Becker recalls.

☆ Mercuria leads funding round for engine tech firm ClearFlame
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Simon Jessop | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] A flag with the logo of Mercuria commodity trading house is pictured in Geneva, Switzerland, October 11, 2016. ClearFlame, whose technology allows diesel engines to run on more climate-friendly fuels, said the Series B round was also backed by WIND Ventures, the venture arm of Chile's COPEC (COPEC.SN), and existing investor Breakthrough Energy Ventures. To help accelerate the shift to a low-carbon economy, ClearFlame modifies the engine design by switching out 10-15% of the engine parts to allow it to run on a variety of fuels, including ethanol and ammonia. Diesel accounts for around 26% of carbon emissions from the transport sector, ClearFlame said, and is also responsible for particulates and black soot. Mercuria's Boris Bystrov said in a statement that its investment reflected a belief that ClearFlame's technology can "economically decarbonise the heavy-duty industry".

[1/5] Former tennis player Boris Becker attends a news conference to promote documentary 'Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker' at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 19, 2023. "You have to be a bit crazy to cross the line and do things nobody else has ever achieved before." "You expect world champions in a sport to be like everyone else but we aren't," he told a news conference. "What I liked about Boris is that unlike many athletes he is a great storyteller," Gibney said.

☆ How the boom in sports documentaries on streaming is opening up a new path for athletes as content creators
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Elaine Low | Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A boom in sports documentaries has offered athletes more ways to be on screen and build their brands. Players and their agents are looking for hits like Netflix Formula 1 doc series "Drive to Survive." Being featured in a sports doc can dramatically raise an athlete's profile, giving them more fans and more branding power. Netflix's "Drive to Survive" was credited with doing wonders for F1 fandom, particularly stateside, where American interest has historically been scarce. "These people can go on the air and broadcast their own content and they can capture and keep their own content," said Octagon VP of content and development Jason Weichelt.

☆ Djokovic even hungrier to win Australian Open now - Becker
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BERLIN, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic is even hungrier to win a 10th Australian Open title this year following his deportation from Australia 12 months ago due to his unvaccinated COVID-19 status, former world number one Boris Becker said on Friday. "When you have tasted gold then you are not satisfied with silver," Becker, who also coached Djokovic between 2013-16, said. Having arrived in Australia unvaccinated 12 months ago, the nine-times Melbourne champion was deported amid a backlash from angry Australians who had endured some of the world's toughest lockdown measures. "His disappointment a year ago was huge and that will make him even better this season at the Australian Open." He managed to watch tennis while in prison.

☆ Here’s a list of Putin critics who've ended up dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Jeremy Wilson | Taylor Ardrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here's a list of people who have been critical of Putin and the Russian president is suspected of assassinating:Top editors give you the stories you want — delivered right to your inbox each weekday. Anna PolitkovskayaAnna Politkovskaya was a Russian journalist who was critical of Putin. In her book "Putin's Russia," she accused Putin of turning his country into a police state. She specialised in uncovering human-rights abuses carried out by the Russian state in Chechnya. Sergei YushenkovSergei Yushenkov was a Russian politician who was attempting to prove the Russian state was behind the bombing of an apartment block.

☆ How athletes are cashing in on 'the Netflix effect' as sports documentaries boom at Apple TV+, Amazon, and more streamers
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Elaine Low | Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A boom in sports documentaries has offered athletes more ways to be on screen and build their brands. Players and their agents are looking for hits like Netflix Formula 1 doc series "Drive to Survive." Apple TV+, HBO, and Amazon are all competing for sports docs that bring viewers into athletes' lives. Being featured in a sports doc can dramatically raise an athlete's profile, giving them more fans and more branding power. Netflix's "Drive to Survive" was credited with doing wonders for F1 fandom, particularly stateside, where American interest has historically been scarce.

☆ Boris Becker: Tennis star released from UK prison and due to be deported -- UK media
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Zayn Nabbi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

1 men’s tennis player Boris Becker has been released from a UK prison after serving just eight months of his sentence and is due to be deported from the UK, PA Media reported on Thursday. “Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity,” the Home Office said in a statement, according to Reuters, while declining to comment directly on Becker’s case. Boris Becker, originally from Germany, has lived in London since 2012 but does not have British citizenship. Becker made tennis history when he won Wimbledon aged 17 in 1985 and went on to win five more grand slam titles over the next 11 years. He has remained active in the tennis world since retiring from the sport, notably as the coach of Novak Djokovic and through frequent media appearances as a commentator and pundit.

1 men’s tennis player Boris Becker has left for Germany after serving just eight months of his sentence in the UK, his lawyer said on Thursday, after UK media reported he had been released from custody and was due to be deported. Becker “has served his sentence and is not subject to any penal restrictions in Germany,” his lawyer, Christian-Oliver Moser, said in a statement. Boris Becker, originally from Germany, has lived in London since 2012 but does not have British citizenship. Becker made tennis history when he won Wimbledon aged 17 in 1985 and went on to win five more grand slam titles over the next 11 years. He has remained active in the tennis world since retiring from the sport, notably as the coach of Novak Djokovic and through frequent media appearances as a commentator and pundit.

☆ Boris Becker freed from UK prison, expected to be deported
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - German tennis star Boris Becker, 55, has been freed from a British prison, the government said on Thursday, meaning he is now expected to be deported from the country. In April, Becker, a six-times Grand Slam champion, was jailed for two years and six months by a London court for hiding hundreds of thousands of pounds of assets after he was declared bankrupt. Becker had previously been convicted of tax evasion in Germany in 2002, for which he received a suspended prison sentence. Becker had denied all the charges in relation to the London court proceedings, saying he had cooperated with the bankruptcy proceedings - even offering up his wedding ring - and had relied on his advisers. Reporting by Sarah Young and Andrew MacAskill; editing by William JamesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Nick Bollettieri, coach who worked with some of tennis' biggest stars, dies at 91
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

Nick Bollettieri, the Hall of Fame tennis coach who worked with some of the sport’s biggest stars, including Andre Agassi and Monica Seles, and founded an academy that revolutionized the development of young athletes, has died. But it takes crazy people to do things that other people say cannot be done.”The Bollettieri Tennis Academy opened in 1978 in Bradenton, Florida, and was purchased by IMG in 1987. The IMG Academy now spans more than 600 acres and offers programs in more than a half-dozen sports in addition to tennis. For spending money, Bollettieri began teaching tennis for $1.50 an hour, according to the Hall of Fame. After a few months, he dropped out of law school to concentrate on coaching.

☆ Nick Bollettieri, famed tennis coach, dies aged 91
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Nick Bollettieri, the famed tennis coach who taught the likes of the Williams sisters, Andre Agassi and Maria Sharapova, has died aged 91. Bollettieri’s death was confirmed by the IMG Academy, which Bollettieri is the founder of, in a statement sent to CNN. In 1977, he founded the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy – now the IMG Academy – after borrowing $1 million from a friend to build a live-in tennis academy for his students. During over 30 years as a coach, Bollettieri became one of the most sought-after teachers in world tennis due to the success players had under him. Bollettieri outside his tennis academy.

☆ Mastercard loses UK ruling on three million dead claimants in $12 bln case
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Mastercard (MA.N) lost an appeal in a London court on Tuesday against a ruling in a 10 billion pound-plus ($12 billion-plus) collective action that allows the claims of around three million people who have died since the lawsuit began to continue. The global payments processor is facing a lawsuit brought by consumer champion Walter Merricks on behalf of approximately 46 million adults in the United Kingdom, which became the first mass consumer action to be approved in the UK in 2021. The case was certified last year after a nearly five-year journey from the first-instance Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), which initially refused to give the go-ahead, to the UK Supreme Court and back. Mastercard’s challenge to that decision was dismissed on Tuesday by the Court of Appeal, which ruled that the CAT was entitled to take into account that three million people who had valid claims in 2016 would be excluded. Reporting by Sam Tobin; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Holger Rune: Teenager shocks Novak Djokovic to claim Paris Masters title
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Teenager Holger Rune stunned Novak Djokovic in the final of the Paris Masters on Sunday, winning 3-6 6-3 7-5 against the 21-time grand slam champion. The 19-year-old Rune, playing in his first Masters 1000 final, lost the first set and came from a break down in the second to level the match. The victory makes Rune the youngest champion in Paris since Boris Becker in 1986 and sees him enter the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time. “I want to start by saying huge congrats to Novak also,” he said to Djokovic, who is 16 years his senior, in his post-match interview. When he won an epic, 16-minute game to complete the victory against Djokovic, Rune lay on the floor and covered his hands over his face in disbelief.

☆ BOJ steps up, Boris bows out, Xi stays put
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Tingshu WangA look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. BOJ boss Kuroda has so far shown no sign of reversing course ahead of retirement next year and markets might have to wait for a new face to see the end of YCC. A, sort of, new face is a step closer to being British PM after Boris Johnson bowed out of the leadership race, leaving former FinMin Rishi Sunak in pole position. Beijing marked the rubber-stamping of Xi for a third term as leader by dumping a week of delayed data on markets, and a mixed bunch it was. Topping forecasts were GDP and industrial output, but retail sales disappointed and house prices kept falling in a warning sign for the stretched property sector.

☆ Morning Bid: BOJ steps up, Boris bows out, Xi stays put
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A banknote of Japanese yen is seen in this illustration picture taken June 15, 2022. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Illustration/File PhotoA look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. A, sort of, new face is a step closer to being British PM after Boris Johnson bowed out of the leadership race, leaving former FinMin Rishi Sunak in pole position. Beijing marked the rubber-stamping of Xi for a third term as leader by dumping a week of delayed data on markets, and a mixed bunch it was. Topping forecasts were GDP and industrial output, but retail sales disappointed and house prices kept falling in a warning sign for the stretched property sector.

☆ Ex-Russian diplomat warns Putin willing to sacrifice 20 million soldiers to win the war with Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-23 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An ex-Russian diplomat has warned that Putin will sacrifice 20 million soldiers to win the war in Ukraine. Putin is using the nuclear button to "compel other countries to whatever he wants," he said. He may sacrifice 10 or 20 million Russians just to win this war just to slaughter all Ukrainians because it's a matter of principle. A destroyed Russian Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) is seen near the village of Nova Husarivka, Ukraine, on September 15, 2022. "While Putin and his regime are in power in Russia, this threat of war — the threat of nuclear war — will not go anywhere," he said.

☆ Russia faces turmoil, says former diplomat who resigned over war
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Guy Faulconbridge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

In a 6,500 word critique of Putin's Russia, Bondarev said the state was infested by sycophantic "yes men" who repeated the Kremlin's line, allowing Putin to make crucial decisions in an echo chamber of his own propaganda. "It’s entirely possible his successor will try to carry on the war, especially given that Putin’s main advisers hail from the security services. But no one in Russia commands his stature, so the country would likely enter a period of political turbulence. The foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Bondarev's article. "Russians might unify behind an even more belligerent leader than Putin, provoking a civil war, more outside aggression, or both," he said.

☆ Putin's Russia 'has become a fascist state' and must be stopped in Ukraine, says ex-diplomat who defected after the invasion
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russia "has become a fascist state," argues an ex-diplomat who resigned over the war in Ukraine. "The invasion of Ukraine made it impossible to deny just how brutal and repressive Russia had become," Bondarev wrote. "The war," he continued, "shows that Russia is no longer just dictatorial and aggressive; it has become a fascist state." "The sanctions suddenly cut off our access to these products and left our military weaker than the West understood," Bondarev wrote. "There's only one thing that can really stop Putin," Bondarev wrote, "and that is a comprehensive rout."

☆ Tsitsipas și Zverev, calificați în semifinalele de la Roland Garros
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-09 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesTsitsipas și Zverev, calificați în semifinalele de la Roland GarrosTenismanul grec Stefanos Tsitsipas s-a calificat pentru al doilea an consecutiv în semifinalele turneului de Grand Slam de la Roland Garros, învingându-l în trei seturi, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3), 7-5, pe rusul Daniil Medvedev, numărul 2 mondial, la capătul unui meci care a durat 2 ore şi 19 minute, disputat marţi seara cu porţile închise. Alexander Zverev este al treilea jucător german care accede în semifinale la Roland Garros în era Open (începând din aprilie 1968), după Boris Becker (1987, 1989, 1991) şi Michael Stich (1996), conform site-ului ATP Tour. Tsitsipas şi Zverev s-au întâlnit de şapte ori până acum în circuitul profesionist, avantajul fiind de partea jucătorului elen, care a obţinut cinci victorii. Germanul a câştigat însă ultimul lor duel, care a avut loc la Acapulco (Mexic), în prima parte a anului. Miercuri, în ultimele două jocuri din sferturile de finală, sârbul Novak Djokovic îl va înfrunta pe italianul Matteo Berrettini, în timp ce spaniolul Rafael Nadal, deţinătorul trofeului, va primi replica argentinianului Diego Schwartzman.

Persons: Roland Garros, Stefanos, Roland, Daniil Medvedev, sârbul Novak Djokovic, Alexander Zverev, Alejandro Davidovich, Boris Becker, Michael Stich, Germanul, ., Matteo Berrettini, spaniolul Rafael Nadal, Diego Schwartzman Organizations: Open, . Miercuri Locations: Roland Garros, Monte Carlo, Lyon, Franţei, Statelor Unite, Madrid, Roland, Acapulco, Mexic, spaniolul

☆ Când va avea loc festivalul Untold din România şi care sunt condiţiile de acces (VIDEO)
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-08 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +3 min

Untold, unul dintre cele mai mari festivaluri din Europa, va fi organizat între 9 și 12 septembrie 2021, fiind așteptați sute de mii de oameni, au anunțat luni organizatorii. De asemenea, Uniunea Europeană va aproba de la 1 iulie Certificatul Verde - COVID-19 care asigură aceleași trei condiții: vaccin, certificat anticorpi sau test negativ (antigen sau PCR). Experiența, rigurozitatea și seriozitatea organizatorilor UNTOLD, alături de măsurile de maximă siguranță propuse, vor permite condiții de siguranță la evenimentul de la Cluj-Napoca, spun organizatorii. (...) Între timp, va exista și certificatul verde COVID, care include toate cele trei variante: vaccin, anticorpi după trecerea prin boală sau test negativ", a mai spus reprezentantul Untold. Organizatorii Untold mai anunță că pregătesc și în acest an nume mari internaționale și cea mai intensă experiență de până acum.

Persons: David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Dimitri Vegas, Mike, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Timmy, Nina Kraviz, Boris Brejcha, Paul Kalkbrenner, Jamie Jones, Pan, Pan - Pot, Sven Vath, Chris Liebing, Robbie Williams, Jason Derulo, Tempah, Ellie Goulding, John Newman, James Arthur Organizations: Uniunea Europeană, Edy Chereji, Untold, Pan -, Black Locations: Europa, Cluj - Napoca, România, străinătate, PCR, ţara, Tiesto, Afrojack, Diplo, Don Diablo, Marshmello, Prodigy

☆ Untold revine în 2021 fără limită de capacitate. Vezi în ce perioadă va avea loc festivalul
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-08 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +1 min

Festivalul Untold va avea loc în perioada 9-12 septembrie, la Cluj-Napoca, şi este primul mare festival din Europa anunţat pentru acest an, potrivit organizatorilor. Sute de mii de oameni, din întreaga lume, se vor bucura din nou patru zile şi patru nopţi pe tărâmul magic Untold, din Cluj-Napoca. Întâlnirea din acest an dintre fani, artişti, organizatori şi partenerii festivalului va fi una greu de egalat şi plină de încărcătură emoţională, după aproape doi ani de pauză. Untold, unul dintre cele mai mari festivaluri din întreaga lume, îşi deschide porţile, între 9 şi 12 septembrie 2021. Astfel, Untold este unul dintre puţinele festivaluri de amploare internaţională, care se va desfăşura în acest an, în întreaga lume!”, se arată într-un comunicat transmis de organizatori, menționează Digi.

Persons: îşi, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Avicii, Dimitri Vegas, Mike, Armin van Buuren, Steve Aoki, Timmy, Nina Kraviz, Boris Brejcha, Paul Kalkbrenner, Jamie Jones, Pan, Pan - Pot, Sven Vath, Chris Liebing, Robbie Williams, Jason Derulo, Tempah, Ellie Goulding, John Newman, James Arthur Organizations: Untold, Pan -, Black, MO Locations: Cluj - Napoca, Europa, Untold, Tiesto, Afrojack, Diplo, Don Diablo, Marshmello, Prodigy

☆ Constrânși să se vaccineze, la Strășeni; Oamenii se simt lezați în drepturi // VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-24 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Sursa foto: jurnal.mdConstrânși să se vaccineze, la Strășeni; Oamenii se simt lezați în drepturi // VIDEOAutoritățile din Strășeni interpretează legile în contextul pandemiei. Oamenii consideră că sunt lezați în drepturi, atâta timp cât vaccinul anti-COVID nu este obligatoriu. „Dumnealui ne-a spus că el ne încurajează, prin asta are grijă de noi, dar nu se permite să trecem la consultație. În primul rând, s-au încălcat drepturile noastre la asistența medicală, nu s-a permis accesul, și în al doilea rând, vaccinarea nu e obligatorie”, a mai spus bărbatul. La rândul său, directorul adjunct al Policlinicii din Strășeni, Nicolae Pocinoc, afirmă că nu obligă pe nimeni să meargă la vaccinare, iar legea este respectată.

Persons: Nicu Beșliu, Boris Barbăneagră, Valentina Gavriliuc Locations: Strășeni, România, României, Republica Moldova

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