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The swashbuckling Spaniard got off to a nightmare start as Hurkacz jumped out to a 3-0 first set lead in just six minutes en route to capturing the first set. FOKINA TOPPLES RUUDEarlier, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina battled back from a third set deficit to beat Casper Ruud 7-6(4) 4-6 7-6(4) and deny the third seed a place in the Canadian Open quarter-finals. Ruud was two points away from victory at 5-3 30-0 before Davidovich Fokina served his way out of trouble. Ruud dug himself into an early hole in the breaker with some tentative serving and poor forehands and Davidovich Fokina claimed the win with a drop shot. Up next for Davidovich Fokina is American Mackenzie McDonald, who reached his first quarter-final of a Masters 1000 tournament by dispatching Canadian Milos Raonic 6-3 6-3.
Persons: Carlos Alcaraz, Hubert Hurkacz, Dan Hamilton, Hurkacz, Tommy Paul, Marcos Giron, Scot Andy Murray, Italy's, FOKINA TOPPLES RUUD, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Casper Ruud, Ruud, Davidovich Fokina, Fokina, Mackenzie McDonald, Milos Raonic, Raonic's, McDonald, FRITZ FIZZLES Australia's Alex De Minaur, Taylor Fritz, Fritz, De Minaur, Daniil Medvedev, Italy's Lorenzo Musetti, Medvedev, Rory Carroll, Ken Ferris Organizations: Sobeys, Wimbledon, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Canada, Toronto, Alcaraz, Marcos Giron ., Norwegian, Los Angeles
Swiatek solves Pliskova test to reach third round in Montreal
  + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/5] Aug 9, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Iga Swiatek (POL) hits a forehand against Karolina Pliskova (CZE) (not pictured) during second round play at IGA Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Eric Bolte-USA TODAY SportsAug 9 (Reuters) - World number one Iga Swiatek overcame an early test before running away with a 7-6(6) 6-2 victory over Czech Karolina Pliskova in Montreal on Wednesday to reach the third round of the Canadian Open. "This first match was a challenge, it's always a challenge especially against a player like that," Swiatek said during her on-court interview. In the second set, Swiatek found a new gear and followed an early break with a hold to love to grab control and never looked back as her mix of power and control proved to much for Pliskova to overcome. While serving for the match, Swiatek handed a break to Pliskova with her first double fault of the set but the Pole immediately broke back in the next game to seal the win.
Persons: Iga Swiatek, Karolina Pliskova, Eric Bolte, Czech Karolina Pliskova, it's, Swiatek, Pliskova, Karolina Muchova, Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff, Liudmila Samsonova, Belinda Bencic, Frank Pingue, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: IGA, Czech, Canadian, U.S, Alycia Parks, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Pliskova, Czech, Toronto
[1/3] Aug 7, 2023; Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Victoria Azarenka serves against Magda Linette (POL) (not pictured) in first round play at IGA Stadium. Azarenka was unfazed by the rain, charging ahead 5-2 in the opening set before closing it out with a break just before play was stopped a second time. She romped through the second set, winning 24 of 31 points and breaking Poland's Linette three times. When play restarted, Zhu pounced, winning two points to clinch the tie-break 10-8. But the 31-year-old Czech quickly refocused in the decider, applying pressure and breaking Zhu three times to move onto the second round and a meeting with Polish world number one and reigning US Open champion Iga Swiatek.
Persons: Victoria Azarenka, Magda Linette, Eric Bolte, Karolina Pliskova, Azarenka, Sloane Stephens, Ukraine's, Pliskova, Zhu Lin, Sascha Bajin, Zhu, Zhu pounced, Iga Swiatek, Swiatek, Aryna Sabalenka, Steve Keating, Jamie Freed Organizations: Victoria, IGA, Canadian, Warsaw, Thomson Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Stuttgart, Pliskova, Czech, Toronto
A video clip showing North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson’s address at a 2023 Moms for Liberty summit has been cropped to appear as though he endorsed multiple 20th century dictators in his remarks. Mark Robinson (R) says dictators like Hitler, Stalin and Mao are being taken out of context and promotes reading their writings. Hitler followed that by ordering leftist leaders sent to concentration camps or assassinated, as explained in the Britannica article. Currently serving as Lieutenant Governor for North Carolina (here), Robinson joined the state’s gubernatorial race in April 2023 (here). The video clip shared with a claim that it shows Mark Robinson endorsing dictators omits context.
Persons: Mark Robinson’s, Robinson, Adolf Hitler, Mao Zedong, Stalin, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro, despots, , Mark Robinson, Hitler, Mao, ’ ”, Pol, Fidel, Castro, Adolph Hitler, Read Organizations: Liberty, Philadelphia, Gov, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reuters Locations: Carolina, North Carolina, Cuba, Germany
Five top contenders for the Wimbledon women's crown
  + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
[1/5] Jun 10, 2023; Paris,France; Iga Swiatek (POL) returns a shot during the French Open final against Karolina Muchova (CZE) on day 14 at Stade Roland-Garros. Mandatory Credit: Susan Mullane-USA TODAY Sports/File photoJune 30 (Reuters) - Five top contenders for the women's title at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday. The 22-year-old exited last year's Championships in the third round and is yet to demonstrate her strengths consistently on grass. ARYNA SABALENKA (BELARUS)* World ranking: 2The big-hitting Belarusian has polished her game this year and become less erratic with her shot-making, which helped her win the Australian Open in January. The 33-year-old, who stunned Elena Rybakina to win the Miami Open, has not reached a Wimbledon quarter-final since her title run in 2014.
Persons: Iga Swiatek, Karolina Muchova, Susan Mullane, Swiatek, Ash, SABALENKA, Sabalenka, Roland Garros, Alexander Lukashenko, ELENA RYBAKINA, Rybakina, PETRA KVITOVA, Kvitova, Elena Rybakina, KAROLINA MUCHOVA, raring, Iga, Muchova, Aryna, Hritika Sharma, Christian Radnedge Organizations: Stade Roland, Garros, Wimbledon, IGA, All England Club, Bad, Eastbourne, Indian, Miami, All England, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, POLAND, Bad Homburg, BELARUS, Iga, Madrid, Belarusian, Belarus, KAZAKHSTAN, Berlin, Moscow, Indian Wells, CZECH REPUBLIC, Eastbourne, Hyderabad
[1/5] A police officer cuts marijuana plants in growing process at underground room of a house during a marijuana raid operation in Mataro, near Barcelona, Spain April 27, 2023. Consumption of marijuana and its high-potency derivatives is also booming in Barcelona itself, including in private clubs. Their model, however, faces uncertainty as the new Barcelona mayor's top security official said in March he wanted to ban cannabis clubs. In 2017, Catalonia fully legalised the clubs, fuelling their proliferation, but courts later overturned the move for procedural reasons. But many clubs, which are often barely recognisable from outside, do not stick to the rules because they are voluntary, complained Eric Asensio, head of the Catalan federation of cannabis clubs.
Persons: Pol, Antoni Salleras, Salleras, Alexis Goosdeel, Bernardo Soriano, Eric Asensio, Horaci Garcia, Joan Faus, Catarina Demony, Aislinn Laing, Andrei Khalip, Toby Chopra Organizations: REUTERS, Barcelona, BARCELONA, Reuters, Cannabis, Thomson Locations: Mataro, Barcelona, Spain, Spanish, Catalonia, Americas, Europe, Morocco, Latin America, Worth, Geneva, Amsterdam, EU, France, Catalan, Lisbon
Sixty Afghan girls hospitalised after school poisoning - police
  + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
KABUL, June 5 (Reuters) - Around 60 Afghan girls were hospitalisd after being poisoned at their school in nothern Afghanistan, police said on Monday. The poisoning, which targeted a girls' school in the Afghan province of Sar-e Pol, comes after intense scrutiny of girls' education in the war-torn nation since the Taliban took over and barred most teenage female students and after a wave of poison attacks on girls' schools in neighbouring Iran. "Some unknown people entered a girls' ... school in Sancharak District .. and poisoned the classes, when the girls come to classes they got poisoned," said Den Mohammad Nazari, Sar-e-Pol's police spokesperson, without elaborating on which substance was used or who was thought to be behind the incident. In neighbouring Iran, poiosoning incidents at girls' schools sickened an estimated 13,000 mostly female students since November. During Afghanistan's previous foreign-backed government, several poisoning attacks, including suspected gas attacks, on girls' schools had taken place.
Persons: Den Mohammad Nazari, Nazari, Mohammad Yunus Yawar, Charlotte Greenfield, Stephen Coates Organizations: Thomson Locations: KABUL, nothern Afghanistan, Afghan, Sar, Iran, Sancharak District
Rybakina, Swiatek set to renew rivalry in Rome quarter-final
  + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/3] Mar 17, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Iga Swiatek (POL) and Elena Rybakina (KAZ) changes sides in the semi final match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. But the Kazakh said French Open champion Swiatek would be a completely different prospect in the Rome quarter-final. Rybakina said she was not dwelling too much on the pair's budding rivalry. Poland's Swiatek, who won her first match with Rybakina in Ostrava two years ago, said she would treat their latest meeting like any other match. "For now I don't have any mindset," defending Rome champion Swiatek said.
The Obamas were spotted enjoying a date night at a Bruce Springsteen concert in Barcelona. Barack and Michelle Obama were seen dancing together at the side of the stage. Michelle Obama surprised the crowd with an appearance onstage as a part-time backing singer for "The Boss." Former US President Barack Obama, film director Steven Spielberg and singer Bruce Springsteen pose for a picture with Amar restaurant staff in Barcelona, Spain April 27, 2023. Pol Perello Franch via REUTERSJust days before, the couple surprised staff at the Palace Hotel's Amar fish food restaurant with a last-minute booking, dining with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Spielberg, The Guardian reports.
The trio were in Barcelona to attend a concert by pal Bruce Springsteen at Barcelona's Lluis Companys Olympic Stadium on Friday night. Obama, Spielberg and Springsteen dined at the Amar restaurant in the Palace Hotel on Thursday. Staff member Pol Perello uploaded a photo of them posing with wait staff and chefs to Instagram with the comment "the pleasure this job brings you!." Spanish news outlets showed the former president and first lady walking hand in hand through central Barcelona surrounded by a large group of security guards. Obama and Springsteen first met on the presidential campaign trail in 2008.
Pirro to replace Bastianini at Ducati for Americas GP
  + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/2] FTR MotoGP rider Michele Pirro of Italy (L) talks to his mechanic during a free practice session ahead of the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang October 19, 2012. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad/File PhotoApril 12 (Reuters) - Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will replace the injured Enea Bastianini at this weekend's Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, the factory team said. The clinic confirmed Bastianini would still need a few more weeks to fully recover, Ducati added. Pirro, 36, last raced at the Circuit of the Americas in 2016 as a stand-in for Danilo Petrucci at Pramac Ducati, finishing eighth. The fourth race of the season is the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez on April 30.
Eric Trump said he was on a commercial flight when news broke about his father's indictment. Trump raged at the indictment, which he said makes "a mockery out of our legal system." I was on a commercial flight when this whole indictment broke. It is not yet clear what the exact charges are, but reports suggest that Trump faces about 30 charges relating to document fraud. Since news of Trump's indictment broke on Thursday, his children and many Republicans have spoken out in support of him.
A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald Trump on Thursday. Donald Trump Jr. interrupted his scheduled programming on Rumble to react to the news. Trump Jr. also incorrectly stated that the district attorney is indicting Trump. "Soros-backed Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is actually indicting my father," Trump Jr. said on Rumble. "I found out about this about 15 minutes before I went live," Trump Jr. said.
Bagnaia wins first ever MotoGP sprint at Portuguese Grand Prix
  + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
March 25 (Reuters) - Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia won the first ever MotoGP sprint with a last-lap overtake at the season-opening Portuguese Grand Prix on Saturday to earn 12 points and move to the top of the rider's standings ahead of the race on Sunday. On the final lap, Martin looked set to take the chequered flag but the Spaniard went wide on a turn, opening the door for Bagnaia to storm ahead and win the sprint. "It was fun, but it was difficult for the win," said Bagnaia, who had dropped to third midway through the sprint. Sunday's race will have the same grid order after the qualifying session with Marquez on pole. Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru Editing by Toby Davis and Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
A recent "Twitter Files" drop revealed deep concerns among Twitter executives about a database that claimed to track Russian propaganda in "near real time." The now defunct database, Hamilton 68, was widely cited by media outlets, including Insider, before it was shut down in 2018. He wrote that based on his analysis, Hamilton 68 "falsely accuses a bunch of legitimate, right-leaning accounts of being Russian bots." Berger and ASD did not respond to a request to provide Insider with the list of accounts Hamilton 68 tracked. Roth also claimed, after reverse-engineering the list of accounts that Hamilton 68 tracked, that they were "neither strongly Russian nor strongly bots."
But this week, it sparked viral controversy online over its inclusion of Hitler, his Nazi lieutenants and other dictators from the past. Historical Figures, which also uses GPT-3, launched the first week of January, and as of Wednesday, it had about 9,000 signups, app creator Sidhant Chadda said in a phone interview. “People expect these historical figures to be truthful, but in reality, people are not always 100% honest,” he said. Asking a question costs one coin, and the app charges extra to get access to high-profile historical figures. The possibility of digitally re-animating historical figures has been gaining ground ever since, from the “The Simpsons” to holograms of dead idols such as Buddy Holly and Whitney Houston.
Messi headlines shortlist for FIFA Best Men's Player award
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Messi, along with his Paris St Germain team mate Kylian Mbappe and Manchester City's Erling Haaland, were among the 14 players shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men's Player award, the world governing body said on Thursday. Real Madrid's Karim Benzema, who won the 2022 Ballon d'Or award, is also in the shortlist. Sarina Wiegman, who led England to last year's European Championship title, is joined on The Best FIFA Women's Coach shortlist by Chelsea's Emma Hayes and Germany manager Martina Voss-Tecklenburg. Liverpool's Alisson Becker, Real Madrid's Thibaut Courtois and Aston Villa's Martinez are among the nominees for The Best FIFA Men's Goalkeeper award. FIFA also announced an 11-player shortlist for this year's Puskas Award for the "most beautiful" goal of the year, with Mbappe's spectacular volley against Argentina in the World Cup final among the nominees.
Since the early days of the invasion, Mr. Putin has conceded, privately, that the war has not gone as planned. “I think he is sincerely willing” to compromise with Russia, Mr. Putin said of Mr. Zelensky in 2019. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. To join in Mr. Putin’s war, he has recruited prisoners, trashed the Russian military and competed with it for weapons. “I think this war is Putin’s grave.” Yevgeny Nuzhin, 55, a Russian prisoner of war held by Ukraine, in October.
Challenge to Kevin McCarthy Is a Biggs Joke
  + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Karl Rove | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: +1 min
In her early years in the California Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi saw a lot of the legendary “Big Daddy” of Golden State politics, Assembly Speaker and later State Treasurer Jesse Unruh . She even scored $20,000 from Donald Trump to help flip the House in 2006—Democrats’ first victory in that chamber after 12 years in the minority. While her House Majority super PAC raised an astonishing $160 million for 2020 and $181 million for 2022, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a former sandwich shop owner from California’s Central Valley, raised even more. He collected $166 million in 2020 and $260 million in 2022 for his Congressional Leadership Fund PAC. That financial edge was critical to hard-fought GOP victories in places such as New York, California and Oregon, without which Republicans wouldn’t have won the majority.
Elon Musk has been weighing in more and more on political issues since buying Twitter. "Any argument that he's trying to empower the center is patently bullshit," a researcher on extremism told Insider. "In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party," Musk wrote in a tweet this May. "Any argument that he's trying to empower the center is patently bullshit and should be treated as such." "The way that Twitter's content moderation has changed since he's taken over has definitely skewed towards favoring the far-right," Berger said.
Albanese's climate change minister, Chris Bowen, telling the conference Australia was a "willing climate collaborator", made a pitch to host COP31 in 2026 along with the Pacific island nations. "But if you turn to see the other side of the face it's all about the fossil fuel development and the government's addiction to fossil fuel royalties and revenues," Hutley told Reuters in a phone interview from COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Australia's biggest contribution to the climate crisis is its export of fossil fuels. More than 100 fossil fuel developments continued in various stages as of December 2021, the council said in a report this month, based on government data. "There is clearly a policy gap in Australia that is allowing fossil fuel companies to continue expanding and developing new fossil fuel projects," said Will van de Pol, asset management campaigner at activist investor group Market Forces.
United Airlines announced three new destinations and four new city pairs coming to its network in summer 2023. The Chicago-based carrier announced its summer 2023 network on Wednesday, revealing three new destinations in Europe and four new city pairs not flown in 2022. Of the five long-haul routes announced last October, only Newark to Bergen will not return in summer 2023, Quayle told reporters. Captured Blinks Photography/Getty ImagesUnited will fly year-round between Newark and Dubai starting on March 25 using a Boeing 777-200ER. Between Washington, DC and BerlinUnited will fly between Washington DC and Berlin starting on May 25 using a Boeing 767-400ER.
Sursa foto: captură videoVIDEO: O pictură de Winston Churchill, care a decorat iahtul lui Aristotel Onassis, vândută cu 1,84 milioane de dolariO pictură de Winston Churchill, oferită de fostul prim-ministru britanic prietenului său, armatorul grec Aristotel Onassis, a fost vândută cu 1,84 milioane de dolari în cadrul unei vânzări organizate miercuri la New York de casa de licitaţii Phillips, informează AFP. Acest "super-iaht", denumit "Christina" - prenumele fiicei lui Onassis - a fost o fregată a marinei canadiene, cu o lungime de aproape 100 de metri. Ambarcaţiunea a participat la Debarcarea din Normandia, înainte ca Onassis să o achiziţioneze, după război, cu 34.000 de dolari, scrie Agerpres.ro. Onassis a renovat generos ambarcaţiunea, cheltuind aproximativ 4 milioane de dolari, pentru a o face "una dintre cele mai incredibile structuri plutitoare" şi unul dintre locurile preferate ale protipendadei epocii, a declarat Engelen. După decesul lui Onassis, în 1975, la şapte ani de la căsătoria cu Jackie Kennedy, iahtul a fost vândut şi tot ce se afla la bord a fost depozitat.
Persons: Winston Churchill, Aristotel Onassis, licitaţii Phillips, Churchill, Phillips, Angelina Jolie, . Churchill, Jean, Paul Engelen, Vermeer, Gauguin, El Greco, Pissarro, Christina, Onassis, Ambarcaţiunea, Elizabeth Taylor, John F . Kennedy, Maria Callas, Richard Burton, Grace Kelly, prinţul Rainier al III - lea, Jackie Kennedy, Pol Roger Organizations: canadiene Locations: New York, britanic, Christie's, Normandia
Gogoși electorale. Op-Ed de Victor Pelin
  + stars: | 2021-06-05 | by ( ) www.ipn.md   time to read: +9 min
Gogoașa despre închiderea școlilorAceastă gogoașă are menirea să devieze atenția de la decizia strategică a Partidului Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova (PCRM), implementată de unul dintre actualii lideri ai Partidului Socialiștilor din Republica Moldova (PSRM) – Zinaida Greceanîi. Aici se ivește întrebarea – de la cine s-au inspirat liderii BECS? Oare nu de la partenerul strategic cărui doresc să-i închine Republica Moldova în cadrul Uniunii Economice Eurasiatice? Prețul plătit pentru acea fotografie a fost foarte mare – promisiunea federalizării Republicii Moldova pentru a dispersa în trei direcții centrul de adoptare a deciziilor și a o face Republica Moldova total dependentă de partenerul strategic . Această stare de fapt trebuie schimbată cât mai curând posibil, altminteri existând riscul ca Republica Moldova să rămână ostatecă gogoșilor propagandistice pentru mult timp înainte.
Persons: Victor Pelin, Zinaida Greceanîi, Greceanîi, Putin, Igor Dodon, Își, Vladimir Putin ., ruse ., PSRM Organizations: Partidului Comuniștilor, PCRM, Partidului Socialiștilor, Uniunii Europene, Uniunii, Negru, Federația, Sputnik, Ministerul Sănătății Locations: Republica Moldova, Federația Rusă, Ucraina, Nistru, Crimeii, Chișinău, Transnistriei, Rusia, Moldova, ruse, Brazilia, India, China, Africa de Sud, Republicii Moldova
Moldova are viitor? Op-Ed de Victor Pelin
  + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( ) www.ipn.md   time to read: +6 min
Op-Ed de Victor Pelin„Cei care speculează pe seama așteptărilor cetățeniilor, asigurându-i că Moldova are viitor, ar trebui pentru început să le demonstreze că au, cel puțin, un comportament predictibil, fără trădări și finanțări din surse străine și dubioase. Însă există semnale clare că în Republica Moldova nici măcar membri de partid nu știu ce fac liderii formațiunilor și anturajul acestora. În astfel de circumstanțe, membrii PSRM din satul Zastânca s-au considerat îndreptățiți să-și declare public dezacordul față de activitatea politica incoerentă, chiar contradictorie, desfășurată de elita partinică. Atât membrii simpli de partid, cât și alegătorii au nevoie de predictibilitatea politicilor promovate de reprezentanții delegați în organele puterii de stat la nivel național și locale. ConcluziiFinanțarea anuală a partidelor politice de la bugetul public, cu zeci de milioane de lei, urmează a fi condiționată de asigurarea transparenței adoptării deciziilor de către conducerile formațiunilor.
Persons: Victor Pelin, ., Igor Dodon Organizations: Partidului Socialiștilor Locations: Moldova, Moldovei, Republica Moldova, Soroca
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