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☆ Former world number one Wozniacki announces comeback
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

COPENHAGEN, June 29 (Reuters) - Caroline Wozniacki is set to make a comeback to tennis after the former world number one said on Thursday that she was ready to return to the Tour having retired from the sport in 2020 to start a family. Danish player Wozniacki spent 71 weeks at the top of the world rankings and finished with 30 singles titles - including a Grand Slam crown at the Australian Open in 2018. The United States Tennis Association later announced that Wozniacki, a two-time finalist at Flushing Meadows, had been awarded a wildcard for the Grand Slam that begins on Aug. 28. The Dane, who turns 33 next month, said she was inspired by 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams after the American returned to the sport following the birth of her daughter Olympia. "I think that Serena doesn't get nearly enough credit for getting to so many Grand Slam finals after having Olympia," she said.

Persons: Caroline Wozniacki, Wozniacki, David Lee, Olivia, James, I'm, I've, Dane, Serena Williams, Olympia, Serena doesn't, Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Rohith Nair, Terje Solsvik, Alision Williams, Ken Ferris Organizations: NBA, Twitter, Canadian, U.S, U.S ., Vogue, United States Tennis Association, Flushing, Paris Olympics, Thomson Locations: COPENHAGEN, Danish, Montreal, Paris, New York, Flushing Meadows, Australia, Copenhagen, Bengaluru

☆ Hidden in a Mini-Mall in Flushing, a Home for Art
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Aruna D Souza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The flier announcing a new exhibition in Queens, “Home-O-Stasis,” doesn’t give an address. Instead, it has instructions: When you reach the Queens Public Library in Flushing, “go up to Kissena Boulevard till you see the Q17/Q27 stop. Go past the garage gate, enter the mini-mall on the right where scooters and bikes are parked outside.” (How you get to the library is up to you and Google maps.) “Even though I grew up in Flushing my grasp of the language is not whole,” said the sculptor Anne Wu, whose work is on view. “I may not know what a place is called but I can tell you how you get there.”

Persons: doesn’t, ”, Anne Wu Organizations: Queens Public Library Locations: Queens, Flushing, “, ”, China, Korea, Taiwan

☆ 53% of parents say climate change affects their decision to have more kids
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Catherine Clifford | In Catclifford | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Climate change is affecting people's decisions about where to work, what companies they buy things from — and how many kids to have. More than half of parents, 53%, say that climate change affects their decision about having more children, according to a new survey. Parents say that concern about climate change is impacting their career decisions, too. It is largely the responsibility of corporations to make good climate decisions, parents say. Just more than half, 51%, of parents say companies have "a lot" of responsibility to hold themselves accountable to do the right thing for the climate, and only 36% of parents say the responsibility to push companies to act sustainably lies with the customer.

Organizations: HP, United Locations: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens Borough of New York City . New York City, India, Mexico, Singapore, United States

☆ Wimbledon 2023 prize money: How much do the winners get?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

* The total prize money is a record 44.7 million pounds ($57.29 million). * First round: 55,000 pounds* Second round: 85,000 pounds* Third round: 131,000 pounds* Round of 16: 207,000 pounds* Quarter-finals: 340,000 pounds* Semi-finals: 600,000 pounds* Finalist: 1.175 million pounds* Winner: 2.35 million poundsHOW DOES THE WINNER'S PRIZE COMPARE TO 2022? The winners of the men's and women's singles in 2022, Novak Djokovic and Elena Rybakina, received 2 million pounds each. WHAT IS THE PRIZE MONEY ON OFFER IN MEN'S AND WOMEN'S DOUBLES AT WIMBLEDON IN 2023? * First round: 13,750 pounds* Second round: 22,000 pounds* Third round: 36,250 pounds* Quarter-finals: 75,000 pounds* Semi-finals: 150,000 pounds* Finalist: 300,000 pounds* Winner: 600,000 poundsWHAT IS THE PRIZE MONEY ON OFFER IN MIXED DOUBLES AT WIMBLEDON IN 2023?

Persons: Ian Hewitt, Novak Djokovic, Elena Rybakina, Djokovic, Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek, Roland Garros, Carlos Alcaraz, Swiatek, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Ken Ferris Organizations: Wimbledon, All England Club, U.S, Flushing, WIMBLEDON, Thomson Locations: Flushing Meadows, Bengaluru

☆ Emma Raducanu says she sometimes wishes she had not won US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —After winning the US Open at just 18 years old, Emma Raducanu had the world at her feet. Speaking to The Sunday Times, Raducanu touched on the side of sporting success that many don’t see and the impact it has had on her. “When I won I was extremely naive,” Raducanu admitted. Raducanu won the 2021 US Open, becoming the first qualifier to win the major, after defeating Canadian Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in Flushing Meadows’ first all-teen final since 1999. And sometimes I think to myself I wish I’d never won the US Open, I wish that didn’t happen,” Raducanu acknowledged.

Persons: CNN —, Emma Raducanu, Raducanu, ” Raducanu, it’s, Canadian Leylah Fernandez, Brit, Leylah Fernandez, Al Bello, I’ve, I’d, “ Organizations: CNN, Sunday Times, Canadian Locations: British, Flushing Meadows

CNN —The world’s largest kidney stone has been removed from a patient in Sri Lanka – and it’s about the size of a grapefuit, as long as a banana and as heavy as four hamsters. Guinness World Records has confirmed that both records have been broken by the Sri Lankan stone, removed at the Colombo Army Hospital. Kidney stones consist of solid pieces of material that crystallize in the kidney, ureters or bladder due to genetic and environmental factors. A 2018 study suggested that the prevalence of kidney stones is increasing among both men and women in the United States. In order to confirm a diagnosis of kidney stones, physicians may use imaging techniques such as ultrasound or computed tomography (CT) scans.

Organizations: CNN, Sri Lankan Army, Guinness World Records, Guinness, Records, Colombo Army Hospital, Mayo Clinic Locations: Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Sri, Colombo, United States

☆ The Army Corps’s Flood Plan Could Ruin New York’s Waterfront. It Doesn’t Have To. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +14 min

Mr. Gutman is an environmental planning consultant and a member of the New York-New Jersey Storm Surge Working Group. In terms of population at risk, New York City is the most vulnerable city in the country, according to Climate Central, a nonprofit research organization. These highly effective and reliable harborwide surge barriers can protect large areas while leaving shorelines free for recreation and other uses. Hudson River Park 12 feet 12 feetHudson River Park 12 feet 12 feetHudson River Park 12 feet 12 feetGantry Plaza State Park 12 feet 12 feetGantry Plaza State Park 12 feet 12 feetImagine bicycling up the Hudson River Greenway in Manhattan next to a concrete wall between you and Hudson River Park. It consists of walls, small storm surge barriers and other shoreline barriers.

Persons: Robert Yaro, Daniel Gutman, Quoctrung Bui, Taylor, John Lehr, Yaro, Gutman, Hurricane Sandy, Rohit Aggarwala, Aggarwala, Jeroen Aerts, “, Sandy Hook, Arthur, Sandy, David Ralston Organizations: The New York Times, Regional Plan Association, Metro Flood Defense, New Jersey Storm, U.S . Army Corps of Engineers, Corps, Hurricane, Climate Central, United Nations, New, LaGuardia Airport, Vrije University Amsterdam, New York City, Bronx Manhattan, Bronx Manhattan Jersey City Queens, Bronx Manhattan Jersey City Queens Brooklyn Jamaica Bay, U.S . Army Corps, Engineers, Oceanographic, Dade Locations: York, New, New York, New Jersey, floodwalls, New York City, Rotterdam, Netherlands, London, St, Petersburg, Russia, New York Harbor, Central, Greenpoint, Manhattan’s, Jersey City, Hudson, Greenway, Manhattan, United, Jersey, Bronx, Queensbridge, South Williamsburg, Yonkers, Ossining, Market, Newtown, New York State , New Jersey, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Arthur Kill, Jamaica, Bronx Manhattan Jersey, Bronx Manhattan Jersey City Queens Brooklyn, Bronx Manhattan Jersey City Queens Brooklyn Jamaica Bay Staten, Texas, Galveston, Houston, Hurricane, Miami

That yen hoard has mostly been held as cash with the aim of ploughing into Japanese bonds when yields eventually turn higher. "We're all waiting for the end of YCC so we can buy JGBs," said a Japanese pension fund manager who requested anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to media. Japanese banks have ploughed money into overseas bonds, but insurance firms and pension funds have kept their powder dry. MARKETS WONT BLINKSuch is the positioning and inertia among long term Japanese investors that analysts expect markets to barely blink even if the BOJ plays for time this week. Lifers and pension funds say they have very little exposure to Japanese government bonds, so a surprise policy change won't hurt them either.

Persons: Androniki, Haruhiko Kuroda, Kazuo Ueda, Bart Wakabayashi, Hirofumi Suzuki, Suzuki, Kevin Buckland, Ankur Banerjee, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: REUTERS, Bank of, Japan, Nippon Life Insurance, Sumitomo Life Insurance, Insurance, State, Thomson Locations: Japan, Tokyo, TOKYO, SINGAPORE, YCC, Singapore

☆ The Funky, Slinky Fashion From This Year’s Governors Ball
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Wilson Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Neither a drop of rain nor a cloud of wildfire smoke could keep more than 100,000 fans from flocking to the Governors Ball Music Festival over the weekend at Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. Waves of revelers, festooned in rose-colored tutus, elaborately designed fishnets and oversize cowboy hats, filed into the event held this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They thrashed to Odesza and Diplo; bounced to Lizzo and Kendrick Lamar; and swayed to Haim and Omar Apollo across three different stages in the green fields encircling the iconic Unisphere, the 140-foot-tall ball fit for … a ball. On the first day of the festival — enveloped by a gray haze, either from the Canadian wildfire smoke, the pyrotechnics, the cigarettes or some combination of all three — music lovers, in between vape hits and beer sips, discussed their outfit inspirations and favorite performances.

Persons: Kendrick Lamar, Haim, Omar Apollo Organizations: Governors Ball Music Locations: Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, festooned

☆ India rebukes Canada over parade float showing assassination of Indira Gandhi
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW DELHI, June 8 (Reuters) - India's foreign minister on Thursday hit out at Canada for allowing a float in a parade depicting the 1984 assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by her bodyguards, perceived to be glorification of violence by Sikh separatists. "I think it is not good for relationships, not good for Canada," he said. Canada's High Commissioner for India also condemned the incident at a parade by Sikh activists in the Canadian city of Brampton. "I am appalled by reports of an event in Canada that celebrated the assassination of late Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi," Cameron MacKay said on Twitter. Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984 by two Sikh bodyguards after she allowed the storming of the holiest Sikh temple, aimed at flushing out Sikh separatists who demanded an independent homeland to be known as Khalistan.

Persons: Indira Gandhi, Jaishankar, Gandhi, Cameron MacKay, Canada's, Rupam, Peter Graff Organizations: Indian, Sikh, Canada, Canada's, Twitter, Reuters, Thomson Locations: DELHI, Canada, New Delhi, India, Canadian, Brampton, Punjab

☆ Seven Underappreciated Birding Spots in New York
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Dodai Stewart | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Birding in New York City is easier than you might think. “The best place to bird in New York is exactly where you are right at that moment,” said Martha Harbison, a writer and vice president of the Feminist Bird Club. “I’ve observed 20 species from my own window. But there are plenty of underappreciated birding locations in New York City, and many are accessible by public transportation. Bryant Park, Manhattan

Persons: ”, Martha Harbison, “ I’ve Organizations: Feminist Bird Locations: New York City, New York, Brooklyn, ”, Manhattan, Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, Pelham, Bryant Park

☆ Ron DeSantis praised Anthony Fauci for Covid response in spring 2020 for ‘really doing a good job’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Andrew Kaczynski | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

And from Dr. Birx to Dr. Fauci to the vice president who’s worked very hard, the surgeon general, they’re really doing a good job. “Governor DeSantis would’ve fired Anthony Fauci.”In a news conference on Tuesday, DeSantis also acknowledged mistakes early in the pandemic. DeSantis, like Trump, later broke with Fauci over reopening Florida in July 2020, but he didn’t begin regularly harshly criticizing Fauci until spring 2021. Speaking at a news briefing on March 21, 2020, DeSantis made similar comments praising Fauci. “I would defer to people like Dr. Fauci,” DeSantis said on March 14, 2020.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Anthony, Fauci, DeSantis, “, ”, they’re, ” DeSantis, Birx, who’s, Trump, Bryan Griffin, ” Griffin, DeSantis would’ve, Anthony Fauci, I’ve, retweeting, Dan Scavino, didn’t, reopenings, we’ve, they’ve, we’re Organizations: CNN, Republican, “, National Institute of Allergy, Diseases, Trump Locations: Florida, Fauci, Iowa

☆ Restaurant Review: The Peking Duck at Juqi Passes All the Tests
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Pete Wells | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

New York’s Peking duck enthusiasts have had reason to be on edge lately. The restaurant is expected to survive, but it probably won’t reopen until this summer. The fire followed the Covid closings, when Peking duck — almost the definition of a restaurant dish — was impossible to find. And while it is nice to have a new place to eat zha jiang mian and jiaozi, not to mention cumin lamb and crab-flavored fish, the most impressive item on the menu is the Peking duck. I don’t know another restaurant in the city that clears the classic Peking duck hurdles — all the fine points of roasting, carving and serving — so consistently and satisfyingly.

Persons: jiang mian Organizations: United Locations: Peking, DaDong, Beijing, China, Flushing , Queens, United States

As we shifted to indoor city life, outbreaks and pandemics whipped through society with alarming regularity. But technological changes have allowed us, in the developed world at least, to prevent many such pandemics. In the developed world, they are cheap, ubiquitous and mundane. Yet these technologies fight a whole host of outbreaks without our needing to know each pathogen’s name. Epidemics like cholera still occur in the developing world, but this ‌‌is a matter of a lack of global political will, not a lack of technological way.

☆ Ancient toilets unearthed in Jerusalem reveal a debilitating and sometimes fatal disease
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Iron Age users of two ancient toilets in Jerusalem were not a healthy bunch, according to an analysis of poop samples from the 2,500-year-old latrines. Ancient poop contains a trove of fascinating informationA stone toilet seat was excavated in 2019 south of Jerusalem in the neighborhood of Armon ha-Natziv. Archaeologists excavating the latrines took samples from sediment in the cesspit beneath each toilet seat. They found one seat south of Jerusalem in the neighborhood of Armon ha-Natziv at a mansion excavated in 2019. Cities such as Jerusalem likely would have been hot spots for disease outbreaks, and illnesses would have spread easily by traders and during military expeditions, according to the study.

☆ No one knew a US aircraft carrier water tank had jet fuel in it until the unaware crew hooked it up to the drinking water system, Navy report finds
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The Navy acknowledged that it found jet fuel in the drinking water aboard the carrier USS Nimitz. A new investigation says that no one realized a water tank was polluted with jet fuel for more than a year. A failed manway cover gasket then allowed the leak into the offline potable water tank. US Navy"When developing the sequencing document used to empty potable water tanks, the ship was unaware that any of the tanks contained JP-5," the investigation says. Polluted water on Navy ships is not isolated to these two vessels.

Some Chinatown residents benefited from the development boom, selling properties to developers or drawing more customers from increased foot traffic. Some residents have shown tentative support for the luxury buildings, saying they might make the neighborhood safer or bring in wealthier Asian residents who could boost Chinatown's economy. Manhattan Chinatown's housing stock is "really aged," which has led to costly fires, according to Thomas Yu, executive director of Asian Americans for Equality. Chinatowns and the pandemicMany debates surrounding luxury development and affordable housing were accelerated by the pandemic, which shuttered hundreds of businesses across Chinatowns. However, business owners who spoke with CNBC said Chinatown's businesses, though still recovering, are keeping the city's culture alive.

☆ Want to buy a cheap house in rural Japan? This millennial farmer offers his advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-12 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Life on a farm is "very, very busy," says Lee Xian Jie, who harvests his own rice and tea. said Lee Xian Jie, who restored three buildings in Ryujin-mura, a village in Japan's Wakayama prefecture. On the same property is a 100-year-old building, which Lee Xian Jie converted into a guesthouse. Lee Xian JieAnother $37,000 was spent to turn the main house into a living space for himself and a functional cafe. While it will only open in June, Lee Xian Jie said he's already been getting some bookings.

☆ Behind the Scenes at the Westminster Dog Show
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Calla Kessler | Desiree Rios | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It still isn’t Madison Square Garden, but at least the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is back in New York City. Just a 7 train ride away from Midtown, champion dogs invaded the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, Queens, this weekend for the 147th edition of the competition, which organizers claim is the second oldest continuously held sporting event in the United States. The very good dogs (they are all very good dogs) competed in agility and obedience championships over the weekend before moving to two days of judging to determine the best in each breed and group and, of course, best in show, which will be judged Tuesday night in Arthur Ashe Stadium.

☆ Tiny Love Stories: ‘Crying in the Driveway’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Changing the WorldMost babies look you in the face, but my son looked off to the side. As a toddler he fought something inside himself, and all my love could not help. I told him the world would not change for him; he must change for it. He is trying to change the world. When he leaves this fall for graduate school, his goodbye hug will leave me crying in the driveway.

☆ Halep questions long delay in doping hearing
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Aug 29, 2022; Flushing, NY, USA; Simona Halep of Romania hits to Daria Snigur of Ukraine on day one of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In an interview with Tennis Majors, her first since learning of her failed drugs test, Halep said she has so far been denied her right to be heard by an independent court. Halep says she has undertaken 10 tests since her positive result, with all of them coming back negative. She now hopes to have a hearing in May but fears that may also be cancelled. I really want to play again because I love this sport and I want to play for the big titles again."

☆ Raducanu pulls out of Madrid before first round
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Tennis - WTA 500 - Stuttgart Open - Porsche Arena, Stuttgart, Germany - April 18, 2023 Britain's Emma Raducanu in action during her round of 32 match against Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko REUTERS/Angelika WarmuthMADRID, April 25 (Reuters) - Former U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu withdrew from the Madrid Open shortly before she was due on court to play Viktoriya Tomova in the first round on Wednesday. The 20-year-old British player cited an injury to her right hand as the reason for her withdrawal. It is the latest setback for Raducanu who has struggled for form and fitness since her fairytale run to the title at Flushing Meadows in 2021 as an 18-year-old qualifier. She lost in the first round in Miami and Stuttgart and by missing Madrid she will likely fall outside the top 100 in the WTA rankings for the first time since her stunning breakthrough. Reporting by Martyn Herman Editing by Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ The King Of Chemo: After being diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, Iain Ward decided to cycle across the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

‘The King Of Chemo’ has almost five million followers on TikTok, where he posts motivational, and humorous, videos tracking his journey. Iain Ward‘Freakish luck’Despite his diagnosis, Ward says he appreciates the “freakish luck” that has followed him throughout his life. He had previously been looking to raise money for an epic run across the country when Phelan reached out to him via Instagram. Phelan suffers with depression and was planning to cycle across the US to raise money for mental health and suggested Ward join him for a week. To a certain extent, his diagnosis stole control of his life, but Ward doesn’t want to become defined by his illness.

☆ Dollar dips ahead of inflation data due Wednesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Karen Brettell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, April 11 (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Tuesday as investors waited on inflation data for further signs of whether price pressures are ebbing and what it means for further Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. Consumer price data on Wednesday is expected to show headline inflation rose by 0.2% in March, while core inflation rose 0.4%. (USCPI=ECI), (USCPF=ECI)"A lot of traders are focused on this inflation data," said Edward Moya, senior market analyst at OANDA in New York. Strong jobs data for March have added to expectations that the U.S. central bank will complete one more rate hike. European bond yields rose sharply on Tuesday, catching up after the break.

The euro was up 0.52% at $1.0918 and the pound rose a similar amount to $1.2439 as most European markets returned from the long Easter weekend. "Bank earnings will also be important, they don't often reach across to FX markets directly, but they might, given the recent jitters," Foley added. Tuesday's moves were also affected by European markets' reopening after the break, said Simon Harvey, head of FX analysis at Monex Europe, given the limited liquidity on Friday and Monday with most European markets closed. He said algorithms trading currencies based on the difference between European and U.S. rates might have sold euros for dollars when U.S. Treasury yields rose after the jobs data while European bond markets were closed. European bond yields rose sharply on Tuesday, catching up after the break.

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