Dec 15, 2022 Associated Press LONDON — Iga Swiatek and Rafael Nadal were honored by the International Tennis Federation as its 2022 ITF World Champions on Thursday after each claimed two Grand Slam titles this season. The ITF determines its awards based on criteria that include all events and give special weight to the four
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Four boys who died after falling into a frozen lake in Solihull have been named by police. Brothers Samuel Butler, six, and Finlay Butler, eight; their cousin Thomas Stewart, 11, and Jack Johnson, 10, were identified by West Midlands Police. Three of the boys, Jack, Thomas and Finlay, died on Sunday after falling into Babbs
A 30-day state of emergency has been declared in Peru after the country’s president was impeached and a week of protests left at least eight dead. It gives police the power to search homes without permission and limits certain freedoms, including the right to assembly. Demonstrations have been ongoing since the ousting of former president
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US Army veteran Ryan Hendrickson describes to CNN’s Jake Tapper what it’s like for Ukrainians entering the winter months without power. Hendrickson also explains why he decided to help Ukraine with the war against Russia and details his work, which involves searching for land mines and other explosives. #CNN #News
Prince Harry has spoken about the breakdown of his relationship with brother William and blamed the media for Meghan suffering a miscarriage in the final episodes of the couple’s documentary series. The second volume of Harry & Meghan goes much further than the first, with Harry accusing William of screaming and shouting at him at
A dust devil looks a bit like a tornado, but is weaker and rarely lasts more than about a minute. It is a twisting column of warmed air scooting across sun-heated ground, made visible by the dust that it lofts upwards. Although usually benign, occasionally dust devils can kill. Dust devils have been known to
Elon Musk has sold another tranche of Tesla shares, this time worth $3.6 billion, amidst ongoing chaos related to his twitter takeover. The sale was announced in a Form 4 filing with the SEC on Wednesday night. The sale represents almost 22 million shares of TSLA sold over the course of the last three trading
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (2nd L) is led away handcuffed by officers of the Royal Bahamas Police Force in Nassau, Bahamas on December 13, 2022. Mario Duncanson | AFP | Getty Images Days before FTX’s bankruptcy filing last month, co-CEO Ryan Salame told Bahamian authorities that founder Sam Bankman-Fried may have committed fraud by sending
The Bank of England has revealed a 0.5 percentage point interest rate increase – its ninth consecutive rise as it maintains its battle against inflation. The decision, by its monetary policy committee (MPC), took the bank rate to 3.5% – a fresh high not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. The move, however, represented a
In this article TSLA TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk sold about 22 million more shares in his electric vehicle business, which were worth around $3.6 billion, according to a financial filing out Wednesday night. The transactions took place between Monday and Wednesday this week
A boy has been killed in Montpellier amid clashes between France and Morocco fans following the World Cup semi-final. A statement issued by the local government office said the boy was “violently hit” by a car in the city, in the south of France, on Wednesday. He was transferred to the hospital, but died shortly
A mother and her eight-year-old son are among at least three people who died as a destructive storm system that stirred up tornadoes swept through the US. To the north, it delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast
Tens of thousands of nurses are going on strike today for their first mass walkout in a century across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The action, a bid to secure above-inflation pay rises, is going ahead after talks to avert it ended in a deadlock. Picket lines are being set up at dozens of hospitals
Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lopez and Michelle Obama are among the famous faces remembering US dancer and DJ Stephen “tWitch” Boss, following his death at the age of 40. The news was confirmed by his wife, Allison Holker Boss, on Wednesday. Los Angeles County Coroner’s office said the entertainer had died in a hotel from “suicide”.
A man has been executed by lethal injection in the US for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl more than two decades ago. Thomas Edwin Loden Jr was pronounced dead at 6.12pm local time in Mississippi on Wednesday, officials said – the second inmate to be executed in the state in 10 years.
Four children are in critical condition after falling through the ice at a Solihull lake, police have said. A search and rescue operation is under way at Babbs Mill Park after the children fell into the water and suffered cardiac arrest. Supt Richard Harris of West Midlands Police said teams would continue searching the lake
CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Randi Kaye discuss family members who took their own life.
In his first film since his final outing as James Bond, Daniel Craig returns as stylish detective Benoit Blanc in murder mystery Glass Onion – a sequel to his 2019 hit Knives Out. This time, it’s celebrities and influencers who are under suspicion as the movie takes a satirical look at the decadence of the
Nurses will continue to strike in January if the government does not negotiate with them on pay, union leader Pat Cullen has told Sky News. Ms Cullen, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said it was “absolutely not true” that pay is a “tiny element” in the dispute as she hit out at “disparaging”