The ex-husband of Gisèle Pelicot, who was given a 20-year prison sentence for orchestrating and committing mass rapes against his wife while she was drugged for over a decade, will not appeal his sentence. At least 17 other men found guilty alongside Dominique Pelicot have appealed against their convictions.
Five-time Grand Slam winner Swiatek was on court for the first time since news broke in late November that she served a one-month ban for a doping violation. But the Pole quickly shook off any nerves in Sydney with a 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of Norway's Malene Helgo, needing just 62 minutes for the demolition job. "Pleased with everything, honestly. I'm happy for sure with the performance," said the world number two. "It's not always easy to play for your country, sometimes the pressure is a bit bigger. Читать дальше...
The Japanese star has struggled for consistency since returning to the court a year ago after the birth of daughter Shai in July 2023. Now ranked 57, she stressed on Sunday that the fire to win still burned brightly and she was confident of revisiting her former glories. Now under the wing of Serena Williams' long-time coach Patrick Mouratoglou, the 27-year-old put in a solid performance at the Auckland Classic to overcome Israel's Lina Glushko, ranked 221, 6-4, 6-4. But she to dig deep with Glushko making her work hard in the rallies. Читать дальше...
The "Santa Claus rally" got off to a good start but US stocks then fell across the board on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both dropping more than one percent. Tech stocks led the way, with Elon Musk's electric car giant Tesla closing around five percent lower and AI chipmaker Nvidia shedding around two percent. Weighing on investor sentiment were worries about the pace of US interest rate cuts and possible higher import tariffs under incoming US president Donald Trump. "As US stock markets concluded with a downturn on Friday... Читать дальше...
South Korea has ordered an air safety investigation after one of the country's worst aviation disasters. A jetliner skidded off a runway, slammed into a concrete fence and burst into flames Sunday in South Korea after its landing gear apparently failed to deploy. All but two of the 181 people aboard were killed.
The country has started seven days of national mourning, with the acting president flying to the crash site in southwestern Muan for a memorial as teams of US and South Korean investigators raced to establish what caused Sunday's disaster. The Boeing 737-800 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to South Korea when it made a mayday call and belly-landing before crashing into a barrier and bursting into flames. Everyone on board Jeju Air Flight 2216 was killed, save two flight attendants pulled from the wreckage. Читать дальше...
While he and other Indians working alongside him do not look out of place on the expansive construction site, they are relative newcomers to Israel's building industry. They are part of an Israeli government effort to fill a void left by tens of thousands of Palestinian construction workers barred from entering Israel since Hamas's unprecedented October 7, 2023 attack. If that attack had not happened, this site, with its slowly emerging high-rise towers, homes, roads and pavements, would have teemed... Читать дальше...
Yoon briefly suspended civilian rule this month, plunging South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. He was stripped of his presidential duties by parliament over the action, but a constitutional court ruling is pending on whether to confirm the impeachment. The conservative leader also faces criminal charges of insurrection, which could result in life imprisonment or even the death penalty. A former prosecutor himself, Yoon had been summoned three times by investigators for questioning... Читать дальше...
South Korean law enforcement officials on Monday requested a court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 amounted to rebellion.
They will be quizzed about possible missed clues and security failures before the December 20 attack in the eastern city of Magdeburg, where police arrested the 50-year-old Saudi psychiatrist Taleb al-Abdulmohsen at the scene. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Saxony-Anhalt state officials, and the heads of Germany's domestic and foreign intelligence services are expected to face a closed-door committee hearing in parliament from 1200 GMT. Abdulmohsen is the only suspect in the attack in which a... Читать дальше...
Early on day five of the fourth Test, a bumper crowd of 51,371 had swelled the total number of spectators since the start of the match on Boxing Day to 350,700, with still more expected through the gates. That beat the previous record of 350,534 at the same ground during the 1936-37 Ashes series against England, when Donald Bradman ruled the sport and Tests were played over six days. "Thank you, Melbourne. An Australian cricketing record, an MCG record and history made," Cricket Australia tweeted. Читать дальше...
Two days after Jaylen Brown's 44 points propelled the Celtics to a 142-105 blowout victory over the Pacers Indiana got their revenge. Haliburton added six rebounds and seven assists without a turnover and six players scored in double figures for Indiana, whose lights-out shooting in the second quarter saw them seize a seven-point halftime lead that they would push to as many as 16. Brown stayed hot, delivering 31 points on 13-of-21 shooting with six assists. Jayson Tatum added 22 points with nine rebounds and six assists. Читать дальше...
An unrelenting Pat Cummins took 2-10 off nine overs, removing Rohit for nine and KL Rahul for a duck in quick succession on the fifth morning at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. India's hopes of reaching their target of 340 then suffered a further blow when Kohli departed off the final ball before the interval. Kohil had scored just five when he tried to drive a wide delivery from Mitchell Starc and edged to Usman Khawaja at first slip. Opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was 14 not out at the break after grinding for 83 balls... Читать дальше...
Croatia's President Zoran Milanovic will face conservative rival Dragan Primorac in an election run-off in two weeks' time after the incumbent narrowly missed out an outright victory on Sunday, official results showed.
The Los Angeles Lakers great will become the first NBA player ever to play in his teens, 20s, 30s and 40s. A four-time champion, four-time NBA Most Valuable Player and four-time Finals MVP, James continues to excel. In his 22nd season he's averaging 23.5 points, nine assists and 7.5 rebounds per game. Having surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the league's all-time scoring leader in February of 2023 he has taken his total to 41,131. Still in his sights is the record for baskets made -- James's 15,088... Читать дальше...
World leaders and US politicians reacted to news that former US President Jimmy Carter, who as president brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work, has died at age 100.
Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100. Carter served one term in office as the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981) during a turbulent period both domestically and internationally.
