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2022-01-04 21:00:06 Heat is on Nick Kyrgios’s critical summer as Australian Open looms | Courtney Walsh

The Australian’s withdrawal from a Melbourne warm-up event leaves him in a fight to stay in touch with the top 100Nick Kyrgios will arrive in Sydney later this week with a lowly rankings status he has not borne since his stunning breakout performance at Wimbledon back in 2014.The Australian started a summer critical to his ability to retain a place on the main ATP Tour in unfortunate circumstances when forced to withdraw from a tournament in Melbourne on Tuesday. Continue reading...

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#Australian_Open_2022 #Nick_Kyrgios #Australia_sport #Australian_Open #Sport Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:40:24 Mikaela Shiffrin returns from Covid-19 absence to retain World Cup lead

American finishes second behind Petra Vlhova in Zagreb slalomShiffrin had missed two races after positive Covid testSlovakia’s Petra Vlhova won the women’s World Cup slalom at Zagreb in tough race conditions on Tuesday for her fourth win in five races this season. Mikaela Shiffrin finished five-tenths of a second behind in second place upon her return to competition following a positive Covid-19 test and missing two races last week.Shiffrin, who was only cleared to race on Monday, was the only racer to finish within two seconds of Vlhova’s winning time. Slalom world champion Katharina Liensberger was 2.11 behind in third. Continue reading...

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#Mikaela_Shiffrin #Skiing #US_sports #Sport Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:40:19 ‘A real miracle’: dog saves injured hiker stranded in Croatian mountains

Dog kept man warm and safe until rescuers found himA dog saved a hiker injured in the Croatian mountains by lying on top of him for 13 hours until they were rescued, according to local media.The dog, called North, kept Grga Brkic warm after he fell while out hiking and was unable to move. The other two hikers with him were unable to reach them, so they raised the alarm. Continue reading...

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#Croatia #World_news #Europe #Animals Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:40:14 Emma Watson pro-Palestinian post sparks antisemitism row

Israeli officials attack actor’s message, and are accused of ‘cynical weaponisation’ of termEmma Watson has been accused of antisemitism by Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations after she posted a message of support for the Palestinian cause.Watson, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, posted an image on Instagram showing a photograph of a pro-Palestinian protest with the banner “Solidarity is a Verb” written across it. It was accompanied with a quote about the meaning of solidarity from the intersectional feminist scholar Sara Ahmed. Continue reading...

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#Israel #Palestinian_territories #Emma_Watson #Middle_East_and_North_Africa #World_news Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:40:11 Gas price hike of more than 30% stokes home bills fears for Europe

Rise comes amid ongoing concern about intentions of Russia as supplies flow east for 15th day in rowEuropean gas prices have risen by more than 30% on Tuesday, adding to mounting concerns about the rising cost of heating a home, as supplies that usually come into Europe from Siberia continued to flow eastwards for the 15th day in a row.The Kremlin has repeatedly denied using Russia’s vast gas resources to turn the screw on Europe, after gas coming through the Yamal-Europe pipeline reversed direction three days before Christmas. Continue reading...

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#Gas #Business #Russia #Germany #Europe Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:40:06 Prince Andrew’s lawyers fight to dismiss Virginia Guiffre lawsuit in court

Arguments via videoconference come day after unsealing of a 2009 settlement between Giuffre and Jeffrey EpsteinLawyers for Prince Andrew and Virginia Giuffre, who has long accused the royal of sexual abuse, faced off in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, in his attempt to dismiss her civil lawsuit.The arguments via videoconference came a day after the unsealing of a 2009 settlement between Giuffre and the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading...

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2022-01-04 20:20:11 Paraguayan presidential guard dies after being impaled by deer

Closed circuit cameras captured the attack by the deer which was a donation to the presidential residenceA Paraguayan military officer has died after being attacked by a deer that ran an antler through his chest while he was serving in a security detail at the presidential residence in the capital, Asunción.Infantry assistant sergeant Victor Isasi Flecha, 42, died on Monday night as a result of “piercing injuries” caused by the animal, said a statement from the military forces of the South American country. Continue reading...

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#Paraguay #Americas #World_news Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:20:06 Revealed: just 7% of trafficking victims given leave to remain in UK

Government accused of failing those at risk of falling back into traffickers’ hands in home countriesOnly 7% of confirmed victims of trafficking from overseas have been granted leave to remain in the last five years according to new data disclosed to the Guardian.A Home Office data shows that 447 out of 6,066 confirmed trafficking victims who requested leave to remain between April 2016 and June 2021 were granted it – 7%. Continue reading...

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#Immigration_and_asylum #UK_news #Slavery Open / Comment

2022-01-04 20:00:12 Stephen Colbert on 2022: ‘An unprecedented third year of 2020’

Late-night hosts ring in the new year and discuss the Omicron wave, CDC guidance change on isolation, and Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter suspensionStephen Colbert returned to his first Late Show of 2022 – “an unprecedented third straight year of 2020” – with an update on Covid’s Omicron variant, which surged across the US over the holidays. Continue reading...

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2022-01-04 20:00:07 Swedbank ex-chief charged over money laundering scandal

Birgitte Bonnesen accused of fraud and market manipulation in relation to high-risk transactions in BalticsThe former chief executive of Swedbank has been charged with fraud, market manipulation and the unauthorised disclosure of inside information, after an investigation into a large-scale money laundering scandal in the Baltics.Birgitte Bonnesen, who was sacked as chief executive two years ago when the scandal came to light, “repeatedly spread misleading information” that the bank did not have any issues with its anti-money laundering (AML) processes in Estonia, according to Sweden’s Economic Crime Authority. Continue reading...

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#Banking #Sweden #Estonia #Business #Europe Open / Comment