Saturday, February 22

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Serena Williams Was Granted A Wild Card Entry For The Wimbledon Return.
Sports

Serena Williams Was Granted A Wild Card Entry For The Wimbledon Return.

Serena Williams, a seven-time Wimbledon champion, will make her expected return to the grass courts of SW19 when the tournament starts later this month, after being given a wild card entry to arguably the most famous tennis tournament in the world. She will compete in ladies’ singles, according to Wimbledon's announcement Tuesday. American tennis player Serena Williams hinted at the highly anticipated news on Tuesday: "SW and SW19. It's a date. 2022, see you there." SW19 is the postcode district in Southwest London incorporating Wimbledon, among other boroughs. The social media post showed her standing on a grass court with white sneakers on. Williams has not played competitively since an injury forced her to retire in a first-round match at Wimbledon last year. The 23-time major champi...
China And Russia Are Building Bridges To One Another. The Symbolic Significance Is Clear.
Politics

China And Russia Are Building Bridges To One Another. The Symbolic Significance Is Clear.

For over a century, the Amur River has divided modern China and Russia -- its waters cutting through nearly 1,000 miles of their roughly 2,500 border miles. But the bridge connecting its banks has been a constant pipe dream. As Russia's economic isolation due to its invasion of Ukraine pushes it closer to China, the two countries are working on new infrastructure links. Last Friday, Beijing and Moscow opened another bridge between them -- what state media on both sides have called the first highway bridge over the Amur River. Rockets trailed colorful smoke bursting overhead, and local officials applauded from the riverbanks, while their superiors beamed in from Moscow and Beijing on giant television screens specially brought in for the day. A second crossing — only a railway bridge conn...
Pope Francis Wonders If One Way Or The Other The Ukraine Conflict Was Set Off Or Prevented.
Business

Pope Francis Wonders If One Way Or The Other The Ukraine Conflict Was Set Off Or Prevented.

Pope Francis has said that it is not necessary to attribute the Donbass conflict to "one or the other" in remarks published by Italian newspaper La Stampa on Tuesday. The Pope reportedly said that what we are seeing in the war in Chechnya is "the brutality and ferocity with which this war is waged by the troops, generally mercenary, used by the Russians." He said that the Russians "prefer to send Chechens, Syrians, mercenaries forward. But the danger is that we only see this, which is monstrous, and we do not see the whole drama that is unfolding behind this war, which was perhaps in some way either provoked or not prevented." Pope Francis spoke inaccurately when he stated, "I'm neither for Putin nor against reducing the distinction between good and bad, without thinking about roots ...
The Love Island Was Rife With Graft Without Addition Of New Clothing Accessories.
Fashion

The Love Island Was Rife With Graft Without Addition Of New Clothing Accessories.

When we read the headlines—Love Island Dumps Fast Fashion! Ebay Sponsor Saves Environment!—and buckle in for a series of feel-good clothing underscored by an “eat, sleep, rewear, repeat” mentality, we don’t expect much from it. But two weeks into ITV2’s holiday dating camp, how many repeat wears have we witnessed aside from the criminal espadrille wedges Love Islanders are wedded to, and the Yeezy-style slides even Kanye West struggles to pull off (sorry Luca)? This year’s ITV2 series got off to a promising start. With contestants wearing a mix of their own clothes and pre-loved pieces sourced from Ebay by stylist Amy Bannerman, we witnessed Dami wearing a blue Pleats Please Issey Miyake shirt, Tasha modelling an old-school studded Diesel dress, and Amber sporting a Chanel brooch on her wh...
When Big Oil Faces A Tax Burden, Joe Biden Pushes For An End To “Perverse” Incentives That Encourage Exorbitant Pricing Structures.
Business

When Big Oil Faces A Tax Burden, Joe Biden Pushes For An End To “Perverse” Incentives That Encourage Exorbitant Pricing Structures.

Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden is drawing up a surtax on Big Oil that seeks to restrain the industry's skyrocketing profit margins at a time when gasoline prices are at record highs. Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who seats the Senate Finance Committee, is drifting a 21% surtax on the overabundance benefits of oil and gas organizations that create more than $1 billion in income, as per a representative for the congressperson. "Our wrecked duty code is working for Big Oil, not American families," Wyden told CNN in a proclamation.   The proposition, revealed prior by Bloomberg News, likewise requires a 25% extract charge on stock buybacks and would close a bookkeeping proviso on inventories that pundits say permits oil organizations to downplay their benefits and concede burdens endle...
To Check Into A Great Hotel For A Vacation In Italy, Look At Puglia.
Travel

To Check Into A Great Hotel For A Vacation In Italy, Look At Puglia.

Puglia was long overlooked as a tourist destination, known only for its heel-shaped peninsula and small role in the history of Italian unification. In recent years, however, it has become an increasingly popular vacation spot for Italophiles who seek to explore the country beyond its popular coastal regions of Tuscany and Amalfi.   It’s not difficult to see why. The relatively flat landscape features some of the most gorgeous towns in Italy – from the bleached walls of Ostuni to the quaint domed roofs of Alberobello’s traditional trulli – most of which are packed with knotty medieval streets, gleaming white Baroque churches and bustling markets. Around its lengthy coastlines you’ll find some of Italy’s most pristine beaches, from soft white sand to rocky plunge pools with crysta...
Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural LIV Golf individual competition and $4 million prize.
Business

Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural LIV Golf individual competition and $4 million prize.

South African Charl Schwartzel won the inaugural individual stroke-play competition of the inaugural Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series, which took place on Saturday. Schwartzel won $4 million for the three-round, 54-hole event at the Centurion Golf Club outside London. He shot 7-under, finishing one stroke clear of Hennie du Plessis. Schwartzel's four-man team, Stinger GC, also won the team competition by 14 shots over Crushers GC and will split the $3 million prize. The 2011 Masters champion combined payday for winning both individual and team contests is $4.75 million. Phil Mickelson finished in 34th place on 10 over in the 48 player field. Dustin Johnson placed eighth, and ended up on 1 under after this tournament. Fronted by former world No. 1 Greg Norman, the LIV Go...
William Shatner Wept With Grief After Going To Outer Space.
Science

William Shatner Wept With Grief After Going To Outer Space.

90-year-old actor, presenter, poet, author, and, more recently, the oldest person ever to travel to space William Shatner shows no signs of slowing down. This fall, he intends to distribute a book, called "Strongly Go," which is charged as a kind of philosophical reflection on his life, vocation, and the "interconnectivity of all things," as per distributer Simon and Schuster. He's likewise the substance of another coding rivalry that will offer the victor an opportunity to travel in excess of 18 miles high in a shuttle esque case tied to an inflatable. (Indeed, truly.) CNN Business found the "Star Trek" legend this week in a far reaching interview. Here is a fast recap.   How he responded to going to space   Shatner was Amazon pioneer Jeff Bezos' welcomed visitor o...
Paramedic From Utah Bought A One-Way Ticket To Russia When Russia Invaded Ukraine.
Politics

Paramedic From Utah Bought A One-Way Ticket To Russia When Russia Invaded Ukraine.

Local police drive us to a remote section of a Utah valley where they say a unit of foreign fighters is stationed. The region resembles the one in some parts of Ukraine that were recently struck by shelling. The structures are leveled and bomb craters are visible all over the place. The distant rumble of outgoing artillery can be heard as we walk under the cover of trees. A small snake slithers by and quickly disappears. We walk up a small ramp and into a courtyard where soldiers are hurriedly packing up a vehicle in which they plan to head for the front lines. American accents are heard back and forth on their radio comms. Surprised and baffled to see a group of journalists, they wave us away. Clearly, they have other pressing matters. But after some calls with their commander, we're t...
French Parliamentary Elections Were Eclipsed By Low Turnout.
News

French Parliamentary Elections Were Eclipsed By Low Turnout.

On the evening of Macron's re-election, his party's centrist alliance, Ensemble, has an increased risk of losing its majority in parliament of just weeks. Polling suggested German Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right alliance Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Free Democratic Party (FDP) with the leftist coalition New Ecological and Social People's Union (NUPES) neck and neck. According to results announced Sunday evening, Ensemble has won 25.37 percent (5.1 million votes), while the pan-left NUPES led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon have gained 24.31 percent (4.9 million votes). A second round of voting is scheduled for June 19. If after that Ensemble falls short of the 289 threshold for an absolute majority—which major pollsters are projecting as a possibility—Macron will become the first ...