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Muhammad Yunus
personYunus landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday afternoon. He will be sworn in on Thursday night by President Mohammed Shahabuddin. Yunus was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his work developing microcredit markets.
Sobhita Dhulipala
personNaga Chaitanya and Sobhita Dhulipala got engaged in Hyderabad on Thursday. Chay's father, Nagarjuna Akkineni, officiated the ceremony. The couple are expected to tie the knot later in 2024.
Taylor Swift
personThree Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called off. Officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area. Swift has yet to address the alleged plot or share plans for the remainder of her tour.
Taylor Swift
personTaylor Swift was due to perform at Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Officials announced they had made arrests over the plot to attack the Vienna area.
Cori Bush
personCori Bush lost her bid for re-election in Missouri’s First Congressional district by a landslide. She was defeated by Democrat Wesley Bell, who does not share her stridently anti-Israel views. Bush earned AIPAC's ire for calling Israel an "apartheid state"
Tim Walz
personKamala Harris picked Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her 2024 vice presidential running mate. Walz, 60, served in the National Guard for 24 years after joining in 1981 when he was just 17 years old. In a video clip that the Harris campaign first posted, Walz is heard claiming he carried 'weapons of war' in war. He never deployed to “war” or a combat zone throughout his 24-plus years in the Army National Guard.
Vinesh Phogat
personVinesh Phogat is the first Indian woman to compete for Olympic gold in wrestling. She will face American Sarah Ann Hildebrandt in the women's 50kg freestyle category final. #Dangal2 trended on X (formerly Twitter) as netizens wanted filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari to make a sequel.
George Mills
personTeam GB runner George Mills fell over in the final 100m of the 5000m. The 25-year-old became entangled with his opponent Hugo Hay's legs. Mills confirmed he would appeal, claiming he had been "taken out"
Vinesh Phogat
personVinesh Phogat was found to be overweight by 100 grams on day two of the weigh-in. The Indian Olympic Association confirmed her disqualification at 8.30am Paris time. Vinesh will be replaced by the Cuban wrestler, Yuznelys Guzman.
Elon Musk
personElon Musk accused of being an ‘attention seeker’ and ‘PR manager for the far right’ Social media expert Matt Navarra called Mr Musk the ‘world’s biggest attention-seeking billionaire’ Musk escalated his spat with Sir Keir Starmer, calling him ‘Two-tier Keir’ He has been praised by right-wing activist Tommy Robinson.
Sheikh Hasina
personSheikh Hasina forced to leave the country amid mass protests against her government. She landed at a military airfield near New Delhi on Monday after leaving Dhaka. Hundreds broke into her residence, vandalising and looting the interiors.
The decision is a stark rebuke of Google’s business practices and carries profound implications for the tech industry as a whole. Google controls close to 90 per cent of the online search market and 95 per cent on smartphones.
Keely Hodgkinson
personHodgkinson won gold in the women's 800m final at the Stade de France. The 22-year-old is the first British woman to claim Olympic 800m gold since Dame Kelly Holmes at the Athens Games in 2004. Ethiopia’s Tsige Duguma took silver, and Kenya's Mary Moraa took third.
Kamala Harris
personKamala Harris is the first Black woman and Asian American to top a major party ticket. Walz will be a good surrogate for Harris across the upper Midwest. He has a background representing rural communities and enacting progressive priorities.
Cole Hocker
personCole Hocker wins men's 1500m title in Olympic record time. Josh Kerr claims 1500m silver for Great Britain in Paris. Jack Carlin, Ed Lowe, and Hamish Turnbull win men's team sprint silver.
Tim Walz
personMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz is under fire for his handling of the George Floyd riots in May 2020. Walz resisted sending in the National Guard to address the escalating violence in the city for three days. After the third night of rioting, where a police precinct was set on fire, Walz admitted they had failed to properly respond. Donald Trump said Walz would be the "worst vice president in history"
Neeraj Chopra
personIndia's Neeraj Chopra and Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem will compete in the men's javelin final at the Paris Olympics. Chopra became the first Indian Olympian to win a gold medal in an athletics event. The 26-year-old crossed the automatic qualifying mark of 84m in his opening throw.
Vinesh Phogat
personVinesh Phogat defeated Cuba’s Yusneylis Guzman Lopezi 5-0 in the semifinals. She is the second Indian woman wrestler to secure an Olympic medal after Sakshi Malik. Vinesh will wrestle American Sarah Hildebrandt for the gold medal on Wednesday.
Tim Walz
personMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz is the vice presidential running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. The 60-year-old Democrat rose to the forefront with a series of plain-spoken television appearances. Walz credited with helping launch the "weird" movement among fellow Democrats.
Elon Musk
personShares of Amazon.com Inc went down by 8.8 per cent on Friday. This dropped Bezos' net worth to $191.5billion. Zuckerberg's Meta Platforms Inc shares fell by 1.9 per cent, causing him to lose more than $3billion in value. Musk's net worth of $252billion also dropped by $6.6billion as his Tesla shares plunged by 4.2 per cent.