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Venus Williams
personSerena and Venus Williams lost 7-6 (5) 6-4 to the Czech duo of Lucie Hradecka and 17-year-old Linda Noskova. It was the first time Arthur Ashe Stadium hosted a first-round doubles match. Serena will return to Flushing Meadows on Friday to play Ajla Tomljanovic.
Narendra Modi
personINS Vikrant is India's first indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC) built at a cost of Rs 20,000 crore. The 262-meter-long carrier has a full displacement of close to 45,000 tonnes. The 47,400-ton warship will be fully operational by the end of 2023.
Newt Gingrich
personThe House Jan. 6 committee has obtained emails showing how the former House speaker turned Republican operative played a role behind the scenes. Gingrich called the committee a "Stalinist show trial" and a "publicity stunt"
Linda Noskova
personSerena and Venus Williams lose first doubles match together in 4 1/2 years. Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova win 7-6 (5), 6-4 at Flushing Meadows. Serena beat Anett Kontaveit on the same court just 24 hours ago.
Lucie Hradecka
personSerena and Venus Williams lost 7-6 (5) 6-4 to Czech duo Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. It was their first doubles match together in over four years. Serena plays Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday night in the third round of singles.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
personPierre-Emerick Aubameyang will 100% fit in at Chelsea, says Thomas Tuchel. The striker has been fitted with a specialist mask to protect his broken jaw. Dan James has passed his medical with Fulham ahead of a season-long switch. AC Milan have signed Aster Vranckx on loan from Wolfsburg.
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
personArgentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner had a gun pointed at her. Incident took place at the entrance of her Buenos Aires home on Thursday. No shots were fired and no one was injured in the incident.
Gazprom
organizationKremlin warns future operation of the Nord Stream pipeline is at risk due to a lack of spare parts. Leaked Treasury forecasts revealed the spiraling crisis will massively profit energy giants.
Serena Williams
personSerena and Venus Williams lost 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 to Czechs Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova. Match was the first opening-round doubles contest ever to begin a night session on Arthur Ashe Stadium. Top-seeded Iga Swiatek drilled American Sloan Stephens 6-3, 6-2.
Thomas Webster
personFormer NYPD officer gets 10 years in longest U.S. Capitol attack sentence. Thomas Webster was found guilty in May of assaulting a Washington police officer. Judge Amit Mehta said Webster threw away a lifetime of respect for 20 years as a police officers.
Boris Johnson
personAnn Widdecombe praised Boris Johnson's leadership of the Tory Party. Hails plans to build eight nuclear reactors in the UK, at a pace equivalent to one a year rather than one a decade.
Mary Peltola
personMary Peltola, a Democrat, will represent Alaska's lone U.S. House seat. She edged Sarah Palin by 3 percentage points, 51.5% to 48.5%. She will be the first Alaska Native and woman to represent the state in the House. The single House seat was held for almost 50 years by Republican Don Young.
Rosmah Mansor
personRosmah Mansor convicted on charges of soliciting and receiving 6.5m ringgit (£1.2m) between 2016 and 2017. Conviction came just nine days after her husband Najib Razak began serving a 12-year jail term for offences linked to the 1MDB financial scandal.
Arthur Melo
personLiverpool set to sign Juventus star Arthur Melo on season-long loan. Brazilian international will undergo a medical at Anfield today. Jurgen Klopp had belatedly made a priority signing due to injuries.
Manuel Akanji
personManuel Akanji has joined Manchester City from Borussia Dortmund. The 27-year-old Swiss international was at the Etihad on Wednesday to undergo a medical and put the finishing touches to his move. Newcastle have made an approach to sign West Ham's right-back Harrison Ashby. Fulham have agreed a fee with Benfica to sign striker Carlos Vinicius.
Lukoil
organizationLukoil chairman Ravil Maganov, 67, was pronounced dead after plunging from ward on sixth floor. Police are investigating the cause of his fall, which came months after Lukoil publicly opposed Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
Sarah Palin
personSarah Palin defeated in special election to represent Alaska in US Congress. Democrat Mary Peltola won by a narrow margin on Wednesday. She will be the first Alaskan Native to serve as a lawmaker in Washington. The next election will be held 8 November.
Serena Williams
personSerena Williams beat Anett Kontaveit 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2 at the US Open. The 23-time Grand Slam champion entered the tournament ranked 605th. Williams advances to a third-round meeting on Friday against Ajla Tomljanović.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
personPierre-Emerick Aubameyang will join Chelsea in £10.3m deal from Barcelona. Defender Marcos Alonso is expected to go the other way. The Blues are also close to completing a loan deal for Juventus midfielder Denis Zakaria. Arsenal are making a second bid to sign Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz.
Bill Turnbull
personBill Turnbull, 66, passed away at his home in Suffolk on Monday. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2017 and took a leave of absence from his radio show at Classic FM to focus on his health. Turnbull returned to his show in August but died at home on Wednesday (31 August)