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Facebook parent Meta reports that its revenue decline for a second consecutive quarter. Sales shrank 4% compared to a year ago to $27.7bn, while profits halved. Shares of the company slumped 13% to their lowest level since 2017. Facebook parent has now lost $650B in market valuation so far this year.
Novak Djokovic
personNovak Djokovic says he has been given 'positive signs' that he will be allowed to enter Australia and compete in the Australian Open. The 35-year-old Serbian was deported from Australia in the lead-up to the Grand Slam tournament this year. The former world number one is hoping to hear soon whether his visa ban set aside.
Pete Musico
personJoseph Morrison, his father-in-law Pete Musico, and Paul Bellar were found guilty of providing “material support” for a terrorist act. Jurors read and heard violent, anti-government screeds as well as support for the "boogaloo" The three men face up to 22 years in prison.
John Fetterman
personPennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, who suffered a stroke earlier this year, agreed to only one debate and had requested closed captioning for him to read. Critics on both sides of the aisle declared the debate a "disaster" for the Democrat. The Oz campaign declared victory in the debate once it concluded.
Aaron Donald
personThe pair are the highest-profile athletes associated with Donda Sports. The agency represents the athletes interests outside the field and plays no part in negotiating their contracts with their teams. Kanye West has been under fire for antisemitic remarks.
Alphabet
organizationGoogle-parent Alphabet stumbled on Tuesday, reporting weaker-than-expected earnings for Q3. YouTube even reported a drop in revenue, falling 2% versus analyst expectations of an increase of roughly 3%. One analyst predicts a slew of bad corporate earnings will continue through next quarter.
Argo AI
organizationArgo AI, a promising developer of self-driving car technology, is shutting down and being dissolved. Ford is taking a $2.7 billion accounting charge to reduce the value of its investment in Argo. Ford reported a net loss of $800 million for the third quarter, or 21 cents a share.
Darrell Brooks
personDarrell Brooks found guilty of all 76 charges, including six counts of first-degree intentional homicide. Brooks represented himself, unsuccessfully arguing that he didn’t intentionally kill his victims. Four women, one man and an eight-year-old girl were killed in the November 21, 2021 rampage.
Mahsa Amini
personMahsa Amini, 22, died on September 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest. Anger flared at her funeral and quickly sparked the biggest wave of protests to rock the Islamic republic in almost three years. Young women and schoolgirls have led the charge, burning their hijab headscarves.
Microsoft
organizationMicrosoft reported a 14% drop in profit for the July-September quarter. Revenue of $50.1 billion in the quarter, up 11% from last year.
Google parent company Alphabet has recorded their second slowest quarter of growth since 2013. Earnings per share missed analyst forecasts by 15.44% and has highlighted concerns over the future of advertising revenue. Apple’s recent updates are causing direct hits to the ad revenue for companies like Google, Meta and Snap.
Herschel Walker
personHerschel Walker is running for U.S. Senate in Georgia. He has been accused of encouraging and paying for an abortion in 1993. A former girlfriend said he did the same for her in 2009.
James Cleverly
personHomosexuality is illegal in Qatar, where homosexuality can be punishable by death. Decision to host this year's World Cup in Qatar has received immense criticism with human rights groups scrutinising the treatment of local workers.
Champions League
organizationBarcelona are out of the Champions League after Inter Milan's win over Viktoria Plzen. Atletico Madrid missed a stoppage-time penalty in a 2-2 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusens. Porto go into next February's knockout stage after a 4-0 win at Club Brugge. Juventus lost 4-3 in a thrilling match away at Benfica. Celtic are bottom of their Champions League group after a 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk.
Jaylen Brown
personNFL star Aaron Donald and NBA star Jaylen Brown each announced they have parted ways with Kanye West's Donda Sports agency. Donald, 31, and his wife Erica called West's comments "irresponsible and go against everything we believe in as a family"
Donda Sports
organizationLos Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and Boston Celtics swingman Jaylen Brown terminated their associations with Donda Sports on Tuesday. Both star athletes emphatically dropped the agency owned by Ye, as the music mogul is now known. German sportswear giant Adidas also ended its lucrative partnership with Ye.
Yeezy
organizationAdidas says it will stop production of its line of Yeezy products and stop payments to Ye and his companies. Comes after recent race-related controversies which began when he and conservative commentator Candace Owens donned tops that read White Lives Matter.
Champions League
organizationRafa Silva scores twice as Benfica beats Juventus 4-3 in Champions League. It's the first time Juventus has failed to advance since the 2013-14 season. PSG beat Maccabi Haifa 7-2 as Lionel Messi scored twice. Barcelona face a tough task to progress from their group after disappointing results in back-to-back games with Inter Milan.
Kanye West
personAdidas ended its estimated €250m partnership with West on Tuesday. Talent agency CAA also cut ties with West. Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel called for companies to boycott West. MRC Entertainment also said it would scrap a completed documentary about the rapper.
More than 1,559 customers reported issues sending and receiving messages. Issues also appeared to be affecting Apple’s FaceTime service. The cause of the outage was not immediately clear.