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Shericka Jackson
personJamaica's Shericka Jackson wins 200m gold at the World Athletics Championships. Jackson set a championship record of 21.45 seconds. Newly-crowned 100m gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce took silver in 21.81 seconds.
Joe Biden
personBiden tested positive for the coronavirus COVID-19 on Thursday morning. The 79-year-old has been fully vaccinated and twice boosted. He is taking the anti-viral Paxlovid and will isolate at the White House for five days. Biden is the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States.
One Medical
organizationAmazon will pay $18 a share for One Medical, putting the deal's value at about $3.9 billion. The acquisition will greatly expand the primary care services Amazon is already offering.
Sonia Gandhi
personCongress Party accuses Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government of running a "political vendetta" The complaint against 75-year-old party president and her son Rahul Gandhi was lodged nine years ago. ED has asked Sonia Gandhi to depose before it on July 21 for questioning.
Thomas Lane
personFormer officer Thomas Lane was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday for his role in the 2020 death of George Floyd. Lane was convicted of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020. The killing of Floyd, who was Black, sparked protests in Minneapolis and around the world over racial injustice in policing. Lane is required to pay restitution and will be placed on supervised release for two years after serving his time.
Tiggy Legge-Bourke
personTiggy Legge-Bourke was falsely accused of having an affair with Prince Charles. Allegations were used to obtain Martin Bashir’s 1995 interview with Diana. BBC director-general Tim Davie said broadcaster would “never show the programme again’
Mario Draghi
personMario Draghi's government of national unity imploded Wednesday after members of his uneasy coalition of right, left and populists rebuffed his appeal. Italian stocks shed 1.9%, while broader European shares fell just 0.3%. Lenders UniCredit and BPER Banca slid between 3% and 4%.
Dave Chappelle
personFirst Avenue apologised for booking him and said the show would move to another theatre. Venue said it must hold itself "to the highest standards" Comedian has been accused of taking particular aim at the transgender community in his comedy specials.
Droupadi Murmu
personDroupadi Murmu was on Thursday declared elected as the 15th President of India. She defeated Opposition’s joint candidate Yashwant Sinha by securing 64.03 per cent votes. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated Murmu and said the country will sincerely look up to her.
Jake Wightman
personThe 28-year-old won in three minutes 29.23 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Spain's Mohamed Katir. He becomes the first Briton to win the 1500m in 39 years, since Steve Cram's victory in 1983. His dad Geoff commentated on the race as his son crossed the finish line.
Dan Cox
personState Del. Dan Cox beat Kelly Schulz, the state’s former commerce secretary, on Tuesday in a race that had been a major GOP proxy war. Incumbent GOP Gov. Larry Hogan, a vocal Trump critic, backed Schulz. Cox will face the winner of Tuesday's Democratic primary, which centered on three leading candidates.
Henrik Stenson
personHenrik Stenson has been stripped of his Ryder Cup captaincy by Team Europe. The 46-year-old is understood to be on the verge of signing up for the Saudi-backed breakaway LIV Golf Series. Luke Donald, Robert Karlsson, Paul Lawrie, Thomas Bjorn and Edoardo Molinari head five-man Ryder Cup shortlist.
Liz Truss
personLiz Truss picked up 71 votes from Conservative MPs in the latest round of voting, up from 64 in the round prior to that. Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt came in third and was eliminated. Some 180,000 party members will be asked to choose either Truss or former Treasury chief Rishi Sunak.
Pete Arredondo
personPete Arredondo has been widely criticized for his handling of the shooting rampage that killed 19 children and two teachers in May. A Texas House committee determined the response to the shooting was a result of “systemic failures and egregious poor decision making’
Giancarlo Stanton
personAmerican League wins its ninth straight All-Star Game, beating the National League 3-2. Giancarlo Stanton, of the New York Yankees, was named the All-Stars MVP for his clutch hitting. Paul Goldschmidt hit a solo homer with two outs.
Netflix
organizationUS streaming giant reported subscriber numbers fell 1m between April and June. It marks Netflix’s second consecutive quarter of subscriber losses. A lower-priced, ad-supported tier of Netflix subscriptions is due in early 2023.
Crystal Palace
organizationManchester United beat Crystal Palace 3-1 in a pre-season friendly in Melbourne. Anthony Martial, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho all scored. Joel Ward pulled one back for Palace with a header from a corner.
Anthony Fauci
personAnthony Fauci, 81, said he will have retired by the time Joe Biden’s first term in the White House ends in January 2025. He had previously said he hoped to step down only after the pandemic was closer to its end. Fast-mutating Covid variants have fuelled a resurgence in infections and hospitalizations.
Prince Harry
personDuke of Sussex slammed for 'virtue-signaling' during UN speech. Made thinly-veiled attack on Supreme Court's Roe v Wade ruling. Claimed it was part of 'global assault on democracy and freedom' Comes after his wife Meghan said he had a 'gutteral' reaction to ruling.
Volodymyr Zelensky
personUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses his state security chief and prosecutor general. He cites hundreds of criminal proceedings into treason and collaboration by their departments. At least 353 Ukrainian children have died as a result of Russia's invasion, says Juvenile Prosecutor's Office.