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Erik ten Hag
personManchester United drew 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano in their pre-season friendly. Cristiano Ronaldo was replaced at half-time and left with Diogo Dalot. United boss Erik ten Hag says it was 'unacceptable' for players to leave.
Eric Schmitt
personMissouri attorney general Eric Schmitt emerged from a field of 21 candidates to become the Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate seat in the Show Me State. Schmitt had garnered 45 percent of the vote to Hartzler’s 23.1 percent and Greitens’ 19.4 percent, with 46 percent of all precincts reporting.
HBO Max
organizationHBO Max, which has 73.8 million subscribers, likely to be gutted. Reports blame tax write-off strategy; HBO Max also quietly delists six films. Discovery+ focuses mainly on non-fiction productions and has 22 million subscribers.
Nancy Pelosi
personNancy Pelosi awarded the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon. The order is Taiwan’s highest civilian honour. China has vowed "consequences" and has said it will begin live fire drills close to Taiwan on Thursday.
Vin Scully
personScully broadcast Dodgers games, first in Brooklyn and then in Los Angeles, starting in the spring of 1950. He began with the team as a 22-year-old graduate of Fordham University. He retired after 67 years behind the microphone, at the age of 88, in 2016.
House
organizationChina holds live-fire military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan. Move seen as retaliation toward US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi described Taiwan as "one of the freest societies in the world" China sees Taiwan as a breakaway province that is part of mainland.
Alex Jones
personAlex Jones claimed for years on his show that the Sandy Hook shooting was "staged" by gun control activists. The 48-year-old Jones has since acknowledged it was "100 percent real" Lawyer for parents of Sandy Hook victim Jesse Lewis says Alex Jones perjured himself.
Jackie Walorski
personRep. Jackie Walorski, 58, was riding in an SUV with her communications chief, Emma Thomson, and one of her district directors, Zachery Potts. Police say a northbound car travelled across the centre line and collided, head-on, with the congresswoman's vehicle, killing all three occupants. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ordered the flags at the U.S. Capitol to be flown at half-staff.
Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu
personEkin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti won with 63.69% of the public vote. Gemma Owen and Luca Bish came second with 14.47%. Indiyah Polack and Dami Hope came third with 11.77%. Tasha Ghouri and Andrew Le Page came fourth with 10.07%.
Ayman al-Zawahri
personAyman al-Zawahri was killed on the balcony of a Kabul safe house. The Taliban had promised in the 2020 Doha Agreement that they would not harbor al-Qaida members. The timing of the strike couldn't come at a worse time politically for the Taliban.
Al-Qaeda
organizationTaliban has been crying for international recognition of its government in Afghanistan. US strategy to use the Taliban as an ally in the fight against terrorism has failed miserably. Islamic Emirates made it clear that they cannot be trusted by hosting and sheltering Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Neil Heslin
personJesse Lewis' father says his life was shattered by Alex Jones' portrayals of the school shooting. Neil Heslin calls Jones' absence from the trial "a cowardly act of Alex Jones not facing me"
Miami Dolphins
organizationThe Dolphins forfeited a first-round pick in 2023 and a third-round selection in 2024. A six-month probe found Miami had "impermissible communications" with Tom Brady. The NFL said that the team did not intentionally lose games - or "tank"
Al Qaeda
organizationAyman al-Zawahiri, who took over the terrorist group after founder Osama bin Laden's death, was killed in a CIA drone strike in Kabul on Sunday. Republicans are slamming President Joe Biden for applauding the killing of Al Qaeda's top leader. The strike was carried out early Sunday at an Afghanistan safe house the elderly terrorist had be holed up in. US intelligence officials tracked Zawahri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family.
al Qaeda
organizationTwo Hellfire missiles ended al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's life in a safehouse balcony in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at 6:18 a.m. Sunday. Officials had been aware of a network supporting the terrorist leader in the Afghan capital for months. US intelligence officials tracked Zawahri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family.
Al-Zawahiri
personAl-Zawahiri was Bin Laden's No 2 in Al-Qaeda, the radical jihadist network once led by the Saudi millionaire. The strike was carried out early Sunday at an Afghanistan safe house the elderly terrorist had be holed up in. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Taliban violated the Doha Agreement. The Taliban had pledged in the 2020 Doha agreement not to harbor extremists.
Nancy Pelosi
personU.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan. She is the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island in 25 years. Pelosi is expected to meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Joe Biden
personPresident Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul. Zawahri evaded American arrest for 21 years following the suicide airliner bombings that profoundly altered America and its relationships with other countries. The 9/11 Justice group praised the unrelenting efforts of US agencies which led to his death.
Ayman al-Zawahiri
personTwo Hellfire missiles ended al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's life in a Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, at 6:18 a.m. Sunday. He was Osama Bin Laden's deputy for more than a decade, becoming the terror group's leader after Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALs.
NFL
organizationSaints receiver Kawaan Baker violated the league’s policy on performance-enhancing substances. Baker can participate in all preseason practices and games and is eligible to return to the active roster following the Saints’ Week 6 game against the Bengals. Baker spent most of his rookie season on the practice squad but played two games last season.