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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.
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.
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.
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’
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.
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.
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.
Roman Polanski
personRoman Polanski fled the U.S. as a fugitive on the eve of sentencing in 1978. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in exchange for prosecutors dropping drug, rape and sodomy charges. Polanski's 13-year-old victim testified before a grand jury that Polanski gave her champagne and part of a sedative.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
personShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce won a fifth World Championship 100m title. 35-year-old clocked a time of 10.67 seconds to win another world title. She finished ahead of Shericka Jackson and Elaine Thompson-Herah. Britain's Dina Asher-Smith just missed out in fourth.
Sky News
organizationSky News cancels third and final Tory leadership debate. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss confirmed they wouldn't be attending. Comes amid concerns debates have exposed 'disagreements and splits'
Ben Affleck
personJennifer, 52, and Ben, 49, tied the knot in Las Vegas on Saturday. The couple first met on the set of their film Gigli in December 2001.
Steve Bannon
personBannon, 68, is facing two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress. He declined to provide testimony or documents to the House of Representatives committee. Each count carries a minimum sentence of 30 days of jail and a maximum sentence of a year behind bars.
Jennifer Lopez
personLopez announced their marriage Sunday in her newsletter for fans with the heading "We did it" The couple met 20 years ago while on the set of the 2003 film Gigli.
Devon Allen
personPhiladelphia Eagles wide receiver Devon Allen was disqualified for a false start during the 110-meters hurdles semifinals at the 2022 World Athletic Championships. Allen ran off the block. 0.099 seconds after the gun — runners have to wait until. 1 seconds after.
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.
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.
Cameron Smith
personCameron Smith wins 150th British Open at St Andrews. First Australian to lift Claret Jug since Greg Norman in 1993. World number six overhauled four-shot deficit to claim maiden major title.