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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.
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.
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.
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.
Chelsea
organizationChelsea are close to completing a £52.5m deal for Brighton defender Marc Cucurella. Brighton are understood to be pushing hard towards a separate deal for Chelsea’s highly-rated centre-back Levi Colwill. Chelsea are willing to offer Leicester City defender Wesley Fofana £200k-a-week. The Blues have agreed a deal for £15m Aston Villa wonderkid Carney Chukwuemeka.
Donald Trump
personTudor Dixon, a conservative commentator and former online news host, won Michigan’s GOP gubernatorial primary by double digits over her rivals. Trump also scored another big win in Michigan, with the primary defeat of Rep. Peter Meijer, one of the ten House Republicans who voted to impeach the then-president for inciting the deadly Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Juan Soto
personThe Padres and Nationals have agreed to a multiplayer deal contingent on San Diego first baseman Eric Hosmer waiving his no-trade provision. The Nationals would get Hosmer, left-hander MacKenzie Gore and prospects James Wood, C.J. Abrams and Jarlin Susana.
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%.
Tiger Woods
personTiger Woods will not be an assistant at this year's Presidents Cup. U.S. captain Davis Love III names Steve Stricker and Webb Simpson as his final two assistants. LIV Golf CEO Greg Norman has revealed the size of the offer Tiger Woods reportedly turned down to join the controversial breakaway series.
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.
Premier League
organizationDiogo Jota signs new five-year contract with Liverpool. Bernd Leno is believed to be close to joining Fulham. Newcastle refuse to give up on pursuit of Leicester's James Maddison. Wesley Fofana has sparked speculation about his future.
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.
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
personUS Parliament Speaker Nancy Pelosi has reached the capital Taipei for her visit to Taiwan. China views Taiwan as part of its territory, while Taiwan sees itself as a sovereign country. Beijing has warned of "forceful measures" if Pelosi goes ahead with the trip.
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"
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.
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.
BP
organizationBP posts best quarterly profit in 14 years of £6.9bn as surging energy prices lead to a bonanza. Group declared a 10% dividend hike and a $3.5bn share buyback scheme. Shell last week reported record quarterly profits of nearly £10bn.