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Leslie Grace
personThe DC film was set to feature Hollywood stars Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser, JK Simmons and Leslie Grace. Filming was recently completed on the project and it was officially in post-production. Warner Bros attributed the cancellation to "a strategic shift"
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.
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.
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.
South East Water
organizationSouth East Water said it ‘may need to impose more formal bans’ to maintain supplies for essential use. The firm cited extreme dry conditions as it asked customers to start conserving water use from next week.
Vin Scully
personVin Scully died at his home in Hidden Hills, California, the team said. He retired after 67 years behind the microphone, at the age of 88, in 2016. Scully will be replaced by Spanish language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin.
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.
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.