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Nancy Pelosi
personPelosi is fully vaccinated and has received her booster shots. Diagnosis comes a day after she joined President Joe Biden and other senior figures at the signing of a Postal Service bill. Pelosi is the eighth member of Congress to test positive this week.
Senate
organizationKetanji Brown Jackson, 51, becomes the first Black woman to earn a seat on the nation’s highest court after the 53-47 confirmation vote in the Senate. Jackson will succeed Justice Stephen Breyer when he retires this summer after 28 years on the court.
Supreme Court
organizationJudge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed in a bipartisan vote, with three Republicans supporting her. She will replace Justice Breyer when he retires this summer after 28 years on the court. White men will not be the majority on the nation's premier judicial bench for the first time in 233 years.
Jamal Khashoggi
personA Turkish court on Thursday transferred the trial of 26 individuals accused of murdering Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to Saudi Arabia. Human rights groups and advocates for the media quickly slammed the decision. Decision comes despite warnings from human rights groups that turning the case over to the kingdom would lead to a cover up.
Thomas Tuchel
personReal Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick for the reigning European champions. Thomas Tuchel claimed Chelsea had no chance of overturning the deficit. Former Chelsea midfielder Craig Burley has criticised Tuchel's comments.
Ketanji Brown Jackson
personKetanji Brown Jackson is the first Black woman to be confirmed to the Supreme Court in its 233-year history. The 51-year-old justice was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday after a weekslong process. The vote was bipartisan, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Mitt Romney of Utah voting for Jackson.
Southampton
organizationMatt Le Tissier has stood down from his role as a Southampton ambassador. The 53-year-old made the decision following a backlash over a controversial social media post on the war in Ukraine. Erik ten Hag and Mauricio Pochettino are the main contenders to be the next permanent manager at Manchester United.
Amir Locke
personAmir Locke, 22, was killed by Minneapolis police during a no-knock warrant raid in February. Locke was not named in the warrant, but his 17-year-old cousin, Mekhi Camden Speed, was. Speed has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder in Locke's killing.
Real Madrid
organizationChelsea lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in the Champions League semi-final first leg. Thibaut Courtois was beaten just once by Karim Benzema's hat-trick. Thomas Tuchel had urged Chelsea fans to make life as uncomfortable as possible for Carlo Ancelotti's team.
Ed Sheeran
personJudge rules singer-songwriter had not plagiarised Oh Why by Sami Chokri. Shape Of You was the UK's best-selling song of 2017 in the UK. Judge cleared singer of plagiarism on Wednesday morning.
Champions League
organizationChelsea lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Thomas Tuchel admits Chelsea are now odds-on to lose Champions League. Carlo Ancelotti tested negative for the coronavirus.
Karim Benzema
personReal Madrid beat Chelsea 3-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Karim Benzema scored a hat-trick before Kai Havertz and Edouard Mendy also netted for Los Blancos. Rio Ferdinand has tipped the French forward for Ballon d'Or glory.
Merrick Garland
personMerrick Garland is the second Cabinet official to announce a positive test result on Wednesday. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo also tested positive for the virus. The 69-year-old attorney general has not experienced any symptoms.
Sberbank
organizationWhite House declares "full blocking" sanctions on Sberbank and Alfa Bank. All new US investment in Russia is now prohibited. New sanctions will be announced Thursday on key Russian state enterprises. At least 89 people have been killed, including children, in Kyiv since invasion.
Benfica
organizationLiverpool beat Benfica 3-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg in Lisbon. Goals from Ibrahima Konate, Sadio Mane and Luis Diaz earn Liverpool victory. Liverpool face Manchester City in Premier League on Sunday.
Tiger Woods
personTiger Woods will play in this week's Masters at Augusta National. The 46-year-old has not played in a top-level event since a car crash in 2021. The 86th Masters begins April 7 and runs through April 10. Woods has won the prestigious competition five times.
Champions League
organizationManchester City beat Atletico Madrid 1-0 at the Etihad Stadium. Kevin De Bruyne scored the only goal of the game in the 68th minute. Liverpool beat Benfica 3-1 to take firm grip on Champions League tie.
Crystal Palace
organizationNuno Tavares lasted just 45 minutes up against Jordan Ayew. Michael Olise now faces a race against time to be fit for Palace's FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea at Wembley on April 17. Kieran Tierney is set to undergo knee surgery this week.
Elon Musk
personTesla CEO Elon Musk is joining Twitter's board of directors. Musk bought 73.5 million of the company's shares for $2.9 billion (€2.65 billion) Twitter CEO Parag Agarwal said that Musk, "would bring great value to our Board"
the UN Security Council
organizationUkrainian President says UN should be dissolved if it cannot stop Moscow. Volodymyr Zelensky also calls for Russia to be kicked off the Security Council. Comes after he made an emotional trip to Bucha during which he took journalists to see the corpses left in the wake of Russia's retreat.