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Amazon
organizationAlexa Together remote care subscription service will replace the free Alexa Care Hub in 2022. The $1,000 Astro robot, arriving by the end of the year, is the marquee piece of future tech. Starting next year, guests staying at Walt Disney World Resort hotels will find an Echo Show 5 in their rooms.
Champions League
organizationLiverpool beat Porto 5-1 to make it two wins from two in the Champions League. Sadio Mane scored a hat-trick to become the first Liverpool player to score thrice away in Europe since Michael Owen in 2002. Liverpool lead Group B by two points from Atlético Madrid after 2-1 win at AC Milan.
PSG
organizationParis Saint-Germain beat Manchester City 2-0 in Champions League Group A. Lionel Messi scored the winner for PSG in the 74th minute at the Parc des Princes. Idrissa Gueye opened the scoring for the hosts in the 8th minute. Manchester City equalized through Bernardo Silva.
Real Madrid
organizationMoldovan champions Sheriff Tiraspol beat Real Madrid 2-1 in Champions League. Visitors pull off one of the biggest shocks in competition's history. Sheriff, from unrecognised breakaway state of Transnistria, top Group D with six points from two games.
Treasury
organizationYields on the 30-year Treasury bond TMUBMUSD30Y, 2.058% pushed further past 2% early Wednesday. The 10-year tmubusd10y was yielding 1.533%, up 5 basis points, also hovering at levels not seen since June.
Dak Prescott
personDak Prescott had the third-best passer rating of his six-year career. The 143.3 mark came in a 41-21 victory over NFC East rival Philadelphia. It was his first game at AT&T Stadium since suffering a career-threatening ankle injury on the same field a year ago.
Andy McDonald
personShadow Employment Rights Secretary Andy McDonald quit last night. He said Keir Starmer told him to block a £15 minimum wage. It would be a gigantic rise on the current rate of £8.91 for over-25s.
James Bond
personThe 25th instalment in the Bond franchise sees Daniel Craig return for a fifth and final outing as the suave British secret agent. This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby arrived in the studios of the ITV show in James Bond’s very own Aston Martin DB5.
Greens
organizationThe Greens secured their best score ever in a federal election, coming in third. The CDU has ended up with their worst performance of the post-war period. At 10.5% nationally, the far-right vote is worryingly high in some areas.
R. Kelly
personGloria Allred, the women's rights attorney who represented several accusers in the case against R. Kelly, said Kelly is "the worst" of all the predators she has pursued in her career. An attorney for Kelly said they are considering filing an appeal and are disappointed in the verdict. Sentencing in New York is scheduled for May 4.
Robert Sylvester Kelly
personThe charges were based on an argument that Kelly's entourage of managers and aides amounted to a criminal enterprise. A jury of seven men and five women reached the verdict after nine hours of deliberation and a six-week long trial featuring lurid testimony.
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri said the project had leaked before concrete plans were ready and meant the company was unable to properly address concerns raised in some quarters. Decision comes as Facebook grapples with the fallout of a series of withering Wall Street Journal reports.
SPD
organizationThe Social Democrats (SPD) secured 25.7% of the vote, ahead of 24.1% for Merkel's CDU/CSU conservative bloc. The Greens came in at 14.8% and the liberal Free Democrats (FDP) were on 11.5%. Franziska Giffey will become the first female mayor of the German capital.
Aaron Rodgers
personMason Crosby hit a 51-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Green Bay Packers to a 30-28 win over the San Francisco 49ers. San Francisco took a 28-27 lead with 37 seconds left when Jimmy Garoppolo found Kyle Juszczyk with a 12-yard touchdown pass. Aaron Rodgers set up Crosby's winning field goal with 25- and 17-yard completions to Davante Adams.
Angela Merkel
personSocial Democrats have secured 25.7% of the votes in the country, according to results revealed by the electoral commission. Angela Merkel's conservative bloc has gained only 24.1% of votes - its worst result since the 1949 election. Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz is poised to become the next chancellor.
Olaf Scholz
personCenter-left Social Democrats (SPD) outperformed the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) 25.7% to 24.1% in parliamentary elections. Olaf Scholz is racing against the clock to kick off negotiations with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP)
Liz Cheney
personRep. Liz Cheney said she was wrong to have opposed same-sex marriage in 2013. Wyoming representative said she remained anti-abortion, pro-guns, against Obamacare, and pro-waterboarding. House will begin debate Monday on Biden's $1 trillion infrastructure bill.
Facebook announced Monday that it is “pausing’ the development of Instagram Kids. The app was designed for tweens between 10 and 12 years old. Move comes amid criticism that the app can be harmful to teens.
Champions League
organizationManchester City take on Paris St-Germain in Champions League on Tuesday. Lionel Messi is set to be included in PSG's squad to face City. Marco Verratti could return after a knee problem. Manchester City beat PSG in the Champions League semi-final last season.
Oleksandr Usyk
personAnthony Joshua lost by unanimous decision to Oleksandr Usyk on Saturday. Promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed Joshua is already focused on a rematch. The rematch is expected to take place in February or March 2021. Joshua vows to fight Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder or anyone else.