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Deontay Wilder
personTyson Fury and Deontay Wilder will fight for the third time on Saturday. In 2018, the pair drew as they faced up for the first time. Last year Fury was the victor with a stoppage in the seventh round. Fury has adopted a grizzly bear as his spiritual animal in camp.
US oil prices rose to their highest level in seven years on Monday. Facebook's shares also fell by 4.9 percent, translating into $47.3 billion in lost market cap. Mark Zuckerberg's net worth dropped by $6 billion (£4.4 billion) The company blamed a ‘faulty configuration change’ for the problem.
Frances Haugen
personFormer Facebook employee Frances Haugen gave scathing testimony to Congress about the social media platform’s alleged practices. Haugen said the company suffered from "moral bankruptcy" and is "stuck in a loop it can't get out of" Facebook spokesman: Haugen "did not work on child safety or Instagram"
Giorgio Parisi
personJapanese-born American Syukuro Manabe, German Klaus Hasselmann and Italian Giorgio Parisi win. Their work helps understand complex physical systems such as Earth's changing climate. One half of the 10-million Swedish crown ($1.15-million) prize goes in equal parts.
Urban Meyer
personFormer NFL executive Michael Lombardi posted an ominous tweet on Tuesday. Jaguars owner Shad Khan would not reveal what was said in the conversation. On Saturday, video surfaced of Meyer dancing with a younger woman obviously not his wife.
the French Catholic Church
organizationFrench Catholic Church showed "deep, cruel indifference toward victims," report says. Of the 3,000 abusers identified, two-thirds are priests. Report only covers minors and authors say there could be many young men and women over the age of 18.
Owen Diaz
personUS jury orders Tesla to pay ex-employee $137 million over workplace racism. Owen Diaz says he was subjected to racist abuse and a hostile work environment. Jury awards Diaz $130 million in punitive damages and $6.9 million for emotional distress.
Mark Zuckerberg
personFacebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger went down on Monday. It took until 5pm Eastern Time (10.45pm GMT) for the servers to be reconnected. CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost an estimated $6 billion off his net worth in the hours following the crash. Zuckerberg, with a total wealth of USD 121.6 billion, has fallen behind Bill Gates.
Lars Vilks
personLars Vilks, 75, was riding in a police car with his security detail, when their automobile struck a truck. Two police officers were also killed and the truck driver was injured. Investigators believe there were no external influences that led to the death of the artist.
Rishi Sunak
personUK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announces 2,000 new AI scholarships for disadvantaged youth. Sunak announced £500 million funding package to expand job support schemes. He said he was "proud" to have supported Brexit, and leaving the EU would make the UK more "agile"
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram have all gone down in a major outage overnight. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure – completely stopped working just before 3AM. Nearly 150,000 people reported being unable to access Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp in the space of just half an hour.
the New England Patriots
organizationTampa Bay Buccaneers beat New England Patriots 19-17 on Sunday night. It was Tom Brady's first game against his old team since he left and led his new team to a Super Bowl championship. Brady became the fourth quarterback to beat all 32 teams in NFL history.
the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
organizationTampa Bay Buccaneers beat New England Patriots 19-17. Ryan Succop hits winning 48-yard field goal late in fourth quarter. Ronald Jones added an 8-yard scoring run for defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay. Tom Brady became NFL's all-time passing-yardage leader during his homecoming.
Tom Brady
personTampa Bay Buccaneers beat New England Patriots 19-17 at Foxborough. Arizona Cardinals are the last remaining undefeated team in the NFC. Ryan Succop kicked four field goals, including a 48-yard field goal with 1:57 left.
David Julius
personU.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian win 2021 Nobel Prize for Medicine. discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch could pave the way for new pain-killers. The more than century-old prize is worth 10 million Swedish crowns ($1.15 million)
Facebook stock took a dive Monday as the site suffered one of its worst outages of the past decade. The stock ended the day down nearly 5%, with Facebook shedding tens of billions in market cap value as the company sorted through the pieces. Mark Zuckerberg is estimated to have lost his fifth position on Forbes’ list of the world’s top billionaires.
William Shatner
personActor known for portraying Captain Kirk in ‘Star Trek’ is slated to join spaceflight on Oct. 12. Liftoff is currently set for 8:30 am CT from Launch Site One in West Texas. This will be the second flight for Blue Origin following its inaugural trip to space in July.
Frances Haugen
personFrances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, says Facebook is "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before. Haugen said the tech firm prioritised profit over safety and was ‘tearing our societies apart’ Facebook disbanded the Civic Integrity team of which Haugen was a member.
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer worldwide outage. Whatsapp, Facebook and Instagram all reported down on Monday afternoon. Users rushed to unaffected social media apps including Twitter, TikTok and Snapchat.
Chelsea
organizationChelsea beat Southampton 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. James Ward-Prowse scored an equalizer for Southampton only to be sent off. Manchester United held to a 1-1 draw by high-flying Everton. Leeds United kickstarted their campaign with a first league win.