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Coco Gauff
personBarbora Krejcikova beat Coco Gauff 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 at Roland Garros. World number 33 will face Iga Swiatek or Maria Sakkari in the semi-finals. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face Tamara Zidansek in the other semi-final.
Barbora Krejcikova
personBarbora Krejcikova beat Coco Gauff 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 at Roland Garros. The 33rd-ranked Czech saved five set points as she recovered from a slow start. She will face either defending champion Iga Swiatek of Poland or No. 17 seed Maria Sakkari of Greece.
European Union
organizationFifty-five per cent of Germans now believe the EU’s political system is broken. Only 36 per cent said they believe EU's political system working. Third of Germans believe European integration has gone too far, poll found.
Iga Swiatek
personMaria Sakkari beat defending champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets. The 25-year-old Greek will play unseeded Czech Barbora Krejcikova. Rafael Nadal beat Diego Schwartzman 6-3 6-2 6-7 (5) 7-5.
Alexei Navalny
personThe decision will effectively liquidate Navalny’s non-violent opposition movement. Moscow City Court's ruling prevents people associated with Navalny's Foundation for Fighting Corruption from seeking public office. The extremist label also carries lengthy prison terms for activists who have worked with the organizations.
Maria Sakkari
personRafael Nadal will play either Novak Djokovic or Matteo Berrettini in Friday's final. All four women in the last four at a Grand Slam for the first time. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova will face world No 85 Tamara Zidansek. Maria Sakkari beat defending champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets.
Queen
personMagdalen College students voted to remove a portrait of the Queen. Matthew Katzman, 25, is president of Magdalen's Middle Common Room. He brought forward the measure to 'cancel' the Queen in his role. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson described the vote as'simply absurd'
Emmanuel Macron
personMan appeared to slap French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. Incident drew widespread condemnations across the country's political spectrum. French media widely reported that the president had been slapped. His administration described the incident as an attempted slap.
FBI
organizationFBI and Australian officials developed an encrypted device company which eventually gave them access to hundreds of criminal networks. Authorities involved in the international operation said they've dealt a huge blow to organized crime. Hundreds of arrests have been made across 18 countries as part of the investigation.
E. Jean Carroll
personE. Jean Carroll, a veteran advice columnist for Elle, made the allegation against Donald Trump in New York Magazine in 2019. She claimed that in the mid-1990s he pushed her against the wall of a luxury department store and assaulted her. Trump denied the allegations and accused Carroll of lying to sell books.
Chris Harrison
personMultiple websites went down in a widespread internet outage Tuesday morning. Media critic Pozner repeated her conclusion that racism has been baked into the DNA of the franchise.
Ratko Mladic
personU.N. judges reject Ratko Mladic's appeals and affirm his life sentence. The outcome caps 25 years of trials at the ad hoc International Criminal Tribunal. The 1995 Srebrenica massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys killed more than 100,000.
Tamara Zidansek
personTamara Zidansek beat Paula Badosa 7-5 4-6 8-6 at Roland Garros. The unseeded Slovenian becomes the first player from Slovenia to reach a Grand Slam semi. She will face the winner of the second quarter-final between Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina and experienced Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Kamala Harris
personKamala Harris is in Guatemala and Mexico as part of her first trip abroad. Joe Biden tasked her with leading diplomatic efforts in the region amid the US border crisis. Republicans have criticized her for classifying a trip to the border as a 'grand gesture'
Aaron Rodgers
personAaron Rodgers was nowhere to be seen when the Packers gathered at 11 a.m. CT. Rodgers is subject to $93,085 in fines if he does not show for the entire three-day camp. The Packers have discussed giving Rodgers an excused absence, which would then waive the fines.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
personAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova beat doubles partner Elena Rybakina 6-7 (2), 6-2, 9-7. The 31st-seeded Russian will make her debut in the final four of a Slam. Novak Djokovic faces Matteo Berrettini in the other semifinal.
Nayib Bukele
personNo national government currently recognizes Bitcoin as legal tender. The rollout would be handled by the mobile payments app Strike. Remittances from Salvadorans working overseas represent a major chunk of the economy.
Max Verstappen
personSergio Perez wins Azerbaijan Grand Prix in two-lap shootout. Red Bull's Max Verstappen crashes out with five laps to go. Lewis Hamilton finishes 15th for first time in 2018. Sebastian Vettel finishes second for Aston Martin. Pierre Gasly brilliantly held off Charles Leclerc.
Meghan Markle
personMeghan Markle gave birth to a baby girl called Lilibet Diana Mountbatten-Windsor on Friday 4 June in California. Her Majesty and the royals tonight said they were "delighted" at the news. Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner among those congratulating the parents.
Prince Harry
personRoyal expert Duncan Larcombe claims the name is a'major olive branch' to the Royals. Lili is Harry and Meghan's 11th great-grandchild. She is eighth in line to the throne, just behind big brother Archie.