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Pfizer
organizationPfizer generates $3.5bn from Covid vaccine sales and raises full-year forecast. Company reported first-quarter earnings of 4.88 billion dollars (£3.52 billion) Per-share earnings were 93 cents with one-time costs or gains removed.
Paris Saint-Germain
organizationManchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0 in their Champions League semi-final second leg at the Etihad on Tuesday night. Two Riyad Mahrez goals gave City a 2-1 victory on the night and a 4-1 aggregate win. Angel Di Maria was sent off for violent conduct and three other players received yellow cards. City will face Real Madrid or Chelsea in the final on 29 May.
Greg Abel
personGreg Abel, now the company's vice chairman, will step into the top role. Abel, 59, oversees all of Berkshire Hathaway's non-insurance businesses. Those include the BNSF Railway, Duracell batteries, Dairy Queen and NetJets.
Mark Selby
personMark Selby beats Shaun Murphy 18-15 in the final at the Crucible Theatre. Selby joins John Higgins on four world titles, with only Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Steve Davis ahead of him. The 37-year-old had endured a torrid time after winning his previous crown in 2017.
Melinda Gates
personBill and Melinda Gates announce divorce after 27 years, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple" The couple's foundation has spent $53.8 billion 'fighting the greatest inequities in the world' The couple married in 1994, and have three children together.
Apollo Global Management
organizationPrivate equity firm Apollo Global Management has acquired Verizon’s media group for $5 billion. Verizon Media includes properties from the former internet empires of AOL and Yahoo. The new company will be called Yahoo, omitting the exclamation point.
Bill Gates
personGates is the world's fourth richest man with a net worth of $124billion. The couple have three kids; Jennifer, 25, Rory, 21, and Phoebe, 18. Gates said the pair would continue to collaborate on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Manchester United
organizationManchester United were due to face Liverpool at Old Trafford on Sunday. The game was postponed due to safety and security concerns. United fans stormed onto the Old Trafford pitch to protest against the Glazer family. Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher have defended the fans' right to protest.
Susan Wright
personRepublican Susan Wright of Texas secured a place in a US House runoff for her late husband's seat Saturday night. With votes still being counted, Wright was ahead with more than 18% of the vote in Texas' 6th Congressional District. Democrat Jana Lynne Sanchez conceded Sunday, although the race has not yet been called.
Dominic Raab
personDominic Raab insists 'we are very close now to really turning the corner' He promised that on June 21 'almost all social restrictions will be lifted' But he suggested the wearing of face masks and some social distancing could be retained.
TMC
organizationMmaata Banerjee, 66, is set to be the chief of West Bengal for the third time. Her Trinamool Congress party (TMC) won a two-thirds majority. The BJP has maintained a comfortable lead over Congress in Assam as of now.
Mitt Romney
personMore than two thousand Utah Republicans booed Senator Mitt Romney as he arrived to speak at a convention in his home state on Saturday. Romney has faced negative backlash and a censure threat by the GOP delegation for his votes to impeach Donald Trump earlier this year. Utah Republicans ultimately voted Saturday not to censure Romney.
Mamata Banerjee
personMamata Banerjee, Pinarayi Vijayan and MK Stalin emerge dominant players. In Assam, sitting Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Himanta Biswa Sarma managed to see the BJP alliance to a comfortable majority.
Glazer
personManchester United's Premier League game against Liverpool has been postponed. Fans invaded the pitch in protest against the club owners' move to take it into the European Super League. United and Liverpool players were unable to travel to the stadium.
SpaceX
organizationNASA's Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency all landed safely in the Atlantic. Mission marked a major landmark for SpaceX as it was the first time its Crew Dragon returned humans from the ISS. The capsule was recovered from the ocean and will be refurbished for SpaceX’s first private crew mission in September.
FBI
organizationSen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is calling for a special prosecutor to investigate all contacts between Russian officials and members of the Trump administration. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California says he was deeply disturbed by the President's dismissal of FBI Director James Comey. Former acting U.S. attorney in Washington who was under investigation over an interview to CBS’ “60 Minutes” about the Capitol attack has left the Justice Department.
Justin Fields
personFields threw for 5,373 yards, 63 touchdowns and nine interceptions for the Buckeyes. Jacksonville Jaguars selected Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the No. 1 pick. New York Jets and San Francisco 49ers also went QB at Nos. 2 and 3.
Mac Jones
personThe New England Patriots select Alabama quarterback Mac Jones with the No. 15 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Jones led the Crimson Tide to a National Championship victory last year after throwing for 4,500 yards, 41 touchdowns and only four interceptions. He becomes the first quarterback selected in the first round during Bill Belichick’s 21-year tenure in New England.
NFL Draft
organizationThe New England Patriots addressed their biggest need by taking Mac Jones at No. 15. North Dakota State product Trey Lance was selected with the No. 3 overall pick by the 49ers. The Jacksonville Jaguars will select first overall and are all but guaranteed to take Aaron Rodgers. The 2021 NFL Draft begins with Round 1 on Thursday, April 29 and runs until Saturday, May 1.
NFL
organizationJacksonville Jaguars select Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick in the 2021 NFL draft. New York Jets select BYU quarterback Zach Wilson with the second pick. San Francisco 49ers select North Dakota State quarterback Trey Lance with the third pick. Atlanta Falcons select Florida tight end Kyle Pitts with the No. 4 pick. Pittsburgh Steelers select running back Najee Harris at No. 25.