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Melinda Gates
personBill and Melinda Gates are divorcing after 27 years of marriage. Melinda filed the divorce petition citing their relationship had ‘irretrievably broken’ The couple are not believed to have signed a prenuptial agreement. Their $50 billion foundation is the world's biggest philanthropic entity.
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.
Bill
personSpain, Greece and France could be added to the safe "green list" by the end of June. Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas split after less than a year of dating. Ashley Benson and rapper G-Eazy reportedly split.
Bill Gates
personThe Microsoft co-founder and his philanthropist wife first met in 1987. They married on the Hawaiian island of Lanai in 1994 after almost seven years of being together. Couple have three children together: eldest daughter Jennifer, 25, son Rory, 21, and youngest daughter 18.
Kevin McCarthy
personHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was caught on a hot mic Tuesday complaining about Rep. Liz Cheney. Cheney is the No. 3 Republican in the House and voted to impeach former President Trump. McCarthy suggested Major League Baseball should make up lost revenue to small businesses.
Jose Mourinho
personJose Mourinho will take charge of Roma for the 2021-22 season. The 58-year-old has signed a three-year deal that will run through to 2024. The appointment sees Mourinho return to Italy, where he won the treble with Inter Milan from 2008 until 2010.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.