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Jacinda Ardern
personQuarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will start on April 19. Australian tourists will be able to enter New Zealand quarantine free from April 18. Move to allow cross-border travel is one of the first such agreements since the pandemic.
Champions League
organizationManchester City beat Borussia Dortmund 2-1 in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Phil Foden's 90th-minute winner secured City's first Champions League first-leg win in four tries under Pep Guardiola. City are the strong favourites for the first leg, and are 1/3 on with most bookies. Dortmund are 8/1 outsiders to record an away win.
Major League Baseball
organizationMajor League Baseball is moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta, Ga., to Coors Field in Denver, Colo. Move is in response to Georgia’s new restrictive voting law. Former President Donald Trump has called on supporters to 'boycott baseball'
Forbes
organizationKim’s net worth has shot up from $780million (£56m) to $1billion (£723m) The 40-year-old owns a majority stake in KKW Beauty and Skims. She also owns shares in Disney, Amazon, Netflix and Adidas.
Asa Hutchinson
personArkansas becomes the first US state to ban gender-affirming medical treatment for transgender youth. The state legislature overrode a veto of a new law by governor Asa Hutchinson.
Gonzaga
organizationGonzaga was two wins away from being the first team to finish without a loss in 45 years. Jared Butler scored 22 points and MaCio Teague had 19 for the Bears.
Piers Morgan
personFormer GMB host said he'still doesn't believe' Meghan and Harry's claims. 17 different claims by the pair of them have now been proven to be either completely untrue, or massively exaggerated, or unprovable. Ofcom received more than 41,000 complaints over his comments. Adil Ray is currently filling in for Piers for the rest of April.
IMF
organizationIMF raised its 2021 growth forecast from 5.5% less than three months ago. IMF now sees growing by 6.4% in 2021 -- the fastest since the early 1980s. In 2022, the IMF predicts, international economic growth will decelerate to a still strong 4.4%.
Champions League
organizationLiverpool lost 3-1 to Real Madrid in Champions League quarter-final first leg. Jurgen Klopp felt referee Felix Brych was 'unfair' towards Sadio Mane. Real Madrid have been given permission to play Champions League ties on their training ground pitch, the Estadio Alfredo Di Stefano. Manchester City host Borussia Dortmund at the Etihad.
Boris Johnson
personUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to outline plans to reopen economy. Outdoor attractions can reopen their doors from April 12 - including zoos and theme parks. Johnson is expected to confirm plans to relaunch international travel and open sections of the economy later on Monday.
Supreme Court
organizationThe Supreme Court sided with Google in its decade-long legal battle with Oracle over the copyright status of application programming interfaces. The case dates back to the creation of the Android platform in the mid-2000s.
Benjamin Netanyahu
personIsrael's longest-serving prime minister faces charges of accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. Netanyahu contends he is the victim of a politically orchestrated "witch hunt" Former Walla CEO Ilan Yeshua took the stand and made allegations of interference from his bosses going back to 2012.
Vladimir Putin
personVladimir Putin has signed a bill allowing him to run for a fifth term in 2024. Under the previous legislation, he would have had to leave the Kremlin at the next election. The newly signed bill comes after the country voted in favor of a new constitution last summer.
Jordan Spieth
personJordan Spieth won his first PGA Tour event since the 2017 British Open. The 27-year-old beat compatriot Charley Hoffman by two strokes at the Valero Texas Open. DraftKings now lists Spieth among the favorites at the Masters.
Oracle
organizationThe court ruled 6 to 2 for Google in the case. At issue was Oracle's claim that Google copied Java code from Sun Microsystems in creating its popular Android OS. Google claimed that its use of the software was allowed as part of "fair use"
Chadwick Boseman
personNetflix's "The Trial of the Chicago 7" wins best ensemble. Daniel Kaluuya wins supporting actor for Judas And The Black Messiah. Viola Davis wins best female actor for "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"
Harvey Weinstein
personLawyers for the disgraced Hollywood mogul argued in legal papers lodged in New York he was denied a fair trial. The Manhattan court Weinstein was tried in was ‘permeated with negative publicity about him and his alleged relationships with women’ Lawyers also argue that the impartiality of the jury was compromised.
Ron DeSantis
personSouth Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Monday it will end production and sales of its loss-making smartphone division. 50 people have been confirmed dead after a packed express train carrying almost 500 passengers and crew slammed into a truck near the eastern city of Hualien. Spot gold was little changed at $1,727.65 an ounce in Singapore.
Jalen Suggs
personGonzaga defeated UCLA 93-90 in overtime late Saturday in a game that will go down as one of the most memorable Final Four clashes on record. The Zags won on a Hail Mary three-point buzzer beater inside the halfcourt logo by freshman Jalen Suggs. Gonzaga will play second-seeded Baylor for the title Monday night.
Gonzaga
organizationGonzaga defeated UCLA 93-90 in overtime late Saturday in a game that will go down as one of the most memorable Final Four clashes on record. Top-ranked Gonzaga is a 4.5-point favorite against Baylor. The Bulldogs are aiming to become the first unbeaten national champions since 1976.