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Mike Lindell
personDominion Voting Systems sues MyPillow Inc. and CEO Mike Lindell. Company says Lindell spread false information that its voting machines rigged the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Lindell is a staunch ally of former president Donald Trump and a major GOP donor.
Novak Djokovic
personNovak Djokovic beat Daniil Medvedev 7-5, 6-2,6-2 in the Australian Open final. World No.1 has now won nine Australian Open titles and 18 Grand Slams in total. Victory takes his grand slam singles tally to 18 – just two behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The win avenges a 6-3, 6 -3 loss at the ATP Finals.
United Airlines
organizationUnited Airlines Flight 328 was flying from Denver, Colorado to Honolulu, Hawaii. The Boeing 777-200 suffered engine failure shortly after takeoff. No injuries were reported.
Daniil Medvedev
personNovak Djokovic won 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 to claim his ninth title at Melbourne Park. Serbian has won six of the last 10 major tournaments. Victory takes his grand slam singles tally to 18 – just two behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. The Russian will move to a career-high of 310 in the world rankings.
Everton
organizationEverton beat Liverpool 2-0 in the Merseyside derby at Anfield. Richarlison and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored the goals for the Blues. Victory consigned Liverpool to their worst home league run in almost a century.
Margaret Mitchell
personMargaret Mitchell, the founder and former co-lead of the company’s ethical AI team, has been fired. Mitchell announced the news on Twitter by simply writing "I'm fired" Google confirmed Mitchell was fired in a statement to Insider.
Naomi Osaka
personNaomi Osaka won her fourth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open. The 23-year-old beat Jennifer Brady 6-4 6-3 in the final in Melbourne. Osaka is the first woman to win her first four major finals since Monica Seles in 1990-91.
Jennifer Brady
personNaomi Osaka beats Jennifer Brady 6-4, 6-3 in Australian Open final. Third seed Osaka wins her fourth major title at the age of 23. Osaka will rise to number two in the world when rankings are released next week.
Alexei Navalny
personRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's appeal against his prison sentence was rejected by a Moscow court on Saturday. Navalny will likely be forced to serve over 2 1/2 years in prison despite a top European rights court's calling for Navalny to be freed. The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Russian government to release Navalny.
Kim Kardashian
personKardashian and West are seeking joint legal and physical custody of their four children. Couple cite irreconcilable differences in court records lodged in Los Angeles.
Meghan Markle
personDuke and Duchess of Sussex confirmed they won't return as full-time working royals at the end of the 12-month review period. Meghan has lost the two patronages inherited from the Queen in January 2019. Harry will now lose all his military titles, including his beloved honour of being Captain General of the Royal Marines.
Stefanos Tsitsipas
personDaniil Medvedev beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 in Australian Open semi-final. World No.4 will take on Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final. Russian has now won 20 consecutive matches starting in November. The 22-year-old has never lost a final at Melbourne Park.
Uber
organizationSupreme Court's seven judges unanimously rejected Uber's appeal against a lower court ruling. The dispute will now return to a specialty tribunal, which will decide how much to award the 25 drivers.
Ted Cruz
personCruz flew into a storm of criticism after leaving his home state of Texas in the grips of a deadly deep freeze, for a family holiday jaunt to the Mexican resort city of Cancun. Texas senator had told his constituents to stay at home due to coronavirus. Republican claimed he was trying to be a 'good dad' when his daughters asked to go'somewhere warm' to escape the winter crisis. More than 3million Texans still had no power after a historic snowfall and single-digit temperatures.
Prince Harry
personHarry will now lose all his military titles, including his beloved honour of being Captain General of the Royal Marines. Meghan Markle has also lost her roles as vice-president of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust and patron of Royal National Theatre. Sources close to the pair acknowledged they reluctantly accepted they would losing their links with organisations passed down through the royal family.
Buckingham Palace
organizationDuke and Duchess of Sussex will not return as working members of the Royal Family. Couple's honorary military appointments and royal patronages will be redistributed. Royal Marines, RAF Honington, Royal Navy Small Ships and Diving will also be taken back.
Daniil Medvedev
personDaniil Medvedev beats Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 to reach Australian Open final. Fourth seed will face Novak Djokovic in Sunday's decider at Melbourne Park. Russian is on a 20-match winning streak which comprises an absurd 12 top-10 wins. Only six players -Djokovic, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Thomas Muster and Ivan Lendl have strung such a run together.
Joe Biden
personGerman Defence Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer welcomes Biden's announcement to keep U.S. troops in Germany. Joe Biden praised the alliance between the EU and the US, as he failed to mention Boris Johnson or the UK. Biden administration says it's ready to join talks with Iran and world powers.
Facebook shares dip by one per cent today as the company suffers the fallout of its move to block all news content in Australia. 'Delete Facebook', 'Boycott Zuckerberg' and 'Facebook We Need To Talk' trending on rival site Twitter. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison blasted Facebook’s decision, accusing the social media giant of ‘unfriending’ his country.
ERCOT
organizationElectric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) underestimated the storm so didn't produce enough reserve energy beforehand. Now, plants can't produce more power because they were unprepared for the bad weather. Seven million Texans are also under boil water notices after the deadly storm.