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This will be her 21st Wimbledon, it will be an occasion like no other for Serena Williams. She is returning to the All England Club at 40, having not played a singles match since last year’s Wimbledon

Wimbledon is where it all began a year ago for Raducanu. Back then, she was just weeks removed from taking her university entrance exams, a practically unknown player with smooth strokes and an ability to glide across the court.

Banchero, who was drafted by the Orlando Magic, said his mother “stayed on me, always held me accountable and made sure I was on the right track.”

In a Facebook post Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg praised Sandberg, saying it was “unusual for a business partnership like ours to last so long.”

An evening that should have affirmed William Sisters' against-great-odds rise to stardom instead became about Smith slapping comedian Chris Rock onstage.

The Ukraine Paralympic team, one of the most successful teams per capita in the world, has been in China since the last days of February, thanks in part to Sushkevych’s logistical efforts. Now, they are refugees with a purpose.

FIFA declined to comment beyond its statement on the proposed punishments against Russia or the opposition of the three other federations that have vowed not to play.

In Canada, opinion polls have consistently shown strong support for public health measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus, which have mostly been imposed by provincial governments, many of them led by Conservatives.

The items also included a map Trump famously drew on with a black Sharpie marker to demonstrate the track of Hurricane Dorian heading toward Alabama in 2019 to back up a declaration he had made on Twitter that contradicted weather forecasts.

On Sunday, after a weekend of boisterous demonstrations, authorities in Ottawa declared a state of emergency and said the police were overwhelmed.

The office of South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, called the projectile an intermediate-range ballistic missile and condemned the test as a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.

With a 2-0 win over the United States on a frigid afternoon, Canada, without its best player, extended its lead atop the eight-team qualifying group that will determine the region’s berths in this year’s World Cup.

In November 2020, only three months after Pitso Mosimane was appointed manager of Egyptian club Al Ahly, he won the African Champions League title. Eight months later, he repeated the trick.

Djokovic still holds the titles at the French Open and Wimbledon; still has supple limbs, formidable tennis skills and a deep history of resilience in the face of hostile crowds and long odds.

If successful, the venture could help fuel a burgeoning category of competition in the art market, with consortia of multiple buyers challenging the preeminence of billionaire collectors at a time when the pandemic has accelerated online commerce.

More migrants are arriving every day in Reynosa, most of them deposited in the city by American border agents who intercepted them after they crossed the Rio Grande on rafts. Many of the migrants in Reynosa have fled violence, deprivation and threats to their lives.

Afghans said the drone strike killed a number of civilians, including children, and the U.S. military said it was investigating the assertions.

The interview came just a day after Mujahid warned the women of Afghanistan that it might be safest for them to remain home until more rank-and-file Taliban fighters have been trained in how not to mistreat them.

After crossing into Russia over the Bering Strait, she will fly over China, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, before looping back to Europe. She said the only country that she intentionally avoided was North Korea.

The military is treating the Taliban’s red line on Aug. 31 seriously in part because, despite tough talk from Taliban spokesmen, some of the group’s commanders have been cooperating with the U.S. military and allowing many people to get to the airport.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will ask Biden during the G-7 call to keep Kabul airport open for evacuation flights past the original deadline of the end of the month, and this time Biden seems likely to agree.

In the absence of a concerted state relief effort, prominent Haitian politicians have tried to fill the gap, flying out the injured on their private planes, delivering medical supplies and food and even handing out cash.

Senior officials now say they expect that people who are 65 and older or who have compromised immune systems will most likely need a third shot from Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, two vaccines based on the same technology that have been used to inoculate the vast majority of Americans thus far.

Shi Zhengli, a top Chinese virologist, is once again at the center of clashing narratives about her research on coronaviruses at a state lab in Wuhan, the city where the pandemic first emerged.

Vaccinated travellers complain that the tests are expensive and unnecessary and that getting the correct information about what is required is too difficult.