The former French Open champion held off Italy’s Jasmine Paolini in three sets to win her first Wimbledon title. Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic defeated Italy’s Jasmine Paolini to win the Wimbledon women’s title for her second Grand Slam singles triumph. Krejcikova, the 31st seed, won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 on Saturday to add the […]
Narcissistic people get more empathetic, generous and agreeable with age, according to new research into the personality trait. But although their unreasonably high sense of self-importance may mellow, they do not fully grow out of it, the study involving more than 37,000 people suggests. Those who were more narcissistic than their peers as children tended […]
1 day ago By Malcolm Prior, @NewsMPrior, BBC News, rural affairs correspondent Kerry McClay Kerry McClay says more female police officers are needed in the countryside to deal with domestic abuse Victims of domestic abuse in the countryside are still being let down by a “woeful” number of convictions five years after a report criticised the work of […]
8 hours ago By Kevin Peachey, Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Competition between mortgage lenders has intensified ahead of a key decision on interest rates by the Bank of England. A host of lenders have made reductions to the cost of new fixed-rate mortgages in recent days. Brokers expect further cuts to come, but mortgage rates […]
DETROIT — President Biden, turning up the volume on his case for another term, delivered his most forceful defense yet of his candidacy in a fiery rally here Friday, charging that Republican Donald Trump was receiving a “free pass” and unspooling a list of factors he said rendered Trump unfit to serve as president again. […]
15 hours ago By Fergal Keane in Jerusalem, BBC News BBC Rescue workers in Gaza say they often struggle to identify bodies The things they see. The dead girl lowered by a rope from a ruined building. She sways slightly, then comes to rest, legs folding beneath her on the rubble. They see people and parts of […]
Flavor Flav realizes it’s an unexpected crossover. The rap icon once had only a vague awareness of water polo, as he’d seen Olympic matches on television. But Flav has a new appreciation for the sport, marveling at the immense stamina required to play it, after recently signing a five-year sponsorship deal to serve as the […]
Meta announced Friday it’s rolling back heightened restrictions on former president Donald Trump’s social media accounts — an effort to give the Republican presidential contender more leeway to share content in a heated campaign season. The social media giant said it’s loosening the more rigorous consequences for Trump if he breaks their content rules, such […]
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Scientists are launching their first in-human vaccine trial for a highly fatal virus. The Marburg virus is in the same family as Ebola and was discovered in 1967. There are currently no approved vaccines or treatments for the virus, which is listed as a “high consequence” infectious disease by the UK Health Security Agency. Now, […]