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For three successive years before 2025, Iga Swiatek has arrived at Wimbledon with the headlines centred around her. The biggest narrative arc of the women’s draw at the Championships would be if Swiatek could take her clay form, where she has won four French Open titles and the previous three back-to-back, to the grass. Her strengths and weapons are so suited to the high-bouncing crushed brick that the slick, fast-playing grass where the ball stays low would give her trouble as she immediately transitioned from a taxing campaign in Paris.This year, the Polish 24-year-old evaded the pre-tournament expectations altogether. With…

Liberian President Joseph Boakai. | Photo Credit: Reuters President Donald Trump was basking in the praise of a group of African leaders on Wednesday (July 9, 2025), many of them speaking a different language, when the Liberian President took to his microphone and spoke in English – his country’s official language.”Liberia is a longtime friend of the United States and we believe in your policy of making America great again,” President Joseph Boakai said at a White House meeting before advocating for U.S. investment in his country. “We just want to thank you so much for this opportunity.”Mr. Trump was…

The most recent Texas Legislature handed Elon Musk or his companies’ representatives and lobbyists some big political wins, including 10 new laws that could benefit his growing business footprint.

United States President Donald Trump has continued to publish letters announcing individualised tariff hikes for foreign trading partners. But on Wednesday, one of those letters was different from the rest. While most of the letters are virtually identical, denouncing trade relationships that are “far from reciprocal”, Trump’s letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took a decidedly more personal — and more confrontational — approach. “Due in part to Brazil’s insidious attacks on Free Elections, and the fundamental Free Speech Rights of Americans”, Trump wrote that he would be charging Brazil an extra 50-percent tax on any goods…

Researchers put on a “science fair for canceled grants” on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to highlight cuts to federal funding for science. Scott Neuman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Scott Neuman/NPR Sumit Chanda, a professor of immunology and microbiology at Scripps Research who focuses on pandemics, has made a career out of preparing for disaster. But Chanda faced a disaster of a different kind this year, when the future of his research was thrown into doubt by the Trump administration’s cuts to science funding. On Tuesday, Chanda stood alongside roughly two dozen other scientists in the lobby of…

President Trump is pictured at the Salute to America Celebration at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on July 3. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images President Trump broke from his tariff letter format to tell the president of Brazil that he plans to put a 50% tariff on “any and all Brazilian products sent into the United States” starting on Aug. 1. Trump posted the letter to social media Wednesday afternoon, his 22nd such letter this week. However, this letter departed markedly from the others Trump has posted. All of…

A person holds a telephone displaying the logo of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI and its chatbot, Grok. Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images “We have improved @Grok significantly,” Elon Musk wrote on X last Friday about his platform’s integrated artificial intelligence chatbot. “You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.” Indeed, the update did not go unnoticed. By Tuesday, Grok was calling itself “MechaHitler.” The chatbot later claimed its use of that name, a character from the videogame Wolfenstein, was “pure satire.” In another widely-viewed thread…

Over 700 Palestinians have been killed while trying to collect aid from the US- and Israel-backed GHF aid sites.

Chris Pratt. | Photo Credit: REUTERS The much-loved orange cat is making a comeback. Actor Chris Pratt is all set to voice Garfield once again in a sequel to 2024’s The Garfield Movie, which made more than $230 million at the global box office, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Released by Sony Pictures (except in China), the original film reintroduced the iconic comic strip character to a new generation of audiences. Following its success, the team behind the film is now ready for round two.Alcon Entertainment’s co-CEOs Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson will return as producers, along with John Cohen,…

A Fabian Ruiz double helps Paris Saint-Germain thump Real Madrid to set up FIFA Club World Cup final against Chelsea.Fabian Ruiz scored twice, Ousmane Dembele tallied a goal and an assist, and Paris Saint-Germain eliminated Real Madrid as well as Kylian Mbappe from the FIFA Club World Cup by sailing to a 4-0 semifinal win. PSG built a 3-0 lead in 24 minutes, deflating the heavily pro-Madrid crowd on Wednesday. Goncalo Ramos, who subbed on for Dembele early in the second half, added a goal for good measure in the 87th minute. Gianluigi Donnarumma parried one early shot by Mbappe…