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Aryna Sabalenka expressed on Tuesday that she aims to finish the year as the top-ranked player in the world. Currently ranked number two, Sabalenka is the top seed at the China Open this week following the withdrawal of Iga Swiatek, the defending champion and current world number one, who pulled out due to unspecified personal reasons. After her victory at …

Manchester United and Tottenham are set to begin their Europa League campaigns this week, hoping to turn around their disappointing starts to the Premier League season. Erik ten Hag’s Manchester United have shown little improvement from last season’s struggles, as they currently sit outside the top 10 in the Premier League with just seven points from five matches. The Dutch …

Spain has included 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz in their five-member Davis Cup team, announced on Monday. World number one, Jannik Sinner from Italy, will also participate in the final eight of the tournament in Malaga. Nadal, now 38, has recently withdrawn from the US Open and Laver Cup due to ongoing injury and fitness challenges, …

The “Three Gorges Dam,” the world’s largest hydroelectric dam, located in China, has had such a massive impact that it has even affected Earth’s rotation. Situated in Hubei province, the dam spans the Yangtze River, the longest river in Eurasia, and harnesses the flow of water from three nearby gorges—Qutangxia, Wuxia, and Xilingxia—to generate electricity by spinning its turbines. The …

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have identified two pairs of supermassive black holes on the brink of merging, an event never observed before in the cosmos. NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured this phenomenon in two dwarf galaxies, offering valuable insights into galaxy formation and evolution in the early universe. The dwarf galaxies, named Mirabilis and Elstir & Vinteuil, are located …

Scientists have revealed that an ancient seed, believed to date back between 993 AD and 1202, may hold the key to curing cancer. This seed, discovered in the Judean Desert, between the West Bank and Israel, is thought to have grown into a 10-foot tree nearly a millennium ago and belongs to a lineage of trees mentioned in the Bible. …

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon on Monday resulted in the deaths of at least 558 people, including 50 children, according to Lebanon’s health ministry, making it the deadliest day of cross-border violence since the Gaza war began. The conflict has intensified dramatically, with Arab nations strongly condemning Israel’s actions against Hezbollah, marking the highest levels of hostilities in nearly a year. …

Hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets at Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel on Tuesday, claiming the attack was carried out “in defense of Lebanon.” This came after Israeli forces had bombed numerous targets in southern Lebanon overnight. Hezbollah also targeted Israeli military bases, including the Megiddo military airport, the Ramat David air base near Haifa, and other strategic sites, with …