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More competition days, more tickets sold, more TV time, more money. For tennis organizers, the expansion of tournaments in Madrid and Rome from eight days to nearly two weeks has been highly profitable. But the players? They aren’t as thrilled. With Madrid and Rome joining the ranks of extended tournaments like Indian Wells and Miami, many top-ranked players who frequently …

In a club documentary offering a glimpse into his final days at Liverpool, Jurgen Klopp was asked by filmmakers to stand alone on The Kop and look around Anfield. He did it but wasn’t entirely comfortable. “I love Anfield dearly,” Klopp said on Friday, “but I love it when it’s full.” This Sunday, Anfield will be packed to the brim …

Last week, Earth was hit by a massive solar flare from sunspot AR3664, thrilling space enthusiasts with a spectacular aurora display. This week, Mars is set to experience the impact of another solar flare from the same sunspot. Dr. Ed Thiemann, a heliophysicist at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), told Space.com, “According …

Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi, currently imprisoned, is set to face a new trial following her accusations against security forces for sexually assaulting female detainees, her family revealed on Saturday (May 18), according to AFP. ### ‘Full-scale War Against Women’ The trial, starting Sunday (May 19), stems from an audio message Mohammadi sent from the infamous Evin prison, …

The volcano on Halmahera, a remote Indonesian island, Mount Ibu, erupted spectacularly again, spewing a grey ash cloud into the sky. The eruption on Saturday evening led to the evacuation of seven nearby villages, local authorities reported on Sunday (May 19). ### What Happened? On Saturday (May 18) evening, Mount Ibu erupted, sending ash four kilometers into the air, with …

The head of Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc, MP Mohammad Raad, stated on Sunday that his group feels “reassured” about the progress of its conflict with Israel. “The resistance is escalating its operations against the Israeli enemy to a certain level in order to preserve the deterrence equation,” Raad said. He explained that Hezbollah is taking these actions to ensure that Israel …

A Gaza hospital reported on Sunday that an Israeli air strike on a house in a refugee camp killed at least 20 people. “We received 20 fatalities and several wounded after an Israeli air strike targeted a house belonging to the Hassan family in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza,” stated Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Witnesses indicated that the strike took …

In an exclusive interview with AFP, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed concerns about an anticipated increase in Russian offensives in the northeast and emphasized that Kyiv currently has only a fraction of the air defenses needed to secure the front lines. Russian forces, which had made only moderate gains in recent months, launched a surprise attack in the Kharkiv region …