As Nashville’s utility company struggled to recover from a catastrophic ice storm and its Democratic mayor ordered a review, some conservatives attacked diversity training.

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* Zverev served to reach Australian Open final in fifth set * Spaniard holds out in epic 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-7(3), 6-7 (4) 7-5 * As it happened: look back at an epic semi-final clash Murmurs around Melbourne Park had been building. That the men’s Australian Open draw had not met expectations in 2026. That matches had been one-sided, and lacking memorable moments. That so-called SinCaraz was a foregone conclusion. That tennis had lost its touch. Murmur no more. In this year’s first match on Rod Laver Arena to go five sets, Carlos Alcaraz leapt off the canvas to outlast Alexander Zverev 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 6-7 (4), 7-5 over five hours and 27 minutes – the third longest match in Australian Open history. Continue reading...

Four children among dead as restrictions on evacuations put in place days after reopening of crossing to Egypt Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed 18 people, including four children, in Gaza and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing, Palestinian officials have said. The Israeli military said it fired on Gaza after a gunman shot at Israeli soldiers and seriously injured a reservist. Continue reading...

The U.S. Justice Department unit responsible for prosecuting potential wrongdoing by law enforcement, including during the crackdown on illegal immigration in Minneapolis, has lost two-thirds of its prosecutors and is under orders to scale back its investigations of excessive force, people familiar with its work told Reuters.

Discounts on Russian oil exports to China widened to new records this week as sellers cut prices to lure demand from the world's top crude importer and offset the likely loss of India sales, traders said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer plans to force consideration of a resolution that would allow the Senate to pursue legal action against the Trump administration for not complying with the Epstein Transparency Act.

Klimaschutz in Amsterdam: Keine Werbung mehr in Straßen und an Haltestellen für Hamburger oder Flugreisen. Der Stadt zufolge handelt es sich bei dem neuen Vorbot um eine Premiere.

Si l’Elysée et Matignon n’ont pas à se prononcer sur le fond de l’affaire, le couple exécutif attend des explications sur les mails mettant en cause l’ancien ministre socialiste dans les millions de d...