A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. AFP
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. AFP
A father and his sons walk at sunset on the side dam of Vacaresti wild park, in Bucharest, Romania. EPA
A father and his sons walk at sunset on the side dam of Vacaresti wild park, in Bucharest, Romania. EPA
People pay tribute with flowers and cards during a candlelight vigil in Lima in memory of Inti Sotelo, 24, and Jack Pintado, 22, who were wounded and later reported dead, during clashes against police while protesting the government of interim President Manuel Merino, in downtown Lima, Peru. AFP
People pay tribute with flowers and cards during a candlelight vigil in Lima in memory of Inti Sotelo, 24, and Jack Pintado, 22, who were wounded and later reported dead, during clashes against police while protesting the government of interim President Manuel Merino, in downtown Lima, Peru. AFP
A child sits on a steel pipe in Marikina in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, in Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
A child sits on a steel pipe in Marikina in the aftermath of Typhoon Vamco, in Metro Manila, Philippines. Reuters
Orlando Chavez, 74, builds up the walls of his adobe (mud) house after it was destroyed by Hurricane Eta at a former banana field in Amapa, El Progreso municipality, Yoro department, Honduras, as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Iota. AFP
Orlando Chavez, 74, builds up the walls of his adobe (mud) house after it was destroyed by Hurricane Eta at a former banana field in Amapa, El Progreso municipality, Yoro department, Honduras, as he prepares for the arrival of Hurricane Iota. AFP
Local folk artists perform next to a police line outside Congress building, as they wait for news from inside on who will be the country's next president, in Lima, Peru. Interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests when lawmakers ousted President Martin Vizcarra. AP Photo
Local folk artists perform next to a police line outside Congress building, as they wait for news from inside on who will be the country's next president, in Lima, Peru. Interim President Manuel Merino announced his resignation following massive protests when lawmakers ousted President Martin Vizcarra. AP Photo
Ethnic Armenians look out from a bus returning to Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under an agreement signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions. AP Photo
Ethnic Armenians look out from a bus returning to Stepanakert, the capital of the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to halt fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under an agreement signed with Russia that calls for deployment of nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeepers and territorial concessions. AP Photo
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the German Federal Council Reiner Haseloff and head judge of Germany's constitutional court Stephan Harbarth, from left, pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony on national Memorial Day at the Neue Wache in Berlin. AP
Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, President of the German Federal Council Reiner Haseloff and head judge of Germany's constitutional court Stephan Harbarth, from left, pay their respects during a wreath-laying ceremony on national Memorial Day at the Neue Wache in Berlin. AP

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MATCH INFO

Tottenham Hotspur 0 Everton 1 (Calvert-Lewin 55')

Man of the Match Allan (Everton)

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Janet Yellen's Firsts

  • In 2014, she became the first woman to lead the US Federal Reserve 
  • In 1999, she became the first female chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers 
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Dust and sand storms compared

Sand storm

  • Particle size: Larger, heavier sand grains
  • Visibility: Often dramatic with thick "walls" of sand
  • Duration: Short-lived, typically localised
  • Travel distance: Limited 
  • Source: Open desert areas with strong winds

Dust storm

  • Particle size: Much finer, lightweight particles
  • Visibility: Hazy skies but less intense
  • Duration: Can linger for days
  • Travel distance: Long-range, up to thousands of kilometres
  • Source: Can be carried from distant regions
Results

Stage 7:

1. Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto Soudal - 3:18:29

2. Sam Bennett (IRL) Deceuninck-QuickStep - same time

3. Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain Victorious

4. Michael Morkov (DEN) Deceuninck-QuickStep

5. Cees Bol (NED) Team DSM

General Classification:

1. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates - 24:00:28

2. Adam Yates (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers - 0:00:35

3. Joao Almeida (POR) Deceuninck-QuickStep - 0:01:02

4. Chris Harper (AUS) Jumbo-Visma - 0:01:42

5. Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo - 0:01:45

SERIE A FIXTURES

Saturday (All UAE kick-off times)

Lecce v SPAL (6pm)

Bologna v Genoa (9pm)

Atlanta v Roma (11.45pm)

Sunday

Udinese v Hellas Verona (3.30pm)

Juventus v Brescia (6pm)

Sampdoria v Fiorentina (6pm)

Sassuolo v Parma (6pm)

Cagliari v Napoli (9pm)

Lazio v Inter Milan (11.45pm)

Monday

AC Milan v Torino (11.45pm)

 

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RESULTS

Bantamweight

Victor Nunes (BRA) beat Siyovush Gulmamadov (TJK)

(Split decision)

Featherweight

Hussein Salim (IRQ) beat Shakhriyor Juraev (UZB)

(Round 1 submission, armbar)

Catchweight 80kg

Rashed Dawood (UAE) beat Otabek Kadirov (UZB)

(Round-1 submission, rear naked choke)

Lightweight

Ho Taek-oh (KOR) beat Ronald Girones (CUB)

(Round 3 submission, triangle choke)

Lightweight

Arthur Zaynukov (RUS) beat Damien Lapilus (FRA)

(Unanimous points)

Bantamweight

Vinicius de Oliveira (BRA) beat Furkatbek Yokubov (RUS)

(Round 1 TKO)

Featherweight

Movlid Khaybulaev (RUS) v Zaka Fatullazade (AZE)

(Round 1 rear naked choke)

Flyweight

Shannon Ross (TUR) beat Donovon Freelow (USA)

(Unanimous decision)

Lightweight

Dan Collins (GBR) beat Mohammad Yahya (UAE)

(Round 2 submission D’arce choke)

Catchweight 73kg

Martun Mezhulmyan (ARM) beat Islam Mamedov (RUS)

(Round 3 submission, kneebar)

Bantamweight world title

Xavier Alaoui (MAR) beat Jaures Dea (CAM)

(Unanimous points 48-46, 49-45, 49-45)

Flyweight world title

Manon Fiorot (FRA) v Gabriela Campo (ARG)

(Round 1 RSC)

It Was Just an Accident

Director: Jafar Panahi

Stars: Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr

Rating: 4/5

Who was Alfred Nobel?

The Nobel Prize was created by wealthy Swedish chemist and entrepreneur Alfred Nobel.

  • In his will he dictated that the bulk of his estate should be used to fund "prizes to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind".
  • Nobel is best known as the inventor of dynamite, but also wrote poetry and drama and could speak Russian, French, English and German by the age of 17. The five original prize categories reflect the interests closest to his heart.
  • Nobel died in 1896 but it took until 1901, following a legal battle over his will, before the first prizes were awarded.
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