10:31 AM ET The DraftKings All-American Team Cup, the first pro tennis event in the U.S. to take place before paying spectators, ended Sunday at a tennis and fitness center in Peachtree Corners, Georgia. It was rocked Friday night when Frances Tiafoe, the popular captain of the young “Stars” team, tested positive for the coronavirus,
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A suspected case of bubonic plague in China is being “well managed” and is not considered high risk, the World Health Organisation has said. Authorities in the city of Bayannur, in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, issued a warning on Sunday after a hospital patient – reported to be a herdsman – was feared
Replenysh has been kicking since 2016, but up til now, the Orange County, California startup hasn’t done much press. That changes today, as the company announces that it has raised a $2 million seed round with the fairly lofty goal of transforming recycling in the U.S. A press release outlining Replenysh’s plans offers up plenty
Campaigner Marie Lyon broke down in tears as she read the report. “At last!” she exclaimed. After four decades of campaigning, she has achieved something extraordinary – recognition, finally, that she and hundreds of other families have been wronged. An independent review has found that children suffered “avoidable harm” from failure to regulate a drug
Ineos has suspended plans to build a new 4×4 vehicle in south Wales and may make the vehicle at a site in France instead. The factory in Bridgend had been expected to create up to 500 jobs, providing a boost to automotive workers just as Ford closes its engine plant in the town with the
Johnny Depp is not a “wife beater” and allegations of violence made by his ex-wife Amber Heard are “complete lies”, the High Court has been told by his lawyers on the first day of a libel trial. The Hollywood star is suing The Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton,
Ethnic under-representation in local government is “perpetuating racial inequality and disadvantage” in the UK, according to a report. New data shared with Sky News shows only 7% of all UK councillors are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic (BAME) background, which is half the percentage BAME people make up of the country’s overall population
German engineering company Festo has created robotic birds capable of amazingly realistic flight. The firm acknowledges that the robo-birds don’t have any business applications yet, but hopes one could be found in future. Until then, a whole fleet (or flock) of the birds have been unveiled in a video showing off how they can take
UK shopping visits are still only at half the level of last year and the reopening of pubs and cafes failed to deliver a hoped-for boost, according to industry figures. Footfall was down 49.6% for the week ending 4 July compared to the same week a year ago, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said. The
10:29 PM ET The NBA is less than a month away from restarting the 2019-20 season. With teams beginning to arrive at Walt Disney World on Tuesday and training camps set to begin on Thursday, it’s time to take stock of the teams that will face off later this month at Disney’s ESPN Wide World
Former Kasabian frontman Tom Meighan pushed his ex-fiancee’s head into a hamster cage and threatened her with a wooden pallet in front of a child, a court has heard. The 39-year-old arrived at Leicester Magistrates’ Court this morning where he pleaded guilty to one charge of assault by beating on 9 April this year. He
TikTok has said it will no longer operate in Hong Kong after China’s new national security law demanded it hand over user data. Technology giants including Google, Twitter and Facebook have also said they will deny requests for user data from Hong Kong law enforcement while they examine the implications of the new legislation. Professional
A third of Britons have said they are either unsure or definitely wouldn’t use a vaccine for coronavirus, a poll suggests. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Centre for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), coincides with the release of a report by the same group into the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation online. Members of the
7:45 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs, who wandered aimlessly for so many years without a long-term plan at football’s most important position, know how to take care of a franchise quarterback now that they finally have one. They agreed to terms of a 10-year contract extension with Patrick Mahomes that, combined with the two
A dossier linked to former spy Christopher Steele accuses China of seeking to influence elite figures in British politics, business and academia. The report – compiled for a US-based film producer and human rights activist – also makes allegations of a spying risk to the UK posed by the technology firm Huawei. Mr Steele made
Prince Andrew has again been urged to speak to investigators by a lawyer representing more than a dozen women who claim they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein. Gloria Allred says the Duke of York should not be waiting for a “gold-plated invitation delivered by a footman on a silver platter” before agreeing to an interview