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Djokovic, the dominant Serbian who is a five-time champion at Melbourne Park, will meet up-and-coming South Korean Chung Hyeon. Kei Nishikori, who faces Philipp Kohlschreiber in the first round, is in Djokovic’s quarter of the draw. MORE: Djokovic’s 2015 season, in photos | Full list of men’s seeds In his 20th consecutive and final Australian Open appearance, Hewitt will take on fellow Australian James Duckworth. No. 2 seed Andy Murray takes on emerging German Alexander Zverev, with David Ferrer in the Brit’s quarter....

The 16-time major champion brushed aside Roger Federer in straight sets on Thursday, a day before Thiem edged out Alexander Zverev in four. At 32, Djokovic is six years older than Thiem, a player he holds a 6-4 win-loss record over but has lost to in four of their past five meetings. But an extra day off has seemingly had little impact on the result of Sunday’s final, especially in the past decade, when the player with more rest has won five and lost as many deciders....

Osaka and Brady traded service breaks in the first eight games as neither player could gain momentum. However, the 23-year-old Osaka would take over, taking advantage of a sloppy Brady service game to take the first set 6-4. From here, it was all Osaka, immediately breaking twice to take the first four games of the second set. While Brady would claim one of the breaks back, Osaka was unfazed, serving it out to claim her fourth grand slam title....

The last two Grand Slams in Australia have been hindered by the global pandemic, with superstar Novak Djokovic kicked out of the country last year for not being vaccinated. With COVID-19 cases on the rise once again, here’s how the disease impacts the current Australian Open. MORE: Could the Australian Open start date change? Craig Tiley addresses ‘bizarre’ schedule claim ahead of 2023 Grand Slam tournament Will there be any COVID-19 restrictions and rules on tennis fans?...

With 14 women killed so far in 2020, Austria is one of the few European Union countries where more women than men were killed. At least two of the victims were murdered by ex-partners, one of whom was set on fire while working in a Vienna tobacco shop. Another was killed by a gunshot in her home in the Austrian capital. Experts believe the rise in murders of women in Austria can be attributed to female subservience views in Austria’s conservative Catholic and Muslim communities, as well as sexist language from the opposition far-right Freedom Party....

“It sounds like they didn’t like each other,” Dean told AP without elaborating. Dean said investigators will see if the department’s files have any official complaints made about either of the firefighters. The gunman also injured a fire captain at the station before he returned to his home. When he got there, he barricaded himself inside and set the house on fire, resulting in his own death. For more reporting from the Associated Press, see below....

Early symptoms, such as fatigue and joint pain, mimic those of other medical conditions, making diagnosis challenging. These conditions can be temporary or, more commonly, lifelong. They’re sometimes referred to as “invisible disabilities,” since people may not appear outwardly ill despite dealing with significant issues. Autoimmune diseases affect more than 23.5 million Americans, and more and more diseases are now being attributed to autoimmunity. Background The immune system protects us from viruses, bacteria, foreign substances, and even cancer cells, but does so with a delicate balance....

Paris is not the first city to install a driverless metro line—30 or so cities, such as Ankara, Copenhagen and Vancouver, already have automated lines, and 20 more are under construction. But these lines were built from scratch. What makes the Paris Métro’s effort so extraordinary is that it’s planning on renovating the line’s aged infrastructure—replacing switches and control networks and so forth—without so much as a single day of downtime....

Last season marked Nichushkin’s first NHL campaign with the Dallas Stars since 2015-16 (as a restricted free agent, he chose to sign overseas rather than return to the Stars). In 57 games, he failed to impress, going without a goal and putting up just 10 assists. He had a groin injury early on in the year and ultimately couldn’t live up to expectations or play any kind of top-6 role; he was scratched 16 times and appeared in just one postseason game....

Mark Farkas and Judy Plavnick, award-winning producers from the Washington area, are collaborating on a documentary project about Dan Snyder, the widely maligned, lightning-rod owner of the local pro football franchise. To jump-start financing and spread the word, they’re conducting a crowd-funding campaign that runs through midnight ET Wednesday. Their aim in the documentary, titled “Under Our Skins: A Dave and Goliath Story”? Not what everybody assumes, they insist. “We don’t want to present this as a Dan Snyder-bashing opportunity....

Mauricio Pochettino’s side have built much of their success in recent years on an enviable home record. 8/1 for Arsenal and West Brom to draw 1-1 They have, however, been forced to vacate White Hart Lane while the iconic venue undergoes redevelopment. Spurs have looked a little homesick at times but they are flourishing on their travels, with a 3-2 derby win over the Hammers on Saturday seeing them set a new benchmark....

The going rate for donors–whose eggs are fertilized with the intended father’s sperm and then implanted in his partner’s womb–is $1,500 to $5,000. That fee is intended not as reward money, says Dr. Benjamin Younger, head of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, but as compensation for potent hormone injections and minor surgery to retrieve the eggs. Some worry that upping the ante will turn the “gift of life” into a commodity....

“He was scared,” animal owner Leslie said of Scottish highland cow Buckley in a viral video tweeted by The Dodo. “He cried. He cried for like, three days straight. He cried so bad, he couldn’t even cry anymore.” She continued: “Buckley came to me at five weeks and he came to me heartbroken. He missed his mom so much. I felt horrible. I just thought ’this poor little calf doesn’t know what happened to him’....

The infant was experiencing a rash and cellulitis that had been present for five days, and was taken to hospital, where the child tested positive for monkeypox, according to an article describing the case on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) website. Monkeypox, a viral infection usually only found in West Africa, has seen an outbreak amounting to 62,406 cases worldwide, 23,893 of which are in the U....

The quick and easy exercise routine outlined here all starts with breathing and body awareness. All of the movements are performed while lying on your back. How It’s Done Lie down in a hook-lying position, which is on your back with your knees bent and your feet flat on the floor. Place your hands on your abdomen. Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose. As you inhale, your lower rib cage will likely expand and you’ll feel your hands rise as your abdomen rises....

Debuting on ABC on April 24, “My Life and Times” is basically a barrage of flashbacks. In each episode, Ben Miller, the 21st-century codger, spins tales of the pivotal events in his younger years. This allows the series to do what its what its creator does best;switch moods as well as settings. Miller (played by Tom Irwin) escorts us through the birth of his first child during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, his hilariously mismanaged wedding, his plunge into poverty during the “crash of ‘98,” the death of his wife and his subsequent struggle to forge new human connections....

The ad was released by Mothers Against Greg Abbott calling for Texans to vote in the midterm election in November for candidates in favor of gun safety reforms in an effort to protect children. The PAC includes parents, family members, Democrats, moderate Republicans and independents in Texas, according to its website. The ad release comes at the start of the new school year and a few months after the deadly Uvalde, Texas, shooting in May in which 19 children and two teachers were shot and killed at Robb Elementary School, allegedly by 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, who used two AR-15 rifles....

title: “Back To Square One " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Brittany Molina” So much for the Indo-Pakistan peace process. The superheated rhetoric may be so much hot air for now, but it shows how far relations have deteriorated since January 2004, when the leaders of the two nuclear-armed rivals began a dialogue aimed at normalizing relations and eventually solving the nearly 60-year-old dispute over the Himalayan territory of Kashmir....

Can John Kerry “tough it out” all the way to the White House? Can he do it against a political machine–Bush-Cheney ‘04–as wealthy, powerful and remorseless as any in modern history? It is an urgent question to Democrats, who yearn to unseat President George W. Bush with an apocalyptic fervor that makes one word–“electability”–the defining idea in the race. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Jeanne Shaheen, former governor of New Hampshire....