Tennis great Rafael Nadal lost 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday, marking the end of his professional career. The 38-year-old Rafael Nadal declared last month that he would retire following the competition. He is among the most decorated tennis players at the end of his career. Nadal began playing professionally in his late teens and has since won two Olympic gold medals, 22 majors (second most ever), and 92 singles titles (fifth most ever). Nadal is best known for his supremacy on clay, having won a record 14 French Open titles. In 2005, he won his first, starting a run of dominance that saw him win nine of ten French Open finals. He won four straight from 2017 to 2020 after battling ailments, and in 2022 he won his final French Open and major t...

HONG KONG: In his historic national security trial, Hong Kong democrat and media magnate Jimmy Lait testified for the first time on Wednesday that he had never attempted to sway the foreign policy of nations like the United States regarding China and Hong Kong. Under a broad national security law enforced by China, the arrest of Lai, 76, a British and Hong Kong national and the founder of the now-defunct pro-democracy daily Apple Daily, is regarded as one of the most well-known. His testimony was given the day after, in a different national security case, Hong Kong imprisoned forty-five pro-democracy activists for a maximum of ten years. Lai has entered a not guilty plea to two allegations, one of which is conspiracy to disseminate seditious information and the other of conspiracy to coord...

As Northern California and the Pacific Northwest began to experience the effects of a strong atmospheric river event, officials reported that a woman was killed by a fallen tree and that tens of thousands of residences in Washington state lost power on Tuesday. According to experts, the storm may deliver significant snowfall in the mountains and up to 15 inches of rain. According to the tracking website poweroutage.us, by approximately 7 p.m. local time, nearly 100,000 households and businesses in Washington and over 14,000 in Oregon were without power. Around 8 p.m. on Tuesday, the Bellevue, Washington, fire department posted on Xat that "trees are falling on houses and all over the city." Go to the lowest floor and avoid windows if at all possible. If at all possible, stay indoors. Arou...

The son of Norway's crown princess was detained on suspicion of rape on Tuesday, drawing the country's royal family into an ever-deepening crisis. Marius Borg H iby, 27, was taken into custody on Monday on a preliminary charge of engaging in "sexual intercourse with someone who is unconscious or for other reasons is unable to resist the act," according to a statement released by Oslo police early on Tuesday. According to police on Tuesday, he was also accused of driving without a valid driver's license, breaking a restraining order, and one count of "abuse in close relationships." Prior to filing a formal charge, a preliminary charge enables law enforcement to hold a person while they conduct additional investigation. Borg H. Iby, an Oslo socialite and the eldest child of Norwegian Crown P...

More than 4 million qualified veterans and their caregivers can now access military bases more easily thanks to new processes put in place by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs as of November 1, 2024. These people can now sign up for recurring access, which makes future visits easier. Previously, they had trouble accessing installations to use services like commissaries, exchanges, and some Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) facilities. Who Is Involved? Purple Heart recipients, former POWs, eligible caregivers, and veterans with VA-documented service-connected disability ratings between 0% and 90% are the main beneficiaries of the policy. Although base access was already available to veterans with 100% service-connected disability, this extension, which was started in 2020,...