In the women’s game, Nelly Korda won seven times, including her second major 03 January 2025 – 16:44 By Frank Pingue Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Scottie Scheffler of the US celebrates on the 18th green after winning the 2024 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia on April 14 2024. Image: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images While professional golf’s future is as uncertain now as it was a year ago given the pace of negotiations between the PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, one thing was made crystal clear in 2024 — Scottie Scheffler is the man to beat. Scheffler became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2007 to win seven or more times
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The modernization of our power grid stands as one of the most critical infrastructure challenges of the 21st century. As we navigate the transition to renewable energy sources and face increasing demands for reliability and resilience, understanding the technology roadmap for grid modernization becomes essential for utility professionals and energy stakeholders. Introduction: The Grid at […]
James Carville and Mary Matalin, America’s quintessential bipartisan power couple, have turned their marriage into a metaphor for bridging divides. Thanks to their fiery debates and enduring partnership, the duo’s lives have piqued public interest, too. But what happened to James Carville and Mary Matalin? James Carville speaks onstage during Angel Ball 2015, and Mary Matalin attends the 2013 Legends For Charity Dinner. Photo: Bryan Bedder, Tyler Kaufman (modified by author)Source: Getty Images TABLE OF CONTENTS Who is James Carville? Who is Mary Matalin? James Carville and Mary Matalin’s relationship When did Carville and Mary meet? Are Carville and Matalin still together? What happened to James Carville and Mary Matalin? FAQs about James Carville and Mary Matalin Wrapping up James Carville and Mary Matalin remain engaged in various personal and
Sa’ar’s new budget is the first step toward correcting 77 years of mistakes in neglecting Israel’s effort to explain itself to the world, which is more important than ever. By GIL HOFFMAN JANUARY 3, 2025 14:28 GIDEON SA’AR (photo credit: Shalev Mann) There was a movie in 1985 called Brewster’s Millions, in which Richard Pryor played minor league pitcher Montgomery “Monty” Brewster, who accepted a challenge to spend $30 million in 30 days in order to inherit $300 million from his great uncle. Thirty years later, new Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar finds himself in a similar place. Once the state budget passes into law, Sa’ar will receive $150 million for Israeli public diplomacy – half of what Brewster won, but 20 times more than the pathetic amount the government previously
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As an Israeli delegation heads to Doha for talks, Israeli forces kill at least 26 people in attacks across Gaza. At least 35 Palestinians have been killed in multiple Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, as high-level negotiators prepare to resume stalled ceasefire talks. Israeli forces killed at least 19 people in the central Gaza Strip on Friday, medical sources told Al Jazeera. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said Friday was shaping up to be “another bloody day”, following a 24-hour period in which at least 71 Palestinians were killed in 34 Israeli air attacks, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office. Abu Azzoum said gunfire in Deir el-Balah suggested a “potential military advance by Israeli ground forces” in response to a Hamas attack on
Top seed Novak Djokovic crashed out of the Brisbane International in a straight-set quarter-final defeat by Reilly Opelka. Djokovic, chasing his 100th ATP title, went neck-and-neck with the American in the first set before Opelka eased to a 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 victory in one hour and 40 minutes. Opelka, 27, will now face France’s Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard, who beat Jakub Mensik 7-5 7-6 (7-5) to reach the semi-finals. “[Djokovic] is the greatest tennis player ever. But it’s difficult being in his position,” said Opelka, who is ranked 293rd in the world. “The reality is we have nothing to lose against him, so you end up playing more freely and taking a lot more risks because it’s your only chance. If you play your normal level, he wins every time.” Opelka
President Joe Biden began his term in the White House with a broad promise to protect transgender Americans against Republican policies that painted them as a threat to children and sought to push them out of public life. “Your president has your back,” Biden assured trans people in his first State of the Union address in 2021, and he repeated a version of that statement in subsequent speeches. But with President-elect Donald Trump days away from taking office after piling on transgender people throughout his campaign, some worry Biden did not do enough to shield them from what’s likely to come. The president-elect has declared that “it will be the official policy of the United States government that there are only two genders — male and female,” and pledged to
Andy Palmer, the “godfather of EVs,” explains how China took the lead in the electric-car race. Palmer got the moniker after developing the Nissan Leaf, the world’s first mass-market EV. He said Chinese EVs offered “remarkable” value for money and better battery tech than Western rivals. The man often known as the “godfather of EVs” has a warning for automakers thinking of ditching electric vehicles for hybrids. Andy Palmer, a former Aston Martin CEO and Nissan exec, told Business Insider that delaying transitioning to EVs in favor of selling hybrids was a “fool’s errand” and warned that automakers doing so risked falling even further behind Chinese EV companies. Palmer’s moniker comes from his time as chief operating officer at Nissan. He led the development of the Nissan Leaf, the world’s first
The MK Party’s Moses Mabhida region has rubbished claims that it organised a protest outside party leader Jacob Zuma’s home in Nkandla on Thursday. Social media claims suggested a group of party members outside Zuma’s home were protesting against disciplinary letters issued to the former provincial leadership. On Wednesday, Zuma and his national high command suspended three members of the KwaZulu-Natal legislature — Thobani Zuma, Sfiso Zuma and chief whip Kwazi Mbanjwa — for alleged irregularities and transgressions of the party’s constitution. The Moses Mabhida region called these allegations “false”. “The presupposition is not correct,” it said. “The leadership from Moses Mabhida region believe those letters should have been submitted directly to the individuals (not on social media) and therefore there is no way they could have entangled themselves in
Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, was a dual citizen of the US and Ireland and traveled to Lebanon and Syria in 2024 to attempt to join Hezbollah. By REUTERS JANUARY 3, 2025 09:28 Jack Danaher Molloy in photographs he took as part of an application process to join Hezbollah. (photo credit: Western District of Pennsylvania US Attorney’s Office) A Pennsylvania man who previously served in the US Army was indicted by a grand jury on charges of attempting to support Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and of making false statements to the FBI, the US Justice Department said on Thursday. Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, was a dual citizen of the US and Ireland and traveled to Lebanon and Syria in 2024 to attempt to join Hezbollah, designated by the US as a
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US president expected to announce decision to block proposed sale of Pittsburgh-based steelmaker as early as Friday. United States President Joe Biden has decided to block the proposed takeover of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, US media has reported. Biden is expected to announce his decision to scuttle the $14.9bn sale on national security grounds as early as Friday, The New York Times, The Washington Post and Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Biden’s decision comes after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States last month failed to reach a consensus on the possible national security risks of the deal, and just weeks before he hands control of the White House to US President-elect Donald Trump. Biden had been widely expected to block the sale
FILE PHOTO Featured GraphicOnline Education Jan – 02 – 2025 , 22:01 2 minutes read The Ghana Education Service (GES) has reaffirmed the reopening date for Senior High Schools (SHSs) as January 3, 2025, despite calls from the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) for a postponement over unresolved financial concerns. In a press release issued on January 2, 2025, the Head of the Public Relations Unit at GES, Cassandra Twum Ampofo, reiterated that the 2024/25 academic calendar remains unchanged. She stated, “As previously announced, SHS students are expected to report back to school on January 3, 2025, while primary and Junior High Schools will reopen on January 8, 2025.” Ms Twum Ampofo added that the GES is actively engaging the Ministry of Education to address the
SenseTime Group is reducing its office footprint in Singapore, scaling back once-lofty ambitions at a time it is struggling to compete in the post-ChatGPT era . The Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer is moving from a prime downtown location to a smaller office in a less expensive neighbourhood, people familiar with the matter said. The company is giving up a roughly 11,000 square foot (1,022 square metre) space in Frasers Tower for a less central building, the people said, asking to remain unidentified discussing private decisions. SenseTime is downsizing at a time fellow tech firms including ByteDance are expanding abroad , seeking to escape an economic downturn back home. The retreat underscores how SenseTime, which in 2023 lost Alibaba Group Holding as a financial backer, is grappling with new rivals
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Temperatures drop across UK as arctic blast brings more snow PA Media Parts of the UK – including Northern Ireland – have already seen snow this week A cold arctic blast has swept into the UK, bringing widespread frost and more snow to parts of Scotland. Temperatures dropped overnight ahead of a bitterly cold weekend that could see “significant snow” and blizzard-like conditions. The whole of England is under amber health alerts – meaning there is a risk of a rise in deaths – with one local NHS service urging people to avoid going out early in the morning when the frost is thick. Yellow weather warnings for snow and ice are in place for most of England, Wales and Scotland between Saturday and Monday. Snow fell overnight in northern
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DEVELOPING STORY, Yoon’s security team blocking investigators from executing arrest warrant, local media says. South Korean authorities are locked in a standoff with President Yoon Suk-yeol’s security team after arriving at the impeached leader’s residence to execute an arrest warrant over his short-lived declaration of martial law. Dozens of police and anticorruption investigators arrived at Yoon’s compound in Seoul early on Friday morning to detain the embattled leader only to be blocked by the Presidential Security Service (PSS). PSS chief Park Jong-joon denied entry to investigators after citing restrictions on secured areas, the state-funded Yonhap News Agency reported, citing anonymous police sources. “[Corruption Investigation Office] prosecutors and investigators are in a standoff with the Presidential Security Service in front of the residence after moving past the first and second barriers,”