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Neale Fraser, Australia’s legendary Davis Cup captain and three-time Grand Slam singles champion from the golden era of the 1950s and 1960s, has died at 91. A contemporary of tennis greats Rod Laver, Lew Hoad and Roy Emerson, Fraser won the Wimbledon title in 1960 and consecutive U.S. National Championships in 1959 and 1960. His illustrious career included 16 Grand Slam titles in men’s and mixed doubles. Fraser was part of four victorious Davis Cup teams from 1959 to 1962 under coach Harry Hopman. He later cemented his legacy as Australia’s Davis Cup captain, holding the role for a record…
Neale Fraser, Australia’s legendary Davis Cup captain and three-time Grand Slam singles champion from the golden era of the 1950s and 1960s, has died at 91. A contemporary of tennis greats Rod Laver, Lew Hoad and Roy Emerson, Fraser won the Wimbledon title in 1960 and consecutive U.S. National Championships in 1959 and 1960. His illustrious career included 16 Grand Slam titles in men’s and mixed doubles. Fraser was part of four victorious Davis Cup teams from 1959 to 1962 under coach Harry Hopman. He later cemented his legacy as Australia’s Davis Cup captain, holding the role for a record…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel was committed to its ceasefire deal with Hezbollah, but warned that it did not mean the war was over. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting in the northern border city of Nahariya, Netanyahu said Hezbollah had seriously violated the accord on Monday and that Israel had subsequently attacked more than 20 targets across Lebanon in retaliation. “We are currently in a ceasefire, I note, a ceasefire, not the end of the war,” he said. “We have a clear goal to return the residents, to rehabilitate the north. We…
Israeli leaders hailed on Tuesday a pledge by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that there would be “hell to pay” in the Middle East unless hostages held in the Gaza Strip were released ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration. The reaction in Gaza was less enthusiastic. Writing on Truth Social, and without naming any group, Trump said the hostages had to be freed by the time he was sworn in. If his demand was not met, he said: “Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied History of the United States of America.”…
An overnight attack by Russia targeted energy facilities in Ukraine’s western Rivne and Ternopil regions, local officials said on Tuesday. The head of Ternopil’s regional defence headquarters, Serhiy Nadal, said a drone struck an energy facility, leaving part of the city without power. Rivne Governor Oleksandr Koval said emergency services were working on site and reported no casualties.
Russian drones struck critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s western Ternopil and Rivne regions overnight, the Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday. The attack left part of the city of Ternopil without electricity, its mayor said, a week after Moscow’s strikes cut power to much of the city and its surrounding region. “Energy workers and rescuers are eliminating the consequences of the attack. Stock up on water, charge your phones,” mayor Serhiy Nadal said on his Telegram messaging channel. Ternopil lies about 220 km (135 miles) east of NATO-member Poland. Russia mounted two big attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in November, triggering…
The foreign ministers of Iran, Türkiye and Russia are likely to meet in the framework of the Astana process on Dec. 7 and 8 to discuss Syria on the sidelines of the Doha Forum, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Monday, according to state media.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday said he will travel to Paris on Saturday to attend the reopening of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, which was gutted by fire over five years ago, in his first foreign trip since winning the election. The Gothic masterpiece, one of the French capital’s most beloved and visited monuments, will reopen its doors later this week to tourists and the Catholic faithful. Major reconstruction works have restored the 12th-century cathedral, its spire, rib vaulting, flying buttresses, stained-glass windows and carved stone gargoyles to their past glory, with the white stone and gold decorations shining brighter than…
The Israeli military said on Monday that it attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, but said Israel “remains obligated to the fulfillment of the conditions of the ceasefire agreement”.
The Israeli military said on Monday that it attacked dozens of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, but said Israel “remains obligated to the fulfillment of the conditions of the ceasefire agreement”.