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Mayor and Police Chiefs Let Corruption Fester at N.Y.P.D., Suits Charge

9 July 2025 at 05:19
The lawsuits, by four former police officers, claim that a culture of cronyism ruled the department. James Essig, who was chief of detectives, said that promotions were sold for $15,000.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

James Essig said he was pushed out of the Police Department after objecting to the promotions of unqualified officers.

分享自用 sing-box 配置 json 模板(适合裸核跑, PC、OpenWRT、iOS 一把梭)

9 July 2025 at 01:02
LongLights:

之前分享过通过 sub-store 动态追加节点至模板中分组,最终获得可直接裸核运行所需 config 的方案:>>点我跳转

在此之后我又优化了一下 json 配置模板,并且由于 AppStore 中的 iOS 官方版还是 1.11 版本内核,因此单独列出了 v1.11 的可用配置,照着以下操作,包一把跑起来。

所需的全部模板和 js 脚本都在这里:>>点我跳转

注:以下提供的所有配置仅适用于官方 1.12 和 1.11 内核,下载内核时请认准版本号

跨版本完全不通用!!

操作步骤

  1. 搭建 sub-store 后端,并且在其中添加你的节点或鸡场订阅
  2. 将我提供的配置模板放在 sub-store 的“文件管理”中
  3. 编辑模板,添加脚本操作,输入链接并保存:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/LongLights/sing-box_template_merge_sub-store/refs/heads/main/merge.js#name=<你在 sub-store 中的订阅名称>&type=<在 sub-store 中的订阅类型>#noCache

wyKdH9zIvEA4ES1EztkJFUF07ItRECFX.webp

  1. 复制 sub-store 中的模板链接,就是能供你直接裸核运行的完整 json 配置了
  2. 把完整 json 配置和 sing-box 核心放在同一个目录下,开 run
./sing-box run -c config.json #linux 如 openwrt 端运行
.\sing-box.exe run -c config.json #windows 管理员启动 cmd 运行
  1. 访问 localhost:9090 或 路由器 ip:9090 ,进入面板选择分组

如果看完描述还是不知道怎么操作

手把手实操,看完记得点赞: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIjjQgbZico

mihomo 天下第一

可以试试我的 mihomo 模板: https://github.com/LongLights/sing-box_template_merge_sub-store/blob/main/%E8%87%AA%E7%94%A8mihomo%E9%85%8D%E7%BD%AE%E6%A8%A1%E6%9D%BF.yaml

卖房过户小插曲:知识的力量败给了权力的力量

9 July 2025 at 00:27
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前不久卖掉了自己的住房,昨天去过户,因为提前做了一些攻略,了解到个税扣除还有差额计税这一说法。大致就是(卖房收入-房产官方评估价)* 0.2 的这样一个计税规则,意味着如果亏本卖房,那么不需要缴纳个税。

在过户之前问了两个中介和银行客户经理,他们都说我们的城市( 4 线)没这个政策,此时不排除他们不知道有这个政策。真正到了交税时,我直接问业务员,可以按差额计税吗?得到了肯定的答复,但表示很久没有人这么交过税了,于是问了另一个同事确认,最后得到的答复是可以的。

通过录入系统计算,得到我是不需要缴纳个税的,此时我还略带嘲讽的和中介说:“这就是知识的力量”。

结果打脸的来了,他们税务经过讨论后,说让我找某个领导签字才能办差额计税。但是这样做的话得第二天才能过户,因为快下班了,我们也急着过户,也不好和买方说让她等我一天,于是只能缴纳了 5000+ 的个税。

我和税务说这个税,过完户我会来退,到时候走误报流程,被警告说这样得找 4-5 个领导签字才能退。

实在是太耽误事了,于是作罢,等哪次有机会休长假了再看能不能处理吧。

期间的插曲:办过户的时候,业务员死活不给办,让我们走线上流程,但是线上系统(支付宝小程序)做的稀烂,连授权登录都无法成功,最后还是找的他们领导说话才给办。

经历了这一系列事件,对我们那小城市真的失望透顶。

google 搜索结果跳转到假冒网站,如何排查原因?

9 July 2025 at 00:16
v2droptable: 在 google 搜 tiktok clothing ,结果第一条标题为“TikTok Shop: Free Shipping on Clothing, Beauty & More”,指向 https://www.tiktok.com/shop

新窗口打开该链接,地址栏短暂显示 https://www.tiktok.com/shop ,随后重定向到假冒网站地址“https://shop-uk.tiktokw.eu/”。

在隐身模式重复上述操作,网页是正常的。

这可能是什么原因?要如何排查确认?

求助,如何避免 mac 被唤醒后自动加载外挂硬盘?

By: glasswm
9 July 2025 at 00:13
glasswm:

在 mac mini 上通过雷电口外接了一个硬盘盒(含 1 硬盘),用于离线数据备份。日常使用 mac 时该硬盘不装载,仅在“例行备份”时装载硬盘,执行脚本将 nas 上数据备份至该硬盘。

目前,遇到了 2 个问题:

1.mac 睡眠后,一旦被唤醒时,就会唤醒硬盘,虽然硬盘前期已被推出不会主动挂载,但会唤醒硬盘(硬盘盒指示灯闪烁、硬盘发出声响),担心频繁唤醒影响硬盘寿命。

2.mac 重启后,会唤醒硬盘并装载硬盘,目前通过增加/etc/fstab 文件,解决了装载的问题,但无法实现不唤醒硬盘。

目前能想到最直接的方法是备份完拔线,但有点麻烦,请问 xdjm 们有不拔线也能避免频繁唤醒硬盘的解决方法吗?

What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.

9 July 2025 at 05:14
The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

In a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Trump used the term “deal” to refer to arrangements that other countries had not consented to at all.

Should New York City Ditch Its Party Primaries in Favor of Open Races?

9 July 2025 at 04:57
A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s how the plan would work.

© Cheney Orr/Reuters

In New York currently, only those registered as belonging to a particular party can vote in that party’s primary.

Colorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founder’s Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing

9 July 2025 at 03:49
The judge said the lawyers had not explained how such errors could have been filed “absent the use of generative artificial intelligence or gross carelessness by counsel.”

© Jack Dempsey/Associated Press

A federal judge found that lawyers for Mike Lindell had violated a federal rule that requires them to certify that the claims they are making in court filings are grounded in the law.

Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67

9 July 2025 at 04:01
More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.

© Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

The playwright Richard Greenberg in 1999. He rose to fame in the 1980s with a string of scripts that delved into the interior lives of the people he knew best: young, upwardly mobile urban professionals.

Why small-time criminals burned a London warehouse for Russia's mercenary group Wagner

9 July 2025 at 02:35
Metropolitan Police A security camera's view captured the fire at the warehouse as it licks towards the lorry in Leyton, east LondonMetropolitan Police
Security cameras captured the fire at the warehouse

Just before midnight on 20 March last year, two small-time criminals from south London set alight a warehouse containing vital communications equipment destined for Ukraine.

They did not do it for ideological reasons. Instead, they did it for cash. The pair were arsonists for hire - referred to as "road men" in court - working indirectly for the Wagner Group, the mercenary group now controlled by the Russian state.

The fire-setters' connection to Wagner was through a small-time drug dealer from Leicestershire, called Dylan Earl.

Five men, including Earl, have now been convicted over their involvement in the arson attack, which caused £1m of damage.

Earl had been in touch with pro-Russian accounts earlier in the month on the secure messaging app Telegram.

With one account, which had the username Minsk KGB, he discussed whether he should go and fight for Russia in Ukraine, saying: "I need a fresh start bro. Do I need to speak Russian though? Because that's not the best. Litch [literally] know 30 words if that."

But by 16 March - four days before the attack - he was being tasked by a Telegram account linked to the Wagner Group to do some work in the UK.

It used the name Privet Bot - meaning "hello bot" in Russian - a notorious Telegram account that has encouraged sabotage attacks and murder in other parts of Europe.

The account wrote to Earl: "We have our first task for you. The map shows there are a few buildings at this address. And there are warehouses among them.

"They sponsor and provide aid to Ukrainian terrorists. Today we await from you photos and videos of the warehouse and the building and of the people owners of the warehouse."

Metropolitan Police Mugshot photos side by side of Dylan Earl (left) and Jake Reeves (right)Metropolitan Police
Small-time drug dealer Dylan Earl contacted Jake Reeves via Telegram for the job

Some of the messages the group exchanged were shortened or written in non-conventional ways, something that is commonly used to prevent social media filters tracking the content.

Earl contacted another man, Jake Reeves, who was a cleaner at Gatwick Airport, through a Telegram group set up to put criminals in touch with each other.

At Earl's request, Reeves, from Croydon, in south London, got hold of a local acquaintance of his, Nii Mensah, who was clearly ready to carry out crimes for cash.

Mensah had never met Earl, but he soon messaged him, saying: "I'm down for da causee bro. 3 ppl and car."

Metropolitan Police Mugshots of Nii Kojo Mensah (left) and Jakeem Rose (right) as he set the warehouse alightMetropolitan Police
Nii Kojo Mensah filmed Jakeem Rose as he set the warehouse alight

On the night of 20 March, four men set out from south London in a red Kia Piccanto.

Sixty-one-year-old Paul English was at the wheel. In court, he denied knowing what was going to happen on the night and was found not guilty of arson.

Nineteen-year-old Ugnius Asmena sat beside him in the passenger seat, while Mensah and his friend Jakeem Rose, both 21 years old at the time, sat in the back.

The four men drove north across the Thames and into Leyton, in east London, where they headed to the Cromwell Industrial Estate. They parked at the back of the warehouses.

Mensah and Rose got out, collected a jerry can from the boot, climbed over a wall and headed for units one and two. The warehouses the Wagner Group wanted to be burned were used by two businesses involved in sending parcels and equipment to Ukraine.

Both are owned and part-owned by Mikhail Boikov, a British-Ukrainian businessman.

It was not a sophisticated attack.

With Mensah streaming the whole event to Earl on FaceTime, Rose poured petrol along the front of the warehouses, lit a rag, and set the buildings alight.

The four men fled in the Piccanto. But not before Rose accidentally left a large zombie-style knife behind at the scene with his DNA on it.

Metropolitan Police A mugshot of Ugnius AsmenaMetropolitan Police
Ugnius Asmena was in the front passenger seat of the getaway car

In a lorry parked next to the warehouse, Yevhen Harasym was trying to sleep.

"I heard the crackling noise of the metal rolls of the warehouse door and realised that something was happening. I opened the door and saw the fire," he said while giving evidence in court.

"I grabbed the fire extinguisher from the back of the lorry.

"I was able to extinguish the fire outside the door, but the flames inside the warehouse continued to burn."

Eventually he had to retreat and move his lorry to safety, leaving the blaze to the fire brigade.

By the time the fire was out more than £100,000 worth of goods had been destroyed including communications equipment for Starlink satellites, which have proved vital on the frontline in the war in Ukraine.

Metropolitan Police A man pours a green jerry can while another films him on a phone at the side of a lorry - all captured on security cameraMetropolitan Police
Jakeem Rose was seen pouring petrol from a jerry can as Nii Mensah filmed him
Metropolitan Police A man uses a fire extinguisher attempting to put out the fire burning alongside a lorryMetropolitan Police
Yevhen Harasym left his bed to try and put out the fire

Earl was delighted, messaging an online contact: "Got that warehouse ting done. It was the one behind all the gates. Bro 8ft gates around whole ting."

But his Wagner Group handler Privet Bot was less pleased, saying on Telegram: "You rushed into burning these warehouses without my approval. Now it will be impossible to pay for this arson.

"We could have burned the warehouses much better and more if we had coordinated our actions. It was necessary to set fire in different places all around the perimeter at once and it would be bigger."

Metropolitan Police An image underneath a metal shutter shows a burnt out warehouseMetropolitan Police
Fire damage seen from one of the units

While encouraging Earl to be more patient, Privet Bot told him to watch the TV spy series The Americans, which tells the story of KGB agents operating patiently deep undercover in the US in the 1980s.

But further down the chain everyone Earl had hired was furious at not getting paid. Eventually, eager for more cash, they patched things up. Within two days Privet Bot had another job for Earl, and his men for hire.

"Two places burning in the west," Earl wrote to a contact who used the handle 'Kash Money'. Recon also. Wine shop. Restaurant."

"How much tho?" Kash Money asked.

"£5,000. Maybe 6", Earl replied. "If they nap [kidnap] the guy 15."

In a parallel discussion, he wrote to Reeves: "Correspondence London: £1,000.00 East Warehouse. £5,000.00 West Wine Shop. £5,000.00 West restaurant. Total - £11,000.00."

In his Telegram chat with Earl, Reeves was still wondering why Wagner had wanted the warehouse burned down. Earl wrote: "It's a mail provider to Russia, Ukraine and Belarus from UK. Ran by a Ukrainian man who send 100+ lorries to Ukraine."

Russian 'billionaire'

The wine shop and restaurant plot targeted exiled Russian businessman Evgeny Chichvarkin.

He had made hundreds of millions of pounds by creating Russia's largest mobile phone retailer, Evroset. But he had fallen out with the hard men in the Russian government and was forced to sell his business in 2008.

He now runs an award-winning wine shop in London's Mayfair, called Hedonism Wines, as well as a Michelin-starred restaurant, called Hide.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine he had personally driven several lorries of medical aid to Ukraine. Reeves wrote on Telegram that the Wagner contact wanted Mr Chichvarkin kidnapped "to get him sent back to Russia for imprisonment".

A man with a beard and moustache smiles at the camera. He is in a wine shop with bottles behind him on the shelf
Evgeny Chichvarkin was never attacked but his shop was scouted out for a plot

Earl persuaded a man - who was not charged with any offence - to conduct some reconnaissance of the wine shop.

The shop and restaurant were never actually attacked, as counter terrorism police disrupted the plot, nor was Mr Chichvarkin kidnapped.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Chichvarkin said even after the failed plot he has tried not to think about the threat he faces.

Partisan cells

The Wagner Group's strategy seems to have been to sow wider chaos in the UK, as well as targeting people who were helping Ukraine.

At one point Privet Bot asked Earl: "Do you have any friends among hooligans or acquaintances in the IRA?

"We need people that you have across Europe and the UK. We need those who are our kindred spirit.

"You need to organise partisan cells in the country and in Europe. And think of a name for your movement. We'll give you support."

As the plan developed, Earl started to drag other people into the proposed kidnap and attack on the Mayfair wine shop, including his drug-dealing contacts. Ashton "Ace" Evans was a small-time dealer operating out of Pontywaun near Newport, in South Wales, and was one of the people Earl approached.

"It has to be clean bro. Full masks, not ballies [balaclavas]. I can provide if needed. Gloves. No number plates," Earl wrote. "It's 10-15 minutes from Buckingham Palace."

"Yhhhh that's gonna bring a lot of attention", Evans wrote back. "MI5 etc."

"This owner is a billionaire from Russia," Earl explained.

"Does it need to be explo** [explosives] can it be just a fire?" Evans asked.

Earl replied: "Fire is possible, But if it doesn't fully burn they will not pay me more than 25%."

Evans was found guilty of failing to tell the police about the Mayfair plot.

Metropolitan Police Mugshot of Ashton EvansMetropolitan Police
Ashton Evans was a small-time drug dealer from South Wales

By 9 April, relations between Earl and his Wagner Group contact had shown signs of cooling. Earl was worried and sent Privet Bot a stream of messages.

"I know I can be the best spy you have ever seen but we need more communication and faster work with contracts," he wrote.

"I am a very good leader, coordinator and organiser," he boasted. "I am offering you… spy operations in my country against individuals, business, government, even in Europe."

Eventually Privet Bot wrote back urging him to be patient.

"You remind me of myself at your age and there are things you should learn. You are our dagger in Europe and we will be sharpening you carefully so that you will become sharper."

On 10 April, Earl was arrested by counter-terrorism detectives in the car park of a branch of B&Q, in Hinckley.

Verdicts

Earl pleaded guilty to preparing acts of serious violence on behalf of a foreign power (Russia), an offence under the new National Security Act. He also pleaded guilty to aggravated arson, possessing cocaine with intent to supply, and possessing £20,070 that was the proceeds of crime.

Reeves pleaded guilty to agreeing to accept money from a foreign intelligence service - the Wagner Group - also under the new National Security Act. He also pleaded guilty to aggravated arson.

During the trial, at London's Old Bailey, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb said generations before them would have described what the pair had done simply as "treason".

Nii Mensah, Jakeem Rose, Ugnius Asmena were found guilty of aggravated arson. Rose had previously pleaded guilty to possession of a knife.

The driver Paul English, 61, was cleared of all wrongdoing.

Ashton Evans, 20, was found guilty of failing to disclose information about terrorist acts relating to the Mayfair plot, but cleared of failing to tell authorities about the warehouse arson.

Another man, Dmirjus Paulauskas, 23, was cleared of two similar offences relating to both terrorist plots after the jury deliberated for nearly 22 hours.

Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command, said the response to state threats, particularly from Russia, had changed following the Salisbury nerve agent attack, in 2018.

"We've made the UK a hostile operating environment," he said. "As a result, they've diversified and are now contacting relatively young people to act on their behalf as proxies in doing their activity."

Steve Rosenberg: Russian minister's death serves as warning to political elite

9 July 2025 at 01:49
EPA Roman Starovoit arrives at a meeting of President Putin with Venezuelan President Maduro at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, 07 May 2025. EPA

It was a dramatic start to the week in Russia.

On Monday morning, President Vladimir Putin sacked his transport minister, Roman Starovoit.

By the afternoon Starovoit was dead; his body was discovered in a park on the edge of Moscow with a gunshot wound to the head. A pistol, allegedly, beside the body.

Investigators said they presumed the former minister had taken his own life.

In the tabloid Moskovsky Komsomolets this morning there was a sense of shock.

"The suicide of Roman Starovoit just hours after the president's order to sack him is an almost unique occurrence in Russian history," the paper declared.

That's because you need to go back more than thirty years, to before the fall of the Soviet Union, for an example of a government minister here killing themselves.

In August 1991, following the failure of the coup by communist hardliners, one of the coup's ring leaders - Soviet interior minister Boris Pugo - shot himself.

The Kremlin has said little about Starovoit's death.

"How shocked were you that a federal minister was found dead just hours after being fired by the president?" I asked Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov on a Kremlin conference call.

"Normal people cannot but be shocked by this," replied Peskov. "Of course, this shocked us, too.

"It's up to the investigation to provide answers to all the questions. While it's ongoing, one can only speculate. But that's more for the media and political pundits. Not for us."

The Russian press has, indeed, been full of speculation.

Today several Russian newspapers linked what happened to Roman Starovoit to events in the Kursk region that borders Ukraine. Before his appointment as transport minister in May 2024, Starovoit had been the Kursk regional governor for more than five years.

Under his leadership - and with large sums of government money - Governor Starovoit had launched the construction of defensive fortifications along the border. These were not strong enough to prevent Ukrainian troops from breaking through and seizing territory in Kursk region last year.

Since then, Starovoit's successor as governor, Alexei Smirnov, and his former deputy Alexei Dedov have been arrested and charged with large-scale fraud in relation to the construction of the fortifications.

"Mr Starovoit may well have become one of the chief defendants in this case," suggested today's edition of the business daily Kommersant.

The Russian authorities have not confirmed that.

But if it was fear of prosecution that drove a former minister to take his own life, what does that tell us about today's Russia?

"The most dramatic part of this, with all the re-Stalinisation that has been happening in Russia in recent years, is that a high-level government official [kills himself] because he has no other way of getting out of the system," says Nina Khrushcheva, professor of International Affairs at The New School in New York.

"He must have feared that he would receive tens of years in prison if he was going to be under investigation, and that his family would suffer tremendously. So, there's no way out. I Immediately thought of Sergo Ordzhonikidze, one of Stalin's ministers, who [killed himself] in 1937 because he felt there was no way out. When you start thinking of 1937 in today's environment that gives you great pause."

Roman Starovoit's death may have made headlines in the papers here. But this "almost unique occurrence in Russian history" has received minimal coverage on state TV.

Perhaps that's because the Kremlin recognises the power of television to shape public opinion. In Russia, TV is more influential than newspapers. So, when it comes to television, the authorities tend to be more careful and cautious with the messaging.

Monday's main evening news bulletin on Russia-1 included a four-minute report about Putin appointing a new acting transport minister, Andrei Nikitin.

There was no mention at all that the previous transport minister had been sacked. Or that he'd been found dead.

Only forty minutes later, towards the end of the news bulletin, did the anchorman briefly mention the death of Roman Starovoit.

The newsreader devoted all of 18 seconds to it, which means that most Russians will probably not view Monday's dramatic events as a significant development.

For the political elite, it's a different story. For ministers, governors, and other Russian officials who've sought to be a part of the political system, what happened to Starovoit will serve as a warning.

"Unlike before, when you could get these jobs, get rich, get promoted from regional level to federal level, today, that is clearly not a career path if you want to stay alive," says Nina Khrushcheva.

"There's not only no upward mobility to start with, but even downward mobility ends with death."

It's a reminder of the dangers that emanate from falling foul of the system.

Alcaraz masterclass ends Norrie's Wimbledon hopes

9 July 2025 at 02:12

Alcaraz masterclass ends Norrie's Wimbledon hopes

Carlos Alcaraz celebrates during his Wimbledon quarter-final win over Cameron NorrieImage source, Getty Images
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Carlos Alcaraz has won 33 of the 36 Tour-level grass-court matches he has played

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Two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz produced a Wimbledon masterclass to end British hope Cameron Norrie's run and move into the semi-finals once again.

Second seed Alcaraz underlined why he is the tournament favourite with a scintillating 6-2 6-3 6-3 win.

The Spaniard will face Taylor Fritz - the American fifth seed bidding for a first major title - in the last four.

Fritz secured his place in the Wimbledon semi-finals for the first time with a 6-3 6-4 1-6 7-6 (7-4) victory over Russia's Karen Khachanov.

Alcaraz is seeded behind Italian rival Jannik Sinner because of their respective world rankings, but his superior record on grass courts - and current hot streak - makes him the man to beat.

Victory over Norrie marked a 23rd win in a row for Alcaraz, who is bidding to become the fifth man to win three successive Wimbledon titles in the Open era.

"I'm really happy – to play another Wimbledon semi-final is super special," said Alcaraz, who secured victory in one hour and 39 minutes.

Norrie's defeat signals the end of British interest in the Wimbledon singles for another year.

But, when the dust settles on a brutally one-sided result, the 29-year-old left-hander will take positives from his run after a difficult 18 months.

After saving four break points in his opening service game, five-time Grand Slam champion Alcaraz quickly upped his level and wowed the Centre Court crowd with his all-court ability.

With Alcaraz serving strongly, hammering groundstrokes and moving elegantly around the court, 61st-ranked Norrie had little chance of causing a shock.

Norrie, who had been bidding to match his run to the last four in 2022, will regain his place in the world's top 50 when the ATP rankings are updated next week.

Norrie has no answer to Alcaraz

Many British tennis fans may have thought they would not see Norrie playing at this level again.

A forearm injury last year contributed to his ranking plummeting towards the bottom of the top 100 but, after soul-searching talks with his team after the Miami Open in March, he has rediscovered his form.

Since then, Norrie has reached the French Open fourth round before forging another deep Grand Slam run at Wimbledon.

Heading to party island Ibiza for a break is a strategy which has also served Alcaraz well.

Alcaraz plays at his fluent best when he is completely relaxed and barely thinking about the shots he is producing – although he can be prone to occasionally losing concentration.

He found the perfect balance against Norrie.

His deft touches at the net brought gasps of appreciation, and the explosive power and pinpoint accuracy of his baseline strokes were met by exhales of breath.

Norrie, simply, had no answer. Alcaraz lost just nine more points after seeing off the four break points and clinched the opening set after only 28 minutes.

Even when Norrie earned a break-back point at 3-2 in the second set, there was no mercy.

Alcaraz upped his serve and battered down three deliveries over 130mph to hold, breaking again to clinch the set and refusing to let his level drop in the third.

Fritz recovers to reach first Wimbledon semi-final

Taylor Fritz in action against Karen Khachanov at WimbledonImage source, Getty Images
Image caption,

Taylor Fritz is looking to go one better than his run to the final of last year's US Open

Fritz had to work hard to beat Khachanov, having looked on course to wrapping up the match in straight sets.

But things suddenly fell apart as he struggled to land his first serve while sending more shots beyond the baseline.

The 27-year-old then had a medical timeout to address some taping on his foot as he looked to avoid being taken to five sets for the third time in five matches at Wimbledon.

There was a bizarre incident at the start of the fourth set when a malfunction by the electronic line call system meant 'fault' was called during play, and the point was replayed.

But it didn't impact Fritz's return to form as he dug deep to come out on top of a tie-break.

"I'm feeling great to get through it," he said in his on-court interview.

"I've never had a match really just flip so quickly, so I'm really happy with how I came back in the fourth set and got it done.

"I felt I couldn't miss and then all of sudden I'm making a ton of mistakes. Momentum was definitely not going to be on my side going into a fifth."

World number five Fritz is looking to end his country's long wait for a male Grand Slam winner, with Andy Roddick the last to achieve it with a 2003 US Open success.

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Former PM Rishi Sunak takes job at Goldman Sachs

9 July 2025 at 00:51
Jeff Overs/BBC A medium close up shot of Rishi Sunak. He wears a white shirt and a blue tie.Jeff Overs/BBC

Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has joined Goldman Sachs as a senior advisor.

Sunak, who resigned as PM in July 2024, will work part-time advising the bank's clients with his "unique perspectives and insights" on global politics and the economy, the company said.

He remains the Conservative MP for Richmond and Northallerton in Yorkshire.

Sunak previously worked at the bank as an analyst in the early 2000s before he entered politics.

Godman Sachs' chairman and chief executive David Solomon said he was "excited to welcome Rishi back" to the firm.

Alongside advising clients, Sunak will also "spend time with our people around the world, contributing to our culture of ongoing learning and development", Solomon said.

Sunak's salary will be donated to The Richmond Project, a charity he founded earlier this year alongside his wife Akshata Murty to try and improve numeracy across the UK.

The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), which must sign off jobs taken by former ministers for two years after they leave office, said Sunak's new role presented a number of risks that Goldman Sachs could benefit from unfair access to information due to his time prime minister.

He will not be allowed to advise other governments or their sovereign wealth funds for the bank, or advise clients that he had direct dealings with while he was prime minister.

He also cannot lobby the UK government on behalf of the bank.

Acoba noted that Sunak previously spent 14 years working in the financial services sector before he became an MP, including at Goldman Sachs.

He first joined the bank as an intern in 2000, before working as an analyst from 2001 to 2004.

He later co-founded an international investment firm.

First elected as an MP in 2015, Sunak served as Boris Johnson's chancellor during the Covid pandemic.

He became a household name when announcing schemes such as furlough at pandemic-era press conferences.

His resignation as chancellor in July 2022 sparked the downfall of Johnson's government.

Following Liz Truss' brief spell in Number 10, Sunak became prime minister in October 2022. He held the role until July 2024, when he led the Conservatives to their biggest electoral defeat in history.

The job at Goldman Sachs is the latest role Sunak has taken since stepping down as prime minister.

In January he joined the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, as well as the Hoover Institution at Stanford University in the US. He is not paid for either of these roles.

He has however been paid more than £500,000 since April for giving three speaking engagements.

Former prime ministers often join speakers agencies to give talks to major companies or at dinner events.

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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers

9 July 2025 at 05:25
The justices announced they were not ruling on the legality of the specific downsizing plans but they allowed the Trump administration to proceed for now with its restructuring efforts.

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The case represents a key test of the extent of President Trump’s power to reorganize the government without input from Congress.

Why the Texas Floods Were So Deadly

9 July 2025 at 03:24
Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to increasingly intense floods.

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Search and rescue teams scouring areas along the Guadalupe River after catastrophic flooding in Center Point, Texas, on Tuesday.

California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports

9 July 2025 at 03:02
The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.

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President Trump ramped up his criticism of California after a trans athlete qualified for the California state track and field meet in late May.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October

9 July 2025 at 03:37
The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison.

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Sean Combs was acquitted on the most serious charges in the indictment, sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy.

10 Charged With Attempted Murder in Officer Shooting at ICE Detention Center

9 July 2025 at 02:42
One police officer was wounded after at least two people shot at officers outside an immigration detention center in Texas, according to a criminal complaint in federal court.

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The Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas.
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