French Open chiefs unveiled on Thursday a package of innovations including a retractable roof and a wheelchair event for juniors as part of the new era at the tennis circuit's most prestigious clay court competition. "The most obvious thing will be the roof over Court Suzanne Lenglen," said tournament director Amélie Mauresmo."It will allow us to have matches when it is raining and give us a bit more flexibility with programming."The 30 million euro roof will be formally inaugurated on 26 May -
Global warming caused by fossil fuel emissions "most likely" exacerbated the intense rains that lashed the UAE and Oman last week, causing deaths and widespread flooding, an expert group of scientists said Thursday."The UAE and Oman floods have shown that even dry regions can be strongly affected by precipitation events, a threat that is increasing with increasing global warming due to fossil fuel burning," said Sonia Seneviratne, a WWA member and professor at Zurich's ETH university.
German far-right politician Maximilian Krah, who is being investigated for suspicious links to Russia and China, is an avid user of TikTok who has long raised eyebrows over his dealings with foreign powers.Even before this week's revelations, Krah had raised suspicions several times over his links to Russia and China.