Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has helped police catch a man who allegedly stole his Tesla at gunpoint in Canberra.The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said court documents showed Kyrgios used the Tesla app to track and slow down the vehicle as police pursued it on Monday morning in Canberra.The broadcaster said the court documents allege a man pointed a gun at Kyrgios’ mother, Norlaila Kyrgios, and demanded the keys for the car.She called out to Kyrgios, who was nearby, and phoned a police emergency number as soon as the man drove away in the car.The police chase ended when the car entered…
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This year’s gala celebrates the life and work of German-born designer and coincides with a new Costume Institute exhibition.Top stars from the worlds of fashion, film, politics and sport have celebrated the late king of couture, Karl Lagerfeld, at the annual Met Gala. Among the guests was actor Jared Leto who dressed up for the red carpet as Lagerfeld’s cat Choupette. The pampered cat had sent her regrets earlier in the day for not attending, with the feline’s Instagram account giving thanks for the tribute. Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Michelle Yeoh, singers Cardi B and Bad Bunny, basketball superstar…
DENVER (AP) — The playing status of Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul remains uncertain after leaving Game 2 with groin tightness in the third quarter Monday night against Denver. “We’ll find out more (Tuesday),” coach Monty Williams said after a 97-87 loss that allowed the Nuggets to take a 2-0 lead in the second-round series. Asked if Paul might undergo an MRI, Williams responded: “We’re not quite sure yet. We’ll see.” Paul has a few days to recover. Game 3 won’t be until Friday in Phoenix. Paul was boxing out Kentavious Caldwell-Pope when the Nuggets guard went up for…
SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded over the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 and debris was scattered from the launch pad.Conservation groups have sued the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The lawsuit filed on Monday comes on the heels of the April 20 test flight of SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket, which ended with the space vehicle exploding over the Gulf of Mexico. No injuries or significant damage to public property were reported from rocket…
Up to 60 cars and nearly 30 commercial vehicles collided on a rural highway, killing at least six passengers.Gusting winds in the Midwestern United States have kicked up a fatal dust storm, reducing visibility to zero and triggering a major vehicle pileup that killed at least six people on an Illinois highway. More than 30 additional motorists, from ages 2 to 80, were wounded in the crash as a result of Monday’s storm, according to Illinois state police. Their injuries ranged from minor to life-threatening. State police reported that up to 60 cars and nearly 30 commercial vehicles slammed into…
A letter from US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warns of potential ‘harm to business and consumer confidence’.United States Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has sent a letter to Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy warning him that the federal government could hit its spending limit by June 1 if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling. In the letter published on Monday, Yellen said available data points to early June as the period when the government will no longer be able to cover its expenses should Congress fail to raise the limit before then. “Given the current projections, it is imperative that…
WWE’s Monday Night Raw on May 1 will return to Sportsnet 360 but NXT on May 2 will not be available on Sportsnet 360 due to programming conflicts. Fans looking to watch NXT on May 2 can do so on SN NOW. Sportsnet subscribers can stream both broadcasts on SN NOW by logging in with the credentials for their tv provider. Watch WWE’s Monday Night Raw & NXT on SN NOW Don’t miss out on watching your favourite WWE and NXT superstars. Sportsnet subscribers can stream both RAW and NXT on SN NOW by logging in with the credentials for their…
United States President Joe Biden and his Philippines counterpart Ferdinand Marcos Jr are set to agree on new guidelines to strengthen military cooperation, US officials said, as the two leaders met for talks at the White House. The meeting in Washington, DC on Monday afternoon comes as the presidents have sought to re-up ties between their two nations, which soured under Marcos Jr’s predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte. The trip, which marks the first official US visit by a president of the Philippines in more than 10 years, also coincides with the Biden administration’s push to counter China’s growing influence in the…
An independent commission in the United States has, for the fourth year in a row, recommended that India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, be added to a religious freedom blacklist, saying that conditions in the country for religious minorities “continued to worsen” throughout 2022. In its annual report on Monday, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) again called on the US Department of State to designate India as a “country of particular concern”. The independent panel has made appeals for the designation since 2020. The label accuses a government of “systematic, ongoing [and] egregious violations”…
Another 35,000 employees at Canada Revenue Agency remain on strike, demanding better pay and telework flexibility.Canada has reached an agreement with 120,000 striking federal workers, effectively ending one of the largest public-sector work stoppages in the country’s history, which had crippled services from passport renewals to immigration. While most strikers are set to return to work after almost two weeks of deadlock, more than 35,000 workers at the Canada Revenue Agency who also went on strike last month are still negotiating, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union said on Monday. “During a period of record-high inflation and soaring…