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Van de Zandschulp’s reward for reaching the second US Open quarter-final of his career is a meeting with German top seed Alexander Zverev.Zverev, 29, had a rare finish before midnight in New York when he beat Italian 21st seed Luciano Darderi 6-2 6-2 7-6 (7-3) to reach the last eight.Zverev’s previous three matches finished at 1:55am, 2:15am and 1:09am.”I don’t know what to do with myself because it’s before midnight – I might go back to the practice courts or go to a bar,” Zverev joked.On whether he wants to play Van de Zandschulp in Wednesday’s night session, the French…

‘I have a world-class case of beginner’s luck,” says Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for her very first screenplay, Thelma & Louise. She also scored a hit with her first TV series, Nashville, which lasted six seasons. And at 68, she is taking on another first by penning a musical theatre version of Thelma & Louise, hoping her luck hasn’t run out. “I hope that this is not the end of that streak,” she laughs. “That I don’t hit a wall here and slide down it like Wile E Coyote.”Thelma & Louise isn’t an obvious bet for a musical.…

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This article by Umar Sanusi Garba Kalambaina, examines the questions arising, after the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) directed that Chief J-K Gadzama, OFR, SAN, be suspended for three years. The immediate controversy was where an appeal from that Direction now lies, the Supreme Court having closed the old direct route, while the Appeal Committee of the Body of Benchers remains, for practical purposes, unavailable. Introduction  A  few weeks ago, I wrote an article following the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) to suspend Chief J-K Gadzama, OFR, SAN, for three years. At the time, the major question that…

A rural Queensland council is auctioning off 24 homes to recover unpaid rates, potentially forcing First Nations families into homelessness.Residents claim they were left in the dark about the debt, which stretches back years, until five months ago.The first 10 houses is being put up for auction in Mount Isa on Tuesday.They are owned by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation for Welfare Services (ATSICWS), a not-for-profit which has accrued almost $1m in unpaid rates over five years.Leonie Reading, whose husband is a traditional owner of the north-west Queensland region, has lived in her home with three children for…

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSEGlobal markets have shrugged off a barrage of shocks in recent years, but HSBC sees several developments that could eventually end that streak.The key risks include higher corporate taxes, a renewed rise in private-sector debt and a shift in the relationship between stocks and bonds. A withdrawal of perceived central-bank support for markets could also test that resilience, the bank said in a note Monday.While the “removal of central bank puts” could have an adverse impact, HSBC said, such a scenario is difficult to imagine, particularly in the…

The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this force, which scientists refer to as dark energy, pervades our universe, we know almost nothing about it.Located on a remote mountain in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has spent the past five years mapping the cosmos with the goal of unraveling this mystery. The result is the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever created. And now—with the release of the latest version of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, a free online tool for exploring the vast imaging…

At 44, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has become one of the most discussed names in Ondo State politics, and the numbers behind that attention are difficult to ignore. As Minister of Interior, Tunji-Ojo built a national reputation by clearing a backlog of over 200,000 passport applications within three weeks and digitising the renewal process. His ministry also oversaw the release of more than 4,000 inmates through fine-clearance schemes and approved promotions for thousands of paramilitary personnel, an administrative record that has become a point of pride for many in his home state. That federal profile sits alongside a steady stream of investment…

Leah Cottell, who has been leading the study, said the process had been “incredibly time-consuming” but she had learned a lot.”I knew that we had ferrets on the island, but we didn’t really know anything about them,” she told BBC Guernsey.”They seem to like being around water sites because they like eating things like eggs, and so they’ll go for the nests of ground-nesting birds.”However, despite the numbers, ferrets were not native to Guernsey, she added.”They are an invasive species, and the feeling is that it’s probably due to releases from domestic ferrets.”They look like their polecat wild counterparts, so…

The top stories and transfer rumours from Tuesday’s newspapers…PREMIER LEAGUEBorussia Dortmund midfielder Felix Nmecha has emerged as a potential transfer target for Manchester United, with Manchester City and Newcastle also interested – Daily Express Ex-Tottenham player Serge Aurier is poised to plunge his career to new depths – by joining a seventh-tier club side Montigny-en-Gohelle in France – The Sun Leon Goretzka will be out until at least after the international break in a fresh blow to Aston Villa’s new-look team – Daily MailManchester United have secured a deal to sign Liverpool teenager Isaac Konde – The Mirror Please use…