MELBOURNE, Australia — One of them has operated with ruthless efficiency; the other has brought the drama. But Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have played their roles against type en route to their hotly anticipated Australian Open quarterfinal, which will be played on Tuesday, January 21 in Melbourne.For Alcaraz, normally such a magnet for flashy tennis, there’s been something of a back-to-basics feel about his performances in Melbourne. Djokovic, the 10-time champion built on consistency, has been a non-stop source of theatrics and intrigue. Alcaraz has hit his usual highlight-reel shots from time to time and Djokovic has dropped only…
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The start of a truce in GazaSeveral Israeli hostages were released from captivity in Gaza yesterday and were reunited with their families, the Israeli military said, as a 42-day cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. Follow our live coverage.The first hostages released were three women: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher. Israel was expected to release 90 Palestinian prisoners, all women or minors, in exchange for the hostages. The truce prompted celebrations in Gaza, relief for families of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners, and hope for an end to a devastating 15-month war.Israeli officers said their…
ATLANTA — Georgia native Anthonie Knapp knew Notre Dame was in Indiana when the offensive lineman decided to take a recruiting visit. Exactly where in Indiana?“I didn’t know, like, closest cities?” said the freshman offensive tackle from Roswell, Ga., who grew up a Bulldogs fan.That’s better than his teammate Jaylen Sneed, who grew up in South Carolina. “I literally asked (head coach Marcus) Freeman on the first call, where even is Notre Dame? And he was like, ‘Ooh, we got a lot to teach you,’” Sneed said with a smile Saturday during media day for the College Football Playoff national…
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets across Gaza on Sunday, honking car horns and cheering to celebrate the start of the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.Other people who had fled south collected any belongings they had and headed north for long awaited journeys back to their homes — or whatever was left of them. Many waited anxiously for news of what had become of their old neighborhoods from the first relatives and neighbors to arrive home.Riyadh al-Gharably, 64, said he had hardly slept as he and his family waited to see if the cease-fire would go into effect as…
It’s a tough job market out there.The number of applicants per job on LinkedIn jumped from 1.5 in 2022 to 2.5 in 2024, according to the site, signaling steeper competition. Nearly half, 49% of Americans say the job search has gotten harder in the last year and 68% of HR professionals say the same.Which might be why freelance marketplace Upwork has seen an uptick in demand for career coaches. The site recently released its 2025’s Most In-Demand Skills report, including a list of fast-growing skills. When it comes to their work trajectory, “people are realizing that they can get better…
Supporters of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump gather outside Capital One Arena, for a rally a day before he is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, 2025.Daniel Cole | ReutersThousands of Donald Trump’s supporters waited for hours in the cold and rain to attend his victory rally on Sunday, a day before the president-elect returns to power with plans to aggressively reshape U.S. immigration and trade policy.The Republican, 78, placed a wreath first at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery on Sunday before making his first major speech in…
Lindsey Vonn crashed out of a World Cup Super-G race on Sunday while on pace for her best finish so far in her comeback to alpine skiing.The American star was tracking toward a podium spot in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy — on the hill that will host the 2026 Olympics — when she went down onto her left side coming around a turn just over 50 seconds into her run and spun in the snow. She slammed her pole in frustration, got up on her own power, and skied down the hill, waving to the crowd at the bottom.Vonn, one of…
As a truce took hold on Sunday in Gaza, potentially ending the longest and deadliest war in a century of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, two men used the same metaphor to describe how they felt.“The weight on my chest has lifted,” said Ziad Obeid, a Gazan civil servant displaced several times during the war. “We have survived.”“The rock lying on my heart has been removed,” said Dov Weissglas, a former Israeli politician. “We want to see the hostages home, period.”Both men also had a “but.”Mr. Obeid has not seen his damaged house in northern Gaza for more than a year. How bad,…
Nothing like going to one of the largest research conferences in the world and having everyone down in the dumps about their sector. That was the case from the moment I got to JPMorgan’s annual health healthcare conference in San Francisco on Monday to the moment I wrapped up my West Coast tour Wednesday. It felt more like a wake than an industry pep talk — something that happens when the room is full of people whose stocks are sitting near their 52-week lows, while so many of the host city’s tech companies are banging on the roof of yearly…
Houston Texans coach DeMeco Ryans was asked about a couple controversial calls that went against his team in Saturday’s AFC divisional round loss to the Kansas City Chiefs and seemingly hinted that the Texans expected that to be the case.“We knew going in to today, it was us versus everybody,” Ryans said after the game. “And when I say everybody, it’s everybody. All the … whatever, the naysayers, the doubters … everybody.“With that, knowing going into this game what we were up against, we can’t make the mistakes that we made.”Quarterback C.J. Stroud added that “it’s one of those things…
