Early bird: The new world number one in tennis is Carlos Alcaraz. Trump is preparing the second phase of sanctions against Russia
World tennis has a new men's number one. In the U.S. Open final, Spanish tennis player Carlos Alcaraz defeated Italy's Jannik Sinner. The American president Donald Trump stated that he is ready to start the second phase of sanctions against Russia. However, he did not specify exactly what the new sanctions would entail or when they would be implemented.
Alcaraz beat Sinner in the US Open final
World men's tennis has a new number one. In a direct duel for the position of the leader of the ranking in the US Open final, Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner 6:2, 3:6, 6:1, 6:4. The Italian lost his serve four times in the match, while his Spanish opponent only once.
The start of the match was delayed by 45 minutes due to the arrival of U.S. president Donald Trump. The New York cream of the crop took their seats in the audience, including Hollywood actors, music legends such as Bruce Springsteen and Sting, or athletes Ivan Lendl, Martina Navrátilová and basketball player Stephen Curry, reported by the website Sport.cz.
Trump is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia
US President Donald Trump indicated that his administration is ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia.
"Are you ready to move to the second phase of sanctions against Russia?"
So asked Trump reporter, when he left the White House and headed for the US Open in New York.
"Yes, I am,"
The president replied.
Over the weekend, Russia launched its largest aerial attack during the war in Ukraine, deploying over 800 drones and hitting a government building in Kyiv for the first time, according to a report by the television network CNN.
Teenager Carlo Acutis declared a saint
Pope Leo XIV declared fifteen-year-old computer genius Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, the first millennial saint of the Catholic Church. Acutis was interested in computer science and devoured programming books as a young man. He earned the nickname "God's Influencer" thanks to his main technological legacy: a multilingual website documenting so-called Eucharistic miracles recognized by the Church, reported by the agency AP.
Internet outages reported in the Middle East and South Asia after cable network interruption
Internet outages occurred due to the interruption of the submarine cable operation in the Red Sea, Microsoft, the technology giant, announced in its statement yesterday. Deteriorated internet connection was reported in several countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, and India. Already at the beginning of last year, Yemen's exiled government claimed that local Houthi were planning an attack on submarine cables in the Red Sea. However, the Houthi denied responsibility at the time, Al Jazeera reported.
Sources: Sport.cz, CNN, AP, Al Jazeera
