Hong Kong's first leader after British handover dies


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First set: Shelton 3-2 Alcaraz* (*denotes next server)
An even breezier service game from Shelton, who holds to love. During the changeover, the cameras pan to a few of the celebrities in the audience. There’s Kevin Hart taking it in from a suite. And, of course, there’s USA and Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, Shelton’s girlfriend, watching from his player box. We’ve also heard Simone Biles is in the building somewhere.
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Roni Carlson, in wake of mistrial, says holdout juror could not be persuaded while colleague calls him ‘very arrogant’
A lone juror in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of the murder of her three children, would not agree to acquit Clancy despite expressing reasonable doubt about whether she was guilty, the jury’s foreperson said in an interview airing Monday.
Speaking to NBC 10 Boston just days after Clancy’s trial ended in a mistrial, Roni Carlson, the foreperson, confirmed there was one holdout juror who would not be persuaded to acquit Clancy due to insanity.
In the US, call the national maternal health hotline on 1-833-852-6262. In the UK, the Pandas foundation offers support via WhatsApp on 07903 508334. In Australia, the national maternal and perinatal mental health hotline is 1300 726 306.
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Une demande de protection contre la faillite avec des dettes de plus de 500 M$ US a été déposée au New Jersey.


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Les membres du Club de curling de Rimouski ont donné leur aval à l’unanimité, ce mardi 8 septembre, au projet de relocalisation de leurs activités dans une nouvelle annexe qui sera construite au Club de golf L’Empress en vue de la saison 2027-2028.
Réunis en assemblée générale, les membres ont d’abord reçu une mise à jour du dossier avant que le conseil d’administration leur présente sa recommandation.
Des partenaires majeurs viendront combler le manque à gagner d’environ 650 000 $ nécessaire pour boucler le montage financier. Leur identité devrait être dévoilée d’ici le 20 septembre.
Le projet prévoit la construction d’un bâtiment annexé au chalet du Club de golf L’Empress, qui comprendra trois allées de curling.
Les joueurs pourront utiliser les installations déjà en place au club de golf, notamment le restaurant, le bar, les vestiaires et les salles de toilettes. L’arrivée du curling permettrait aussi à L’Empress de poursuivre ses activités à longueur d’année.
La facture du projet, d’abord évaluée à 3,3 M$, a depuis été ramenée à environ 2,2 M$.
L’esquisse des trois allées de curling annexées au chalet du Club de golf L’Empress. (Photo courtoisie)
Au début du mois d’août, le Club de curling avait confirmé avoir reçu une réponse de la Ville de Rimouski à sa demande d’aide financière, mais le montant accordé n’avait toutefois pas été dévoilé.
Le temps commençait aussi à jouer contre le projet, puisque le Club de curling souhaitait faire avancer le dossier avant l’entrée en vigueur de nouvelles orientations gouvernementales en aménagement du territoire. Celles-ci auraient pu compliquer la construction d’un bâtiment près d’une voie ferrée.

Les démarches se poursuivaient également pour la vente du terrain actuel du Club de curling, dans le district Nazareth. Un promoteur souhaite y réaliser un projet immobilier.
Le projet de déménagement à L’Empress avait été relancé au printemps après l’arrivée d’un nouveau groupe de propriétaires au club de golf.


L'Iran a dit avoir capturé la veille un drone sous-marin de l'armée américaine à l'entrée du détroit d'Ormuz.

Documents available through an online portal launched three days before the 25th anniversary of September 11
New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration has released more than 170,000 pages of municipal records involving the impact of the September 11 attacks on air quality health, as well as the city’s response.
Mamdani announced the documents and an online portal for accessing them on Tuesday. The release comes alongside the settlement of two lawsuits pursued by 9/11 Health Watch, which fought for access to these long-withheld documents.
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No 11 seed rallies for 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6) win
Tiafoe into third US Open semi-final in five years
American will play Alcaraz or Shelton in last four
At the end of more than four and a half hours of escalating drama inside the world’s biggest tennis stadium, a devastated Alex Michelsen fell into Frances Tiafoe’s arms just outside the tramlines, sobbing uncontrollably. Tiafoe took his younger countryman in an embrace and held him there for 23 seconds, the victor consoling the vanquished in the aftermath of an extraordinary comeback that had carried him, somehow, into the US Open semi-finals.
Only a couple of hours earlier, the 28-year-old Tiafoe had been two sets down and two points from elimination in the third set, with Michelsen within touching distance of the biggest victory of his young career. Instead, Tiafoe roared back from the brink to win a quarter-final that will be long remembered in New York, outlasting Michelsen 5-7, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (6) on Tuesday afternoon to reach the last four at Flushing Meadows for the third time in five years. Now he will face Ben Shelton on Friday after the American ousted defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in another epic five-set marathon that ended at 3.33am on Wednesday morning.
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L'Américain affrontera son compatriote Frances Tiafoe vendredi.


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Frontrunner Sununu beats Scott Brown to earn Republican nod in closely watched race in November
Former senator John E Sununu triumphed on Tuesday in the New Hampshire Republican Senate primary over Scott Brown, earning the GOP nod in what will probably be a must-win race if Democrats hope to seize the upper chamber.
Sununu, 61, was the clear frontrunner in the GOP primary. He served one term in the Senate from 2003 to 2009.
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Pappas fends off challenge from progressive Karishma Manzur in seat to be vacated by retiring Jeanne Shaheen
Congressman Chris Pappas beat back progressive challenger Karishma Manzur in the Democratic primary for US Senate on Tuesday, advancing as most observers expected to what will be a closely watched general election that is critical to Democratic hopes of flipping the upper chamber.
The two were competing for the nomination that opened up after Jeanne Shaheen, 79, the state’s three‑term incumbent Democratic senator, announced her retirement.
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The measure comes as Canada imposes $20bn in retaliatory tariffs and Canadian prime minister Mark Carney vows to reduce his country’s economic dependence on the US
The US is banning dairy products, most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles from Canada, the White House said Tuesday, as the trade war between the two neighbors and longtime allies escalates.
The ban will take effect in three weeks and comes after Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on $20bn in US imports earlier Tuesday.
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