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Tennis star Novak Djokovic was struck in the head by a water bottle after winning a match at the Italian Open.The Serbian star went down clutching his head after a bottle struck him from the stands. Tournament organisers said the object – thought to be an aluminium-type water bottle – fell out of a spectator’s bag as the tennis ace attempted to sign autographs.The 36-year-old – a 24-time Grand Slam champion – stayed on the ground for a while before being helped by a security guard to the changing rooms.He was checked over by doctors, according to tournament organisers, and…

For a while, it seemed like Bayern Munich had saved themselves. Then it looked like the referee had done the job. Then, finally, the VAR. In the end, though, the muscle memory and relentless pressure of the Champions League’s most successful club meant no one could now save their season. Two late goals from Real Madrid substitute Joselu, the second subject to that injury time VAR check, turned the tie around after Alphonso Davies had given Bayern a second half lead. When Nacho’s deflected strike was ruled out shortly afterwards, Bayern looked to be booking an all-German final for the first time…

Several thousand farmers, many in yellow vests, and other protesters marched through the Polish capital, Warsaw, on Friday to protest EU climate regulations they say are endangering their livelihoods. The march, which took as its slogan “Down with the Green Deal,” was called by Solidarity, a farmers’ trade union that vigorously opposes the EU’s climate-related farming policies. What do the protesters object to? Solidarity says the EU’s European Green Deal imposes restrictions that interfere with their work and cause higher costs. One banner read “Let Brussels eat worms, we prefer pork chops and potatoes,” a reference to a widespread belief that the EU will advocate eating…

Mozambique’s military is battling a major Islamist attack in the town of Macomia in northern Mozambique, according to President Filipe Nyusi. “Macomia is under attack since this morning. Fire exchange still continues,” Nyusi said in a televised address on Friday, adding that the militants initially withdrew after about 45 minutes of fighting, but then regrouped and came back. Macomia lies in the gas-rich province of Cabo Delgado, where Islamic State-linked militants launched an insurgency in 2017. What do we know about the attack? Local media reported that hundreds of militants took part in the Friday attack. The attack appeared to…

Hundreds of protesters wanting to stop the expansion of a Tesla factory near Germany’s capital of Berlin were blocked by police as they attempted to storm the site.Crowds of demonstrators gathered near the Grunheide factory, Tesla’s only European production base, on Friday carrying banners complaining about water consumption at the plant and advocating for public transport over private cars. The protests against water consumption and the felling of trees to make way for a planned expansion of the factory have been ongoing since February, with demonstrations taking place in a forest near the site.Several people were temporarily detained, German news…

The idea of talking to animals has fascinated humans for millennia. Stories are full of talking animals, like the white rabbit in Alice in Wonderland or talking lambs, wolves, asses and lions in Aesop’s fables. But the communication wasn’t always for good — it’s a talking serpent in the Book of Genesis which tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. In the real world, scientists are getting ever closer to understanding animal communication, if not talking back to them. And the one species we might soon understand is the sperm whale. Scientists have spent years recording sperm whales, trying to…

The tide in German women’s football had appeared to be turning. Bayern Munich had wrapped up a second successive Bundesliga title the weekend before the cup final, with big names like Pernille Harder and Georgia Stanway helping them ease away from perennial powerhouses, Wolfsburg. But goals from Jule Brand and Dominique Janssen saw the She Wolves win the German Cup for the 10th time in a row on Thursday in front of a sold-out crowd of about 44,000 in Cologne. Having lost 4-0 and 2-1 to the big-spending Bavarians in the league, Wolfsburg’s veteran captain Alexandra Popp admitted to feeling “extremely…

Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a high-profile European tour on Friday amid concerns in Europe over Chinese support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and European markets being flooded with cheap Chinese electric vehicles. Xi’s first visit to the region since 2019 also comes amid growing suspicions that China is seeking to take advantage of divisions in Europe. And analysts pointed out that Xi’s itinerary was no coincidence. Bertram Lang, a research associate at Goethe University in Frankfurt who specializes in China’s foreign policy, said that the countries on Xi’s tour — France, Serbia and Hungary — all have “special bilateral relationships” with Beijing. Lang added that the Chinese…

For much of the past two years, the global price of copper languished in the doldrums, barely fluctuating around the level of $8,500 (€7,890) for a ton, and being largely ignored by commodities traders. Since last month though, the metal is back in the focus of investors after surging to a fresh 2-year high of $10,110 at the London Metal Exchange (LME) on April 30. “Index funds, exchange-traded funds, etc, are attracting retail money into metals. Momentum-based buying is pulling them up; selling resistance remains low,” Sandeep Daga, a director at metals analysis company Metal Intelligence Centre, told news agency Reuters. He…

Two environmental activists in their 80s attacked on Friday the casing of the historic Magna Carta document at London’s British Library, causing damage to the glass case but leaving the document unscathed. Anglican priest Sue Parfitt, 82, and retired teacher Judy Bruce, 85, hammered on the glass case then glued themselves to it, the environmental group Just Stop Oil said. They also held a sign which read: “The government is breaking the law.” How did the activists justify the attack? In a statement released by Just Stop Oil, Parfitt said Magna Carta was “rightly revered, being of great importance to…