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PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray took his own life, his family confirmed in a statement on Sunday.The 30-year-old’s death was announced on Saturday, a day after he had withdrawn from the Charles Schwab Challenge.“We have spent the last 24 hours trying to come to terms with the fact that our son is gone. It’s surreal that we not only have to admit it to ourselves, but that we also have to acknowledge it to the world. It’s a nightmare,” Murray’s parents, Eric and Terry, said in the statement.“We have so many questions that have no answers. But one. Was Grayson…

After Russia launched a deadly attack on a DIY supermarket in Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens more, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy released a desperate video calling for World leaders are attending a “peace summit” in Switzerland next month.Zelensky specifically called on US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to attend the summit scheduled for June 15. “Please show your leadership in advancing peace – real peace, not just a pause between strikes,” Zelensky said in English.Biden has not yet confirmed whether he will attend, and it is not known whether China will…

Shamanic healing or opportunity for ritualized abuse? A lawsuit filed in New Mexico last week alleged that a “shamanic master” assaulted a woman during an “energy medicine” training session in March.The claim, which is being investigated, could shed more light on what some say is a dark side of some trends in modern spirituality, especially those that involve the ceremonial use of often intense psychedelic treatments.The woman in New Mexico, who was identified in the complaint only by the initials MG, says she paid thousands of dollars to the Four Winds Society and the Chi Center to become a certified…

Jake Cattrall defeated former undisputed world super lightweight champion Josh Taylor via unanimous decision in a thrilling rematch in Leeds.Cattrall, who suffered a controversial split-decision loss to Taylor in Glasgow two years ago, landed the heavier punches to settle the score in one of the biggest grudge fights in British boxing in recent years. All three judges gave the fight to Cattrall in front of a sold-out First Direct Arena, with two having it 117-111 and one having it 116-113, although Taylor Will feel aggrieved because the score is not closer.Taylor was busy with his jab in the early rounds,…

Oh God, I mean, I laugh about it now. Which is funny in itself really, the idea that 10 years later I’d be laughing about the day, the dawn, where, white-faced in a room with blood up the walls, I would hand our new raw blinking baby to my boyfriend in order to frantically find, in my Notes app, the document I had grandly named Birth Plan. What was I hoping to find there, I wonder now. It’s funny, it is funny, how I scoured it – “I want a mobile epidural”, “I want gentle guidance rather as opposed to…

Former US President Donald Trump suffered a rare humiliation during a raucous speech at the Libertarian Party’s national convention, where he was booed and heckled.Trump endured a rough ride at a Washington hotel on Saturday night that included shouting “Bullshit!” Challenges to right-wing appeal.”The truth is we shouldn’t be fighting each other,” Trump implored. “If Joe Biden returns to power, there will no longer be freedom for anyone in our country. Partner with us — we ask liberals to do that. We must work together. Join us. You must partner with us Combined.Delegates booed, jeered and insulted, calling for them…

Rishi Sunak has announced that a future Conservative government would bring back mandatory national service, as he attempted to reignite his election campaign after an error-strewn start.Under the plan, which appeared to be his latest attempt to reduce Tory losses by winning over voters drifting to Reform UK, the prime minister late Saturday said that every 18-year-old would have to spend time in a competitive, full-time military commission or spend one weekend a month volunteering in “civil resilience”.The party said that the country needed to be “open and honest” about the long-term challenges it is facing, adding the scheme would…

Josh Kerr broke Steve Cram’s 39-year-old British record in the Diamond League Mile in Eugene, Oregon. The Scot won a much-anticipated showdown with Norwegian rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen with a world-leading time of 3 minutes 45.34 seconds.Crum, who narrates the race for the BBC, has held the British record since 1985 with a time of 3 minutes 46.32 seconds.Olympic 1500m champion Ingebritsson was defeated by Cole at last year’s World Championships in Budapest and finished second, with Britain’s Neil Gurley and Jack Whiteman finishing fourth and fifth respectively.Previously, Keely Hodgkinson won the women’s 800m race with an outstanding performance. The 22-year-old…

The Ampol founder, Sir William Walkley, derided apartheid South Africa’s failure to attract white migrants as “race suicide” in 1958 and warned the country faced a potential bloodbath if a communist leader emerged who was “perhaps a half-breed with the white man’s intelligence”.The comments are contained in a report produced by Walkley – whose Walkley Foundation still runs Australia’s most prestigious media awards – on a four-week tour of South Africa and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to assess the prospects for Ampol expanding into those countries.The report, which also includes newspaper clippings and personal notes, forms part of his personal papers,…

Eric ten Hag said he would join another club and go on to win trophies if Manchester United sacked him after their 2-1 defeat to Manchester City in the FA Cup final.Aside from delivering what could be considered a final farewell shot before learning his fate, Ten Witches was unable to make any clear statement about his future. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the minority shareholder who controls United’s football policy, earlier refused to say whether victory against Manchester City would be enough for the Dutchman to stay.Manchester United have identified candidates to replace Ten Hague, who won last season’s Carabao Cup…