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Boris Johnson’s allies will switch their focus to winning a vote of no confidence, after conceding that they now have little chance of stopping one being triggered. The prime minister will this week launch a health and housing policy fightback in a last-ditch attempt to win over his critics. He is widely expected to face a vote on his leadership as soon as this week, with some MPs predicting that the threshold of 54 letters asking for one has already been exceeded. In a remarkable shift in tone, the business minister Paul Scully acknowledged on Sunday night that a vote…

PARIS—Rafael Nadal brutally crushed Casper Ruud on Sunday to lift a record-extending 14th French Open trophy and increase his lead at the top of the list of men’s Grand Slam champions. There was a sense of deja vu as the Spaniard, who turned 36 on Friday, swept aside Norwegian Ruud 6–3 6–3 6–0 on a balmy afternoon in Paris to ensure he has won every time he has reached the final at the claycourt Grand Slam. By lifting the Musketeers’ Cup again, Nadal was halfway through the calendar Grand Slam for the first time in his career after he won the year’s opening major…

Operators of the messenger app Telegram transferred personal information of its users to the German Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), deviating from the company’s earlier claims of shielding such data from governments. The personal data is related to users who were suspects of terrorism and child abuse crimes, according to Spiegel. In the case of other crimes, it is still difficult for German authorities to get data from Telegram. The move comes across as a softening of the company’s stance on private data. German investigators, for a long time, have never received any positive responses from Telegram whenever they requested the…

Boris Johnson and his allies have launched an emergency effort to lobby wavering MPs as he faces the spiralling threat of a confidence vote in his leadership that could put his position under threat within days. By Tuesday night, at least 44 Tory MPs had publicly questioned Johnson’s fitness to hold office, including 18 who are known to have sent letters to Sir Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, to formally seek a confidence vote. The remainder have openly called for the prime minister to resign or said they had lost faith in his leadership. The growing…

Boris Johnson’s deputy has insisted the prime minister did not breach the ministerial code even though he was fined by police for attending a No 10 party in lockdown, as the government’s ethics chief reportedly threatened to quit over the scandal. Dominic Raab, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary, said on Wednesday that Johnson had only “unintentionally” and “inadvertently” broken the law by attending a birthday gathering in No 10 during lockdown, which led to him being fined by police. He said this did not amount to a breach of the ministerial code, despite the prime minister’s ethics chief,…

Some 9 million doses of expired COVID-19 vaccines being kept in storage facilities in Indonesia will be destroyed, as the country winds back its anti-COVID measures. The vaccines expired last month, the Indonesian Health Ministry said. “Our storage facilities are feeling the strain as they’re filled with expired doses,” Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said in a Tuesday briefing Bloomberg reported. “That’s especially as we have a new campaign to push for basic vaccination for children across the country.” The majority of the vaccines were donated from developed countries before their expiration dates, Sadikin said, according to local media KOMPASS.com. “When the vaccines were transferred to…

The United States is providing Ukraine with “more advanced rocket systems and munitions” as Russia’s invasion continues, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. Writing in a New York Times opinion piece, Biden said that America’s goal in Ukraine is “to see a democratic, independent, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine with the means to deter and defend itself against further aggression.” “We have moved quickly to send Ukraine a significant amount of weaponry and ammunition so it can fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table,” the president continued. “That’s why I’ve decided that we will provide the Ukrainians with more…

As the two greatest rivals in men’s tennis convened at the French Open once more, plenty of factors pointed in favour of Novak Djokovic. While both he and Rafael Nadal had arrived in the clay court season full of uncertainty, only Djokovic had taken notable steps forward since. Nadal, meanwhile, still searched for his best form after his fractured rib. His preparation was complicated with a flareup of his chronic foot injury. His form in Paris was, so far, subpar. But this is Rafael Nadal. At Roland Garros. He is the man who has won 110 times in his home with…

An author is warning that the world’s current response to monkeypox in the form of lockdowns is signaling a road back to lockdowns, which she calls the “conditioning” of Americans toward a socialist society. Cheryl Chumley, the author of “LOCKDOWN: The Socialist Plan to Take Away Your Freedom” and an opinion editor at The Washington Times, told Epoch TV’s “China Insider” program. According to the author, the current government and media reactions in response to monkeypox parallel a pattern of signals that led to COVID lockdowns. “If you watched as we moved from the coronavirus to the various variants, and now here we are with…

Internazionale are due to hold talks with Romelu Lukaku’s lawyer on Tuesday to explore a possible return to the club for the striker. Lukaku has endured a difficult first season back at Chelsea and would like to go back to Inter but a deal would be complicated given the Premier League club paid £97.5m last August. Inter have not yet held talks with Chelsea regarding a formula that could lead to a transfer, with a loan the only realistic possibility from the Italian club’s perspective. Lukaku’s representatives intend to speak to Chelsea soon to understand how they view his future. Lukaku scored 64 goals…