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PARIS—World number one Novak Djokovic is pleased with his performance level so far at the French Open and believes everything is heading in the right direction in his title defence and quest for a record-equalling 21st Grand Slam. Djokovic expertly managed some tricky conditions at Roland Garros on Wednesday to complete a solid 6–2 6–3 7–6(4) victory over Slovakia’s Alex Molcan to set up a third-round meeting against Slovenia’s Aljaz Bedene. “Well, so far so good. I’m pleased with the way I’m feeling on the court, the way I have been striking the ball,” he told reporters. “Also today was under these kind of…

Two NHS nurses have won compensation from Greater Manchester police (GMP) after being fined over a socially distant protest about NHS pay during lockdown. Karen Reissmann, a 61-year-old mental health nurse who worked throughout the pandemic, received a £10,000 fixed penalty notice for organising the protest on 7 March 2021 over the government’s proposed 1% pay rise for NHS workers. About 40 people were expected to attend the demo in St Peter’s Square in central Manchester, which was to be socially distanced, with masks and hand sanitisers available. After arriving at St Peter’s Square, Reissmann was warned by GMP officers that the protest was not…

Twitter has agreed to pay $150 million after it was accused of having sold private information from users to target advertising, without having informed them. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the settlement that, if approved by a federal court, requires Twitter to pay the amount in civil penalties, as well as improve its compliance practices to protect users’ data privacy. Twitter’s chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, said that in reaching the settlement, the company has paid the $150 million penalty and has also “aligned with the [FTC] on operational updates and program enhancements” to protect user privacy and…

The CEO of pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna, Stéphane Bancel, said the company is having to “throw away” millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines because “nobody wants them.” Bancel made the comments during an appearance at the World Economic Forum on Monday, while noting his concerns over the lack of people getting vaccinated and waning immunity among those who have had the shots but declined to get boosters. “It’s sad to say, I’m in the process of throwing 30 million doses in the garbage because nobody wants them. We have a big demand problem,” Bancel said. The Moderna chief explained that his company has contacted…

Support staff at No 10 and the Cabinet Office have been subjected to bullying and harassment for years, according to a union member in Whitehall. The claim comes after Sue Gray’s report into the Partygate scandal disclosed that cleaners and security guards have been subjected to a “lack of respect and poor treatment”, and yet felt “unable to raise [this] properly” with the authorities. A member of the Public and Commercial Service (PCS) union working in the Cabinet Office said: “The prime minister’s apology is too little, too late. There’s been a culture of bullying, harassment and sexism in No 10 for…

WASHINGTON—Facebook parent Meta said it will start publicly providing more details about how advertisers target people with political ads just months ahead of the U.S. midterm elections. The announcement follows years of criticism that the social media platforms withhold too much information about how campaigns, special interest groups and politicians use the platform to target small pockets of people with polarizing, divisive or misleading messages. Meta, which also owns Instagram, said it will start releasing details in July about the demographics and interests of audiences who are targeted with ads that run on its two primary social networks. The company will also share…

Rishi Sunak is reportedly considering imposing a wider windfall tax on electricity generators, as well as on oil and gas producers, that could bring in billions of pounds to help households struggling with soaring food and energy costs. The chancellor has instructed Treasury officials to work on plans for a potential tax on more than £10bn of excess profits made by electricity generators, including renewable energy operators such as windfarms, according to sources cited by the Financial Times. That would go far beyond Labour’s plan for a one-off levy applied only to North Sea oil and gas producers, which would raise an…

The water company Severn Trent has launched a £30m financial support package to help a further 100,000 of its customers, as it warns that the cost of living crisis means more people are struggling to pay their water bill. The Coventry-headquartered company supplies more than 8 million customers across a region stretching from the Bristol Channel to the Humber, and from mid-Wales to the east Midlands, and said it has the second-lowest water bills in England at £389 a year. The company already supported about 215,000 of its customers with their water bill through a social tariff, allowing them to reduce it by up…

The £4.25bn takeover of Chelsea football club has been completed after Roman Abramovich agreed to the UK government’s terms for the sale, ending a tumultuous period that raised fears over the club’s existence. Nadine Dorries, the culture secretary, said the UK government issued a licence on Tuesday night that permits the sale of Chelsea. A new era at Stamford Bridge can officially begin after a bid led by Todd Boehly, a part-owner of baseball’s LA Dodgers, was given permission to go through. The government issued the licence after it said it was “now satisfied that the full proceeds of the sale will not benefit…

The first Elizabeth line trains to carry passengers through the new tunnels under London departed on time on Tuesday morning, marking the start of an era of greater speed, space and comfort – “fit for a Queen, and Londoners”, the mayor, Sadiq Khan, said. Hundreds of people braved the rain to queue outside for the first train from Paddington through central London on the line originally known as Crossrail – finally ready for service a week before the Queen’s platinum jubilee celebrations. Cheers greeted the opening of the gates at 6.18am as Khan and the TfL commissioner, Andy Byford, at the head of the queue, stepped…