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In case you didn’t know… It was recently reported that Melbourne currently has the worst air quality in the world as a result of the bushfires that are sweeping across the nation. The year’s first Grand Slam - the Australian Open - is scheduled to start in Melbourne on 20 January, which means the tournament will take place amid severely unhealthy conditions. The heart of the matter Due to the devastating bushfires in Australia, concerns have been raised as to whether the Australian Open should go ahead as scheduled later this month....

The 21-year-old had never even reached the quarterfinals of a major tournament up until this week, but is now on the verge of becoming the first American since Serena Williams in 2017 to win at Melbourne Park. The No.14 seed pulled off one of the upsets of the tournament in the semifinal, defeating world No. 1 Ashleigh Barty 7-6 (8-6), 7-5. Aiming to become the first Australian woman to play in the final at Melbourne Park since Wendy Turnbull in 1980, Barty failed to convert two set points each set and ultimately paid the price....

Date: 10 February 2021 Tournament: Australian Open 2021 Round: Second round (Round of 64) Venue: Melbourne, Australia Category: Grand Slam Surface: Outdoor hardcourt Prize money: AUD $80 million Match timing: Approx. 12:30 PM local time, 7 AM IST Live telecast: USA - ESPN / Tennis Channel | India - Sony Six Petra Kvitova vs Sorana Cirstea preview For the second time running, Petra Kvitova had to do some serious mid-match problem-solving....

Date: 20 January 2022 Tournament: Australian Open 2022 Round: Second round (Round of 64) Venue: Melbourne, Australia Category: Grand Slam Surface: Outdoor Hardcourt Prize money: $75,000,000 Live telecast: USA - Tennis Channel | UK - Eurosport | India - Sony Six, Sony Liv Elena Rybakina vs Zhang Shuai preview Kazakhstan’s 12th seed Elena Rybakina will take on China’s Zhang Shuai in the second round of the 2022 Australian Open on Thursday....

The first grand slam of the season has had bushfires that almost caused the entire Open to be postponed three years ago, stringent Covid-19 restrictions enforced at the height on the pandemic and, of course, the searing heat during the heart of the Aussie summer to contend with. But what exactly do the tournament organisers do when the temperature rises to dangerous levels and what processes have been put in place to protect the players?...

Leaked documents obtained by BuzzFeed News and the BBC and published Sunday revealed that a former U.S. Open champion and doubles winners at Wimbledon were among 16 players who had repeatedly been reported for losing games when highly suspicious bets have been placed against them. MORE: Australian Open men’s winners of the 21st century | Women’s winners of the 21st century Russian and Italian gambling syndicates are said to have made vast profits by placing highly suspicious bets on scores of matches, including a number at Wimbledon and the French Open, according to the report....

CA said the window was broken by a “small rock or stone” as Australia’s players were returning to the team hotel after Monday’s opening day in the second Test in Chittagong. No one was injured. “En route back to the hotel last night a window on the Australian team bus was broken. No one was injured in the incident,” CA’s security manager Sean Carroll said in a statement. “Team security personnel are currently in discussion with local authorities while they investigate the cause, which is believed to have come from a small rock or stone....

The author wondered, “How are we actually gonna open schools?” While sharing the link to his Terrible Minds blog, Wendig tweeted, “It’s a huge Schrödinger’s Cat problem awaiting us.” Wendig is alluding to the 1930s thought experiment by Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger, and referring to the recent news of students possibly returning for in-person attendance this fall. Though classes remained online, school buildings are mostly closed due to pandemic concerns....

The book, centered around the idea of preventing sexual abuse against children, drew criticism and even threats to the author because it discussed the matter in what some critics said was an insensitive way. “A Long, Dark Shadow, Minor-Attracted People and Their Pursuit of Dignity” by Allyn Walker, contains interviews with over 40 adults who admit to being sexually attracted to minors who have never committed any sexual abuse against them....

Saab introduced the cooled seat a decade ago, and today it’s a common—but expensive—option in luxury cars (Saab’s “sport-ventilated seats” are $995 extra). A cheaper, do-it-yourself option is the Cold Seat ($49.95; coldseat.com), a quilt-covered gel-pack that sits over your kid’s car seat while you’re out of the car. Remove it, and the seat and buckle are cool, not hot. The Chrysler Sebring and the Dodge Avenger feature cup holders that keep cold drinks at 35 degrees and hot drinks at 140 degrees ($795 to $1,295 including other options)....

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora was announced at E3. It’s currently in development from Massive Entertainment, the studio behind The Division series. Frontiers of Pandora has faced numerous delays over the past few years and it has been the subject of rumors. With a new trailer and a loose release set for 2022, fans are glad to finally see some concrete news on the title. There isn’t a specific launch date set for the game, though it was delayed so that it could be released closer to Avatar 2....

Rather than showing off any new trailers for the highly-anticipated Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, the upcoming mobile-exclusive MMO, Avatar: Reckoning was given a new look-in. Over the course of about a minute, actually being one of the longer trailers from the event, a good chunk of Avatar: Reckoning’s gameplay was shown off, from being able to customize the player’s Avatar and loadouts, to gameplay footage of boss fights and PvP matches....

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot surprised audiences with the reveal of Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora as the capstone of the company’s E3 showcase during Ubisoft Forward. According to the game’s listing on the Ubisoft store, it will allow players to engage with a story totally separate from the 2009 movie – which means Jake Sully probably won’t make an appearance. Players control one of the Na’vi and explore the Western Frontier, a part of Pandora that has never been seen before, as they fight back against the encroaching forces of the Resource Development Administration....

The faces and bodies stream by. A bent old woman carrying a parcel briefly engages his attention. “Old age is not enough in itself,” says Avedon, who made his reputation in portraiture as a young man etching in light the ravaged crevasses of Somerset Maugham, Isak Dinesen, Coco Chanel. He doesn’t want to repeat himself. He has just done a portrait of 88-year-old writer Diana Trilling; not wanting to be cruel, he shoots her through a window....

Disney is well known for announcing release dates years in advance. When it comes to films under the Marvel Studios banner, it is especially well known for trying to stick to that outline as best it can. Though some Marvel films such as Morbius (whose release date was delayed seven times), don’t always end up premiering when they were first intended to, films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe are usually pretty solid in keeping to certain windows of release....

Among brands in phones, Samsung has highest no of buyers (19%) and people prefer Andriod than Apple in India. Andriod has a 31% share in the mobile market. About 36% of the 538 mobiles listed on iShopper are dual sim phones which has gained maximum popularity in India. As many as 81% users prefer to have phone shaped in a bar form. The average processor speed of mobile phones sold is 876 Mhz, the average camera resolution is 4MP and the average screen size is 3 inches....

Recovery from an avulsion fracture can take six weeks to six months, and surgery is not always needed. However, in children who have an avulsion fracture involving the growth plate, or the area of the bone that is actively growing, surgery may need to be done. Causes Often an avulsion fracture occurs when there is a sudden forceful pull on a tendon while the bone is moving in the opposite direction....

The list of featured videogames is massive, from 2Xtreme to Wild Arms. This is the kind of thing a student of videogame history may look at someday if they want to get a feel for the original PlayStation console, but most PlayStation fans might end up leaving the book on their coffee table or in their bathroom to flip through in moments of introspection. RELATED: 10 Times Classic Final Fantasy Creatures Drastically Changed Their Design...

President Joe Biden announced during a national address on Monday evening that he had ordered a U.S. airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed al-Zawahiri. He was an early mentor to former Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, who was killed by U.S. forces while hiding in Pakistan in 2011. Al-Zawahiri had been running Al-Qaeda since. In his speech, Biden said al-Zawahiri was “deeply involved” in the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 U....

Mirza, who has won the Australian Open title before with former men’s doubles No. 1 Mahesh Bhupathi, has three grand slam mixed doubles titles in her kitty and has enjoyed succcess with Dodig; the pair were runners up at the French Open last year, losing to Leander Paes and Martina Hingis. Paes and Hingis will tomorrow face the all-Australian pair of Sam Stosur and Sam Groth in their own quarter-final; the Indo-Swiss pair lost out to Dodig and Mirza at the quarter-final stage at the Australian Open last year....