Churchill was overruled by Harry Truman, who believed in “the beneficent power of law and the wisdom of judges,” and by Stalin, who believed the opposite but was partial to show trials. Nuremberg almost came unstuck when Hermann Goring demolished his overemotional American accuser, Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson: it took a touch of Rumpole from his British cross-examiner to convict Goring on documents he had personally signed ordering crimes against humanity....
Why so confident? For one thing, Malaysian justice under Anwar’s former mentor and now chief accuser, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, is also on trial, at least in the public eye. Hundreds of Anwar supporters turned up outside the courthouse every morning to shout “reformasi.” Official protests rang out from Washington to Manila when foreign diplomats were shut out of the first day of the trial. Wary of world opinion, Malaysian authorities planned to recess the trial next week during the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Kuala Lumpur....
France have finally turned up at their own party. During the first four matches of their home competition, Didier Deschamps’ side looked a muddled, unconvincing outfit wracked with nerves. The failure to convince against Romania, Albania, Switzerland and Republic of Ireland raised serious questions over their tag as pre-tournament favourites’. However, their magnificent 5-2 trouncing of Iceland in Paris shows just why they were so highly favoured – and their next opponents Germany will not like what they saw....
But at 50, the league appears to be experiencing a midlife crisis. And fans, who still “love this game,” are finding themselves more than a bit disenchanted by the actual games. There are too many bad teams, too little scoring and too many overpriced players who can’t make a free throw with–or even without–the game on the line. As Charles Barkley explained to NEWSWEEK, “The league is going to hell in a handbasket....
How about this play from Notre Dame true freshman running back Josh Adams? MORE: Irish won’t make playoffs this way | 5 things from ND victory More importantly, that 98-yard run put Notre Dame up 21-0 over Wake Forest.
MORE: Preseason Top 25 | Good job, CFP Coach Brian Kelly made the announcement Wednesday evening, and Jones confirmed the reasoning on his Twitter account, which indicated the sophomore coming up short of meeting “academic responsibility.” Playing in a limited role as a freshman last season, Jones caught 13 passes for 190 yards. He was expected to take a step up this season and become a weapon in the Irish’s offense....
By the time the Tar Heels applied the brakes, or tried to apply the brakes, it was too late. The Irish used a stunning 24-4 run in a six-minute second-half stretch that led to a 90-82 win in the ACC Tournament championship game at Greensboro Coliseum. MORE: Inspirational story | Field of 68 update | PHOTOS: Tourneys gallery Stunning might be too soft of a word, actually. North Carolina was in control....
The day began at 05:15 for Jurgen Klopp, with Thiago Alcantara reporting an ear infection which caused him to sit this one out, while Darwin Nunez failed a late fitness test. The huge injury list combined with a spot of rotation meant Liverpool were missing three of their four best attackers, the same figure in midfield, and three of their five strongest defenders. However, they were in relatively high spirits, having picked up back-to-back wins against Manchester City and West Ham United in the last week....
How about a 10-team playoff in the regular season instead? Nov. 8 might be the greatest weekend in college football history. OK, that’s hyperbole, but it’s definitely the biggest weekend in the four-team playoff era. That’s not up for debate. Do what you have to do. Run the errands. Take out the trash. You’re not going to want to leave the couch for about 12 hours. We’ll put it to you this way: There are three head-to-head matchups between teams with one loss, and that doesn’t even include the main event in the SEC West....
“First two sets definitely have been great. Overall I executed the game plan,” Djokovic told a media conference. Seeded No. 1 at Melbourne as the world’s top-ranked player, Djokovic won the first nine games on his way to a 6-0, 6-1, 6-4 victory. MORE: Australian Open images | Friday’s biggest matches | Caroline Wozniacki KO’d Djokovic was halfway to becoming the first man since 1966 to whitewash a men’s singles match....
The Serbian world No. 1 is on track for an eighth Grand Slam title after a 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-2 victory over Raonic at Rod Laver Arena. MORE: Must-see photos from Melbourne | Wawrinka awaits Djokovic was rarely challenged on his serve and his return game got better as the quarterfinal went on, setting up a blockbuster clash with Stan Wawrinka. In the end, it was Djokovic’s serve that proved the key – Canadian eighth seed Raonic won just 12 receiving points....
Under way, Roger Federer and Andy Murray were on Centre Court to decide which would challenge Djokovic. MORE: Scenes from Wimbledon | Federer-Murray | Martina Hingis seeks first title since ‘98 On Saturday, Serena Williams goes for her fourth consecutive major title and a Serena Slam in the women’s finals. Djokovic was at his clinical best on Friday, giving a wonderful performance that should be an indication to his Sunday opponent that the final will be a challenge....
Djokovic, who was playing for the first time in six weeks after not being able to compete in the US, struggled on his first clay-court match of the season. The 34-year-old was broken nine times throughout the contest as his opponent, ranked 45 places lower, claimed a memorable win. “This win is so special to me because I grew up watching Nole [Djokovic] and I’m a big fan of his," Fokina said post-match....
And on the final Sunday of the 2021 US Open, Djokovic’s bid came to an end as Daniil Medvedev won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4, 6-4. “I want to say sorry for you, the fans, and Novak because we all know what he was going for today,” Medvedev said on court after the win, reminiscent of when Canada’s Bianca Andreescu apologized for beating Serena Williams in the women’s final two years ago....
The case, which is continuing in Melbourne, saw Judge Anthony Kelly rule that the 34-year-old Serbian was able to stay in Australia and that the government must pay his legal costs and had to release Djokovic from detention within half an hour. However, the Australian government warned that the tennis player could still face deportation. Djokovic flew into Melbourne last Wednesday hoping to defend his Australian Open crown and seal an unprecedented 21st Grand Slam title....
All of this is indeed fine, superfine, except for one thing–it’s not true. Pashmina, say textile experts, is actually regular old plain vanilla you-know-what. “Pashmina is just cashmere,” says Karl Spilhaus, president of Boston’s Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute. “It’s been very aggressively marketed, but there’s no difference. Pashmina is simply the Indian word for cashmere.” There’s scientific evidence to back this up. Kenneth D. Langley, a professor of textile sciences at the University of Massachusetts, has run tests....
Of course, that community watches about 100 million clips a day and has almost half the market share in the burgeoning field of Net video. So successful is YouTube that even the parties seemingly most threatened by it–record labels and studios whose copyrighted content often finds its way onto YouTube–are making deals with the upstart. (Last week CBS, Universal and Sony BMG added their names to a list that included Warner Brothers....
There is no question that the next few years are critical. In April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said that in order to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest before being roughly halved by 2030. There is nothing magical about 1.5 degrees—the climate crisis doesn’t start there because it’s already here, nor does it signal the immediate end of the world—but it’s a general indicator of where many climate change impacts can start to reach catastrophic levels with storms, heat waves and droughts becoming more extreme, putting millions more at risk with potentially life-threatening conditions....
Such a conflict would have a significant environmental impact, causing the planet to rapidly cool while wreaking havoc on the world’s food production systems, researchers said. For a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a team led by Jonas Jägermeyr—from the University of Chicago and the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies—examined the potential consequences of a hypothetical nuclear conflict limited to one region of the globe using climate, agricultural and economic computer models....
Jokic stuffed the box score with 32 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists while going 3-for-4 from the foul line in the loss. Asked what makes Jokic so difficult to guard, Beverley said: “He presents the same type of, I don’t know, I wouldn’t say problems, but he presents the same thing [Luka] Doncic presents, a lot of flailing. You know, puts a lot of pressure on the referee to make the right call....
