Planned maintenance on July 22nd will cause intermittent outages: Planned maintenance starting at 09:00 UTC will affect all services, causing intermittent outages that are expected to last between 15 and 30 minutes each. Notably, chat.sr.ht will be rebooted, causing everyone to be disconnected from the bouncer. Most clients will reconnect automatically. The maintenance is expected to take up to a few hours. (07:30 UTC — Jul 2)
Updates as we move into the second round at SW19
As expected, the rain is not relenting yet. Play has been pushed back to 12.15, at the earliest. Though looking at the forecast there could be another couple of hours of drizzle before what’s forecast to be a clear mid-afternoon/evening.
Emma Raducanu stressed the importance of leaning on her support network at Wimbledon as she prepares for her challenging second-round match against Marketa Vondrousova, the 2023 champion.
Raducanu, who reached the second round on Monday with a solid 6-3, 6-3 win over the 17-year-old British wildcard Mimi Xu, reflected on the additional support she has received at the All England Club. “At Wimbledon, it’s particularly special. I had really good friends in the box there,” said Raducanu, before reeling off a list of names. “To have them all here in this one week, and the way the stars align that they could be here, it means so much when I see them there. It just makes me really happy.”
Continue reading...Two victims believed to be farm workers who were trapped by the flames as they tried to reach their vehicles
In other high stake talks, EU trade chief Maroš Šefčovič will be in Washington today in another attempt to strike a tariff deal with the US before the 9 July deadline next week.
Our Brussels correspondent Jennifer Rankin takes a look at the EU’s longest-serving commissioner, who has built up a reputation as a reliable and trustworthy fixer.
Continue reading...Militant group insists any proposal must bring an end to the war in Gaza
The Red Cross has warned that Gaza’s few functioning medical facilities are overwhelmed, with nearly all public hospitals “shut down or gutted by months of hostilities and restrictions” on supplies.
A few photos of the state of healthcare in Gaza.
Continue reading...