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ATP, WTA and ITF take strong measures against Russia; country stripped of top event
Russia-Ukraine war The ITF Board has decided to suspend the Russian Tennis Federation and Belarus Tennis Federation membership Russia's tennis player Daniil Medvedev.(Source: Twitter) The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) and Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on Wednesday suspended the WTA/ATP combined event, scheduled this October in Moscow owing to Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine which…
Lockdown measures linked to an increase in drinking at home
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Lockdown measures throughout 2020 have been linked to people in Scotland and England drinking more at home, according to new research. The latest study, from researchers at the University of Sheffield and University of Glasgow, measured the impact of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 on drinking practices, using data on almost 300,000…
Hubble Measures Horizontal Winds in Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
Using data from the WFC3/UVIS instrument on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has measured the horizontal winds in Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, the Great Red Spot. By analyzing the long-term data from the boundaries of the giant storm, known as the high-speed ring, they’ve found that the wind speed has…