between us supreme court justice clarence thomas and billionaire harlan crow. propublica is reporting that crow bought real estate from thomas and thejustice did not disclose the deal which may be a violation of the law. propublica initally reported that thomas was secretly accepting luxury trips from crow last week. the women s tennis association has said it will resume tournaments in china from september after suspending operations over concern for the chinese player, peng shuai. she briefly disappeared from public view in 2021 after accusing a former political leader of forcing her into a sexual relationship. the wta said it concluded that china would never satisfy its demands for an investigation. ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new vaccine against malaria, thought to be by far the most effective yet produced. regulators have cleared the way for the vaccine developed by oxford university to be used, even though the results of final stage clinical trials
bring it back into the games. the women s tennis association will resume tournaments in china this year having accepted a full and transparent investigation into the sexual assault allegations made by shui will not be carried out by the chinese government. they have been boycotted for 16 months after peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with the former chinese vice premiere in 2021. the chief executive said a different approach is needed hopefully by returning more progress can be made. manchester united host six times europa league champions seville in the pick of thursday night s quarterfinal matches. the reds will be without marcus rashford who is out with a groin strain. although he scored 20 goals for the club this
the miniskirt she said was invented on the streets of london, and shejust invented on the streets of london, and she just captured the look of the swinging 605. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines.. tens of thousands of people have been protesting across france in a long running dispute over reforms that will see the pension age increase from sixty two to sixty four. on friday, the country s highest legal body will rule on whether the pension reforms comply with the constitution, but it s thought unlikely any major changes will be required. the women s tennis association has said it will resume activities in china after suspending operations there over concern for the chinese player, peng shuai. she briefly disappeared from public view in 2021 after accusing a former political leader of forcing her into a sexual relationship. russia has reacted angrily to news that fifteen members of staff from its embassy are being expelled from norway, accused of spying.
breaking news this morning. in our sports lead, the women s tennis association says it will resume hosting tournaments in china, you might remember that it had previously suspended events in china in 2021 over concerns about the safety of tennis player punctual. i disappeared from public view in november, 2021 after she accused high ranking chinese government official of sexually assaulting her. in a statement, the w to explained its decision, saying quote after 16 months of suspended tennis competition in china and sustained efforts at achieving our original request, the situation has shown no sign of changing. we have concluded we will never fully secure those goals and it will be our players in tournaments who ultimately will be playing, paying an extraordinary price. for their sacrifices. unquote pang has not been seen in public since a series of carefully orchestrated appearances during the beijing olympics in february of last year. joining us now are two
former professional tennis players, rene stubs and patrick mcenroe. thanks to both of you for joining us, renee the w. t a received a lot of praise for its principled stand, but 16 months later mired in the stalemate, the organization has retreated. what do you make of this move? yeah i mean, listen, jake, i have to say that this for me, this comes down to finances. that s what it comes down to. i think that you know, the wta will probably look back on this in some respects, and you have to be proud of them for the stance that they took originally, but i think little bit of lack of strategy in the in the understanding of what if you don t get what you want. is this where we re going to be, and this is exactly where they ve gotten, too, because they think that they could strong arm, a country like china into doing what they wanted to do was, you know a rather large stretch, putting it mildly, so i think this comes down to finances and that s why they re going back. maybe the heart they