Month: April 2019

Astronomers have captured the first image of a black hole, heralding a revolution in our understanding of the universe’s most enigmatic objects. The picture shows “Black hole picture captured for first time in space breakthrough”

Tara Moore, who pulled off one of the great comebacks in tennis history in a £25,000 tournament in Sunderland this week, said the experience has “Tara Moore says astonishing tennis comeback is ‘enormous boost’ to career”

Cissy Houston – Cissy HoustonThe Grammy winner’s second album, which features a heartfelt cover of Be My Baby, is being reissued on vinyl for the “Record Store Day: 20 exclusive releases to look out for”

Eleven years separate Tiger Woods and a major triumph. Fourteen have elapsed since he last prevailed at the Masters. As he prepares for a 22nd “Tiger Woods sends stark message he is ready to win his fifth Masters”

Baghdad and Washington are in talks to transfer and place on trial tens of thousands of suspected Isis fighters and their families from detention centres “Iraq seeks multibillion dollar fee to receive Isis prisoners”

Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy? In his wildest dreams as a young golfer, even when holing putts he “Rory McIlroy’s big-picture mentality could end in a Masters high-five”

Diego Costa has been suspended for eight matches after insulting the referee during Atlético Madrid’s 2-0 defeat by Barcelona on Saturday. Costa was sent off “Atlético Madrid’s Diego Costa handed eight-match ban for insulting referee”

Donald Trump has surrounded himself with an increasing number of temporary officials in his cabinet, raising fresh concerns over the president’s influence across US departments “Donald Trump’s preference for ‘acting’ senior officials alarms experts and allies”

European divisions over how to respond to General Khalifa Haftar’s violent assault on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, have been exposed after France blocked a draft “Europe split over how to respond to Haftar assault on Tripoli”

William Basinski has built an international career from his glacial meditations on time and decay, including The Disintegration Loops, which are regarded as perhaps the “‘I wanted to be David Bowie’: music maverick William Basinski”