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LONDON — Barbora Krejcikova kept insisting that nobody — not her friends, not her family, not even herself — would believe she won Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam title. Her first major championship, as an unseeded player at the French Open three years ago, certainly was a surprise. This one, which came via a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jasmine Paolini in the final at the All England Club on Saturday, was maybe just as unpredictable, sure, but perhaps now it’s time to recognize that these sorts of results from Krejcikova are not only possible but make perfect sense. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “It’s just unreal what just happened.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky broke his silence after U. S. President Joe Biden mistakenly called him “President Putin” at the NATO Summit on Thursday. Zelensky encountered reporters on Saturday, July 13, soon after he touched down at Shannon Airport in County Clare, Ireland, where he was greeted by Irish Taoiseach [Prime Minister] Simon Harris.

NEW YORK — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96. Westheimer died on Friday at her home in New York City, surrounded by her family, according to publicist and friend Pierre Lehu. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Westheimer never advocated risky sexual behavior.

SAN FRANCISCO — Wildfires fueled by strong winds and an extended heat wave have led to the first death in California of the 2024 season, while wind-whipped flames in Arizona have forced hundreds to flee from what tribal leaders are calling the “most serious” wildfire on their reservation in decades. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The fires were unfolding as authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires amid this month’s protracted heat wave that has dried out the landscape, set temperature records and put lives at risk.

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, will attend the men’s singles finals at Wimbledon on Sunday, July 14, according to Kensington Palace. The royal is set to carry out a special task at the tournament, presenting the winner—either Novak Djokovic or Carlos Alcaraz—with the coveted trophy. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] This will be Middleton’s second public appearance since she announced her cancer diagnosis in March, the first appearance being her attendance at the annual Trooping the Colour on June 15. In an update shared on June 14, Middleton, 42, announced she would be attending the King’s Birthday Parade, and shared that she “hope[d] to join a few public engagements over the summer.” However, the mother-of-three noted how she is “not out of the woods yet” as her “treatment is ongoing and will be for a few more months.” Since then, there has been much speculation that Wimbledon would be one of said summer public engagements, as Middleton is a known fan of the tournament and has been a fixture in the Royal Box for many years, previously attending every year but one since she married Prince William in 2011. She is a patron of Wimbledon’s All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club (AELTC), and has previously enjoyed viewing the matches alongside her husband, the Prince of Wales, and their children Prince George, 10, and Princess Charlotte, 9. Though she has often also attended the women’s finals, she will be unable to attend this year’s iteration on Saturday between Barbora Krejčíková and Jasmine Paolini.

Of the many paradoxes presented by the Islamic Republic of Iran, the most confounding remains its stubborn preoccupation with regulating women. The 1979 revolution that brought fundamentalist clerics to power in an ancient, diverse, and cosmopolitan nation also stripped women there of the right to hold a job without the permission of her husband, or wear what she chooses in public. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The friction from that grinding repression ignited a conflagration in the last months of 2022 that threatened to destroy the regime.