adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s “It Ends With Us” arrived on Netflix on Monday. Lively stars as Lily Bloom in the romantic drama, which became a minor sensation at the box office, opposite Justin Baldoni, who also directs, and Brandon Sklenar.
Zhao Xintong of China became Asia’s first world snooker champion after beating Mark Williams 18-12 in the final on Monday, completing a remarkable career turnaround following his involvement in the sport’sZhao captured the sport’s biggest prize — as well as a winner’s check of 500,000 pounds ($670,000) — at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield just months after returning to competitive action following a 20-month ban.
The fixing scandal in 2023 involved 10 Chinese players in total and left snooker under a cloud, especially in China, the sport’s biggest market in the television landscape and a country that makes up more than 50% of snooker’s global audience.Zhao is now the pride of China, winning the world championship while playing as an amateur — he’ll return to the professional ranks next season — and having come through four rounds of qualifiers just to get to the main draw at the Crucible.“I think I had a dream,” Zhao said. “Maybe I’m not sure this is true.”
The 50-year-old Williams was bidding to become the oldest ever world champion as well as a four-time winner, but never recovered from trailing 7-1 after the first of the final’s four sessions across Sunday and Monday.Zhao, a fearless, attacking left-hander, showed few nerves in a match which World Snooker Tour officials estimated was being watched by a potential audience of 150-200 million live streams in China and a cumulative audience of 50-150 million on China’s CCTV5.
Even after Williams won the first four frames of the last session to go from 17-8 to 17-12, Zhao stayed composed to compile a break of 87 in what proved to be the last frame, after which he unfurled the flag of China and hung it over his shoulders to the backdrop of applause.
“There’s a new superstar in the game,” Williams said, looking at Zhao, “and he’s over there.”The Department of Homeland Security and the White House did not immediately return messages seeking comment.
South Sudan’s police spokesperson Major General James Monday Enoka told The Associated Press Wednesday that no migrants had arrived in the country and that if they arrive, they would be investigated and again “re-deported to their correct country” if found not to be South Sudanese.Some countries do not accept deportations from the United States, which has led the Trump administration to strike agreements with other countries, including Panama, to house them. The Trump administration has sent Venezuelans to a
prison in El Salvador under anhotly contested in the courts.