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The national disaster mitigation agency (BNBP) said on Sunday, that the death toll from a strong earthquake in Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku has risen to 30 people. Hundreds of thousands of people remain in evacuation shelters. The 6.5 magnitude quake hit early on Thursday, damaging hundreds of houses and dozens of public facilities and infrastructure, including the main bridge in the city of Ambon. Officials on Thursday had put the death toll at 20 people. Many were killed by falling rubble. More than 150 people were injured, BNBP spokesman Agus Wibowo said in a statement on Sunday, and over 200,000 remain in shelters. Those whose houses were destroyed have set up tents as shelters in near hospitals or school yards. People living near the ocean have evacuated to higher ground following the quake, fearing a tsunami , despite authorities have ruled out the possibility of a giant wave. Indonesia, which sits on the seismically active Pacific ...

Cristiano Ronaldo, said in an interview on Tuesday that he felt “embarrassed” by the rape allegations against him. The pending civil case by former model Kathryn Mayorga alleges conspiracy, defamation, breach of contract, coercion and fraud. Her complaint seeks unspecified monetary damages greater than $50,000. Police in Las Vegas reopened a criminal investigation last October at the request of Mayorga, who accused Ronaldo of sexual assault in 2009. But police confirmed in June that he won’t face criminal charges. Las Vegas police matched a DNA sample from Ronaldo to evidence from the alleged 2009 rape at a Las Vegas hotel, but detectives said they struggled with uncooperative attorneys for Mayorga before prosecutors declined to pursue a criminal charge, according to correspondence obtained by this past August by ESPN. “They play with your dignity,” Ronaldo told ‘Good Morning Britain’ in an interview with Piers Morgan that will air on Tuesday in Great Britain. “It’s hard. Yo...

Bianca Andreescu defeated Serena Williams 6-3, 7-5 in the US Open final on Sunday. The win is the 19-year-old Andreescu’s first career Grand Slam, and the fourth straight loss in a Grand Slam final for Williams. Williams, owner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles, is one short of Margaret Court’s 24 for a share of the all-time lead. Williams’ last Grand Slam title came at the 2017 Australian Open. Andreescu set the tone early by breaking Williams in the first game of the match, and never relinquished the lead in breaks during the first set. The second set looked like it would a runaway win for Andreescu after she broke Williams twice in a row to take a commanding 5-1 game lead. Williams responded with the fire that has brought her to the brink of history and fought back to tie the set at 5-5. And yet, it was Andreescu’s moment. The Canadian pulled it back together and won the match, completing a meteoric rise in the world of tennis this year. Andreescu began the year ranked outside...