A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkey’s Bolu mountains killed at least 76 people on January 20, 2025. Panicked guests were forced to jump out of windows in the middle of the night. Turkey’s interior minister said at least 51 others were injured in the disaster, which struck during a school semester break when hotels in the region were packed with guests.
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Madison Keys, whose best showing at a major was getting to the title match at the 2017 U.S. Open, was a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 winner against Elina Svitolina and is into her third semifinal in Australia. Using a new racket this season, Keys is on a 10-match winning streak, including a title at a hard-court tuneup event in Adelaide. Her run to the semifinals in Melbourne includes victories over two past runners-up at the Australian Open, Danielle Collins and Elina Rybakina. Keys’ past losses in the semifinals in Melbourne came against eventual champions Serena Williams in 2015 and Ash Barty in 2022.
Iga Swiatek’s latest lopsided win at the Australian Open came via a 6-1, 6-2 score in the quarterfinals against No. 8 seed Emma Navarro on Wednesday. The No. 2-seeded Swiatek not only has not dropped a set so far in the tournament, but also has lost a grand total of only 14 games as she seeks her first title at Melbourne Park and sixth Grand Slam trophy overall. The last woman to make it to the Australian Open semifinals having ceded fewer than 15 games was Maria Sharapova back in 2013.
Liverpool became the first team to guarantee a place in the last 16 of the new Champions League format by beating Lille 2-1 on Tuesday. Harvey Elliott’s bouncing, deflected shot gave Liverpool its seventh win from seven games, just after 10-man Lille had equalized following Mohamed Salah’s opening goal. Liverpool needed a point at Anfield to be sure of reaching the round of 16 as one of the top eight teams in the league stage, skipping the playoff round for teams ranked ninth to 24th.Salah raced through in the 34th minute to sweep Liverpool ahead with his 22nd goal in all competitions this season. And when Lille’s Aissa Mandi was sent off just before the hour mark, Liverpool looked certain to extend its 100% record in the league phase.But Anfield was stunned when Canada striker Jonathan David converted from close range to level the score in the 62nd. It didn’t take long for Liverpool to regain the lead through Elliott’s deflected effort five minutes later.
It was a night of high drama in the Champions League with 33 goals scored across nine games. Nine of them came in Barcelona’s battle with Benfica. Raphinha scored in stoppage time to complete a rousing comeback as Barcelona won in Lisbon despite having been 4-2 down with less than a quarter of an hour remaining. Benfica’s Vangelis Pavlidis scored the third-fastest hat trick at the start of a Champions League game, with two of his goals coming after errors by Barcelona goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny. Barcelona stays second with 18 points from seven games, and is now unbeaten in six games in all competitions since the new year.
Another Spanish club staged a comeback as Julian Alvarez scored a 90th-minute winner to lift Atletico Madrid past Bayer Leverkusen 2-1. Atletico lost Pablo Barrios to a 23rd-minute red card and went into half time 1-0 down to a Piero Hincapie header for Leverkusen. Alvarez scored in the 52nd and had the momentum when Hincapie was sent off for a second yellow card, before Alvarez struck again to take the win and lift Atletico to third.
Shambhu—a prominent toll point at the Haryana-Punjab border on National Highway-44—has been closed since February 2024. Once a busy interstate passage, it has now been converted into a protest site for farmers. On Lohri, the day Outlook visited Shambhu, hundreds of trucks, tractors and trolleys—covered with blue, black and brown tarpaulin sheets—were parked on the highway. Some occupied and some locked, they double up as homes of protesting farmers—women and men, old and young—who have been coming to Shambhu from different districts of Punjab and Haryana for the past one year. At some distance, a stage was erected. Hundreds of protesting farmers were listening to speeches made by union leaders. About 50-60 women were in attendance as well. They all hailed from different villages in Firozpur district of Punjab. They stay at Shambhu for 10 days. Then women from other district come and stay for 10 days.The cycle continues. The women actively participate in the protests by attending the meetings,participating in the events and keeping themselves apprised of the situation. These women live in a tin shed—a space provided to protesting women. They are provided with mattresses and blankets but it’s not enough on cold mornings and nights. Despite the struggles, they say they will keep coming to Shambhu. While the men help with preparing, cooking, serving meals and washing utensils, these duties are primarily taken up by the women. The women say they will keep coming to Shambhu for as long as the protests go on. They are aware that it's going to be a long fight but nothing deters them from being a part of farmers’ protest
With Prince William watching on, Aston Villa’s hopes of automatic qualification for the round of 16 took a blow after a 1-0 loss to Monaco. Villa led the standings early in the league phase of the competition after winning its first three games. But defeat to Monaco left the Premier League club eighth. Wilfried Singo’s goal at a corner in the eighth minute was enough to secure the win for ninth-place Monaco.
Day 11 promises to be yet another action-filled day as world no 1 Jannik Sinner will be on the court, against home-favourite Alex De Minaur. Elsewhere, In the other men’s singles quarterfinal, 21st-seeded American Ben Shelton takes on Italy’s Lorenzo Sonego. In women’s singles, World No. 2 Iga Swiatek will play against 8th-seeded American Emma Navarro while 19th-seeded American Madison Keys will be up against 28th-seeded Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
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