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Naomi Osaka now 'highest paid' female athlete

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First time two women will be in the top hundred most paid athletes Japan's Naomi Osaka has surpassed Serena Williams as the world's highest-paid female athlete, raking in $37.4 million (£30.7m) in prize money and endorsements over the last year, according to Forbes. The 22-year-old two-time Grand Slam champion's total is the most ever earned by a female athlete in a 12-month period.  She earned $1.4 million (£1.15m) more than American great Williams who had topped the list for the last four years. Maria Sharapova had held the record for 12-month earnings for a female athlete, having made $29.7 million (£24.3m) in 2015. Female tennis players have always occupied top spot on Forbes's women's list since 1990 with either Williams or Russian Sharapova leading the way from 2004. Osaka burst into the limelight by beating Williams in the 2018 U.S. Open final - a highly-controversial match in which Williams was given three code violations by the umpire. The Japanese then won...

QUESTIONS ARISE OVER KIM JONG UN's PUBLIC ABSENCE

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Speculations arise over the leader's whereabout amidst rumours of a heart surgery He recently went weeks without a public appearance North  Korea 's Kim Jong Un has made an unusually small number of public appearances in the past two months, once again going three weeks without state media reporting his attendance at a public event, according to analysts. Kim's low profile comes as North  Korea  imposes anti-coronavirus measures, although the country says it has no confirmed cases, and follows intense speculation last month about his health after he missed a key national anniversary. Kim has appeared publicly four times in April and so far in May, compared with 27 times in the same period last year. Since coming to power in 2011, the previous fewest public appearances Kim has made during those months was in 2017 when he appeared 21 times, according to Chad O'Carroll, CEO of  Korea  Risk Group, a Seoul-based organisation that tracks North  Korea . ...

KHASHOGGI'S SONS 'FORGIVES' HIS ASSASINATORS

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Son,Salah Khashoggi releases statement on twitter Activists hit back at son The son of murdered Saudi journalist,Jamal Khashoggi has released a statement via Twitter forgiving his father's killers. In the statement, posted on Friday, Salah Khashoggi said his family pardons those who took the reporter's life in 2018 when he visited Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. "In this blessed night of the blessed month (of Ramadan) we remember God's saying: If a person forgives and makes reconciliation, his reward is due from Allah." "Therefore, we the sons of the Martyr Jamal Khashoggi announce that we pardon those who killed our father, seeking reward God almighty" he added. The journalist who was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in Turkey is believed to have been murdered and dismembered at the consulate and later moved,his body has not been found since. Meanwhile some rights activists have questioned the move,with his former fiancee,Hatice ...

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