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Police in India have arrested two people after some international students were assaulted in a university hostel while offering Ramadan prayers. Officials say a heated argument about the location of the prayers led to the physical attack in Gujarat University in western India on Saturday. Three students were hospitalised and one of them has been discharged. India’s foreign ministry said that the Gujarat government was taking “strict action” against the perpetrators. GS Malik, the police commissioner of Ahmedabad city, told reporters that around two dozen people entered the hostel on Saturday night and objected to the students offering prayers, asking…

Scottie Scheffler overcame a neck injury and record five-shot deficit in the final round to become the first man to defend the Players Championship. The world number one, who had treatment on his neck during round two, hit an eight-under 64 to win the 50th staging of the PGA Tour’s flagship tournament. He won by one shot on 20 under from fellow Americans Brian Harman, Wyndham Clark and Xander Schauffele. All three missed putts to force a play-off in a phenomenal finish in Florida. Harman was first to the 18th but he pushed a 17-foot birdie putt wide as he…

World number two Carlos Alcaraz defended his Indian Wells title with a straight-set win over Daniil Medvedev in a repeat of last year’s final. Alcaraz, 20, beat the Russian world number four 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 to claim his first title since Wimbledon in July. The Spaniard was returning from an ankle injury which forced him to retire from his opening match at the Rio Open last month. “I love playing here – it’s so special for me,” Alcaraz told Sky Sports. “This year is a bit more special because before the tournament I was thinking about whether I was going…

A petite woman calmly exits her home, escorted by a group of large men in green fatigues, dwarfed by their sheer size and number. They look fierce: green balaclavas cover most of their face, hiding their identity, but their Russian flag patches reveal their allegiance. The woman is Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a Crimean Tatar, and she shared video of the moment on her social media accounts. “They came to my house to carry out a search,” she said in an interview from the occupied Ukrainian peninsula, looking as resolute as she did in the video. “I had been preparing for it for years.” Her…

Celine Dion is focusing on her family and the future as she continues to live with a health challenge. The legendary entertainer marked International Stiff Person Syndrome Awareness Day on March 15 with an Instagram post in which she addressed her autoimmune disorder, saying it “has been one of the hardest experiences of my life.” Dion added that she remains “determined to one day get back onto the stage and to live as normal of a life as possible.” A photo of Dion and her three sons – René-Charles and twins Nelson and Eddy – accompanied her heartfelt message. Dion shared her three children…

Running to the tail of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is an umbilical cord carrying a rapid play-by-play of virtually every flight feature. The data, which totals more than a thousand parameters, is swiftly saved electronically into the flight data recorder (FDR), one of the so-called black boxes that aviation safety investigators say offers critical facts when piecing together an incident, like the mid-air plunge on LATAM Airlines flight 800 earlier this week that injured 50 people. The FDR and cockpit voice recorder from the LATAM flight should provide evidence to prove or refute the pilot’s initial explanation, as relayed by a…

Chinese electric-vehicle maker Xpeng has announced plans to launch a cheaper brand, entering a highly competitive segment amid intense price competition in the industry. Models of the brand, to be launched within the next month, will be priced between 100,000 yuan and 150,000 yuan ($14,000 to $21,000), Xpeng Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng told an industry event in Beijing on Saturday, the company posted on its official WeChat account. That compares with a 200,000 to 300,000-yuan range where premium electric-vehicle (EV) makers generally price their cars. Competition in China’s EV market has intensified as companies race to cut prices, with market leader…

David Seidler, best known for writing the Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech, has died aged 86. The London-born screenwriter, who had a stammer, brought the true story of how King George VI overcame his speech impediment to the big screen. The 2010 film starred Colin Firth, who also won the best actor Bafta and Oscar for his depiction of the king. Seidler was also behind the stage adaptation of the film, which opened in the West End in 2012. He dedicated his 2011 Oscar to “all the stutterers around the world” – and at the time thanked the Queen for…

Greenpeace could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing controversial plans to begin deep-sea mining. One mining company claims the campaign group disrupted a research expedition in the remote Pacific. Member states of the UN’s International Seabed Association could choose to strip Greenpeace of its observer status within the group. Greenpeace says the incident in question was a peaceful protest aimed at protecting a pristine ecosystem. The mining company involved, The Metals Company, accuses Greenpeace of being “anti-science”. It is the latest salvo in a long-running battle over access to a trove of hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth…

Uber has agreed to pay A$271.8m ($178.3m; £140m) to settle a lawsuit in Australia, according to a law firm for taxi operators and drivers. Maurice Blackburn Lawyers filed the class action on behalf of over 8,000 taxi and hire car owners and drivers. The case alleged they lost income when the the ride-hailing giant “aggressively” moved into the country. “Uber fought tooth and nail at every point along the way,” the law firm said. “Since 2018, Uber has made significant contributions into various state-level taxi compensation schemes, and with today’s proposed settlement, we put these legacy issues firmly in our…