'New' photos of tennis star Peng cause stir

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She has not been seen in public since making allegations of sexual impropriety against a senior Chinese official.

China has repeatedly refused to comment on the case.

Earlier this week, state-run CGTN published a screenshot, also on Twitter, of what it said was an email written by Peng to the head and officials of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), the top world body for the sport.

In it, Peng claims that her earlier accusations are "not true" and says she is "resting at home and everything is fine".

But doubts were flagged about the awkward language and the cursor visible in the screenshot.

‘Orgy of violence;’ Dutch police open fire on rioters

Police opened fire on protesters and seven people were injured in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions. The Dutch city's mayor called it “an orgy of violence.”

Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters in the early hours of Saturday morning that “on a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves” as rioters ran rampage through the port city's central shopping district, setting fires and throwing rocks and fireworks at officers. “They shot at protesters, people were injured,” Aboutaleb said. He did not have details on the injuries. Police also fired warning shots.

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Disgraced ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in her criminal fraud trial

https://nypost.com/2021/11/19/disgraced-ex-ceo-elizabeth-holmes-takes-the-stand-in-her-criminal-fraud-trial/

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Fallen Silicon Valley star Elizabeth Holmes, accused of bamboozling investors and patients into believing that her startup Theranos had developed a blood-testing device that would reshape health care, took the witness stand Friday in her trial for criminal fraud.

The surprise decision to have Holmes testify so early came as a bombshell and carries considerable risk. Federal prosecutors, who rested their months-long case earlier on Friday, have made it clear that they’re eager to grill Holmes under oath.

That combination of compelling testimony and documentary evidence apparently proved effective at convincing Holmes to tell her side of the story in court. Listening Friday were 10 men and four women on the jury that will ultimately decide her fate. If convicted, Holmes — now 37 and mother to a recently born son — could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.