Wawrinka, the world No 3, saw off Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-2 while Federer, whose quarter-final opponent Nick Kyrgios had pulled out because of illness, came through 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) against American Jack Sock.
Carreno Busta, seeded 21st, was put constantly under pressure by 31-year-old Wawrinka who swept through the opening set in 30 minutes.
more: Roger Federer to play Stan Wawrinka in Indian Wells final | Daily Mail Online
The White House’s new official email provides its readers with a daily dose of news from the Trump administration, from special events, to a “photo of the day”, to a curated selection of media reports.
On Friday, that selection included a link to a Washington Post article titled Trump’s Budget Makes Perfect Sense and Will Fix America, and I Will Tell You Why.
The only problem? It was satirical.
Written by columnist and humourist Alexandra Petri, the opinion piece — as it is labelled at the top of the article — mocks the Trump administration’s budget.
Mr Trump’s proposed budget has flagged massive cuts to the State Department, including UN funding and foreign aid, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as well as increased funding to the military and border security.
Petri poked fun at the “hard power budget” and likely cuts to humanitarian programs, publicly funded media and UN-funded initiatives.
One section read:
“This budget will make America a lean, mean fighting machine with bulging, rippling muscles and not an ounce of fat. America has been weak and soft for too long.
“BUT HOW WILL I SURVIVE ON THIS BUDGET? you may be wondering. I AM A HUMAN CHILD, NOT A COSTLY FIGHTER JET.
“You may not survive, but that is because you are SOFT and WEAK, something this budget is designed to eliminate.”
The St Charles County Police Department announced his death in a post on their Facebook page.
“The St Charles County Police Department sadly confirms the death of Charles Edward Anderson Berry Sr, better known as legendary musician Chuck Berry,” it said.
Police said they were called to a medical emergency at a Buckner Road address at about 12:40pm on Saturday (local time).
“Inside the home, first responders observed an unresponsive man and immediately administered lifesaving techniques,” the police department said.
“Unfortunately, the 90-year-old man could not be revived and was pronounced deceased at 1:26pm.
Source: Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll icon, dead at 90 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The ageing brown-coal-fired generator in the Latrobe Valley will begin the staged shutdown of its eight units from March 27.
The final boiler will go cool on April 2.
With it will go 22 per cent of Victoria’s power supply and just over 5 per cent of the energy on a grid that runs from Port Douglas in far north Queensland to Port Lincoln on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula.
The wholesale price of power spiked across the National Electricity Market in November on news that Hazelwood would shut.
Donald Trump is ‘an unsophisticated yet self-absorbed political neophyte’, according to sections of the German press – in comparison to ‘experienced’ Angela Merkel.
The two ‘could hardly be more contradictory’, according to reports of their ‘awkward’ meeting yesterday.
The US President refused to shake the German Chancellor’s hand, a moment which German newspapers have seized on to highlight the huge differences between the two.
Tabloid Bild carried a picture of the world leaders sitting awkwardly next to each other, while also pointing out how ‘unusual’ it was that Merkel found herself seated next to Trump’s daughter Ivanka – who has no official role in the administration.
Source: German press round on Trump after handshake refusal | Daily Mail Online
He told a press conference last month: “I own nothing in Russia. I have no loans in Russia. I don’t have any deals in Russia.”
However, Reuters has found that as many as 63 people with Russian passports or addresses bought $98.4 million-worth of property in seven Trump luxury towers across America.
The real number of Russian investors may be higher, as many of the properties were purchased through ‘limited liability companies’, which allow the owner to conceal their identity.
Nearly a third of the 2044 units within the seven Trump residential towers are owned by limited liability companies
Source: Network of wealthy Russians has sunk $100m into Donald Trump’s luxury developments | The Independent
He made the statement in a series of tweets on Saturday morning.
Mr Trump, after a video appeared to show him ignoring Ms Merkel’s request to shake hands at a photo opportunity, said: “Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“Nevertheless, Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!”
Source: Donald Trump says Germany owes US and Nato ‘vast sums of money for defence’ | The Independent
Police in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, said each plane only had a pilot on board and that both were injured in Friday’s incident.
“One of the planes crashed on the roof of one of the stores and the other one on the asphalt of the parking lot,” said Nancy Colagiacomo, a spokeswoman for the police force that serves Montreal’s south shore.
Source: Two small planes crash over shopping centre near Montreal | Perth Now
Here comes today’s least surprising news. *Insert long, exasperated sigh.*
President Trump is getting destroyed on Twitter after his extremely awkward press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
After refusing to shake the Chancellor’s hand (help) and suggesting that they were both wiretapped by President Obama (please help), people had their Twitter fingers ready for Trump – and let’s just say, they did not hold back.
MORE: Twitter is slamming Donald Trump after awkward press conference with Angela Merkel
A man has been shot dead at Paris Orly airport after trying to take a soldier’s gun, it has been reported.
Passengers recounted shots being fired within the terminal. Initial reports from the scene state that a man has been shot dead.
Video from outside the airport shows large crowds of passengers outside the terminal, amid reports it has been evacuated.
MORE: Paris Orly airport is evacuated after ‘a shooting’ | Daily Mail Online
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Champion mare Winx has made it 16 wins in a row, ploughing through a heavy track at Rosehill for an easy victory in the Group One George Ryder Stakes (1500m).
Jockey Hugh Bowman ran Winx wide for much of the race, finally cruising to the lead at the 300m mark before powering home to win by at least six lengths over Le Romain with Chautauqua third.
“She’s just so special. I’m at a loss to explain it,” Bowman said.
Chris Evans is most famous for playing Captain America – but he’s also getting a reputation for fighting evil in the real world. Most notably he’s been taking down former KKK leader David Duke on Twitter.But in a new profile in Esquire, Evans has revealed how much he was urged to keep silent – but felt he had to speak up.
He says that ‘advisors’ have told him to ditch the politics, because it could stop people from going to see his movies. But some things are more important.
According to an arrest affidavit, police found Shortey and a 17-year-old male, who was not named, in a motel room in Moore, south of Oklahoma City, on March 9.
“Officers present observed a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room and inside the room at the time of their contact with the defendant,” the affidavit said, adding the officers also “found an opened box of condoms in the defendant’s backpack.”
According to court records filed in Cleveland County, Shortey was booked at a local jail. His bond has been set at $100,000 (£81,000) and local media said he was released about two after he surrendered.
Calculations show four programmes that face elimination – which tackle homelessness, unemployment among over-55s, participation in the arts and helping the poor access higher education – could be maintained at the cost of the President’s trips to his private Florida resort over the course of four years.
The services amount to a total of $597 million — just less than the $600 million security arrangements for the Mr Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits are estimated to cost the taxpayer over the course of his term…
Kyrgios says he believes he has food poisoning.
The controversial 21-year-old added on social media that he needs to be at his best to play Federer, and didn’t take the decision lightly.
“At this stage we think it’s food poisoning, and I’m praying it’s nothing more,” he said.
“After a restless night of being sick I have nothing left and to play a great champion like Roger, I need to be at my best to have a chance.
“These are the matches we train for but I’m in no fit state to take to the court.
Western Australia’s new Sports Minister Mick Murray believes it would be a good idea for Perth to step in and bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but admits the state’s dire finances may not allow it.
Durban was this week stripped of the right to stage the 2022 Games after missing deadlines and financial problems.
Melbourne, which hosted the Games in 2006, has expressed an interest in stepping in as a replacement, as have the English cities of Birmingham and Liverpool.
The Gold Coast has also said it would be prepared to come to the rescue and hold the Commonwealth Games twice in a row if asked.
At least 16 flood rescues have been carried out in the north of New South Wales, as heavy rainfall in the region causes flash flooding and multiple road closures.
Caroline Ortel from the Clarence-Nambucca State Emergency Service (SES) said the rescues had been the result of people ignoring flood warnings.
“We’ve had several flood rescues, all of them based on people driving into floodwaters,” she said.
“So we say it over and over again, that people shouldn’t drive walk or play in floodwater. If it’s flooded, forget it,” she said.
