• Associated Press

    Wimbledon's qualifying rounds are the tournament before the tournament

    About 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the All England Club — a 15-to-20-minute drive during moderate mid-morning traffic, along tree-lined roads — sits the Roehampton Community Sports Centre, site of this week's qualifying rounds that let lower-ranked players earn their way into the Wimbledon brackets. It's also the only Grand Slam qualifying event held at a smaller, more quaint, location away from the real deal, although that could change in the coming years. For now, Roehampton's grass courts are the same as those at the All England Club, where competition begins Monday.

  • Associated Press

    A harmless asteroid will whiz past Earth Saturday. Here's how to spot it

    An asteroid will whiz harmlessly past Earth this weekend. Called 2024 MK, the space rock will make its closest approach to Earth Saturday morning, passing by at about three-quarters the distance from Earth to the moon. A 7,579-foot (2,310-meter) asteroid flew safely past Earth Thursday, but it was farther away and was only visible to professional telescopes.

  • Evening Standard

    What is France's National Rally party and what does it stand for?

    The Right-wing party has been steadily detoxifying itself and is expected to do well in France’s parliamentary elections