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Ons Jabeur beat Marketa Vondrousova at the WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico, but what should have been a joyous occasion was tainted by the war in Gaza. “Winning a Tennis match doesn’t mean anything,” said Jabeur. “I cannot be happy with just this win, with what is happening. I’m sorry guys, it’s supposed to be about Tennis , but it’s very frustrating looking at videos every day.” Jabeur had to fight back tears as she spoke about seeing “horrible photos” of children dying every day , despite trying her best to avoid social media. She said that she struggled to sleep well with the war on her mind. “I’m sorry - it’s not a political message , it’s just humanity . I want peace in this world and that’s it,” said Jabeur, who decided she would donate part of her prize money to the Palestinians in Gaza. “The worst thing is I feel hopeless, I feel like cannot do anything,” she said. “Maybe donating some money would help a little bit with what they’ve been going through, but I know that money do...

Twitter Inc on Tuesday said it would expand the types of political ads allowed on the social media platform, an apparent reversal of its 2019 global ban on political ads, as the Elon Musk-owned company seeks to grow revenue. The company tweeted it would also relax its advertising policy for "cause-based ads" in the United States, and moving forward would align its advertising policy "with that of TV and other media outlets." Twitter banned political ads in 2019 after it and other social media companies like Facebook faced widespread criticism for allowing election misinformation to spread across its services. It also restricted ads related to social causes. "We believe political message reach should be earned, not bought," tweeted Jack Dorsey, Twitter's then-chief executive, in announcing the move. Since Musk took over Twitter in late October, corporate advertisers have fled in response to the Tesla CEO laying off thousands of employees, re...