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Harmanpreet Kaul’s Indian women’s team will be looking to defend their Asia T20 Cup title in Sri Lanka when they take on in-form India and Pakistan on Friday.India have a glorious record in the history of the tournament, having won three out of four T20 tournaments and all 50-over Asia Cups.Pakistan’s women’s record in the shortest format has also been impressive, with 11 wins and three losses from 14 matches, and Kaul’s team will be banking on this, along with their good form in recent matches, to dominate their Group A encounter here.India are fresh off a 1-1 draw with…
Pro-Palestinian sit-in by Pakistani religious parties enters seventh day as talks with government continue ISLAMABAD: A sit-in by the pro-Palestinian religious party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) entered its seventh day on Friday, with the party announcing that it was in talks with the government over its demands. The TLP calls on the government to officially boycott Israeli products and send food and medical aid to Palestinians suffering under Israel’s relentless military campaign in Gaza, and it also calls on the Pakistani government to declare Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “terrorist.” The demand came after TLP supporters led by young leader…
It is commonplace for Americans to assume that their country’s problems are sui generis. Since the July 13 assassination attempt against former U.S. President Donald Trump, many commentators have portrayed the event and the tensions around it as unprecedented. Others have reached for comparisons, but they have almost always been domestic—focusing, for instance, on the astounding number of assault weapons in private hands in the United States compared to the number in every other country on earth.It is certainly true that the shooting was a uniquely horrifying American moment, albeit one that was part of a rising tide of threats.…
CNN — On a night when Republicans were making bravado about their 2024 presidential bid, Donald Trump showed a rare display of vulnerability in a prime-time speech. Trump spoke Thursday night about the assassination attempt that took place five days earlier at a rally in Pennsylvania, during a speech concluding the Republican National Convention and accepting his party’s nomination for a third consecutive election. “I wasn’t supposed to be here tonight,” he told the crowd at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. As the crowd chanted “yes,” Trump shook his head. “Thanks,” he said, “but I’m not.” And then it was back…
Asian shares fell on Friday after a broad sell-off on Wall Street dragged U.S. shares down, and Hong Kong’s benchmark stocks fell more than 2 percent as investors remained wary of China’s plans to bail out its struggling property sector. U.S. futures rose, while oil prices fell.Chinese officials told reporters in Beijing The ruling Communist Party, He detailed a comprehensive blueprint for making China a technology leader, building its financial markets and improving living standards. But the bulk of the information remains relatively vague, with more details expected to emerge in the coming weeks.In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index…
With high costs forcing many bereaved families to opt for cheaper cremations, “green funerals” could be a welcome alternative. ARKANSAS, USA — One of the less-enviable jobs a funeral director has to do is guide grieving people through one of the saddest periods of their lives, then hand them a bill for one of the most expensive periods of their lives. And lately, the cost has been more unbearable than the grief. “I was just tired of not being able to think of a way to give people that option,” said Jason Kirby, who runs a family-owned funeral and cremation…
19 July 2024 02:46 BSTUpdated 57 minutes agoImage caption, The Times’s headline features the news that Just Stop Oil protesters have been given long prison sentences. Five activists, including the group’s co-founder Roger Hallam and 22-year-old Cressida Gethin, were given four to five years in prison for conspiring to stage a protest that would block the M25 motorway in 2022. The paper reports that environmental activists are calling the sentences a “gross miscarriage of justice.” The Times also runs a headline that US President Joe Biden’s “old boss” Barack Obama has asked Biden to reconsider whether to continue running for…
Joe Biden’s health concerns, a failed presidential debate and a new wave of support for Donald Trump following an assassination attempt are forcing Democrats to reconsider running for president.Before testing positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, Biden was set to accept the Democratic Party’s formal nomination for the 2024 presidential election in late July. Photo: BloombergNisha Anand New Delhi Time waits for no one. US President Joe Biden is no exception to this rule. Some US media outlets have been reporting since Thursday that the 81-year-old Democratic leader is on the verge of announcing his withdrawal from the presidential election scheduled…
As many as 27 mortar shells believed to date back to the 1971 India-Pakistan war were found on Thursday during excavation of a fishpond in a village in Tripura West district on the border with Bangladesh.Bamtia Garrison Officer-in-Charge Anthony Jamatia told reporters that the shells were discovered after Dulal Nama, a resident of Rangutia village in Bamtia under Mohanpur division, tried to dig a fish pond on his land. The shells were fused together and initial estimates suggested the body may have been buried for around 53 years, but authorities were unable to find any information about the country of…
President Donald Trump called COVID-19 the “China virus” on the final night of the Republican National Convention, reviving a controversial term for the disease. This statement elicited loud cheers from the audience.”Probably the best trade deal is the one we have with China. China is buying $50 billion worth of American products. And frankly, we’re not even talking about it because of what’s happened with the China virus,” Trump said, reflecting on his time as US president.Trump’s critics argue that using the term “China virus” could incite bias against Asian Americans, especially during the pandemic. However, his supporters argue that…