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NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has set aside a huge budget of around Rs 17 billion for renovation and upgradation of cricket stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi in preparation for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, a key event in the cricket calendar.The decision to allocate these funds was taken at the PCB Board meeting held in Lahore on Saturday. Besides renovating the stadium, the Board also approved a budget of Rs 240 million for the development and promotion of women’s cricket in the country.This is a significant increase from the previous budgetary allocation of Rs 70 million…
Guest opinions. One decision that received little attention this season from the U.S. Supreme Court was Certificate In a lawsuit challenging a criminal conviction based on bite mark evidence, a specialty based on practice and skill, not scientifically provable methods, even the expert who testified in that lawsuit recanted his expert testimony based on the latest science.On July 2, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court Certificate in McCrory v. State of AlabamaIn that case, a man was imprisoned for 40 years based on scientific testimony, which experts later retracted.Don’t miss out on the biggest stories and breaking news from Indian Country:…
PARIS (AP) — A key runoff election takes place in mainland France on Sunday that could deliver a historic victory for Marine Le Pen. Far-right national rally And either reverse that inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision or create a hanging Congress and political gridlock.French President Emmanuel Macron has taken a big gamble by dissolving Parliament and calling general elections after his centrist party suffered a crushing defeat in the June 9 European Parliament elections. The sudden election in this nuclear-armed country Ukraine Warinternational diplomacy and Europe’s economic stability, almost certainly undermining President Macron’s remaining three years in office.In the first round of…
Image source: INSTAGRAM BTS’s Jungkook and Vicky Kaushal Vicky Kaushal and Karan Aujla’s hit collaboration “Tauba Tauba” has landed in Korea. Yes, BTS’s golden maknae and youngest member Jungkook is the latest celeb to join the trend. The song has been trending ever since its release and has garnered millions of views in a short space of time. Following Bollywood celebs like Hrithik Roshan, Salman Khan, and Nushrat Bharucha, BTS’ Jungkook has also been spotted rocking out to the music. The video is currently trending on social media. ARMY is always up to date with the latest trends. In this…
We’re seeing a new side to the Russian military in Ukraine: soldiers on motorbikes hurtling across no man’s land, relying on their speed to escape Ukrainian artillery fire… but not always able to outrun the swarms of drones hovering above the battlefield and picking off combatants one by one. A Ukrainian drone (highlighted left) attacks a Russian soldier on a motorbike. 47th Mechanized Brigade/CBS News George Barros of the Institute for the Study of War said this was one of several new tactics Russia has used to seize 430 square miles of territory over the past nine months. “The Russians…
Do you sometimes hurkle-durkle (lounge in bed, delaying your busy day), well, generative AI might … [+] now be involved.getty Hurkle-durkle. Say what? I would be quite surprised if you perchance knew what hurkle-durkle means. You would either need to be on top of the latest online viral trend that has been chattering endlessly about hurkle-durkling or you have an impressive vocabulary and ought to pat yourself on the back accordingly. The words seem to be an oddball concoction and nearly a baby-like dribble-drabble if you get my drift. Time to get this straightened out. Hurkle-durkling is the act of…
Recently, mainland Chinese investors have often focused on the strength of U.S. stocks and lamented the underperformance of their home-grown stocks. Of course, macroeconomic differences are obvious. And few major Chinese stocks have more than doubled this year, like Nvidia. But looking at first-half performance, many Chinese stocks are still posting double-digit gains, including some artificial intelligence stocks. For example, let’s look at the top three performers in the CSI 300, which tracks the largest stocks on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. Foxconn Industrial Topping the list was Foxconn Industrial Internet, an Apple supplier. The Shanghai-listed company soared 81%…
Really supportIndependent journalismClick here for detailscloseOur mission is to provide unbiased, fact-based journalism that holds power accountable and exposes the truth.Every donation counts, whether it’s $5 or $50.Support us to deliver journalism without purpose.Landlords have come under fire for barring prospective tenants from working from home, leading to calls for new laws to protect tenants. In what appears to be a new trend, advertisements for share houses state that prospective tenants must not work from home. Now the charity Generation Rent is calling on the new government to impose regulations to stop the practice, which it says is enforced by…
With so many Pro Bowl and All-Pro caliber players, one outstanding name often goes under the radar. So who is that player for the Houston Texans in 2024?CBS Sports recently named one high-promise but underperforming player on each team entering the 2024 season: Third-year linebacker Christian Harris was the favorite to win for the reigning AFC South champions since rookie linebacker Azeez Al-Shair graduated from an “underrated” season a season ago.Harris was selected by the Texans in the third round of the 2022 NFL Draft out of the University of Alabama and could have the best year of his career…
Burns said Chinese authorities had interfered in 61 public events hosted by the US Embassy in Beijing since November last year.”This is something we are experiencing,” Toledo said during a panel at the World Peace Forum hosted by Tsinghua University.”I thought that once the anti-COVID-19 restrictions were lifted, I would be able to meet freely again with Chinese professors, students and think tanks.”No, we can’t. They need permission to see us. [the] The approval is not granted.”Tensions between the EU and China have been rising in recent months, particularly over EU decisions. Tariffs to be imposed on Chinese-made electric cars…