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A tropical depression is causing an unprecedented flooding crisis across much of Florida, threatening to cancel three Group A matches of the T20 World Cup scheduled for later this week. The impact of three consecutive cancelled matches being realised will be huge in determining which team India advances from Group A to the ‘Super 8’ stage of the tournament, which is being co-hosted by the United States and the Caribbean Islands.T20 World Cup: Schedule | Points Table The top two teams from each of the four groups will progress to the next stage of the ICC’s flagship T20 event. Central…
PDD Holdings founder Collin Huang Zheng, 44, and ByteDance founder Zhang Yimin, 41, are China’s richest technology entrepreneurs, according to a list published Wednesday by Chinese magazine New Fortune.Huang, who derives most of his wealth from the popularity of discount e-commerce platforms Pinduoduo and Tianmeng, has a personal fortune of 425 billion yuan ($59 billion), followed by Zhang, who holds a 21% stake in TikTok’s parent company and has a personal net worth of 340 billion yuan.The two young billionaires are followed on the list by Tencent Holdings Ltd. founder Pony Ma Huateng, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. founder Jack Ma…
Although Caitlin Clark was not selected for the U.S. women’s basketball team for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the chair of the team’s selection committee said she was “proud” of how the selection process went.Jen Rizzotti, chair of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Committee, did not give specific reasons why Clark was not selected for the national team but did note that she was under consideration.”This has been a three-year process for us. Kaitlyn, along with the other athletes who did not make the team, were evaluated on all of their body of work. There were certainly unique circumstances surrounding…
The Golazo 100 is here, in full, CBS Sports’ attempt to ask a question that might be more contentious now than it has been at any stage for well over a decade. Who is the best men’s football player? For so long, an exercise such as this would have seemed utterly redundant. There was really nothing to debate when it came to the question who is the greatest footballer on the planet. What a waste of hours and spreadsheets it would be to present to you all that Lionel Messi is the best in the business.Now, however, the sport is…
Zhang, who retired from a state-owned enterprise, army An enthusiast who enjoys collecting newspapers and magazines, he spotted some military-related books at a recycling station and bought four of them for 6 yuan (US$0.83).However, Zhang later noticed that the book was marked “top secret” and “confidential,” so she reported the situation to the ministry and handed the book over.The ministry said its investigation found that two men surnamed Guo and Li, both from a military unit “involved in sensitive information”, had sold the materials to the recycling station.The article said the two had a “weak awareness of information security” and…
Last September, I received a letter from the UK publisher of Tiananmen Square, asking if I would consider blurbing the novel. I was busy finishing work on my own book, The Book of Secrets, which was just a few months from publication. I intended to take a quick look at Lai Wen’s novel, but I was instantly pulled in and couldn’t put it down.Article continues below Lai Wen (a pseudonym) comes from my hometown, Beijing, which is also the setting of her novel, though we came of age in different political times: I was born in late 1950s; Lai and her…
A state of emergency has been declared in Fort Lauderdale due to life-threatening flooding.© X (Twitter) A state of emergency has been declared in Fort Lauderdale due to life-threatening flash floods in Florida. Hundreds of flights to and from South Florida airports have been grounded by local authorities. As a result, the Sri Lankan cricket team, currently participating in the T20 World Cup, has been stranded in the city. Fort Lauderdale is one of three venues scheduled to host T20 World Cup matches in the United States. The first match in the city, between Sri Lanka and Nepal,…
Washington (Associated Press) Donald Trump He will make a triumphant return to Capitol Hill to meet with Republican members of the House and Senate, his first since sending rioters to “fight like hell” ahead of the presidential election. January 6, 2021 AttackRepublicans in Congress have been energized and galvanized by Trump’s attempt to retake the White House.Despite the federal charges against Trump Plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 electionand his recent Guilty The Republican former president, who is not connected to the hush-money trial, emerged on Thursday in high spirits as the party’s presumptive nominee after successfully clearing…
The federal class action lawsuit accuses RTX of rejecting job applicants because of their age.The lawsuit comes amid research showing signs that age discrimination persists in the U.S. workforce.The lawsuit accuses RTX of engaging in age discrimination since at least October 2018.A federal class action lawsuit filed Tuesday accuses the world’s largest aerospace and defense company of rejecting job applicants because of their age.Mark Goldstein, 67, accused RTX Corp. (formerly Raytheon Technologies) of discriminating against older applicants by only recruiting recent college graduates or those with two years or less of relevant work experience. The lawsuit comes amid signs that…
Pakistan’s chances of making it into the Super Eight in the ongoing T20 World Cup were always looking grim after they suffered a shock defeat to hosts USA in the opening match. Losing the second match to India was particularly hard to swallow – they could have won easily after restricting India to 119 in the first innings – but Pakistan bounced back with a win over Canada. But Pakistan still have a mountain to overcome in the coming days – and it will be tough given the weather conditions in Lauderhill, the Florida city where Group A’s most crucial…