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USA player Saurabh Netravalkar celebrates after the US defeated Pakistan in the Super Over during the USA vs Pakistan match in the ICC Men’s T20 Cricket World Cup West Indies & USA 2024 at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Dallas on June 6, 2024.Matt Roberts | ICC | Getty ImagesBatting first in the Super Over, the USA increased the pressure on their opponents at 18 for 1, scoring 11 before Aaron Jones was run out and seven in extra time.Iftikhar Ahmed then took Pakistan to 5-0 with three balls to spare but was brilliantly caught by Nitish Kumar near the…
The shocking news that the Los Angeles Lakers and University of Connecticut coach Dan Hurley have been in communication about the Lakers’ head coaching vacancy came as a shock to many around the NBA, and even some inside the organization.The organization’s approach to Hurley, first reported by ESPN, was confirmed on Thursday. Athletic The plan, communicated through team and league sources, was kept secret from the public and even from several key Lakers decision makers.Team and league sources said Hurley’s name had been coming up in internal conversations since last week. Athletic. At the time, Hurley’s chances of becoming the…
(Bloomberg) — China’s exports rose more than expected in May, raising hopes that the world’s second-largest economy can maintain momentum by relying on overseas markets even in the face of the threat of new tariffs.Most read articles on BloombergExports rose 7.6% in dollar terms from a year ago, while imports rose 1.8%, helping to create a trade surplus of nearly $83 billion this month. Economists had expected exports to rise 5.7% and imports to rise 4.3%.Beijing has been banking on overseas sales to make up for weak domestic consumption as slumping property prices encourage households to save. Friday’s figures showed…
United States cricketers celebrate after beating Pakistan in the ICC T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium in Texas on June 6, 2024. Photo by Andrew Caballero Reynolds—AFP/Getty ImagesTThe U.S. cricket team pulled off a stunning upset Thursday, beating the sport’s powerhouse Pakistan in the Men’s T20 World Cup in Dallas.Before the match, the United States, which will co-host the tournament with the West Indies, was given just a 7% chance of winning by some bookmakers. But the U.S. team, making its T20 World Cup debut, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history and is now…
The inside of Rasha Baptiste’s shop, Unique Skin & Beauty Bar, appears to be intact, but smoke damage and electrical concerns forced her to close the business. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach entrepreneur’s life came to an abrupt end Monday morning when a fire on Holland Road destroyed the store next door and forced the closure of her store. The inside of Rasha Baptiste’s shop, Unique Skin & Beauty Bar, appears to be intact, but smoke damage and electrical concerns forced her to close the business. She said her heart sank when she arrived at the day spa…
TThe U.S. cricket team pulled off a stunning upset Thursday, beating the sport’s powerhouse Pakistan in the Men’s T20 World Cup in Dallas.Before the match, the United States, which will co-host the tournament with the West Indies, was given just a 7% chance of winning by some bookmakers. But the U.S. team, making its T20 World Cup debut, pulled off one of the biggest shocks in cricket history and is now likely to qualify for the next round, the Super 8 stage. Meanwhile, Pakistan, the 2009 winner and 2022 runner-up, is in danger of early elimination from the tournament.”I’m really…
Lok Sabha Election Results Live: Discussions on forming grand coalition government take place.New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is scheduled to hold a rally of its newly elected legislators in the Central Hall of Parliament today.The talks on forming a grand alliance government are expected to take place after the NDA won 293 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, giving it a majority, while the BJP managed to get just 240 seats, far less than its 2019 tally.The NDA parties, at a meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday, unanimously passed a resolution…
China’s export growth accelerated in May, helped by surging demand from Southeast Asia and a weakening base effect amid intensifying trade tensions, while its trade surplus widened from April.Exports rose 7.6 percent in May from a year earlier to $302.4 billion, customs data released on Friday showed, marking the highest monthly figure since September and giving Beijing a brighter path to meet its annual growth target.”Exports are likely to remain strong in the coming months despite rising Western tariffs,” analysts at Capital Economics said.”We expect exports to remain strong in the coming months, supported by a weakening real effective exchange…
A 17-year-old student shot outside Garfield High School on Thursday died at Harborview Medical Center, and police continue to search for the shooter.Deputy Police Chief Eric Burden said at a press conference that the suspect is believed to be a male high school student. Gunfire broke out in the school’s parking lot during lunch break, wounding a student who died at a hospital later Thursday. “Traumatic is an understatement to describe what these kids are going through,” Mayor Bruce Harrell, a Garfield High School graduate, said at a news conference Thursday. “This is not the first shooting in Garfield. These…
A container sits at the port of Yangshan in Shanghai, China, on August 6, 2019.Ally Song | ReutersBEIJING — China’s exports grew at a faster pace than expected in May, while imports fell short of expectations, customs data showed on Friday.Exports in US dollar terms rose 7.6 percent in May from a year earlier, beating expectations of a 6 percent increase, according to a Reuters survey.However, imports grew 1.8 percent over the same period, missing a Reuters forecast of a 4.2 percent increase.China’s exports rose 1.5% year-on-year in April, while imports rose 8.4%. In the first five months of the…