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Karachi: Babar Azam’s unpredictable Pakistan will begin their challenge for the coveted T20 World Cup trophy when they take on co-hosts USA in Dallas today. The team arrived in Dallas five days ago but has been plagued by bad weather since their stay in England and has not been able to train properly since then. The Pakistan captain seemed optimistic despite the troubles and focused on winning the 2024 T20 World Cup, saying he had “prepared well”. “What the team wants from me is dedication and not obsessing about personal records,” Babar told media during the final training session. “We…
What’s going on?Large-scale mergers and acquisitions are reshaping industries around the world, from aerospace to medical, with approvals and new negotiations taking center stage.What does this mean?French jet engine maker Safran has received the go-ahead from Italy to buy Microtechnica, taking over Collins Aerospace’s flight control assets in the country. Meanwhile, UK-based John Wood Group will consider a revised takeover offer from Dubai’s Sidara after obtaining due diligence documents. Private equity firm Cinven is in talks with Swedish rival EQT to buy Spain’s largest online real estate company Ideaista. In the crypto space, Riot Platforms revealed it had acquired a…
CHICAGO — Angel Reese was ejected after receiving two technical fouls late in the fourth quarter Tuesday night.Reese was called for her fifth foul with 2 minutes, 31 seconds remaining in the Chicago Sky’s 88-75 loss to the New York Liberty. According to the pool report, Reese was “disrespectful” to referee Charles Watson, who called her for a technical foul. Reese waved dismissively as she walked away from Watson, who called her for another technical foul, resulting in an automatic ejection.”Reese then waved off the official in anger at the call and was assessed a second technical foul,” the pool…
Kansas lawmakers are stepping up their efforts to attract the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, proposing to have the professional football team develop a plan to use state bonds to finance the construction of a new stadium in Kansas. Kansas House Speaker Dan Hawkins and Senate President Ty Masterson said in a statement Tuesday that the state Legislature will consider the proposal during a special session scheduled to convene June 18. They asked the Chiefs to “comment” on the plan in a May 23 letter to Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt, which both leaders released Tuesday. Their actions…
Perhaps Americans were first exposed to the concept of a family vacation home in 1960, when Senator John F. Kennedy ran for president and spent time at his father’s family vacation home on the beach in Hyannisport, Massachusetts.But you don’t have to be rich to develop a family lot: Increasingly, relatives and friends are pooling their money together to buy a few acres of land on which to build several homes, or they can buy a small plot and build a larger home to fit multiple families.The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that several tech workers have applied to build…
Dan Hurley might go to the NBA.According to ESPN, the Los Angeles Lakers are targeting Hurley to be the team’s next coach. The University of Connecticut has won the NCAA Tournament the past two seasons under Hurley. The Lakers are searching for a coach to replace Darvin Ham after losing in the first round of the playoffs this spring to the Denver Nuggets.Former Duke and NBA player JJ Redick has been seen as the front-runner for the Lakers coaching job in recent days, but the Lakers are reportedly preparing to offer Hurley a “huge” contract to get him into the…
The mother of an 8-year-old Pennsylvania girl who has been missing since 1985 has called police about a woman claiming to be her daughter.Cherry Mahan was last seen on Feb. 22, 1985, after getting off a school bus about 100 yards from her home in Cabot, 30 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.Last month, nearly 40 years after her disappearance, a woman posted to a Facebook group dedicated to the girl called “Memories of Shelley Mahan.” In a post on May 23, the woman claimed to be Shelley. The claim made national headlines, but the girl’s mother says she never believed it…
Here are some of the latest news this morning, Thursday, June 6th. Pittsburgh’s Triangle Tech school closes A Pennsylvania statewide technical school is closing after 80 years in operation. Pittsburgh-based Triangle Tech announced Wednesday it would close six campuses in Pittsburgh, Greensburg, DuBois, Sunbury, Bethlehem and Chambersburg. The for-profit school currently teaches carpentry, electrical, welding, HVAC and other skills to more than 260 students. Triangle Tech schools employ about 110 staff members. Triangle Tech Chancellor Emeritus Timothy McMahon said the COVID-19 pandemic, changing industry conditions and government regulations have made it difficult for higher education institutions like Triangle Tech to…
Hello P&Q readers, and welcome to my advice column. My name is Karen Marks, and I’m the founder and president of North Star Admissions Consulting. I’ve been helping people get into the school of their dreams since 2012. Prior to that, I served as the Associate Director of Admissions at Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business. In both roles, my goal is to give people the accurate inside information they need to succeed and make the right decisions. Please feel free to ask me anything. Any topic is fine.! This month I would like to answer one of the most…
China’s Chengdu J-20 fighter jets, despite their advanced capabilities, are inferior when compared to the US-made F-35 fighter jets, experts have argued.”The J-20 has more onboard fuel capacity than the F-35, but it is also a larger aircraft. The J-20’s range is the same or shorter than that of the F-35. Also, unlike the F-35, the J-20 cannot carry air-to-ground bombs onboard. This is a fundamental limitation of the J-20,” said Kim Min-seok, a researcher at the Korea Defense and Security Forum. Newsweek In an interview.With the J-20 introduced in 2017, China became the third country after the United States…