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Ishan Kishan named KL Rahul’s replacement

May 9, 2023

Wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan has been named as KL Rahul’s India’s ICC World Test Championship final against Australia, which will be played from 7 June onwards at The Oval, London. Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Mukesh Kumar and Suryakumar Yadav have been named as stand-by players for the high-stakes match, as per a...

China tells US to ‘reflect deeply’ over deterioration in bilateral relationships

May 9, 2023

China’s foreign minister told the U.S. ambassador on Monday that Washington is responsible for the downturn in relations between the two countries and must “reflect deeply” before ties can return to a healthy track, an official said. Qin Gang’s comments follow a suspension of serious dialogue on a range of...

Korea’s chaebol dominance set to enter the twilight zone? Know how

May 9, 2023

Korea’s family-owned conglomerates have enjoyed their privileges for decades. That may be set to end. Lee Jae-Young was halfway through a five-year jail sentence for fraud, embezzlement and bribing Korea’s then-president when he was granted a special presidential pardon in August 2022. Lee, heir to the multi-billion dollar Samsung corporation...

Singer Freddie Mercury’s never-seen possessions to be auctioned in UK

May 9, 2023

A collection of never-before-seen personal possessions from the London home of Freddie Mercury, the British singer-songwriter of Indian Parsi descent, will go on a world tour-cum-exhibition followed by six auctions, Sotheby’s auction house announced in London on Wednesday. Mercury, who was born Farrokh Bulsara and spent his childhood in India,...

Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman

May 9, 2023

Federal officials were looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to try to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cautioned the investigation is...

War in Ukraine undermines Russia’s military might, moral rectitude

May 9, 2023

Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauds two tenets that are central to the country’s identity: military might and moral rectitude. But the war in Ukraine undermines both this year. The holiday falling on Tuesday marks the 78th anniversary of Germany’s capitulation in World War II after a relentless...

Turkey’s Opposition denounces fairness of vote under Erdogan

May 9, 2023

As Turkiye heads for presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend that are shaping up to be the strongest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his 20 years as leader, complaints are growing about the fairness of the vote. Turkiye’s opposition has long said that the country’s elections are...

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban to boost trade, lower tension

May 9, 2023

Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed government have agreed to boost trade and lower tensions along their border amid a surge in militant attacks on security forces, officials said Monday. Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, struck the deal Sunday in Islamabad, according to...

UN flays Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings; calls for halt

May 9, 2023

A UN report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings and stonings since seizing power in Afghanistan, and called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices. In the past six months alone, 274 men, 58 women and two boys were publicly flogged in Afghanistan,...

Tanked Biden pick highlights escalation of dark-money forces

May 9, 2023

When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, the longtime consumer advocate expected to face criticism over her desire to expand free internet access and improve competition among broadband providers. Instead, Sohn found herself the target of an aggressive campaign funded by a conservative...

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