Soon after gently rolling his arm over in the field of play, Akash Deep cut a forlorn figure as uncapped Anshul Kamboj and Prasidh Krishna bowled full tilt at India’s first outdoor training session ahead of the fourth Test. Akash Deep, who has been nursing a groin injury since the Lord’s Test, did not get…
A shooting at comedian-actor Kapil Sharma’s newly opened Kap’s Cafe in British Columbia (BC), Canada, late on Wednesday night has left the residents, including those of Indian-origin, deeply shaken and anxious. The incident has sparked growing calls for swift government action to prevent similar attacks. Reports of extortion attempts targeting the South Asian community in…
South Africa’s Aiden Markram (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) NEW DELHI: What began as a frustrating morning for South Africa transformed into a day of dominance, thanks to a heroic century from Aiden Markram on Friday. After falling for a duck in the first innings, Markram defied the odds and silenced critics with a superb hundred in…
Ukrainian tennis player Marta Kostyuk shook hands with Daria Kasatkina following her straight-sets victory over the former Russian at the Italian Open on Friday. Kostyuk, ranked 27th in the world, defeated Kasatkina 6-4, 6-2 in the tournament’s second round. But it was the handshake on the net – a gesture she has consistently withheld from…
SXSW, which began as a music festival in Austin, Texas, in 1987, has expanded to a two-week event that now features three tracks of programming: music, film and interactive. Penske, which owns publications like Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter and events like the Golden Globes, first invested in the festival in 2021. At the…
A powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Istanbul and nearby areas on Wednesday, sending shockwaves across the region. The epicenter was located just 40 kilometers southwest of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara, which caused widespread panic among the city’s 16 million residents. A video widely shared online shows the calm waters of the Sea of…
The United States gave Germany its democracy and its constitution. It supported German reunification when France and Britain had their doubts. It has some 35,000 troops in Germany, dedicated to the defense of Europe. But President Trump and his administration now see Europe as an adversary, NATO as a burden and Russia as a friend….
Frozen shakes sold to nursing homes, hospitals and other institutions have been recalled after the drinks were tied to a yearslong deadly listeria outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. Since 2018, at least 11 people have died from the outbreak and dozens have been hospitalized, the F.D.A. said, but previous investigations had…
The Trump administration’s controversial buyout plan for federal employees including those in the Education Department, released in January, has ignited a widespread discourse across government agencies. The initiative, which offered eight months of salary to those who resigned by February 6, was framed as a cost-cutting measure to streamline the federal workforce. The unprecedented initiative…
In Elon Musk’s first two weeks in government, his lieutenants gained access to closely held financial and data systems, casting aside career officials who warned that they were defying protocols. They moved swiftly to shutter specific programs — and even an entire agency that had come into Mr. Musk’s cross hairs. They bombarded federal employees…