West Indies will play a two-match Test series against Pakistan, that will run from 17 January to 29 January. This series is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. Left-arm spinner Gudakesh Moti, who was unavailable for the team’s recently drawn series against Bangladesh, has been added to the squad. Meanwhile, emerging left-handed batter […]
The star all-rounder has been ruled out of all forms of cricket after tearing his left hamstring during the third Test against New Zealand, team management confirmed. He had already been ruled out of next year’s ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan and the preceding white-ball tour of India. Further assessments have since revealed the full […]
The firm, whose flagship product is the Grok chatbot, garnered support from US venture capitalists, chipmakers NVIDIA and AMD, and investment funds from Saudi Arabia and Qatar among others. Musk has repeatedly warned that AI poses a risk to human civilization, but he is pushing hard for a bigger slice of investment in the sector […]
Apart from his lack of runs with the bat, Rohit Sharma is also getting flak for his leadership skills in the series with former players not being impressed with how he has been marshalling his troupes. Recently, former South African batter Daryl Cullinan criticized him for not maintaining the fitness standards for a five-match Test […]
Starbucks Workers United, representing employees at 525 stores nationwide, said more than 60 U.S. stores across 12 major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston and Seattle, were shut on Monday. Talks between Starbucks and the union had hit an impasse with unresolved issues over wages, staffing, and schedules, leading to the strike. The Christmas […]
Russia has detained and sentenced several US citizens and dual nationals in recent years, some of whom have been freed in prisoner exchanges. Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was convicted of espionage in July and released in August. Moscow City Court sentenced the man, named Gene Spector, to “15 years to be served in […]
The plan for 2025 sovereign debt issuance would be a sharp increase from this year’s 1 trillion yuan and comes as Beijing moves to soften the blow from an expected increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports when Donald Trump takes office in January. The proceeds will be targeted at boosting consumption via subsidy programmes, […]
Images showed enormous fissures in the caldera of Kilauea, on Hawaii’s Big Island, spraying jets of molten rock into the air. The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the eruption began just after 2:00 am local time (1200 GMT) in the southwestern section of the caldera. “At 4:30 am, lava fountains were observed with heights up […]
The WalkON Suit F1 exoskeleton aims to enhance the mobility of individuals with spinal cord injuries, thereby facilitating their daily activities. Weighing 50 kg, the WalkON Suit F1 is constructed from robust aluminum and titanium materials. It operates using 12 electronic motors that replicate human joint movements, enabling users to walk at a speed of […]
“We demand the rights of Christians,” protesters chanted as they marched through the Syrian capital towards the headquarters of the Orthodox Patriarchate in the Bab Sharqi neighborhood. The protests come a little more than two weeks after an armed coalition led by Islamists toppled the government of Bashar al-Assad, who had cast himself as a […]
