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Afghanistan skipper Rashid Khan did not hide his disappointment after going down to South Africa in a one-sided semifinal. A clinical South Africa qualified for their maiden T20 World Cup final with a resounding nine-wicket win over Afghanistan in the semifinal. “It was tough for us as a team. We might have done better but… Continue reading It is just the beginning for us, Rashid Khan disappointed after SA beat Afghanistan in T20 World Cup Semi-Final

In order to counter this allegation of bottlenecking, US arms transfer experts went through "hundreds of separate items" with counterparts, accompanied by Gallant on his visit, an official said.

Amidst peak shipping season, stable long-term contracts at West Coast gateways draw focus during labor negotiations at East and Gulf Coast ports.

MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - The comprehensive strategic partnership treaty concluded between Russia and North Korea does not seek to create a "Western-style" military alliance and is not directed against third countries, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

Many users have expressed disgust at the use of banknotes as a carpet, while others called out the couple for the ''ugly display of wealth''.

South Africa makes history with a crushing win over Afghanistan in Trinidad to reach the team's first-ever T20 World Cup final.

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has begun a trial of three soldiers and 10 others over alleged armed robbery, burglary and receiving stolen property. The suspects were arraigned by the Nigeria Police Force on charges of armed robbery, burglary and receipt of stolen property. The Rivers State Police Command had in

Bronny, 19, was potentially projected to be among the first 30 picks this year amid his superstar father's player option to test free agency this offseason. LeBron has until Saturday to decide his future in LA.

KUALA LUMPUR: The withdrawal of BlackRock's investment from Malaysia, if it happens, will have implications and negative impacts on efforts to realise the country's investment agenda, said Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz.

Nine astronauts aboard the International Space Station climbed into their respective spacecraft to take refuge from potential impacts with space debris after a dead Russian spacecraft was observed fragmenting in low Earth orbit.

While making empty pledges of minor social reforms, the New Popular Front endorses military escalation against Russia and calls to strengthen the military police and intelligence services.

A new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces has been appointed.

The stock traded at a P/E multiple of 35.86, while the price-to-book value ratio stood at 6.74.

Shrikant Chouhan at Kotak Securities anticipates potential profit booking at higher levels but suggests buying opportunities if Nifty retreats to 23,775-23,750/78,300-78,200 levels

Colombo (AFP) June 27, 2024
Sri Lanka's bilateral lenders who agreed to restructure close to $6 billion in loans have demanded "comparability of treatment" with other creditors, including China. The Official Creditor Committee (OCC), led by Japan, France and India, have requested details of Colombo's other debt deals, a statement seen by AFP on Thursday read. The grouping agreed in Paris on Wednesday to restructure

Washington (AFP) June 26, 2024
All 31 big US banks have passed the Federal Reserve's annual "stress test" designed to assess how well they would fare in a major financial crisis, the US central bank said Wednesday, while warning that losses would be higher than last year. The stress test was broadly similar to last year, the Fed said in a statement, and modeled a severe global recession which caused a 40 percent decline i

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 27, 2024
Malaysia has seized 106 containers of dangerous electronic waste over the last three months and busted an illegal waste import syndicate after a tip-off from a watchdog group, a minister said. Tens of millions of tons of e-waste are produced globally every year, and many discarded devices and appliances can leak heavy metals, plastics and other toxic chemicals. Many countries, including

Paris (AFP) June 26, 2024
A pioneering internet messaging service that once boasted 100 million accounts has shut down, a message on the Russian-owned ICQ website said Wednesday. ICQ - styled to sound like "I seek you" - was developed by a group of Israeli programmers in 1996 as a way for users to text chat in real-time, a novelty in the mid-1990s. Early internet giant AOL snapped it up in 1998 and it grew into

Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Dark energy - a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate - was discovered 26 years ago, and ever since, scientists have been searching for a new and exotic particle causing the expansion. Pushing the boundaries of this search, University of California, Berkeley physicists have now built the most precise experiment yet to look for minor deviations from the acce

Vatican City (AFP) June 26, 2024
Pope Francis has ordered the Vatican to install a solar plant that will provide electricity to the entire city state, as the pontiff does his bit to tackle climate change. Francis, a longtime advocate of environmental protection, issued an official letter published Wednesday demanding the establishment of an "agrivoltaic" plant in Santa Maria di Galeria, an extraterritorial area of Vatican l

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Collaborations with private, non-federal partners through Space Act Agreements are a key component in the work done by NASA's Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT). A collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) has produced INDUS, a comprehensive suite of large language models (LLMs) tailored for the domains of Earth science, biological and physical sciences

Aberdeen, United Kingdom (AFP) June 27, 2024
In Europe's oil and gas "capital", Aberdeen, voters are apprehensive about Labour's plans for combatting climate change if the opposition party wins next month's UK general election as expected. Labour scaled back its green investment pledges under pressure from the ruling Conservatives about how it would fund them, but still promises to make Britain a "clean energy superpower". The spee

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
A minor adjustment can lead to significant advancements, as demonstrated by researchers at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH). The team developed a material known as "spin-orbit torque (SOT)," gaining attention in the field of next-generation DRAM memory. Led by Professor Daesu Lee and PhD candidate Yongjoo Jo from the Department of Physics, alongside Professor Si-Young

Paris, France (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Framatome has obtained financial support from the European Union to advance the development and supply of a completely sovereign European fuel for VVER pressurized water reactors in Europe. The funding, part of the Euratom Research and Training Programme, will provide EUR 10 million to the Framatome Safe and Alternative VVER European Project - known as the "SAVE" project - for VVER 440 fue

Boston MA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Last year in Woburn, Massachusetts, a power line was deployed across a 100-foot stretch of land. Passersby wouldn't have found much interesting about the installation: The line was supported by standard utility poles, the likes of which most of us have driven by millions of times. In fact, the familiarity of the sight is a key part of the technology's promise. The lines are designed to tra