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Joe Root of England catches out Karun Nair of India from the bowling of Ben Stokes to claim a record 211th catch during day two of 3rd Rothesay Test Match between England and India at Lord’s Cricket Ground on July 11, 2025 in London, England. | Photo Credit: Getty Images England cricket star Joe Root isn’t only a batting great. He also holds a record in Test cricket for catching after snaffling Karun Nair with a stunning one-handed grab in the third Test against India at Lord’s on Friday (July 11, 2025).Root has 211 catches in the longest format, the…

A U.S. federal judge on Friday (July 11, 2025) ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.Immigrant advocacy groups filed the lawsuit last week, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of systematically targeting brown-skinned people in Southern California during its ongoing immigration crackdown. The plaintiffs include three detained immigrants and two U.S. citizens, one who was held despite showing agents his identification.The filing in U.S. District Court asked a judge to block the administration from using what they call unconstitutional tactics in immigration raids. Immigrant advocates accuse immigration officials of detaining…

David Gergen answers a reporter’s question in the briefing room of the White House in Washington on June 7, 1993. Doug Mills/AP hide caption toggle caption Doug Mills/AP David Gergen, a veteran of Washington politics and an adviser to four presidents in a career spanning decades in government, academia and media, has died. He was 83. Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton. Over the years, he served as a speechwriter, communications director and counselor to the president, among other roles. Dean Jeremy Weinstein of the Harvard Kennedy School, with which…

Able to replicate in competition the technique changes honed during practice, as suggested by his coach Jan Zelezny, is the key to consistent bigger throws, World Champion Neeraj Chopra said on Friday. Neeraj, 27, the current world champion, is fresh after winning the NC Classic, an event he hosted in Bengaluru. With Zelezny coming on board as coach at the start of the season, Neeraj is trying to avoid leaning to the left at the release point and aiming for a seamless transition from the running phase to the cross-step as part of changes to his technique. Trying to use…

Camping and beach vacations have a tendency to get a little messy. While that is undoubtedly part of the fun when exploring the outdoors, it’s also worth noting that some messes can be easily avoided as long as you have the right travel products.  If you have ever had the displeasure of getting sand in your lunch mid-beach day or realized the ground you’re setting up camp on is a little too damp, a waterproof blanket can be a huge help in ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable outdoor experience. This picnic blanket is not only waterproof, but it is also…

Here are the key events on day 1,234 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 12: Fighting A Russian drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv damaged a maternity hospital, authorities said, terrifying patients as windows shattered and shards of glass fell onto the beds, leaving families rushing to shelter their babies. Three women and three newborns suffered acute stress and received medical help. Nine people were injured in Kharkiv, and an apartment building was also damaged in Russian attacks over the past day, while one person was killed and five others injured as…

The Geological Survey of India (GSI) is conducting advanced exploration of rare earth minerals in West Bengal’s Purulia district, with GSI Director General Asit Saha saying that G2-level exploration is underway in two blocks in Assam and West Bengal. The blocks are located in Purulia and in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam and would be ready for auction within a year, Mr. Saha told PTI on the sidelines of the 3rd edition of the Minerals and Mining Conclave 2025 organised by ASSOCHAM.G2-level exploration indicates an advanced stage of exploration where the occurrence of mineralisation is typically analysed and eventually sampled to evaluate…

Mass layoff came days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for US president to gut entire government positions.More than 1,350 US State Department employees have been fired in a major diplomatic shake-up ordered by President Donald Trump, in a move critics predict would curb the United States’ influence around the world. Friday’s mass layoff, which affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers based in the United States, come at a time when Washington is grappling with multiple crises on the world stage: Russia’s war in Ukraine, the almost two-year-long Gaza conflict, and the Middle East on edge…

State Department head Rubio said he had sanctioned several senior officials and their ‘cronies’ for their ‘brutality toward the Cuban people’.The US State Department has imposed sanctions on senior Cuban officials, including President Miguel Diaz-Canel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced as he marked the fourth anniversary of a brutal crackdown on historic antigovernment protests. In a post on X, Rubio said the State Department would be “restricting visas for Cuban regime figureheads”, including President Diaz-Canel, Defence Minister Alvaro Lopez Miera, Interior Minister Lazaro Alberto Alvarez Casas, and their “cronies” for their “role in the Cuban regime’s brutality toward the Cuban…

The story so far: India miner Vedanta Ltd.’s (VEDL) stock slumped nearly 8% on Wednesday (July 9, 2025) after Delaware-based Viceroy Research took a short on its UK-based parent Vedanta Resources (VRL)’s debt stack. In other words, wagering that the parent would default in repaying their debt. It held the holding company to be a “parasite” with “no significant operations of its own” feeding on cash “extracted” from “host” VEDL. The short seller articulated the entire structure as “financially unsustainable, operationally compromised” accounting for a “severe, under-appreciated risk to creditors”. Notwithstanding the fall Wednesday, the scrip shrugging off the decline…