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Jude Bellingham might have to wait to get back in the England team, with coach Thomas Tuchel saying Wednesday he is in no rush to change his system to accommodate the return of the Real Madrid star.Since Bellingham last played for England — in a 3-1 loss to Senegal in a friendly in June — Morgan Rogers has been installed in the No. 10 role and starred in recent 5-0 wins over Serbia and Latvia that helped to clinch a spot in next year’s World Cup. Bellingham is back in the squad after fully recovering from shoulder surgery and Tuchel…

Earlier this month, rumour had it that Samsung might launch the Galaxy S26 series sometime in March 2026 due to changes in the product lineup. But now, a new machine translated report by the Korean publication Chosun suggests the company might prepone the launch of the Galaxy S26 series and unveil it in the second half of January. In a statement to the publication, a Samsung Electronics official told the publication that “the release was almost delayed due to the longer hardware verification period by removing the edge and adding a plus model, but this problem has been resolved and…

Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, right, concentrates during a February 2015 game against U.S. grandmaster Lewon Aronjan during the Zurich Chess Challenge. Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP hide caption toggle caption Ennio Leanza/Keystone via AP Chess’s international governing body said Tuesday that it filed a complaint against former World Chess Champion Vladimir Kramnik after he leveled unproven allegations of cheating against fellow players, including Daniel Naroditsky, who died last month at age 29. The complaint centers on harassment and “the insulting of an individual’s dignity,” said the International Chess Federation, known by the acronym FIDE, in a news release. Naroditsky’s cause…

Nestled between Lyon and Grenoble in southeastern France, Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye is famed for its Gothic abbey, cobblestone streets, and centuries-old stone houses.The medieval gem was recently crowned “The Favorite Village of the French.”While there, travelers can explore the town’s history at the Abbaye de Saint-Antoine, enjoy medieval festivals, and savor regional specialties like walnuts and Saint-Marcellin cheese. Every year since 2012, the French have voted to crown Le Village Préféré des Français, aka “The Favorite Village of the French.” This year, a little-known commune in the southeast of France made it to the top—and it’s known for its medieval mountain town…

Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, one of cricket’s hallowed venues, will again host South Africa. Back in 1991, when South Africa was readmitted to cricket following the withdrawal of apartheid and the consequent lifting of a 21-year sporting ban, it was the eastern metropolis that rolled out the red carpet to Clive Rice and his men. The first ODI was played at a packed Eden on November 10, 2025, one in which India prevailed, and 34 years later, another Protean unit led by Temba Bavuma will clash against Shubman Gill’s men in the first Test commencing on Friday (November 14, 2025). In…

FILE PHOTO: Google has announced a new cloud platform that allows users to access the most advanced Gemini models on their devices securely. | Photo Credit: Reuters Google has announced a new cloud platform that allows users to access the most advanced Gemini models on their devices securely. Called Private AI Compute, the platform works similar to Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, acting like “one seamless Google stack,” powered by the Tensor Processing Units or TPUs. The platform processes the same type of sensitive data that is expected during on-device processing. However, since AI tools need more compute, it isn’t possible to…

It will be a busy opening day of action at the Los Angeles Olympics for the fastest women in the world. As part of a seismic schedule change for the 2028 Games, track and field, and not swimming, will lead off the Olympics. In releasing the detailed schedule Wednesday, organizers revealed that the first day at the LA Coliseum, July 15, will include all three rounds of the women’s 100 meters. Sprinters normally run a maximum of two races in a day at a major event. It’s a change the men will not have to deal with, but that a…

OPPO is set to launch the Find X9 Series in India on November 18, featuring a 200MP Hasselblad telephoto camera and advanced real-time triple exposure HDR technology. To enhance mobile photography, OPPO has introduced the LUMO Lab, a collaborative initiative with top Indian photographers aimed at creating imaging experiences that reflect India’s diverse visual culture.  OPPO’s Find X9 Series is said to have five significant camera enhancements designed to elevate consumer photography experiences. Key features in the device include a 200MP Hasselblad telephoto camera providing unmatched zoom clarity with 13.2x lossless and 120x hybrid zoom, ensuring distant subject detail; a…

Harikrishna is one of the three Indians who will play Thursday’s tie-breakers. | Photo Credit: P.K. Ajith Kumar No Indian won on Wednesday. That is something you hardly get to say in chess these days, but that has been the case for the last two days.Two Indians, in fact, were knocked out of the Chess World Cup at Resort Rio. But V. Pranav and Karthik Venkataraman can head for home with their heads held high as they were beaten by stronger rivals, Nodirbek Yakubboev of Uzbekistan and Le Quang Liem of Vietnam, respectively. They had done exceedingly well to have reached the round of 32: Pranav had started out as…

In November 2020, as the world battled the COVID-19 pandemic, a different kind of breakthrough captured global attention. Google DeepMind announced that its AlphaFold model had solved the protein-folding problem, one of biology’s most stubborn puzzles. The announcement was hailed as the scientific equivalent of a moon landing. Newsrooms called it a revolution that could bring new medicines to market faster than ever before.But half a decade later, the flood of new cures has not materialised. Despite billions of dollars being invested in artificial intelligence (AI), drug discovery remains a slow and expensive process. This paradox lies at the heart…