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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday responded to the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its concerns regarding the presence of the team’s media manager with a camera during a crucial meeting ahead of Pakistan’s Asia Cup game against the UAE. The Board maintained that the action was well within the approved protocols and no violation of the Players and Match Officials Area (PMOA) code had occurred. Pakistan’s captain Salman Agha shares team list with match referee Andy Pycroft(AP) The latest episode of ICC vs PCB began following an email sent to PCB by ICC CEO Sanjog Gupta on Thursday,…

People take pictures at a vista point with the San Francisco skyline obscured by smoke from wildfires during a spate of smoke during 2020, one of the worst wildfire smoke years on record. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Wildfire has long been a part of life for many Americans. But recently, as wildfires have become larger, more destructive and longer-lasting, a new risk has come into focus for millions across the country: wildfire smoke. People in the East, Midwest, and South have been forced to deal with smoke in recent years — many for the first time.…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., departs a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday. Johnson has been working to rally House Republicans behind a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, while also navigating growing pressure to boost security for lawmakers in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kent Nishimura/Getty Images House Republicans are working to avert a government shutdown with a Friday vote on legislation that funds federal agencies through November 21 and boosts money for security for government officials. But few, if any, Democrats are expected to…

Eddie Conyers stands for a portrait on the University of Alabama football practice field in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Conyers, 97, was a referee for the team during practices for more than 60 years. Russell Lewis/NPR hide caption toggle caption Russell Lewis/NPR TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama’s football practice field is hidden from public view behind a shrouded security fence on the edge of the leafy campus.  This is the place “Where Legends Are Made” as the school’s slogan goes. The Alabama Crimson Tide boasts 18 college football national championships. And one man has been there for a dozen of…

Megan Garcia lost her 14-year-old son, Sewell. Matthew Raine lost his son Adam, who was 16. Both testified in congress this week and have brought lawsuits against AI companies. Screenshot via Senate Judiciary Committee hide caption toggle caption Screenshot via Senate Judiciary Committee Matthew Raine and his wife, Maria, had no idea that their 16-year-old-son, Adam was deep in a suicidal crisis until he took his own life in April. Looking through his phone after his death, they stumbled upon extended conversations the teenager had had with ChatGPT. Those conversations revealed that their son had confided in the AI chatbot…

Militant Jewish settlers barricade themselves on the roof of their synagogue as hundreds of Israeli troops and police deploy at sunrise to evacuate the veteran Jewish community of Kfar Darom in the Gaza Strip, on Aug. 18, 2005. David Silverman/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption David Silverman/Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — For decades, thousands of Jewish settlers lived in the Gaza Strip, protected by soldiers. But in the summer of 2005, the Israeli government made a historic decision to withdraw them all. The Israeli prime minister at the time, Ariel Sharon, pushed through the unilateral withdrawal as part of…

Arun Prabhu, the director of the feminist fable Aruvi, is back with yet another story of an outsider who has had enough of an uncaring system. This political drama, Sakthi Thirumagan,  is also the 25th film starring Vijay Anthony. The film begins in the year 1989, with the death of a tribal woman at a plantation, leaving behind her infant son. The police inspector who finds the body looks clearly troubled, the locals are clueless, and there are bigger forces at play behind this suicide. Calls are made, deals are made, morals are broken, and the infant is abandoned as…

United States television host Jimmy Kimmel’s live show was pulled off the air by Disney-owned ABC after he made comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot last week in what has been deemed by right-wingers in the US a political assassination.But critics claim Kimmel’s removal is a violation of his free speech rights, which are enshrined under the US Constitution’s First Amendment.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn Thursday, hundreds of Kimmel fans gathered on the streets in Burbank, New York and Hollywood, protesting the removal of his show.Here is a closer look at what happened…

Belagavi district cooperative milk producers union will extend an insurance facility covering the families of all active milk producers in the district, Balachandra Jarkiholi, MLA and union president, said on Thursday. He was speaking at a meeting of the union in Belagavi, where the union would provide insurance cover of ₹1 lakh for the families of milk-producing farmers. “This amount will be transferred to their next of kin in case of their death. This could cover around 35,000 farmers. The union will have to bear a burden of ₹50 lakh – ₹60 lakh,” he said. The union had made a…

Apple breaks into top five smartphone brands in India | Photo Credit: PTI Vivo has emerged as the leading smartphone brand with 20% market share in the first half of 2025, while Apple, for the first time, entered in top five smartphone brands in India with 9.7% share and became the fastest-growing brand with nearly 35% year-over-year (YoY) growth.However, India’s smartphone market grew only 2% YoY in 1H25. In this phase, 60 million units were shipped, noted IDC.Samsung lost around 2.5% share in the first half of the year 2025, yet it managed to secure number two spot in the…