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South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke plays a shot as England’s Jacob Bethell looks on | Photo Credit: Action Images via Reuters South Africa’s Matthew Breetzke became the first player to score half-centuries in each of his first five ODI appearances to set up his side’s gripping series-clinching five-run victory over England at Lord’s on Thursday (September 5, 2025).Breetzke scored 85 and shared in a 147-run fourth-wicket partnership with Tristan Stubbs as South Africa recovered from losing three quick wickets to post a formidable 330-8.Tasked with pulling off a record ODI run chase at Lord’s, England lost Jamie Smith first ball but…

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a dinner with first lady Melania Trump in the State Dining Room of the White House, on September 4, 2025, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump hosted a high-powered group of tech executives at the White House on Thursday (September 4, 2025), showcasing research on artificial intelligence and boasting of investments that companies are making across the United States.“This is taking our country to a new level,” he said at the centre of a long table surrounded by what he described as “high IQ people”.It was the latest example of a…

US President Trump was asked by a reporter during the tech leaders dinner whether he planned to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in the “near future” after talking to Ukrainian President Voldoymyr Zelenskyy earlier Thursday. He said, “I will be, yeah. We’re having a very good dialogue.” At the tech leaders dinner at the White House, Trump was seated at the centre of a long table between first lady Melania Trump and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Melania Trump chaired a meeting of the White House’s new Artificial Intelligence Education task force on Thursday afternoon. Story continues below this…

The Trump administration formally asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday evening to decide whether President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting tariff policy is lawful. Two federal courts, and a total of 10 federal judges, have all concluded that it is not.The remarkable thing about Trump’s petition asking the justices to take up this case, which is known as Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, it that it opens with a long list of factual claims that, if taken seriously by the Court, would compel the justices to strike down the tariffs. But that would assume the Republican-controlled Supreme Court applies the same limits on…

Demonstrations have gripped Indonesia since late August when anger at a faltering economy erupted into full-blown violence following reports that politicians received a $3,000 housing allowance on top of their salaries – a perk equal to between 10 and 20 times Indonesia’s monthly minimum wage.It was not the first time that Indonesians have taken to the streets this year.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listIn February and March, students turned out to protest against a range of unpopular government policies, including cuts to the national budget and a proposed new law expanding the role of the military in political…

THE PROTESTS against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have started reviving in Assam in the wake of the Immigration and Foreigners (Exemption) Order issued by the government this week, which allows minorities facing religious persecution (essentially non-Muslims) from neighbouring countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who have entered India up till December 31, 2024, to stay without visa and passport requirements.The exemption order was among the various rules notified by the government this week regarding the recently enacted Immigration and Foreigners Act, 2025. Under the CAA, those who had entered India till December 31, 2014, were eligible for speedy citizenship if they…

If the first day of the World Boxing Championships are to be the benchmark, then the men’s 55kg category should be billed as the blockbuster of the tournament – and an Indian boxer was part of why. With a win, to boot.The International Olympic Committee recently confirmed that the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will have seven weight categories each for men and women. For men, gone are India’s bread and butter categories at the lower weight division as the lowest at the Olympics will start at 55kg. India’s entrant for this category at the World Championships is Pawan Bartwal, a…

Qualcomm on Friday, September 5, unveiled a new automated driving (AD) system developed in partnership with BMW.The Snapdragon Ride Pilot is a state-of-the-art AD system that is powered by Qualcomm’s system-on-chips (SoCs) and is built on top of a software stack that has been co-developed by both companies. The system has been built into the newly launched BMW iX3, the first production vehicle that is part of the German automaker’s Neue Klasse series. Car manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers globally can also build the Snapdragon Ride Pilot into vehicles. However, it has only been validated for use in 60 countries with…

Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Saturday conveyed to Chinese President Xi Jinping that Lipulekh is Nepali territory, in the first such assertion by a Nepali leader before the Chinese President since 2015. Mr. Oli, who was on a five-day visit to China to participate in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, also held bilateral talks with Mr. Xi in Tianjin in China on Saturday.A statement issued by the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing said: “Referring to the recent understanding reached between India and China on border trade through the Lipulekh Pass, Prime Minister Oli stated that the territory…

A still from ‘Kammattam’ | Photo Credit: Zee5 The Malayalam word ‘kammattam’ means a mint or a place where currency or, more specifically coins are minted. Kammattamis thus, but a fitting title for Zee5’s Malayalam debut series which portrays a financial fraud perpetrated by the members of a co-operative bank in Kerala. With the raw materials of this true crime story, director-writer Shan Thulasidharan creates a dark world where greed unleashes a series of events which spiral out of the characters’ control. Sudev Nair shines as the quiet cop Antonio George, who cracks the seemingly ordinary hit-and-run case of Samuel Oommen,…