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PORTLAND, Ore. — Move over, Fat Bear Week. A bat beauty contest is now stepping up to the plate.The Bureau of Land Management has hosted the online competition since 2019 to raise awareness about the animal’s ecological importance. The federal agency posts photos of bats on its Facebook and Instagram accounts, and then asks people to vote for the cutest one. The bats are part of wild populations living on public lands, and are photographed by agency staff.The first round of voting began Thursday and pitted a Townsend’s big-eared bat named “Sir Flaps-A-Lot” from Utah against a hoary bat fittingly…
After losing the first Test in Multan, Pakistan completed a sensational turnaround to win the three-match home Test series against England. Riding on the performances of spinners Sajid Khan and Noman Ali, Pakistan won the final two Tests to clinch the series 2-1. This helped Pakistan register a feat for the first time in nearly 30 years. This is the first time Pakistan have won a three-match Test series after losing the first Test since they beat Zimbabwe in similar fashion in 1995. Pakistan vs England, 3rd Test: As it happenedNoman and Sajid knocked over all 10 England…
In the final week of his campaign, former President Donald Trump will cross off a campaign bucket-list item on Sunday: a rally in the iconic Madison Square Garden. The avid Broadway enthusiast will deliver a manatee performance, complete with musical guests and a host of Republican allies.It’s a moment Trump has long said he wanted to have in the state where he has faced criminal and civil trials, becoming a convicted felon and mounted a business empire.”I think it’ll be a great time, and it’s going to be really a celebration of the whole thing, you know, because it’s coming…
TBILISI, Georgia — Georgians headed to the polls Saturday in a ballot many citizens see as a make-or-break vote on the opportunity to join the European Union.The pre-election campaign in the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million people which borders Russia has been dominated by foreign policy and marked by a bitter fight for votes and allegations of a smear campaign. It will determine whether Georgia gets back on track to EU membership or embraces authoritarianism and falls into Russia’s orbit.Some Georgians complained of intimidation and being pressured to vote for the ruling party, Georgian Dream, while the opposition accused…
South African great AB de Villiers, who was one of the three players in the latest class of ICC Hall of Fame inductees alongside Alastair Cook and Neetu David, responded to the heart-touching letter that Virat Kohli wrote for him after he was honoured by ICC. After De Villiers was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame, his very good friend Kohli, penned a heartfelt note to the hard-hitting sensation. The letter read, “The Hall of Fame is a representation of your impact on the game, and yours has been truly unique. People have always spoken about your…
Former President Donald Trump is denying he praised Adolf Hitler as having done “some good things,” as his former chief of staff and retired Marine general John Kelly was reported to have said this week.”Never said it,” Trump said, answering reporter questions as he campaigned in battleground Nevada on Thursday.Kelly told The New York Times in an extensive interview that Trump spoke positively of Hitler while in office. Kelly expressed overall concern that Trump would act more like a dictator if elected to another four years in the White House and said, in his view, the former president fit the…
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India have only ever won 2 Tests after conceding a lead or 100 or more in the first innings.© BCCI The Indian cricket team is staring at a rare Test series loss after being outplayed by New Zealand in the first two matches of a three-game rubber. After suffering a shock eight-wicket defeat to the Kiwis in Bengaluru, India trail 0-1 in the series. In the ongoing second Test, the Rohit Sharma-led side conceded a 103-run lead in the first innings, before New Zealand extended their lead to 301 by the end of Day 2. New Zealand added…
This story is part of ABC News’ monthlong series “Protecting Your Vote,” profiling people across the country who are dedicated to ensuring the integrity of the voting process.Jesse Lee Hanson accepts some of the reasons why getting to his polling place on Election Day is a challenge.He lives in a rural area of Georgia where homes are separated by acres of farmland, doesn’t own a car, and walks with a cane after suffering two strokes and a heart attack — all of which have made getting around difficult.But Hanson says he struggles to understand why his home of Warren County,…
PEACHTREE CORNERS, Ga. — The general in one of Georgia’s house-to-house partisan struggles was rallying her troops on Saturday morning in a suburban Atlanta coffee shop.Democratic state House candidate Laura Murvartian stood up on a stool to urge 50 canvassers to turn out votes for Kamala Harris, but also for her effort to unseat Republican state Rep. Scott Hilton.“By flipping the seat, we’re sending a message to the Republicans that their extreme bills, their extreme positions, are not working for people in Georgia,” Murvartian said.Democrats are campaigning on overturning Georgia’s abortion restrictions, doing more to limit guns, and expanding the…