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Mohammad Rizwan has emerged as a front runner to become Pakistan’s white-ball captain.© AFP Seasoned wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan has emerged as a front runner to become Pakistan team’s captain in the white-ball formats when the PCB announces the touring squad for series in Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa. The Pakistani selectors have held meetings with the PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi and also consulted white-ball head coach, Gary Kirsten in the last two days. “The third Test against England finishes on 28th October and the squad has to leave for Australia the next day so the selectors would be…
The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal election interference case on Friday unsealed the redacted appendix of evidence gathered by special counsel Jack Smith, offering a glimpse of the evidence that could be seen by a jury if the former president’s case goes to trial.The highly redacted appendix is an attachment to the immunity motion filed earlier this month by Smith that included new details about Trump and his allies’ actions leading up to the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.The majority of the appendix’s 1,889 pages are redacted, and the remaining documents are largely comprised of public materials, including transcripts…
New Zealand beat West Indies to reach Women’s T20 World Cup final© AFP New Zealand saw off the danger of Deandra Dottin to book their place in the Women’s T20 World Cup final with a nail-biting eight-run win over West Indies in Sharjah on Friday. After Dottin’s 4-22 restricted the White Ferns to 128-9, the all-rounder clubbed a superb 33 from 22 balls with three sixes as West Indies finished just short on 120-8. New Zealand will face South Africa, who knocked out defending champions Australia on Thursday, in Sunday’s final at Dubai. New Zealand, who lost in…
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge had some pointed questions but did not immediately rule Friday on a request that Pennsylvania election officials take new steps to verify the identification and eligibility of soldiers and others living overseas.U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner corrected a lawyer for the six Republican members of Congress and the conservative voting organization who are suing when the lawyer called it “a pedestrian” case about federal laws preempting state law.“I would characterize it as creative,” Conner said near the end of about an hour and a half of an oral argument in the case that was…
The closest election of the century keeps getting closer. Two weeks ago, 538’s forecast of the presidential election gave Vice President Kamala Harris just a 58-in-100 chance of defeating former President Donald Trump on Nov. 5. Now — just 18 days away from Election Day — our forecast gives Trump the bare advantage in the race with a 52-in-100 chance to win.*You might be tempted to make a big deal about our forecast “flipping” to Trump, but it’s important to remember that a 52-in-100 chance for Trump is not all that different from a 58-in-100 chance for Harris — both…
This post is co-written Rodrigo Amaral, Ashwin Murthy and Meghan Stronach from Qualcomm. In this post, we introduce an innovative solution for end-to-end model customization and deployment at the edge using Amazon SageMaker and Qualcomm AI Hub. This seamless cloud-to-edge AI development experience will enable developers to create optimized, highly performant, and custom managed machine learning solutions where you can bring you own model (BYOM) and bring your own data (BYOD) to meet varied business requirements across industries. From real-time analytics and predictive maintenance to personalized customer experiences and autonomous systems, this approach caters to diverse needs. We demonstrate this…
Tamil Nadu began their campaign in the Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season with a dominant innings and 70-run victory over Saurashtra in Elite Group D as Ambala-born left-arm seamer Gurjapneet Singh claimed a six-wicket haul to bowl out the visitors for a mere 94 runs in their second innings at the Coimbatore Stadium. Saurashtra, a powerhouse in domestic cricket, had no answer to Gurjapneet’s devastating spell, as he tore through their famed batting line-up. His remarkable figures of 14-5-22-6 included the crucial wickets of veterans Cheteshwar Pujara and Sheldon Jackson, along with key middle-order batsmen like Chirag Jani, Arpit…
NEW YORK — Fox News Channel on Friday denied Donald Trump’s assertion that any of its employees wrote jokes for him to deliver this week at a New York appearance.The former president and current candidate said on “Fox & Friends” that “a couple of people from Fox” helped him prepare jokes for Thursday’s Al Smith dinner, a traditional event in the last weeks of a presidential campaigns where candidates usually appear.“I shouldn’t say that,” Trump said. “But they wrote some jokes. For the most part, I didn’t like any of them.”Candidates often turn to professional comedians for material when needed…
An 81-year-old Georgia woman voted for the first time in Covington on Oct. 16, one day after early voting began in Newton County.Betty Cartledge told “Good Morning America” she and her late husband had never voted before, but this year, things changed. She said her husband died in April 2023, and now that she was on her own, she had started noticing the high cost of living more and more, and felt motivated to vote for change.When Cartledge’s niece Wanda Moore suggested she help her register to vote, Cartledge said she jumped at the chance.”I can’t read and write,” Cartledge…
Gujarat began their Ranji Trophy 2024-25 season in dominating fashion, defeating two-time champions Hyderabad by 126 runs in a comprehensive victory at the Gymkhana Ground on Monday. In what was a thrilling conclusion to the Elite Group B match, the hosts faltered in their chase of 297 on the final day, falling prey to both poor shot selection and an excellent bowling performance from Gujarat. The home side lost key wickets at regular intervals, never managing to build momentum. Left-arm pacer Arzan Nagwaswalla set the tone early, striking twice in the fourth over. He first removed experienced opener…