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New Zealand hailed one of the country’s finest weekends in its sporting history Monday after the triple success of winning the Women’s T20 World Cup, a rare Test triumph in India and America’s Cup sailing glory. “This was a weekend that will go down in New Zealand’s sporting annals,” sports minister Chris Bishop said in a statement. First, the crew of Emirates Team New Zealand completed a commanding 7-2 victory over Ineos Britannia on Saturday to retain the America’s Cup. The dominant Kiwis lifted the world’s oldest international sporting trophy for the third consecutive time after beating their…

The Boss shines in the documentary “Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band” and Billy Crystal starring in a new series for Apple TV+ called “Before” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Halsey’s fifth studio album, the return of “Special Ops: Lioness” and the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 takes us to the 1990s.— One of the documentary standouts of the Sundance Film Festival, “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” packs…

PHILADELPHIA — Democrat Kamala Harris is out to win over suburban voters uneasy about Republican Donald Trump as she touches down in three Midwestern battleground states on Monday to hold moderated conversations with Republican Liz Cheney.The vice president will make appearances in three suburban counties won by Republican Nikki Haley before she dropped out of the race for the GOP nomination: Chester County, Pennsylvania; Oakland County, Michigan; and Waukesha County, Wisconsin.Harris’ travel companion, Cheney, is a former GOP congresswoman from Wyoming and a fierce critic of Trump. Their conversations will be moderated by a conservative radio host and a GOP…

New Zealand clinched the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 title© AFP New Zealand scripted history on Sunday as they clinched the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 title. It was New Zealand’s maiden T20 World Cup title, men’s and women’s both. The White Ferns thrashed South Africa by 32 runs in Dubai on Sunday. South Africa, playing their second successive final, sent New Zealand in to bat and the Sophie Devine-led side thrived under pressure to post an above par 158/5. Later, the Proteas were restricted to 126/9 and once again failed to clinch the title. As New Zealand…

Israel continued its operations in Gaza and Lebanon after Hamas leader and Oct. 7, 2023 attack mastermind Yahya Sinwar was killed in a firefight. Source link

Reproductive rights measures are on the ballots in 10 states after heated debates over how to describe their impact on abortion — and that’s just in English.In 388 places across the U.S. where English isn’t the primary language among communities of voters, the federal Voting Rights Act requires that all elections information be made available in each community’s native language.Such translations are meant to help non-native English speakers understand what they’re voting for. But vague or technical terms can be challenging, even more so when it comes to Indigenous languages that have only limited written dictionaries.For example, there’s no single…

Numerous things went wrong for India during their loss against New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru. In a rain-hit encounter, the first day got washed out without the toss. On Day 2, India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat. However, his decision quickly backfired as New Zealand made a good use of the overcast conditions and bundled out India for just 46 and then went to hammer 402 runs with the bat. In the second innings, India put up a great fight and gave a target of 107, which was chased down…

New Delhi: Concluding its second funding round, the Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board approved USD 418 million in new grants designed to bolster pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) capacities in 40 countries across six geographical regions.These grants will provide much-needed investments to strengthen disease surveillance and early warning systems, upgrade laboratories, and build a health workforce.This latest allocation is in addition to the $128.89 million approved on 19th September for five fast-tracked projects to support 10 countries impacted by the mpox Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), bringing the total funding awarded under the second round to US$547 million,…

Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make on a daily basis is a constant source of stress.“For every good day, there’s three bad days,” said Nichols, who has been in the service industry since she was a teenager. “You have no security when it comes to knowing how much you’re going to make.”That uncertainty exists largely because federal labor law allows businesses to pay tipped workers, like food servers, bartenders and bellhops, less than the minimum wage…

Team India suffered a shocking eight-wicket defeat against New Zealand in the first Test in Bengaluru on Sunday. It was a dominating show from the Kiwis, who blew away Rohit Sharma and co in all the departments. In the chase of 107 on Day 5, the visitors faced an early setback as they lost the wicket of their skipper Tom Latham for duck. However, the partnership between Will Young (48*) and Rachin Ravindra (39*) propelled New Zealand to a comfortable win. With this win, New Zealand also gained 1-0 lead in the three-match series. Ahead of the second…