Bowlers will be allowed to use saliva to shine the cricket ball in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL), reversing the ban imposed during the Covid pandemic five years ago, reports say. Indian cricket’s governing body’s decision came after a majority of the tournament’s franchise captains supported the move during a meeting on Thursday, ESPNcricinfo … Read more
The Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in Khartoum from the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, military leaders have said. Video and photographs posted on social media and verified by the BBC show jubilant soldiers waving their guns, cheering, and kneeling to pray. The army appears poised to regain control of the capital two … Read more
Barbara Plett Usher BBC News, Khartoum Ken Mungai / BBC Abidin Durma, well-known as the gravedigger of Omdurman, says he and his volunteers bury up to 50 bodies a day Sudanese troops have recaptured the presidential palace in central Khartoum from its paramilitary rivals, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The army appears poised to regain … Read more
BBC Mike Jeffries is currently under house arrest More than 40 men have now come forward accusing the former chief executive of Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) of rape, sexual assault or drugging, lawyers have told the BBC. Mike Jeffries, who was charged with sex trafficking in October, is facing multiple civil lawsuits alleging he assaulted … Read more
A South Korean court has ruled that members of K-pop group NewJeans must not conduct any independent activities, from making music to signing any advertising deals. Earlier last year, NewJeans said that they were leaving their agency Ador, after accusing them of mistreatment. They renamed themselves NJZ and began organising their own appearances. Ador subsequently … Read more
Two men have been convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme targeting an Iranian-American journalist at her Brooklyn home. A federal jury in New York found Rafat Amirov and Polad Omarov guilty of plotting to assassinate reporter Masih Alinejad in July 2022. They face decades in prison. Prosecutors said Iran’s government funded the plot and targeted Ms … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation’s security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas. The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of Ronen Bar, who was appointed in October 2021 for a five-year term as the Shin … Read more
US Justice Department The aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documents US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism targeting Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle company could face up to 20 years in prison. Bondi said the damage to Tesla cars, dealerships … Read more
AFP Musk has described Grok as the “most fun AI in the world!” It all started with one question. A query last week from an X (formerly Twitter) account called Toka was enough to propel Elon Musk’s built in-chatbot called Grok 3 into a viral storm across India’s digital landscape. And no, it wasn’t some … Read more
Several states across the Midwest and central US were hit with a major storm system that brought snow and thunderstorms. Blizzard warnings stretched from Kansas to Minnesota, where dangerous white out conditions on roadways caused travel disruptions. In Lakota, Iowa, snow totals from the blizzard reached 14.5 inches. The storm system will move east, where … Read more