Cricket – IND vs WI1st Test Match: Seven-star Ashwin spins India...
July 24, 2016
Brief Scorecard: India 566 for 8 decl. (Kohli 200, Ashwin 113, Dhawan 84, Mishra 53) beat West Indies 243 (K Brathwaite 74, Dowrich 57* Yadav 4-41, Shami 4-66) and (f/o) 231 (C Brathwaite 51*, Samuels 50, Ashwin 7-83) by an innings and 92 runs
R Ashwin took his first five-for outside Asia – Associated Press
Nawaz Sharif’s statement on Kashmir ‘wishful thinking’: Pak daily
July 24, 2016
ISLAMABAD – Describing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s rhetoric about accession of Kashmir to Pakistan as “wishful thinking”, a leading Pakistani daily said on Sunday statements like these will invite “more trouble” for the country as well as for the Kashmiri people.
IOC declines to issue blanket ban of Russian team
July 24, 2016
IOC declines to issue blanket ban of Russian team In the face of calls to ban Russia from competing in the upcoming Rio Olympics, the International Olympic Committee on Sunday deferred decisions about the eligibility of the country’s athletes to the international federations that govern each sport.
Indian defense chief oversees search for air force plane
July 23, 2016
NEW DELHI — India's defense minister was overseeing an aerial search of the Bay of Bengal on Saturday for an air force transport plane that disappeared with 29 people aboard.
Munich Shooter had no Links to ISIS: Police
July 23, 2016
New Delhi: The lone attacker who unleashed a rampage that resulted in the death of nine people and wounded 27 others is said to be of German-Iranian descent and has been identified as Ali Sonboly. The Munich Police had ramped up security measures immediately on Friday night.
Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton chooses Va. Sen. Tim Kaine as...
July 22, 2016
ORLANDO, Florida — Hillary Clinton named Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine as her vice presidential running mate Friday, adding a centrist former governor of a crucial battleground state to the Democratic ticket.
FILE - Feb. 4, 2016, file photo, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., gives a 'thumbs-up'
Engliand Skipper Alastair Cook slams 29th Test hundred, equals Donald Bradman’s...
July 22, 2016
London – Alastair Cook led England's comeback against Pakistan in style. After a crushing defeat in the first Test against the visitors at Lord's, England made a spirited fightback scoring 190 runs in one and half sessions of the Manchester Test.
Exclusive: MH370 Pilot Flew a Suicide Route on His Home Simulator...
July 22, 2016
New York has obtained a confidential document from the Malaysian police investigation into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that shows that the plane’s captain, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, conducted a simulated flight deep into the remote southern Indian Ocean less than a month before the plane vanished under uncannily similar circumstances.
Donald Trump Basks in Convention ‘Love’ (and Rips Ted Cruz)
July 22, 2016
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Donald J. Trump lashed out at Senator Ted Cruz on Friday, rehashing a long list grievances from their primary battle during a news conference here only hours after he accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination at a weeklong convention meant to unite the party.
Alcohol causes seven types of cancer – and probably others, study...
July 22, 2016
There is strong evidence that alcohol causes seven types of cancer and probably others, a review has concluded.
A study of existing research found strong evidence of a direct, harmful effect of drinking, even though scientists are unsure of the exact biological reasons why alcohol causes cancer.
