Asia
‘If India had won the 2023 Cricket World Cup, BJP had plans to put Narendra Modi holding the cup on every hoarding in Rajasthan’
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
A week after the epic World Cup final between Australia and India was played in Ahmedabad, the after-effects and follow-ups that blow up into controversies refuse to recede. Whether it was a complaint from the spouse of an Aussie star against right-wing trolls egging her on to “prove” her loyalty to India just by virtue of being...
Business
‘Four-time loser’: Chris Christie predicts voters will ignore Donald Trump if he loses 2024 GOP nomination
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Republican presidential candidate and former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie speaks at the Hudson Institute November 15, 2023 in Washington, DC. - Win McNamee, Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Republican presidential hopeful and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie predicted that the American public “en masse” will ignore former President Donald Trump if he loses the GOP...
Australia
IND vs AUS Bilateral Cricket Series – T20I Match 2: Jaiswal, Ruturaj, Kishan, Rinku, Bishnoi, Prasidh help India thrash Australia to go 2-0 up
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Brief Scorecard: India 235 for 4 (Gaikwad 58, Jaiswal 53, Kishan 52, Ellis 3-45) beat Australia 191 for 9 (Stoinis 45, Wade 42*, Bishnoi 3-32, Prasidh 3-41) by 44 runs
Half-centuries from the top three and three wickets apiece for Bishnoi and Prasidh set up India's dominant display
India's Ishan Kishan plays a shot during the second Twenty20 international...
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Retailers aren’t just having trouble getting shoppers to buy sweaters and other holiday items this season. Store credit cards are also a tougher sell.
The cards, which typically can only be used at a particular chain, have been a lucrative source of revenue for retailers as merchandise sales have slowed. But the stream is drying up as Americans...
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talk during a meeting with senior officials and CEOs of American and Indian companies in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo
NANTUCKET, Mass./NEW DELHI - United States authorities thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist...
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Then president, Donald Trump, speaks to supporters during a Keep America Great rally on February 20, 2020 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by voters who want Trump removed from the state's 2024 presidential ballot. (Photo by Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
The Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal...
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
OpenAI said Sam Altman will return as chief executive of the artificial-intelligence startup that he co-founded, ending a dramatic five-day standoff between him and the board that fired him.
OpenAI said the parties were “collaborating to figure out the details.” The company announced the formation of a new initial board that won’t include three of the four board...
Business
U.S. unemployment claims drop by 24,000 to 209,000, another sign of labor market resiliency
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Deerfield, Ill., Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. On Wednesday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell sharply last week, a sign that U.S. job...
Afghanistan
ICC 2023 World Cup: Toppers, duffers, can-do-betters – the Cricket World Cup report cards are out
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Gather round children. World Cup term is out. Hey, Sri Lanka and Pakistan! How many times do I have to tell you to keep quiet in the back? Do you want to be suspended? Sri Lanka, don't you dare answer that.
Where was I? Yes, you've played all your matches. Some of you I'm very proud of. Some...
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Traffic crawls along Interstate 95 as sleet falls during the beginning of a snowstorm in Connecticut on the day before Thanksgiving in 2014. - Jason Rearick, AP
As tens of millions of travelers across a large swath of the country begin to hit the roads and skies ahead of Thanksgiving, storms threaten to upend their holiday plans.
Rain, thunderstorms,...