FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 163 for 3 (Rohit 60 retired hurt, Rahul 45, Kuggeleijn 2-25) beat New Zealand 156 for 9 (Taylor 53, Seifert 50, Bumrah 3-12, Saini 2-23)
Ross Taylor hits powerfully through the off side. - Getty Images
Local boy Kane Williamson sat out of the Mount Maunganui T20I, and Ross Taylor made a half-century in his 100th...
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Several people have been stabbed in Streatham, south London, and a man has been shot dead by police, in what they describe as a "terrorist-related" incident.
Metropolitan Police tweeted: "A man has been shot by armed officers in Streatham. At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed.
"The circumstances are being assessed; the incident...
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Chennai - ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images
You will have to pay more for several items, including imported medical equipment, cigarettes and tobacco products among others after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a raise in tax in the Union Budget 2020.
At the same time, Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the withdrawal of...
JANUARY 31, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 165 for 8 (Pandey 50, Rahul 39, Sodhi 3-26) tied New Zealand 165 for 7 (Munro 64, Seifert 57, Thakur 2-33)
India won the Super Over
Tim Seifert was one of four batsmen to fall in the final over. - Getty Images
Seven runs needed off six balls. Seven wickets in hand. Ross Taylor,...
JANUARY 30, 2020
The heat goes on.
The world will set a new temperature record within the next five years, scientists from the United Kingdom's Met Office said Thursday.
"The latest five-year forecast suggests continued warming, consistent with sustained high levels of greenhouse gases," said Doug Smith, a Met Office expert on decadal prediction, in a statement.
Up until now, the warmest year...
JANUARY 30, 2020
The UN logo (Reuters image)
The Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Afghanistan has established contacts with Pakistan-based groups such as the Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lashkar-e-Islam and its approach could increase the threat to neighbouring countries, according to a United Nations report.
The report by the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which tracks the terror threat from...
JANUARY 29, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 179 for 5 (Rohit 65, Bennett 3-54) tied with New Zealand 179 for 6 (Williamson 95, Shami 2-32)
Kane Williamson blasted 95 off 48 balls. - Getty Images
India won the Super Over
A slow pitch and batsmen rising above it. Hamilton was a theatre of shot-making and at the end of a game where neither...
JANUARY 28, 2020
Medical staff in Wuhan, the crisis-hit city at the centre of the outbreak, help a patient off the back of an ambulance on Sunday
The deadly Chinese coronavirus outbreak began at a wholesale animal market in Wuhan city, experts have confirmed.
Scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said tests proved humans caught it from animals at...
JANUARY 27, 2020
Image: Supreme Court Building. - Sarah Silbiger
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court issued an order Monday allowing the Trump administration to begin enforcing new limits on immigrants who are considered likely to become overly dependent on government benefit programs.
The court acted on a vote of 5-4. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and...
JANUARY 27, 2020
Democrats managing President Trump’s impeachment trial have long sought testimony from John R. Bolton, his former national security adviser. - Doug Mills/NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump told his national security adviser in August that he wanted to continue freezing $391 million in security assistance to Ukraine until officials there helped with investigations into Democrats including the...
