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Just 58 legal deliveries – plus one no ball – were bowled as rain dominated the third day here. It was an unsatisfyingly brief glimpse of action that nevertheless allowed England to upgrade their chances of victory in the first Test after their post-Ashes reset from probable to overwhelmingly likely.New Zealand scored 19 runs and lost two wickets, leaving them on 55 for five and still 199 from victory. The rate at which they scored illustrated the continuing difficulty of the batters’ task on this capricious surface and also a determination simply to survive until Sunday, with its promise of…
At least 15 people also wounded in strike on site housing displaced people as wedding was under way nearby, local sources say.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026At least six people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a Gaza City tent camp near where a wedding was taking place, according to local sources.A source at al-Shifa Hospital told Al Jazeera reporters on the ground that at least 15 people were injured in the attack on Saturday, with many being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listWomen and children are believed…
New Delhi, India – Saurav Kushwaha, 17, packed just a change of clothes and boarded an overnight train with his elder brother to reach New Delhi early on Saturday from their village in central India’s Madhya Pradesh.The brothers rested on a footpath, waiting for Abhijeet Dipke to arrive from the United States.The anger in Indian youth – where half of the country’s 1.4 billion population is under 25 – has been simmering for a while now, exacerbated by paper leaks and discrepancies in the country’s largest school boards.And that anger seemed to have found an unexpected outlet in a satirical…
Russell struggled for grip throughout the session and never looked likely to get into the fight for pole, and he ended up 0.394secs behind his team-mate.He admitted to being baffled as to why he had lost performance in recent races.”Start of the year it was just easier,” Russell said. “Every lap I did in practice, qualifying, it was P1 or worse case P2 – every single session, Q1, Q2, Q3.”The last three races, it has just been nowhere and even Canada, it was a real fight to get a decent lap and then I just nailed it at the end…
At least 10 people, including high-ranking soldiers, have been killed in Israeli strikes across southern Lebanon, days after the countries agreed to a conditional truce during United States-mediated talks.Lebanon’s army said on Saturday that two officers, a brigadier general and a captain, as well as a soldier, were killed in an Israeli strike on a military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe Israeli army said in a statement that the attack had been in an “active combat zone”, and that “movement in a combat zone requires coordination” with the Israeli army. It added that “the…
Teenager Mirra Andreeva won her first Grand Slam title as Polish qualifier Maja Chwalinska was denied a fairytale French Open victory.Andreeva, 19, fulfilled the potential she has long shown with a 6-3 6-2 victory over an opponent who was a 500-1 outsider before the tournament.Russian eighth seed Andreeva is the youngest woman to win the Roland Garros title since Monica Seles in 1992.After securing victory in one hour and 22 minutes, Andreeva fell to the court in elation before quickly running up to the stands for a warm embrace with her coach Conchita Martinez – herself a former major champion…
Why Lebanon remains central to Israel’s multi-front wars. Plus, AfrofeminasGPT, a chatbot designed to promote more ethical AI.The impasse in the US-Israel war on Iran has turned Lebanon into the conflict’s most active front. Israeli forces are entrenched in the country’s south, a de facto occupation, and have reduced entire neighbourhoods to rubble. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump seeks to preserve delicate negotiations with Iran, but, as Israeli support for the war continues to grow, Lebanon remains a key point of contention.Lead contributors: Nicholas Noe – Senior fellow, Refugees InternationalMaya Rosen – Editor, Jewish CurrentsRanda Slim – Middle East programme director,…
In April, I accompanied a friend on a visit to villages in Daikundi province, central Afghanistan. The purpose of the trip was to speak to farmer beneficiaries of a project that an NGO operating in the agriculture sector had carried out and to follow up on its impact. The week I spent travelling with him was quite eye-opening regarding the state of the non-profit sector in the country.The project in question provided zero-energy storage houses to preserve harvests, such as fruit and vegetables, in rural areas. On the surface, the idea was promising: provide farmers with storage space so they…
Nancy Mace thinks she knows why she didn’t get President Donald Trump’s endorsement. The embattled South Carolina House Republican, who’s in the midst of a bruising race for governor, has a long history of bucking — and then cozying back up to — Trump. But her leading role in releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files was likely a bridge too far for the president, who has spent significant time and energy this year to get revenge against his GOP defectors. Trump’s recent decision to back one of Mace’s primary opponents, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, in the crowded field will carry monumental…
Huge gatherings are expected in coming days for the first papal visit to Spain since 2011.Published On 6 Jun 20266 Jun 2026Pope Leo XIV has called on people to stop “fanning the flames of polarisation” on the first day of a visit to Spain.The pope, who will be in the country for a week, urged people in a speech on Saturday to turn away from the temptation to garner popularity through divisive rhetoric.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list“I invite everyone to set aside the divisive and polarising narratives of your societal reality and history, so as to overcome…