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New rules and home games to have impact on IPL 2023

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

NEW DELHI, India (AP) — The usual procession of global cricket stars like Virat Kohli and Ben Stokes will be reinforced by so-called impact players in the latest innovation for the Indian Premier League in Season 16.The biggest and richest franchise tournament in the sport is set to open Friday with the defending champion Gujarat Titans against four-time champion Chennai Super Kings.The 2023 edition will be a mix of the old and the new, returning to the home-and-away format across 70 matches in the first phase, with four knockouts to follow.The COVID-19 pandemic caused all kinds of scheduling issues for the trailblazing Twenty20 tournament.In 2020, the IPL was halted midway in April because of a coronavirus surge, and the second half was staged in the United Arab Emirates in September. The entire 2021 edition was staged in the UAE and last year, competition returned to India but under restrictions, with all games either in Mumbai or Pune until the knockout stage, when the venues shi...

Se estrellan dos helicópteros Blackhawk de la División Aerotransportada 101 en Kentucky

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

(CNN) — Dos helicópteros HH60 Blackhawk de la 101ª División Aerotransportada se estrellaron en el condado de Trigg, Kentucky, sobre las 10 de la noche de ese miércoles, según un comunicado de Fort Campbell.El comunicado publicado en la página de Facebook de la base dice: “los miembros de la tripulación estaban volando dos helicópteros HH60 Blackhawk durante una misión de entrenamiento de rutina cuando ocurrió el incidente. Por el momento se desconoce el estado de los tripulantes. El mando está actualmente centrado en atender a los miembros del servicio y a sus familias. Se publicará más información a medida que esté disponible. El incidente está siendo investigado”.La Policía Estatal de Kentucky (KSP, por sus siglas en inglés) está ayudando a las autoridades de Fort Campbell en el condado de Trigg después de un “incidente aéreo” en una zona rural cerca de Lancaster Road y la autopista 272, según la portavoz de la Policía Estatal de Kentucky Puesto 1, Sa...

Russian anti-war protest dad detained in Minsk

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

The man who escaped house arrest in Russia after coming to authorities’ attention because his daughter drew an anti-war picture at school, has been detained in Belarus, according to a media report.Alexei Moskalyov, who was on Tuesday sentenced to two years in a penal colony after being found guilty of discrediting the Russian army on social media, went on the run and failed to appear before the court in the town of Yefremov in Russia’s Tula region, south of Moscow.In a post on Telegram referring to the report that his client had been detained in Minsk, Moskalyov’s lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov said: “I currently have no contact with Alexei. He isn’t answering his phone. I can’t confirm for sure, but according to indirect data,” the details of the report were correct.Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has aligned himself with neighboring Russia in its invasion of Ukraine — payback after President Vladimir Putin helped prop up Lukashenko’s reg...

UK chancellor swipes at Biden’s ‘massively distortive’ Inflation Reduction Act

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

LONDON — The U.K. won’t go “toe-to-toe” with Joe Biden’s multi-billion-dollar Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in “some distortive global subsidy race,” declared the country’s chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.In an op-ed in the Times newspaper on Wednesday, Hunt took a fresh swipe at the IRA, which offers billions in subsidies and tax credits to try to incentivize take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. and build up green infrastructure.The plan has European and British carmakers particularly spooked about the impact on their own industries of the massive help for U.S. firms. Britain is already pushing for carve-outs, while the EU has primed its own set of green subsidies in response.But Hunt — whose administration is today unveiling a raft of energy security and climate change policies — insisted the world was “now playing catch-up” with the U.K.’s own green energy investment.Hunt told MPs Wednesday that the U.K. will unveil a full respons...

How TikTok built a ‘team of Avengers’ to fight for its life

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was certain to face a blistering onslaught when he testified before the U.S. Congress.And so as he prepared to face the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee, Chew enlisted all the right people to help him get ready.The Singaporean executive was prepared by former committee staffers and aides to Speaker Kevin McCarthy and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He received counsel from Andrew Wright, former director of legal policy for the Biden-Harris presidential transition and now a partner at the well-connected law firm K&L Gates. Ahead of the March 23 hearing, Chew scheduled meetings on the Hill with help from several former lawmakers, including Republican Jeff Denham, Democrat Bart Gordon, a former E&C member, and Joe Crowley, who was once a senior member of Democratic leadership.But despite hiring a large group of savvy friends, Chew and his company failed to win over the panel. The sheer number of seasoned Washington operatives and ...

Russia arrests Wall Street Journal reporter for espionage

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top security agency says a reporter for the Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service (FSB), the top domestic security and counterintelligence agency that is the top successor agency to the Soviet era KGB, said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information.Gershkovich is the first reporter for an American news outlet to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. His arrest comes amid the bitter tensions between Moscow and Washington over the fighting in Ukraine. The security service alleged that Gershkovich “was acting on the U.S. orders to collect information about the activities of one of the enterprises of the Russian military industrial complex that constitutes a state secret.”The FSB didn’t say when the arrest took place. Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionag...

In The News for March 30 : Automatic tax filing on the way for Canadians

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 30 …What we are watching in Canada …The Canada Revenue Agency will pilot a new automatic system next year to help vulnerable Canadians who don’t file their taxes get their benefits.This week’s federal budget says the Canada Revenue Agency will also present a plan in 2024 to expand the service, following consultations with stakeholders and community organizations. The move toward automatic tax filing, first promised in the 2020 speech from the throne, is one of several budget measures the Liberals say are meant to help Canadians with the cost of living.Experts and advocates have called for automatic filing, noting many vulnerable Canadians miss out on benefits to which they are entitled.Canadians are generally not required to file tax returns every year unless they owe money, but the federal gover...

2 US Army helicopters crash in Kentucky, deaths feared

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two military helicopters crashed Wednesday night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission, the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell said in a statement.The status of the crew members was unknown, it added.The two HH-60 Blackhawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, according to the statement, which was posted on Facebook.“The command is currently focused on caring for the servicemembers and their families,” the statement said.Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear wrote on Twitter that “fatalities are expected,” adding that police and emergency officials were responding.The crash is under investigation.The Associated Press

Final report to be released today into 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

TRURO, N.S. — The public inquiry that investigated the April 2020 mass murder of 22 people in Nova Scotia is releasing its final report today.The federal-provincial inquiry examined the events surrounding the 13-hour rampage that began in the community of Portapique and ended when the RCMP gunned down the 51-year-old killer at a gas station about 55 kilometres south.Its report will be released today in Truro, N.S., and will include recommendations to improve community safety across Canada.The inquiry’s mandate included examinations of the police response, the killer’s access to firearms, gender-based violence, the assistance offered to those most affected and the steps taken to inform the public as the murders unfolded.On April 18, 2020, the killer assaulted his spouse, loaded his illegal firearms into a replica RCMP vehicle and shot 13 people.He managed to escape police capture and on April 19 murdered nine more people, including RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson — whose car ...

‘It’s going to take the community’: Yukon faces Canada’s worst toxic drug death rate

Published Sun, 16 Feb 2025 16:15:32 GMT

When the doors close at night at the administration office at Yukon’s Carcross Tagish First Nation, a van hits the road and drives through the communities to offer naloxone to reverse overdoses, drug testing kits, food and even a friendly face to help those struggling because of the opioid crisis.The nation’s director of health and wellness, Stacey Robinson-Brown, said the new outreach van — a common tool in larger Canadian urban centres — is run three days a week to get more “boots on the ground” after-hours and connect with people who might need support in the communities with a population of just over 700 people.“Not all crises happen before 5 p.m.” she said.Robinson-Brown said they want to meet people where they are and perhaps help pull them back from deep waters to start a healthier life. “Even if we could change the lives of some people in terms of maybe some of their use, I think that would make a world of difference.”While Yukon fac...