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Rehan Ahmed’s availability for the third Test at Rajkot has not been guaranteed as the latest visa issues plague England’s tour of India.Ahmed was stopped at immigration as England returned from the mid-series break in Abu Dhabi on Monday night and the 19-year-old leg-spinner was found to be holding a single-entry visa which he had used upon leaving the country. The country has expired.While that was resolved in the short term – Ahmed was eventually allowed to travel to a hotel with his teammates after officials at Rajkot’s Shirasal Airport issued an interim document – England now have to grapple…

Relations between the US and China – particularly over Beijing’s threats to annex Taiwan – have plummeted in recent years, prompting growing concern about the potential for hostilities or all-out conflict. So recent revelations that a Chinese hacking network known as Volt Typhoon had been lying dormant inside US critical infrastructure for as long as five years have sparked considerable alarm.The network exploited US technological and security weaknesses. But rather than stealing secrets, US and allied intelligence services said it was focused on “pre-positioning” itself for future acts of sabotage.FBI director Christopher Wray told a US committee hearing last week…

Russian attack on Kiev could be Hypersonic “Zircon” missile used for the first time in nearly two years of warA Ukrainian research institute stated. According to Russia, the Zircon has a range of 1,000 kilometers (625 miles) and travels at nine times the speed of sound. The Kiev Institute of Forensic Testing Sciences said fragments matching the composition of zircons were found after an attack on February 7. Russia said it completed testing of the Zircon missile in June 2022, which Vladimir Putin described as part of the Zircon missile program. A new generation of unparalleled weapon systems.Russia also attacked…

San Francisco’s decision to take the ball first in overtime during their Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs will be debated all offseason. That scrutiny will be even stronger after some 49ers players admitted they weren’t aware of new rules regarding overtime.For many years, overtime ended as soon as one team scored. Then the rule was altered so both teams could possess the ball — unless the first team on offense scored a touchdown. In that case, the game would end on that TD, and that’s what happened when New England beat Atlanta 34-28 in Super Bowl 51.But…

timeThe three-part documentary “Space Shuttle Falls to Earth” commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Columbia disaster, when “one of the most complex machines ever built by man” disintegrated on the way back from its 28th mission, killing all seven astronauts Distressed on board ship.In the fullest sense, it is a memorial to the men and women who have died. Modern media interview footage, audio tapes recorded during training, and recordings made during their 16-day mission in space, including chats with family members on Earth, reveal that they were living, breathing humans almost up to that moment. The space shuttle failed.…

One person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a New York subway station on Monday, police said.A New York police department spokesperson said that no arrests had been made in the shooting, which was reported at the Bronx station about 4.38pm, and that it was not clear what condition the five injured people were in. Local media, citing unnamed police sources, reported the five sustained injuries were not life-threatening.Police said that the man killed was in his 30s. A fire department spokesperson described four of the five injuries as serious.The station is in the Bronx,…

Roy Hodgson insists he will lead Crystal Palace out of relegation troubles after another defeat at home to Chelsea put the former England boss under increasing pressure.Connor Gallagher scored twice in injury time to offset Jefferson Lerma’s first goal for Palace at the start of the second half, while Enzo Fernandez put Palace ahead at all The run has seen them lose 14 consecutive games to their London rivals and 13 consecutive games in the Premier League. .They now travel to Goodison Park to face Everton, whose last victory came in 2015, in what could be a crucial relegation showdown…

A blockbuster hearing with details of Fulton county district attorney Fani Willis’s relationship with special prosecutor Nathan Wade will go forward Thursday, after the presiding judge chose not to immediately quash subpoenas for their testimony.But the hearing revealed a possible new hurdle for Willis: that county administrators have not turned over key documents subpoenaed by Ashleigh Merchant, attorney for former Trump White House aide Michael Roman, one of the 19 defendants charged in the county’s sweeping election interference and racketeering case with the former president.Willis said in filings and in front of an Atlanta church audience that Wade was paid…

Junior darts star Luke Littler has won his first Players Championship of the season, hitting nine darts in his stunning victory on his debut.Littler, 17, beat Michele Turetta with nine darts in the early rounds before battling it out to defeat Ryan Searle 8-7 in a thrilling final Defeated Ryan Searle 8-7 in the heart-warming final. Despite Sale’s better average score of 111.71 to 109.64, Littler won the decisive match at Wigan to claim £15,000 in prize money and his first PDC Professional Tour Ranking title.”I know my skills are there, I know I can beat anybody, and I’m really…

Lawyers for Donald Trump asked the US supreme court Monday to keep on hold the criminal case over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results while he prepares to challenge a recent appeals court ruling that found he was not immune from prosecution.The former US president met the deadline to ask for a stay – imposed by the US court of appeals for the DC circuit – ahead of an expected petition to the nation’s highest court on the immunity issue, which his team has viewed as the best way to delay the impending trial.Trump has made it no…