21 h. ago Flight attendants name four things to avoid on a plane – including specific clothing item

You might want to think twice about what you wear for your next flight. That's because a flight attendant has issued a grim warning about the germs lurking on planes

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26 h. ago Chelsea set for Liam Delap decision for Club World Cup amid England Under

Blues close in on £30m deal for Ipswich striker but face potential club-versus-country row

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1 week ago ‘We are a passionately multiracial team’: Zimbabwe return to England transformed

Visitors have endured political chaos and miserable results over 22 years but cricket is finally a national gameTwenty-two years is a long time, even in a sport that measures its games in days and its history in centuries. The last time England played a Test match against Zimbabwe, in 2003, Rob Key was in the middle order instead of the managing director’s job, Jimmy Anderson was a 20-year-old tearaway playing in his very first series, and the England and Wales Cricket Board was just about to launch the world’s very first professional Twenty20 tournament. Zimbabwean cricket has changed, too. Back then the team was in the earliest stages of a transformation that was meant to turn cricket from a minority game, played by the small white population, into a sport that better represented the whole country.They have been hard years, riven by player strikes, political interference, maladministration, and a miserable drop-off in results. The team temporarily withdrew from Test cricket, suspe...

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2 w. ago Premier League to make major rule change after finally following UEFA

Premier League referees will be able to book players who approach them without permission next season as part of new measures introduced to avoid confrontations in the top flight

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3 w. ago Nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan are a step closer to war. Here’s a timeline of how it happened

A gun massacre of tourists on April 22 has pushed India and Pakistan a step closer to war, marking the biggest breakdown in relations since 2019

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3 w. ago Ten explosions heard near Kashmir airport as India and Pakistan exchange fire

Multiple explosions have been heard near Srinagar International Airport in Indian Kashmir, according to Indian officials, just hours after blackouts were issued amid drone attack reports

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3 w. ago The IPL is a good barometer in India: its suspension shows us how serious this is

The IPL is so closely intertwined with India’s politics that even cricket’s richest tournament could not continue at a time of crisisIt’s not often that two sets of people find themselves in the same situation on either side of one of the world’s most fractious borders.When Friday dawned, amid swirling rumours of missiles wrecking neighbourhoods and falsehoods about pilots being captured, cricketers in India and Pakistan sensed that something was about to give. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Hundreds of flights cancelled across India as tensions flare with Pakistan

Flights have been grounded at more than two dozen airports

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3 w. ago India suspends flight operations from several airports as tensions flare with Pakistan

Indian airlines have canceled hundreds of flights from more than two dozen airports until Saturday amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan

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3 w. ago Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities

Tensions mount as Pakistani PM vows retaliation for military strikes by India that killed dozens across the countryTensions were high across India and Pakistan on Thursday, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, amid warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for Wednesday’s strikes.In a speech late on Wednesday night, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would “solemnly swear that we will avenge each and every drop of blood of our martyrs,” after India’s missile airstrikes on Pakistan in the early hours, which killed 31 people across the country. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Trump reportedly strikes UK trade deal as he touts announcement with ‘big respected country’

President Donald Trump announced that there would be a ‘big news conference’ in the Oval Office Thursday to unveil the agreement

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3 w. ago The airlines forced to cancel flights after India’s airstrike on Pakistan

Authorities in Pakistan said 57 international flights were in the country's airspace when India struck

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3 w. ago Flights avoid Pakistan and airports closed after India strikes country in pre

The escalation, one of the most serious between the nuclear-armed neighbours in over two decades, has left northern airspace across the subcontinent nearly empty of civilian aircraft

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3 w. ago ‘It’s like putting a whale in a blender’: the rise of deadly ship collisions in Chile

On average, five fatal whale strikes occur in the country’s waters each year, the highest in the world – and just a fraction of the total number killed, say researchersPhotographs by Francis PérezThe memory of a blue whale gliding past his small boat haunts Patricio Ortiz. A deep wound disfigured the crustacean’s giant body – a big chunk had been ripped from its dorsal fin. Cargo ships are the only adversary capable of inflicting such harm on a blue whale, he says.“Nothing can be done when they’re up against those floating monsters.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago India’s trade chief returns to London as Delhi closes in on UK deal

India’s trade chief returns to London as Delhi closes in on UK deal  politico.eu

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