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England announced their squad for the Pakistan series and ICC T20 World Cup, slated to happen in the United States and West Indies from June 1. Jofra Archer is fit and ready to contribute despite a year-long hiatus due to injury. Alongside him, veterans like Chris Jordan make a comeback and promising spinner Tom Hartley earns his first call-up.
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1 year ago Read more at Pakistan Today

Judges at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel. But the court also rejected a German request to throw out the case, so it can now move forward. Nicaragua had asked the ICJ to order Germany to halt military arms exported to Israel and to resume its funding of UNRWA, saying there was a serious risk of genocide in Gaza.
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1 year ago Read more at The Express Tribune

On May 10, 2023, the last Taiwanese woman to have been part of Japan’s World War II Comfort Woman System died surrounded by family members. The delay in the public announcement was said to reflect the deceased’s resistance to being memorialized as “Taiwan’s last surviving comfort woman” The existence of this had become public in Taiwan through the February 1992 release of three telegrams by Japanese Diet Member Itoh Hideko.
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1 year ago Read more at E-International Relations

GWA Wingfoil World Cup Spain 2024 - Tarifa Wing Pro starts tomorrow Aleksander Acherer. GWA Surf-Freestyle world champions Chris MacDonald and Nia Suardiaz will be looking to tighten their grip on the 2024 crowns. The teenage title holders opened the defence of their crowns with convincing wins at the season opener.
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1 year ago Read more at Sail World

Autonomous Racing League was billed as the first ever open race between driverless cars. The grand final saw one car spin on the first green flag lap and the remaining three AI machines grind to a halt behind them. Just getting around the circuit was a challenge for some teams, let alone any attempt at racecraft. It had the distinct feel of a test session for technology that’s far from ready.
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1 year ago Read more at Motor Sport

Nika Shakarami, 16, vanished during anti-government protests in September 2022. In September, pictures taken of her burning hijabs made her an icon in the eyes of Iran’s protesters. Nika's family found her body in a mortuary more than a week after she disappeared. Now, a purported official document has been leaked to the BBC.
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1 year ago Read more at BBC.com

World Central Kitchen resumed humanitarian work on Monday with a Palestinian team to address widespread hunger in Gaza. On April 1, the Israeli army launched a series of strikes on a WCK convoy, killing seven aid workers who had been travelling in a three-vehicle convoy. The killing triggered worldwide condemnation, including from President Joe Biden, who said he was “outraged and heartbroken” by the attack.
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1 year ago Read more at The National

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stuart Bingham are locked at 4-4 after both players surrendered the lead in an even opening session to their World Championship quarter-final. Bingham claimed the final frame of the session to level things up and leave the tie finely poised ahead of its resumption on Wednesday. O'Sullivan halved the deficit by superbly landing the pink to the top pocket.
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1 year ago Read more at Eurosport COM

Afghanistan named their 15-member squad for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 in the West Indies and the USA in June this year. Rashid Khan, Karim Janat, Mohammad Ishaq, and Noor Ahmad all named in the squad. Hashmatullah Shahidi, who led Afghanistan in last year's cricket world Cup 2023, was not part of the side, his last appearance coming in 2022.
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1 year ago Read more at ICC Cricket

The current state of embedded systems was on full display at Embedded World 2024. IoT Analytics’ team of four on-the-ground analysts identified 17 industry trends related to edge AI. This year, it took place from April 9 to April 11 in Nürnberg, Germany, and once again, it showcased the latest developments and innovations in embedded systems.
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1 year ago Read more at IoT Analytics