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The controversy erupted when Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha and India skipper Suryakumar Yadav did not exchange the customary handshake during the toss at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. (AP Photo) NEW DELHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has threatened to withdraw from the remaining Asia Cup 2025 matches if match referee Andy Pycroft is not removed, following a controversy over missing handshakes during the India–Pakistan clash in Dubai on Sunday. The PCB has filed a formal complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC), accusing Pycroft of violating the ICC Code of Conduct and the Marylebone Cricket Club…

Gap Between US College Education and Job Market: 5 Ways Graduates Can Prepare for Success (Image: TIL) Every spring, millions of college graduates walk across the stage, diploma in hand, ready to take on the real world but when the excitement fades, many find themselves grappling with a harsh reality as they don’t feel prepared for the workforce. According to a 2022 survey by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), more than 60% of US graduates reported gaps between their college training and job expectations. Employers echo this concern, with many citing a mismatch between what students learn…

France crypto industry is once again in the spotlight, as Reuters revealed that France is again positioning itself at the center of Europe’s crypto debate, signalling it may move to block companies licensed in other EU jurisdictions from operating domestically. The regulatory warning, delivered Monday by Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) chair Marie-Anne Barbat-Layani, underscores the deep fractures already emerging under the European Union’s landmark Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA). MiCA, which formally took effect for service providers in December 2024, was billed as the world’s first comprehensive digital asset rulebook. The framework allows crypto firms to obtain authorisation in…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage The non-fungible token market has experienced positive growth this past week and is projected to continue expanding in the coming weeks. In the past seven days, the non-fungible token market has raised a trading sales volume of $110 million, up +10% from the past week. The NFT market is up due to renewed investor interest and the emergence of new use cases beyond digital art, such as real-world asset tokenization. NFT Sales Rise +10% This Week Data fetched by cryptoslam, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and…

GBP/USD climbs as Fed-BoE policy divergence favors Sterling The Pound Sterling (GBP) advances during the North American session on Monday as traders are set to digest monetary policy meetings by major central banks across the Atlantic. Expectations for the first rate cut by the Federal Reserve (Fed) in nine months, and the Bank of England (BoE) keeping rates unchanged, would likely underpin the British currency. Read More… Pound Sterling gains against US Dollar ahead of Fed-BoE policy outcome The Pound Sterling (GBP) advances against the US Dollar (USD) at the start of the week during the European trading session. The GBP/USD pair jumps…

By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera Today at Coursera Connect, our annual conference, we announced a major expansion of our partner network with several new world-class universities and forward-thinking industry leaders. Each new partnership deepens our commitment to helping learners around the world master the skills they need to grow their careers.  In a world defined by rapid technological change, learners need flexible, affordable ways to keep pace. That’s why we’re expanding access to career-focused content across all levels of learning, from entry-level Professional Certificates to stackable courses that lead toward degrees.  Welcoming our new partnersWe’re proud to welcome…

NEED TO KNOW Ben Stiller praised his costar Ariana Grande while speaking about their upcoming Meet the Parents sequel Focker-in-Law”What she’s doing in this movie is kind of very unique, she’s a very unique character and we’re having a great time,” Stiller said of the productionGrande joined Focker-in-Law’s cast in May; the movie is scheduled to be released in theaters on Nov. 25, 2026 Ben Stiller is teasing Meet the Parents fans further about what they can expect from Ariana Grande’s performance in the forthcoming sequel Focker-in-Law. “I mean, what’s surprising and maybe not really surprising is just how amazingly…

I’m always delighted when films across various sections of a film festival end up tackling the same ideas in different genres. There was a trio of basement-themed thrillers (“Good Boy,” “Bad Apples,” and, of course, “The Man in My Basement”) and no more than three films related to William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (two of which starred Joe Alwyn). Exploring similar subject matter through different genres allows audiences to be impacted in various ways by the same idea. In this dispatch, films from Gala, Centrepiece, and Special Presentations all explored how our pasts, if not reckoned with properly, can return to haunt…

This week on the collection, we are going to go through everything I have in my collection that relates to the band Cinderella and yes, that includes Tom Keifer albums as well. We will start with the debut ‘Night Songs’ and end with the Tom Keifer solo album ‘Rise’ and go through everything in between. And that includes Vinyl, CDs, Singles and even Cassettes…the works. If you like their 80’s Glam sound or their more bluesy rock, it is all here from studio albums, to live albums to greatest hits compilations. Okay, it isn’t all there, but it is everything…

The death of Charlie Kirk is a tragedy. For his family, most of all, for his children and his community. But the murder of the 31-year-old political organizer is also the clearest sign yet of a truly alarming trend: the rise of political violence. Killing human beings for their beliefs is incompatible with a free and functioning society. The assassination occurred on Wednesday as Kirk was making the first stop on his “American Comeback Tour.” The event, hosted by Utah Valley University, was the first in a series of college visits where students and critics were invited to debate him…