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India will head into the second ODI against Afghanistan full of confidence after beginning the three-match series with a convincing victory in the opener on June 13. The Men in Blue secured a seven-wicket win in the rain-curtailed 25-over contest in Dharamsala to take a 1-0 lead, setting themselves up for a chance to seal the series in Lucknow.Despite a sensational 102 off just 51 balls from Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Afghanistan were bowled out for 194 thanks to impressive spells from debutants Gurnoor Brar and Harsh Dubey, who claimed three wickets each. India then chased down the revised target with 13…

Jason Robertson for Dylan Larkin may not make sense for the Dallas Stars Robert Tiffin of Stars Thoughts: There have been some reports of the Dallas Stars checking in with the Detroit Red Wings to see what the asking price for Dylan Larkin could be. There was also some speculation about a Jason Robertson for Larkin trade. That doesn’t really make sense for the Stars. The Stars already have Wyatt Johnston, Matt Duchene, and Roope Hintz down the middle. Duchene on the wing didn’t go well last year. Hintz may be okay on the wing, but he’s not the goal…

In SpaceX’s case, appetite was exceptionally high. The underwriters, which included Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and JPMorgan, exercised the option in full, purchasing an additional 83.3 million shares directly from the company to meet the huge demand.

Bitcoin price climbed to a two-week high Monday as a U.S.-Iran ceasefire removed one of the market’s most persistent macro overhangs, sending crypto-linked equities surging ahead of what traders are framing as the week’s real test: Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first FOMC meeting. Bitcoin price traded near $67,000 up 4% in 24 hours, after Iran confirmed a memorandum of understanding reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The price broke through $64,000 resistance on thin weekend liquidity before consolidating into Monday’s New York open. But Nansen Research Analyst Nicolai Sondergaard urges caution about reading too much into the headline move.  “The…

Veteran music composer and singer Anand Raaj Anand has opened up about one of the most difficult phases of his life, revealing that he suffered from clinical depression and suicidal thoughts after stepping away from the Hindi film industry and relocating to London.In a conversation with Faridoon Shahryar, Anand spoke about his mental health struggles, the changing landscape of Bollywood music, and how the overwhelming response to songs like Dil De Diya Hai has helped him reconnect with his creative passion.’It was a suicidal depression’Recalling the period after 2011, Anand revealed that he went through a severe bout of depression…

Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes (Image credit: X) NEW DELHI: England head coach Brendon McCullum has admitted he is worried about Ben Stokes after the England captain was dropped from the squad and placed under investigation following a nightclub incident that has cast doubt over his Test future.Stokes and teammate Gus Atkinson were left out of the squad for the second Test against New Zealand after allegedly breaching team protocols during a night out following England’s victory in the opening Test at Lord’s.According to reports, the night ended with a member of England’s security team being struck by a rugby…

The CTET September 2026 application correction window has been activated by the Central Board of Secondary Education, enabling candidates to modify specific details in their submitted forms through ctet.nic.in. Access is available via login credentials, but only limited fields can be edited. The board has warned that no changes will be allowed after the deadline. CBSE CTET correction window 2026: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has now activated the application correction facility for the CTET September 2026 session. This service is restricted to the applicants alone who have completed the process of filling up their application form successfully.…

The MetaMask Mastercard-backed crypto debit card just landed in 13 new Latin American countries, bringing the card’s total footprint to 50+ markets worldwide. The newly added countries are Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Uruguay, joining Brazil and Argentina, where the card was already live. Metamask expands crypto Mastercard debit card to 13 new Latin American countries, enabling seamless crypto-to-fiat conversion with 1% mUSD cashback rewards. Source: Bitcoin — CryptoCardHub (@CryptoCardHub) June 13, 2026 According to Utexo head of research Alex Oblakevich, crypto card transactions across the sector have grown…

Markets rallied on Monday after the U.S. and Iran reached an interim peace agreement, with a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz sending crude oil sharply lower while equities and crypto climbed and the dollar drifted broadly weaker.

In a way, it always made sense that one of the most mem­o­rable visu­al dis­til­la­tions of South­ern Cal­i­for­nia life would have been paint­ed by an Eng­lish­man. The purest appre­ci­a­tion for the wide-open lifestyle choic­es, freestyle built envi­ron­ment, unre­pen­tant pri­vate wealth, and high-wattage sun­shine of Los Ange­les — espe­cial­ly as it was exag­ger­at­ed, and indeed mythol­o­gized, in mid-twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry pop­u­lar cul­ture — could only be felt by some­one from an infi­nite­ly more tra­di­tion­al, strait­ened, and damp part of the world. David Hock­ney, who died last week, was­n’t just an Eng­lish­man but a north­ern Eng­lish­man, who would have grown up sur­round­ed by the kind of atti­tudes…