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Virat Kohli will play his final ODI Down Under on Saturday in Sydney (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images) Former Indian pacer Irfan Pathan has stressed the importance of strike rotation for Virat Kohli ahead of the third ODI against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The match will be Kohli’s final game in the series, where he has struggled with the bat, having been dismissed for ducks in the first two ODIs. “Virat Kohli’s form is important. He needs to rotate the strike and keep the scoreboard moving. Because once he starts doing that, it becomes very difficult for any…

Columbia University will be the only Ivy League institution maintaining a test-optional admissions policy in the 2027-28 cycle, following Princeton University’s decision earlier this month to reinstate standardised testing requirements. The move marks a significant shift in the post-pandemic admissions landscape, as every other Ivy League institution returns to mandatory SAT or ACT submissions.A policy born in a pandemicAll eight Ivy League universities introduced test-optional admissions in 2020 amid widespread cancellations of the SAT and ACT during the COVID-19 pandemic. Columbia initially described the measure as temporary. However, in March 2023, it became the first Ivy to announce that its…

Canada has fined Cryptomus an eye-watering $126 million for breaking the country’s anti-money laundering rules. Cryptomus, officially registered as Xeltox Enterprises Ltd and based in Vancouver, reportedly failed to report thousands of suspicious transactions, including ones potentially linked to serious crimes such as child exploitation, ransomware, and sanctions evasion. In July 2024 alone, Cryptomus chose not to report over 1,000 instances of suspicious activity and more than 1,500 reports on large crypto transactions. Canada’s financial watchdog, Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC), announced the penalty on 22 October 2025 and said that the company’s lack of reporting…

Cambria, the team behind the popular risk-to-earn game, “Cambria,” has officially launched its non-fungible token collection. This much-anticipated non-fungible token mint has just gone live on OpenSea, the leading non-fungible token marketplace by sales volume, a few hours ago. The Cambria Islands NFT collection has taken down prominent NFTs and become the most traded NFT in the global daily NFT market chart. Cambria Islands Tops Daily NFT Market Chart Data compiled by CryptoSlam.io, an on-chain crypto market data aggregator and a non-fungible token explorer, tracking non-fungible token collections from more than 20 blockchain networks, indicates that Cambria Islands is the…

If you’ve made the jour­ney to Athens, you prob­a­bly took the time to vis­it its most pop­u­lar tourist attrac­tion, the Acrop­o­lis. On that mon­u­ment-rich hill, you more than like­ly paid spe­cial atten­tion to the Parthenon, the ancient tem­ple ded­i­cat­ed to the city’s name­sake, the god­dess Athena Parthenos. But no mat­ter how much time you spent amid the ruins of the Parthenon, if that vis­it hap­pens to have tak­en place in the past 200 years, you may now ques­tion whether you’ve tru­ly seen it at all. That’s because only recent­ly has scaf­fold­ing been removed that has par­tial­ly obscured its west­ern façade…

NEED TO KNOW A 15-year-old Utah girl was allegedly shot and killed by her 16-year-old boyfriend early Saturday morningThe shooting allegedly took place inside the girl’s bedroom after her boyfriend showed up at the home around 1 a.m., according to reportsThe teenager’s family is mourning her death, remembering the 15-year-old as “full of life” with “so many dreams ahead of her” A 15-year-old Utah girl is being remembered as “full of life” with “so many dreams ahead of her” this week after she was allegedly shot and killed by her 16-year-old boyfriend in her bedroom early Saturday morning. Local police…

For a director’s project that would come in between an MCU sequel and the latest in the 28 Days… zombie horror series, Ibsen seems an unconventional choice. But in a world that tends to flatten complicated women and their myriad ambitions, it makes perfect sense that Nia DaCosta would turn to the tangled web of ​‘Hedda Gabler’ and jolt the classic awake. It enters the 135-year-old canon with aplomb, reimagining a traditionally buttoned-up play as a feverish and sumptuous tale of desire, manipulation and hubris.At its heart is Tessa Thompson, giving a performance so commanding that it seems to reshape the molecules around her. Her…

The AIER Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.29 percent to 297.6 in September 2025, marking its tenth consecutive monthly increase and bringing the year-to-date change to roughly 3.2 percent. Out of the 24 components, 15 categories posted price increases, one was unchanged, and eight declined. The strongest gains came from gardening and lawncare services, motor fuel, and intracity transportation, reflecting both seasonal and energy-related pressures. Offsetting those, the most notable price declines occurred in nonprescription drugs, admissions to movies, theaters, and concerts, and housing fuels and utilities, indicating modest relief in select consumer essentials. AIER Everyday Price Index vs. US…

Some off beat reads for the weekend: Sanae Takaichi: Japan’s first female PM (Al Majalla) The imperial past of India’s geopolitics (Engelsberg) Regime change in Venezuela (Crisis) Israel’s annexation of West Bank (TOI) Battle to win NY’s Hindus (New Lines) Russia Vs Ukraine (NI) Hungary Vs Poland (Korybko) Taiwan Vs China (Time) Bangladesh Jihadists Vs Bangladesh Army (FP) Africa Vs Gays (RT) Dog Lovers Vs Diwali (Jai Arjun) The secret life of Horus (Edify) Book Review: Alexander to Actium (PSmith) Travelogue: Cambodia & Laos (Team BHP) Dyers of Simla (Hill Post)

A surprising discovery on social media has sparked amusement among Indian cricket fans, with many suggesting that 17-year-old Liverpool footballer Josh Sonni-Lambie is the spitting image of star Indian opener Yashasvi Jaiswal.India’s Yashasvi Jaiswal and Liverpool’s Josh Sonni-Lambie share an uncanny resemblanceThe uncanny resemblance between the two young left-handed athletes has gone viral, particularly as Jaiswal is currently on the bench during the ongoing ODI series against Australia. This has led to humorous posts, including one fan joking that the Indian selector’s perceived ‘ignorance’ of Jaiswal’s white-ball talent has led him to pursue a career with the England football giants.…