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The Asia Cup 2025 may have ended with India lifting the trophy, but controversy continues to dominate headlines as former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh slammed Asian Cricket Council (ACC) chief Mohsin Naqvi over the handling of the winner’s trophy. The final, held in Dubai, saw India defeat Pakistan by five wickets under Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy, yet the trophy presentation sparked unprecedented tensions. India Refuses Trophy from ACC Chief Add Zee News as a Preferred Source The controversy unfolded when India refused to receive the Asia Cup 2025 trophy from Mohsin Naqvi, who is also the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman…

Australia’s cricket selectors have made a bold move ahead of the much-anticipated three-match ODI series against India, dropping Marnus Labuschagne from the squad and handing Queensland teammate Matt Renshaw a chance to shine in the 50-over format. With the series starting in Perth on October 19, all eyes are on Australia’s revamped lineup and how the changes could impact the clash against a formidable Indian side. Labuschagne Omitted After Struggling Form Add Zee News as a Preferred Source Marnus Labuschagne, one of Australia’s top Test batsmen, has struggled to make an impact in ODIs, with a top score of just…

REIM, Israel (AP) — Israelis prepared to mourn the dead Tuesday as the nation marks two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war, while Israel and Hamas hold indirect talks in Egypt.The main memorial ceremony is being organized by bereaved families, not the government, reflecting deep divisions over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, which many blame for the failure to secure a ceasefire that would free the remaining hostages held by the militant group.In the Gaza Strip, where Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed tens of thousands of people and razed entire towns and cities,…

New DelhiOctober 7, 2025 07:38 AM IST First published on: Oct 7, 2025 at 07:30 AM IST While announcing the schedule for the Bihar Assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday said the state has 14.01 lakh first-time voters aged 18 to 19 years old. While the number of first-time voters has grown from 11.17 lakh in 2020, it’s below the 24.13 lakh registered in 2015. But as elections in Bihar grow more competitive, and victory margins fall, first-time voters may prove to be a crucial vote bank. On average, each of Bihar’s 243 Assembly constituencies has 5,765 first-time…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities found the body of a missing priest Monday in Mexico’s violence-torn southern state of Guerrero, the same area where a retired bishop who had tried to mediate between local cartels was kidnapped last year.The state prosecutor’s office announced the discovery in a statement identifying the deceased only as Bertoldo N and said they were investigating his death as a homicide. The diocese of Chipalcingo-Chilapawhere, which reported the disappearance of Rev. Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada on Saturday, said the body had been identified as the missing priest.The 58-year-old priest was the pastor of the San Cristobal church…

With the Election Commission (EC) setting Bihar’s Assembly election process in motion, the Supreme Court hearing on the legality of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – the next hearing is on Tuesday — is unlikely to affect this election as Article 329 of the Constitution curtails judicial intervention once the poll process starts.At a press conference on Monday, the EC announced the schedule for the Bihar Assembly elections: voting will be held in two phases, on November 6 and 11, and counting on November 14. The notification for the first phase will be issued on October 10…

At OpenAI’s developer conference in San Francisco on Monday, CEO Sam Altman and ex-Apple designer Jony Ive spoke in vague terms about the “family of devices” the pair are currently working to develop.“As great as phones and computers are, there’s something new to do,” Altman said on stage with Ive. The duo confirmed that OpenAI is working on more than one hardware product but finer details, ranging from use cases to to specifications, remain under wraps.“Hardware is hard. Figuring out new computing form factors is hard,” said Altman in a media briefing earlier in the day. “I think we have…

PARIS (AP) — UNESCO is slated to have its first director from the Arab world after an Egyptian former tourism and antiquities minister, Khaled el-Anani, was nominated by the agency’s executive board Monday.If confirmed by UNESCO’s general assembly next month, el-Anani will inherit an agency reeling from the Trump administration’s recent decision to pull the United States out, portending a budget shortfall at the agency best known for its World Heritage sites around the globe.El-Anani was seen as the front-runner for the position of director-general and won a vote Monday against his only challenger, Firmin Edouard Matoko, an economist from…

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian crews recovered a dozen bodies Monday as they searched for young people missing after a prayer hall at an Islamic boarding school collapsed last week, bringing the death toll to 61.The structure caved in on Sept. 29 when the students, mostly boys between the ages of 12 and 19, were performing afternoon prayers. The building at the century-old Al Khoziny school in Sidoarjo on Indonesia’s Java island was undergoing an unauthorized expansion.Only one student escaped unscathed, authorities said, while 99 were treated for injuries and released. Four suffered serious injuries and remained hospitalized Monday after…

Warner Bros. Countless obstacles have faced the film industry in the 2020s. An ongoing global pandemic upended theatrical moviegoing habits and which films got made. Streaming’s impact on the industry continues to impact which projects get greenlit. In America, movie studios refusing to pay livable wages to artists inspired a pair of strikes that put large chunks of the country’s film industry on pause. But despite all of that, the art and artists persist. Just look at 2025: Even with so much chaos happening in the real world, new movies…