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WASHINGTON — The U.S. on Friday announced new sanctions on Iran’s energy sector in response to its Oct. 1 attack on Israel when it fired roughly 180 missiles into the country. Iran said the barrage was retaliation for a series of devastating blows Israel has landed in recent weeks against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, which has been firing rockets into Israel since the war in Gaza began.Included in Friday’s sanctions are blocks on Iran’s so-called “ghost fleet” of ships and associated firms that span the United Arab Emirates, Liberia, Hong Kong and other jurisdictions that allegedly obfuscate…

Chris Lynn hit a quickfire 69 off just 28 balls while Karthik Gattepalli bagged a three-for as Chicago CC beat Los Angeles Waves (LAW) by 15 runs in Qualifier 1 to reach the National Cricket League final on Saturday. Chasing 168 to win in Texas, LAW slumped to 152/6 in 10 overs as Gattepalli finished with impressive figures of 3/30. With a place in the final up for grabs, LAW won the toss and invited Chicago to bat. However, the decision to field first backfired. Lynn top-scored with a 28-ball 69, smashing seven fours and six sixes to…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said that he wasn’t sure anyone does “everything right” but that President Joe Biden has “done everything in the best interests of the American public” when pressed on whether he’d change any actions the Biden administration has taken over the last term.“Look, I don’t know if any of us do everything right. But I can tell you he’s done everything in the best interests of the American public,” Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, said in an interview that aired Friday on “Good Morning America.”The governor was initially asked by “GMA” co-anchor Michael Strahan whether he’d…

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is meeting with Black leaders in North Carolina on Saturday and will attend church in the state ahead of a rally, according to her campaign. The weekend trip is her second time in the battleground state after it was struck by Hurricane Helene, with Harris stepping back into campaign mode in a place that many Democrats see as a potential pick-up in November’s election.The Democratic presidential nominee went to North Carolina last week to survey the destruction caused by Helene and pledged assistance for its victims. She plans to attend church Sunday as part…

File photo of Mohamed Salah.© AFP Egypt captain Mohamed Salah will not play in next week’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Mauritania, club side Liverpool confirmed on Saturday. The 32-year-old has “been released early from international duty amid the ongoing October break,” Liverpool said. On Friday, Salah scored for Egypt in a 2-0 victory over Mauritania and had been due to play a second fixture against the same opponents on Tuesday. Egypt manager Hossam Hassan had told journalists in Cairo on Friday that there were concerns over playing on Mauritania’s artificial turf and injury fears. Record seven-time…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching its “Souls to the Polls” effort this weekend to turn out Black churchgoers in battleground states as Election Day approaches, a campaign official told ABC News.With fewer than 30 days until Election Day, the campaign’s multi-pronged effort will see Harris herself visit Black churches in battleground states. The get-out-the-vote program also comes with the creation of a faith advisory board, made up of 10 prominent faith leaders — including Harris’ pastor, Dr. Amos C. Brown III, who leads Third Baptist Church in San Francisco — who will engage Black churches across the country.In…

The CHG meeting will discuss ongoing cooperation in many fields. | Photo: Shutterstock2 min read Last Updated : Oct 12 2024 | 11:27 PM IST External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and prime ministers of China and Russia among others will attend the two-days SCO Council of Heads of Government meeting here next week to discuss the ongoing cooperation in economy, trade and environment, Pakistan said on Saturday. Pakistan is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of Government (CHG) meeting on October 15 and 16 and in his capacity as the current Chair of the CHG,…

Melissa Choi has been named the next director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, effective July 1. Currently assistant director of the laboratory, Choi succeeds Eric Evans, who will step down on June 30 after 18 years as director.Sharing the news in a letter to MIT faculty and staff today, Vice President for Research Ian Waitz noted Choi’s 25-year career of “outstanding technical and advisory leadership,” both at MIT and in service to the defense community.“Melissa has a marvelous technical breadth as well as excellent leadership and management skills, and she has presented a compelling strategic vision for the Laboratory,” Waitz wrote.…

Back-to-back hurricanes that brought death and devastation to parts of the South were made worse by a wide range of false and misleading information, some of which still circulates even though they have been conclusively proven false.Coming in the closing weeks of a hard-fought presidential election, the false information became political fodder, particularly in swing states hit hard by Hurricane Helene and then Hurricane Milton. Former President Donald Trump has pushed a litany of false claims at campaign events and on social media with his supporters helping give voice to the information. Federal, state and local officials, including several Republicans,…

File photo of Asad Shafiq.© AFP Pakistani selector and former Test player Asad Shafiq has been participating in a T10 league in the USA at a time when the national side is undergoing a crisis which has deepened further with a historic Test defeat against England in Multan. Pakistan became the first team in Test history to have lost a Test – by an innings and 47 runs to England – after scoring 500 or more in the first essay. Shafiq has been in Dallas since October 4 for the USA national championship T10 league with the blessings…