IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

IPL: Australian cricketers scramble to leave India amid Covid-19 crisis

 

Australian and other overseas cricketers who have been participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) are scrambling for ways to leave India as it faces the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will help move Australia’s entire IPL “cohort” to the Maldives or Sri Lanka ahead of the weekend,

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Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

Biden says the GOP going through a ‘mini revolution’ as party moves to oust Liz Cheney

 

 

President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he thinks the Republican Party is going through a “sort of mini-revolution” amid the push by GOP House members to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position.

“It seems as though the Republican Party is trying to identify what it stands for and they’re in the midst of a significant sort of mini-revolution,”

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The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

The world sent India millions in Covid aid. Why is it not reaching those who need it most?

 

 

As India’s Covid-19 crisis tipped past breaking point last month, dozens of countries pledged critical aid.

Planeloads of ventilators, oxygen supplies and antiviral drugs began arriving last week, with photos showing massive parcels being unloaded at New Delhi airport.
There’s just one problem: for many days,

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The pandemic can’t end unless the world helps India. Immediately

The pandemic can’t end unless the world helps India. Immediately

 

 

This time a year ago, as Indian American physicians, we watched helplessly as the United States, our home, succumbed to the first wave of Covid-19. This past week, we watched our ancestral home, India, succumb to a catastrophic surge of the virus with no end in sight. As hospital beds fill, so do our WhatsApp messages with pleas from family and friends abroad who are suffering —

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Why are Australian officials hinting at war with China?

Why are Australian officials hinting at war with China?

 

 

For a country with a much smaller military and no nuclear weapons, Australia is suddenly hinting an awful lot about a war with China.

On April 25, the symbolic date of Anzac Day, when Australia honors its war dead, newly appointed Defense Minister Peter Dutton said a conflict with China over Taiwan shouldn’t “be discounted,”

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Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

Cheney sees cratering support in House GOP as McCarthy says she isn’t ‘carrying out the message’

 

Rep. Liz Cheney’s days as the No. 3 in House GOP leadership appear to be numbered, with speculation growing about her replacement and House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy contending she has failed to do her job in driving the party’s message to take back the majority.

Cheney has grown increasingly isolated within her conference amid her feud with former President Donald Trump,

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PSG ‘collapsed completely’ in its Champions League semifinal against Manchester City

PSG ‘collapsed completely’ in its Champions League semifinal against Manchester City

 

Paris Saint-Germain was “emotional and aggressive in a stupid way” according to former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger after it threw away its lead in the Champions League semifinal clash against Manchester City.

Captain Marquinhos had headed the French champion ahead in a dominant first half on Wednesday but the hosts eventually lost the first leg 2-1 after capitulating in the second half.

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UEFA Champions League: For Qatar and UAE investment in soccer has been ‘potentially worth its weight in gold’

UEFA Champions League: For Qatar and UAE investment in soccer has been ‘potentially worth its weight in gold’

 

Five years have passed since Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City last met in the Champions League, but both teams’ quests for European silverware endures.

That’s despite abundant success in their domestic leagues and the continued backing of wealthy owners — PSG’s from Qatar and City’s from the United Arab Emirates.

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Hits and misses from Biden’s speech to Congress

Hits and misses from Biden’s speech to Congress

 

President Joe Biden delivered the biggest speech of his presidency to date on Wednesday night — an address to a joint session of Congress.

Things looked and sounded a little different, with just 200 people in attendance and everyone but Biden masked due to Covid-19 protocols. I watched the entire thing, which ran just over an hour, and took notes.

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India’s Covid-19 crisis is a problem for the world

India’s Covid-19 crisis is a problem for the world

There is a split scenario unfolding as the world battles the pandemic.

In countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, jubilant, newly-vaccinated people hug their loved ones after a long period of separation. In India, distraught families count their dead. Sick people are being turned away from hospitals that have run out of beds and oxygen,
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