New Zealand thrash defending champs Australia in T20 World Cup Super 12 opener

Adelaide, 22/10: New Zealand thrashed hosts and defending champions Australia by 89 runs on Saturday to start the Twenty20 World Cup Super 12 in style and avenge defeat in last year’s final.     Devon Conway carried his bat with a majestic unbeaten 92 to help New Zealand blast 200-3 before Australia were skittled for…

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Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson camps claim support for making UK PM shortlist

London, 22/10: Rishi Sunak supporters claimed on Saturday that the Indian-origin former chancellor has hit the threshold of 100 members of Parliament required to make it to the shortlist for the race to replace Liz Truss as the Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.     The 42-year-old frontrunner’s tally continues to grow as…

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Indian students refuse to leave war-torn Ukraine despite govt advisory

Kyiv, 22/2: Over 1,500 Indian students who returned to war-ravaged Ukraine a few months ago are refusing to leave the country despite the Indian government’s advisory “to leave Ukraine at the earliest”, according to a TOI report.     “We are not going to leave after returning here just a few months ago, having faced…

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UK’s Sunak qualifies for PM race as Johnson eyes comeback

London, 22/10: British Conservative politician Rishi Sunak late Friday reached the minimum threshold to run for party leader, as former prime minister Boris Johnson targeted an audacious comeback.     Cabinet member Penny Mordaunt became the first to formally declare her candidacy, after the UK’s ruling party was forced into a second leadership contest following…

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